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132 HADDINGTON — HADDO. the Admiralty (with a seat in tho Cabinet) Sep. 1841 to Jan. 1846, and Privy Seal, Jan. to July 1S4G.( :1 ) K.T., 28 Oct. 1853. He m., 18 Oct. 1802, at St. Marylebonc, Midx., Maria, only surv. da. and h. of George (Parker), 1th Karl of Macclesfield, by Mary Fiances, da. and coheir of Rev. Thomas Drake. He d- s.p. 1 Dec. 1S58, at Tyuinghame afsd., aged 78, wheu tho Barony of Metros became extinct. His widow, who was b. 23 Jan. 1781, d. 11 Feb. 1861, aged 80, at 13 Berkeley sci., Midx. X. 1858. 10. George (Baillie, afterwards Baillie-Hamilton), Eaul ok Haddingtox, Sso. [8,1 cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of George Baillie, of Mellerstain and Jerviswood afsd. (d. 1841 aged 78) by Mary, da. of Sir James Pringle, Bart, which George, last named, was s. and h. of George Baillie formerly Hamilton, of Mellerstain and Jerviswood {d. 1797 aged 74) who was next br. to Thomas, 7th Earl being 2d s. of Charles Hamilton styled Lord Binning, by Rachel, da. and b. of George Baillie, of Jerviswood and Mellerstain, as abovementioned. He was 6. 14 April 1802, at Mellerstain afsd. He sue. to the Peerage [S.] in Dec. 1858, and by Royal lie, 24 March 1S59, took for himself and issue the surname of Hamilton (that of his paternal ancestors) after that of Baillie ; llEr. Peer [S.J 1859-70. High Commissioner to the Church [8.1 1S07-70 ; one of the Lords in Waiting, 1807. He m., 16 Sep. 1S24, Georgina, da. of the Ven. Robert MarKHAM, Archdeacon of York (s. of the Archbishop of York) by Frances Egerton. da of Sir Gervase Ci.iktox, Bart, of Clifton, Notts. He d. 25 June 1870, aged 68, at 10 Hanover sij., Midx. His wife d. 26 Feb. 1873. aged 71, at Lennel House, Coldstream, Scotland. Both were bur. at Tyninghame. XI. 1S70. 11. George (Baillie- Hamilton - Arden), Earl of Haddington, &c. [S.], s. and h., b. 26 July 1S27 ; mat. (as " (Itoryc Buillid") at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 15 May 1845. Having «!., 17 Oct 1854, Helen Catherine, da. of Sir John Waiuiknder, 5th Bart., and only child of his second wife, Frances Henrietta, da. of (whose issue, in 1857, became heir to) Richard Pepper (Arden), 1st Baron Alvanley, he by Royal lie. 31 Dec. 1858, took the surname of Ardcn after that of Baillie-Hamilton. He was styled Lord Binning, 1858-70 ; Lieut. Col. East Lothian Cavalry, 1858. He sue. to the peerage [S.] in June 1870 ; was Sheriff of Cheshire, 1871; Rep. Peer [S.j, 1S74; Lord Lieut, of co. Haddington, 1876 ; Brig. Gen. of the Royal Company of Archers [8.1 etc. His wife d. 29 May 1 889, at Tyninghame and was bur. there. [George Baillie-Hamilton, siyled Lord Binning, 1st s. and b. ap., b. 24 Dec. 1856 ; ed. at Eton and at Trim Coll., Cambridge ; B.A., 1879 ; entered the Army, 1881; served thro' the Egyptian campaign with the Royal Horse Guards; Aide-de-camp to the Viceroy of India, 1888-89, and to tbe Go?, of Madras, 1889-90.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 6,250 acres in Cheshire (worth £12,172 a year) and (in Scotland) of 14,279 acres in Berwickshire ; S.302 in Hadding- tonshire ; 4,708 in Roxburghshire, and 501 in Lanarkshire. TotiU 34,046 acres worth £4G,616 a year. Principal Residences. Arderne Hall, near Tarporley, Cheshire ; Tyninghame Castle, near Preston Kirk, Haddingtonshire, and Mellerstain, near Kelso, Roxburghshire. Of these properties the first came from the family of Arden, the second from that of Hamilton, and tho last from that of Baillie. HADHAM. See "Capell op Hadiiam, co. Hertford," Barony {Cupell), cr. 1641. HADDO. i.e., "Haddo, Methlick, Tarves,and Kellie," Barony [S.] {Gordon), cr. 1682 with the Earldom of Aberdeen [S.], which see. ( a ) In 1843 he received £30,674 in compensation of the office of Keeper of Uolyrood Park which had been hereditary in this family since a charter of 23 Jan. 1691.