ANN AND ALE. Earls [S.] J. John (Murray Viscount of Annaxd and Lord t if 01 5 Murray of LooJOIAbbn [S.], Sth and yst. s. of Sir Charles Murray of Cockpool, by Margaret, 1st da. of Hugh (So.merville), Sth Lord So.meryr.le [8-1 Waa formerly Gent, of the Bedchamber and Master of the Horse to James VI [SJ, by wliom he was Knighted, and, coming with that King to England, was made one of the Gent, of the Privy Chamber there, receiving large grants of laud formerly belonging to tin' Abbeys of Duudrenan, Linoloudaue, &c. Having been (apparently about 1622) a: LORD MURRAY OF LOCHMABEN ami VISCOUNT OF ANN AND [&],(<») he was on 13 March Hi24-5 a: E.vitL of Axxandale [S.],his long and faithful services to the King being recited in the patent, to 1630 he Hue. to the family estate of Coekpool (as h. male of his father i, on the death of his br. Sir Richard Murray, Bart. [S.] He m. Elizabeth, da. of Sir John SchaW, Knt. He </. in London, Sept., and was bur. 13 Oct. 1640 at Hoddam. Fun. entry at Lyon office. XL 1G40, & James (Muhhay), Earl of Annandale, Viscount to OS AnnaSD, and Loan Murray ttt Locuhaben [S.], only s. and 1658. h. served h. to his father 30 March 1(541. Un the death of Mungo (Murray), 2nd Viscount Stormont[S.J, in March 1042, lie (lift (under the limitations in the patent of that title, 10 Aug. 1*521) as VISCOUNT STORMONT [SJ On 1" Nov. 1043 he was made Steward of Annandale. After the battle of Kilsyth, in Aug. 1045, lie joined the army of Montrose and subsequently retired to England. He in.., contract ihit 14 June 1647, Jane, or Elizabeth, da. of James (Carnegie), 2nd Basil of Sol'THESK |"S.] by Isabel, da-, of Robert (Kerr), 1st Earl OF RoxuurgUE [S.j He d. s.p. at St. Clement Danes, Midx., 28 Dec. 1058, when the Viscountoy of Stormont P.] devolved on David (Murray), 2nd LOHB Baly.uhd [S.] (see "STORMONT," Viscount [S.J, under the 4th Viscount) and the Earldom ok Annandale, Viscocktcy of Annaxd and the Baroxy of .Murray of Loctimabex, [S.], became ex. Admou. 3 March 1664-0 to a creditor. His widow in. 9 Aug. 1659, at Kinnaird, David (Muivray), 5th Viscount Stoh.voxt [S.], who d. 24 July 1668. III. 16G1. /. James (Johnstone), 2nd Eakl of IIartfell,( u ) &c. [S.], s. and h. of James, 1st Earl of Hartfell [S.] by his 1st wife Margaret, 1st da of William (Douolas), 1st Earl of Qulf.xsuerry" [S.], sue. his father in March 1653 and was served h. to him 1 Oct. 1653. He was fined £2000 in 1654 by Cromwell's Act of Indemnity At the restoration he was made P.C. and, having resigned his peerage honours to the King (the peerage of "Annandale," cr. 1625, having become c.c. as above) he received a grant of the Earldom of Annandale, &c, 13 Feb. 1061 (with the precedency of the resigned Earldom of Hartfell, via. 18 March 1643), under the designation of " EARL OF ANNANDALE AND HARTFELL, VISCOUNT OF ANNAND, LORD JOHNSTON OF LOCHWOOD, LOCHMABEN, M0FFATDALE AND EVANDALE " l&% with rem. to the heirs male of his body, rem. to the eldest heirs female of his body and the eldest heirs male of the body of such heirs female bearing name mid arms of Johnston, whom all failing to his nearest heirs whomsoever. He obtained a grant of the office of Hereditary Constable of Lochmabcu Castle and of Hereditary Steward of Annandale. He m. Henrietta, da. of William (Douolas), 1st Ma rquess of Douglas [S.] by his second wife Mary, da. of George (Gordon), 1st Marquess of Huntly [S.] He d. 17 July 1672. a ( d ) There was a charter to him of the date of 20 Feb. 1623-4, under the name of Ju/ui, 1'iscount o/ AinimHf," of the palace in Dumfries, the lands of Haikheuch and Cuerlaverock. See also " Maidment," p. 3, where there is much curious information about this family.' ( c ) Hartfell is the name of a high hill in Annandale. The date of the Earldom of Hartfell was 18 March 1613. The date of the Barony of " Johnston of Lochwood " LSJ (by which title the 1st Earl was first raised to the Peerage] was 20 June 1633. See « HARTFELL," Earl of [S.]
