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514 DUNBAR BoTELER. She was living 2i July 1687. He «., 2ndly, about i Aug. 1697, Dorothy, widow of Charles (Fane), 3rd Earl of Westmorland (who d. Sep. 1 691), and da. of Robert (Brudenell), 2nd Earl of Cardigan, by his 2nd wife, Anne, da. of Thomas (Savage), Earl Rivers. He d. s.p.m., 23 Nov., and was bur. 2 Dec. 17 14, in his 64th year. M.I. Will dat. 2 Jan. 1711/2, pr. 4 Dec. 17 14 at London. His widow, who d. 26 Jan., was bur. 6 Feb. 1739/40 (as "Countess Dowager of West- moreland "), aged 93. Will dat. 28 Dec. 1734 to 19 Aug. 1738, pr. 8 Feb. 1739/40. Both were bur. in Westm. Abbey. IV. 1 7 14 4. William (Constable), Viscount Dunbar and to Lord Constable [S.], only br. and h. male, aged 1 1 in 1718. 1665. He m. Elizabeth, ist da. of Hugh (Clifford), 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, by Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Preston, Bart. He d. s.p. legit. ,(^) 15 Aug. 171 8, at Burton afsd., aged about 64, when the issue male of the grantee became extinct and the title became dormant.{^) Will dat. 30 Aug. 1 7 1 7, pr. at York 21 Feb. 1718/9. His widow, who was b. 6 Apr. 1689, w., 17 Nov. 1719, Charles Gregory Fairfax, of Gilling, co. York, afterwards (1738-72) 9th Viscount Fairfax of Emley [I.], who d. 20 Jan. 1772. She d. s.p., of the smallpox, 23, being bur. 27 Apr. 1721, in Bath Abbey, aged 32. Admon. 15 May 1721. DUNBAR EARLDOM [S.] i. James Murray (elder br. of William, ist , Earl of Mansfield), 2nd s. of David, 5th Viscount ' ■ Stormont [S.], by Margery, da. and h. of David Scott, b. about 1690; admitted an Advocate [S.] 1 7 10; M.P. for CO. Dumfries 171 1-13, and for Elgin 1713-15, when he was unseated by order of the House of Commons; one of the Commis- sioners for settling the trade with France. He joined in the Rising of 1 7 1 5. Plenipotentiary for negotiating the marriage of the titular James III with Mary Clementina, June 171 8. He was cr., by the titular James III (to whose eldest s. he was "Governor"), 2 Feb. 1720/1, EARL OF DUNBAR in the shire of East Lothian, VISCOUNT OF DRUM- CAIRN in the shire of Fife, and LORD OF HADYKES in the shire of Dumfries [S.], with rem., failing heirs male of his body, to his br. David, Viscount Stormont, and the heirs male of his body.("=) K.T. (') He had two bastard sons, one known as Henry Musgrave, and the other (by Mrs. Devaux) as Charles Lee, or Fitzwilliams. V.G. () There are probably numerous male descendants existing of the ancestor of the grantee, some one of whom would be entitled to this Viscountcy. The estates passed to Cuthbert Tunstall, nephew, by the sister, of the last Viscount, and thence into the family of Clifford, being that of the last-named Viscount's wife. if) He and John Hay, titular Earl of Inverness, appear to have been very unpopular with some of their fellow Jacobites, who mistrusted their influence over the