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lands of Ecclefechan, held of the crown, and immediately, as already stated, resigned the seat to his uncle, Herbert. William Irving, of Bonshaw, registered arms, 1673, and seems to have been " the wild Bonshaw," known as a persecutor of the Covenanters; he was stabbed to death at Lanark by a drunken follower in 1683, and buried in the old church there; bis violent death had been foretold by Mr. Donald Cargill, whom he took prisoner at Covington Mill. There were intermarriages with Kirk- patrick, Douglas, of Kelhead, and Jardine, of Applegirth. Hekbeet Ieving, of Bonshaw, d. before 1699, and was s. by his son, William Irving, of Bonshaw, h. 1663, m. 1698, ^miha, eldest daugliter of Andrew, third Lord Rollo (see Burke's Peerage), and by her (who d. 1747) had, I. John, his heir. II. Robert, writer to the signet, living 1765, TO. Miss Veitch, sister of Lord Eliock, and d. s.p. III. James, M.D., b. 1713, settled in Jamaica, where he acquired Ironshore, and other valuable estates ; to. Eliza, daughter of Jacob Motte, Esq. of Charleston, South Carolina, and was living in 1765. His eldest son, James, of Ironshore, Jamaica, by his wife (who re-m. Elie FranQois Boucher de la Motte, and d. 1813), the daughter of Phillip O'Connor, Esq.of Carrick Foyle, Jamaica, had, 1. James, of Ironshore, Jamaica, Kensington-square, London, and Pisa, Italy, h. 1792, to. 1819, Judith 'Bowen, third daughterof Thomas Nasmyth, Esq. of Rhodes Hall, Jamaica, M.D., and by her (who d. at Bonshaw, 19th June, 1873) left at his decease, which took place at Leghorn, Italy, 10th October, 1855, I. James, M.D., b. 9th July, 1822, d. s.p. at Leghorn, 11th February, 1856. II. Robert Nasmyth, now of Bonshaw, co. Dum- fries, late lieutenant 12th Regiment, b. 20th August, 1827, nnm. 2. Henry Hoghton, of the 58th Regiment. 3. John Beaufin, m., and had a son, John Beaufin, of Florence. 4. Jacob .JSmilius, to,, and had issue two sons, Jacob ^milius, of America (who has an only eon, Jacob ^milius), and John Beaufin, of America. IT. Paulus .^milius (lieutenant-colonel), governor of Upnor Castle, living 1765. He had a son, Lieutenant-General Sir Paulus .^milius, created a baronet, 1809, whose title became extinct on the death of his son. Sir Thomas St. Lawrence, third baronet. I. Maria Emilia. II. Jane. William Irving d. 1742. His eldest son, John Irving, of Bonshaw, b. 25th August, 1699, TO. Friiulein von Claprod, and d. 1749, leaving, I. William. II. Henry, who left one son, John, lieutenant-colonel, living 1765, TO. Judith, daughter of Colonel Paulus jEmilius Irving, of Wood- house, and was father of John (Rev.), vicar of Llantris- sent, CO. Monmouth, and afterwards of Bonshaw, parish of Annan, co. Dumfries, to. Margaretta Davies, and d. 1870, leaving an only child, Margaretta JEmilia, to. Rev. Charles Irving, rector of Donoughmore, co. Donegal. At the death of the Rev. John Irving, Bonshaw passed to its present owner, Robert Nas- myth Irving, the heii- male of the family. III. Robert, heutenant-colonel 70th Regi- ment, killed at the siege of Guadaloupe, 5th October, 1796, aged 50, leaving by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of James Currie Carlyle, of Bridekirk, three daughters, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Sophia, who to. Colonel William Beck- with, brother of Sir George Beckwith, G.C.B. IV. Paulus ^milius. I. Mary ^Emilia, m. Hon. Clement Rollo, son of Robert, fourth Lord Rollo (see Burke's Peerage), and had issue, Robert, who settled in America ; John ; and Mary, who d. num., 1776. II. Katherine, living unm. at Doncaster, 1839. III. Jane, m. James Currie Carlyle, Esq. of Bridekirk. The eldest son, William Irving, of Bonshaw, who exe- cuted a deed of tailzie, 19th December, 1765, and d. 1779, having to. 13th November, 1767, Janet, daughter of Sir John Douglas, Bart., of Kelhead ; she d. 1806, leaving a daughter, Christina, and a son, John Robert Irving, of Bonshaw, advo- cate, m. Jacobina Donaldson, and d. s.p.m.s., 18th June, 1839. He had, I. John, lieutenant in the Royal Marines, d. s.p. 1837. I. Joan Maria, m. John Dickson, Esq., master of the academy at Annan, and had issue. II. Janet Margaret. The younger daugliter, and eventual co-heir, Janet Margaret Irving, to., at Edin- burgh, Scotland, 1826, John Winter, Esq., formerly of Lauder, Berwickshire, and of Edinburgh, Scotland, and afterwards of Lauderdale, Ballarat, Grenville co., in the colony of Victoria, son of Thomas Winter, Esq. of Cold Shields, and afterwards of Lauder, co. Berwick (whose family was for-
