kellie— mm 339 claim to nn Earldom efUfdrp) [S.] supposed (by their lordships) to have been eft by patent (de novo) 29 or 30 July 1565, with a rem. to heirs male of the body of the grantee [which heir the then Earl of Kellie undoubtedly was] in favour of John (Ekskine) Earl OP Mar [S.J, who had been restored per mndum justiticc to that Earldom in the preceding month. In consequence of this decision the Earl of K>llie became EARL OF MAR [S.] with the Drecedenee of 1565, i.e.. the (supposed) motion of that dignity. He was a Ukp. PEB8 [S,] 1870 58. He m. 14 Oct. 18(13, Mary Anne, da. of William Foimns, of Medwyn, CO. Peebles, hy Mary Anne, da. of John Archer Houbi-ON. of Hflllingbury, E-sex." He d. 16 Sept, 1828, aged 48, at Alloa House, co. Clackmannan. Will pr. at i 46,822, His widow living 1891. XIV. 1888. "Walter John- Francis (Erskine), Earl of Mar [1665], BaBC of KllUE [1610] Viscount Fkntoi.v [1606 and 1610] and Loan Ekskine ok DtRLETOCN in the peerage of Scotland, premier Viscount of Scotland:*), s. and h., b. 29 Aug. 1SG5, styled Loud Ehskixei'i till he sue. to the peerage [S.] 18 Sept. 1888 ; ed. at Eton ; Lieut. Scots Guards. Family E'talet. — These, in 18S3, consisted of 6.163 acres in Clackmannanshire, and 149 in Fifeshire. Tola'. 6.312 acres, worth £8,581 a year, exclusive of £5,320 for mines, leu duties, &e. Principal Residence, Alloa Park, co. Clackmannan. i.e., " Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie," Barony [S.] (Govlon), cr. 1682, with the Eauldo.m of Aheudeen [S.], which see. [Jfote. — See p. f)5, note " sub. " Gormanston," as to tlio " Lordship of Kells in Ossory," held in the 15th century by the Preston family. Xotc also that a "Barony of Kelts" [I.] is often supposed (tho' apparently without any foundation) to have been conferred on Sir Richard Butler, together with the Yisc.tmntcij of Mountgarrett [I.] cr. in 1550.] See " Ciiolmokdelev of Kells, co. Meath," Visnountcy [I] (C/mlmondelctf), cr. 1628 : ex. 1659 ; cr. (a second time) 1661. KELSO. i.e., " Ken lis of Kexlis or Kells, co. Meath," Barony (Tayhvr) cr, 1831. See '• IIkadfort" Marquessate [I.], cr. 1S00 under the 2d Marquess. KELSO. ■i.e., "Kelso" Earldom [S.] (Ker) cr. 1707 with the Dukedom of ROXBUROHE [S.J, which sec. KELVIN OF LARGS. i.e., "Kelvin of Largs, co. Ayr" (Thomson), cr. Feb. 1892. Seo supplement at the end of this work. (») This Earldom of Mar is, apparently, a creation by the Committee for privileges in 1875, being not found anywhere else. The Earldom of Mar, which was placed 7th among the Earldoms [S.] in the "Decreet of Hanking" in 1606, and 5th on the Union Poll of 1707, was certainly not one that had its origin in 1565, but was that Earldom which in 1 606 was ranked between the Earldoms of Sutherland and Rothes and which in 1S85 was confirmed to the heir general. (b) See vol. iii, p. 325, note " b," sub. " Fentoun," as to that dignity being the premier Visccovntci/ of Scotland. (o) The Barony of Erskine [S.] cr. 1426, was forfeited (with the Earldom of Mar) in 1716, and has never been restored. The Earl of Kellie is undoubtedly heir male thereof, but not heir general, so that his claim thereto (even had it not been forfeited) would be doubtful. See vol. iii, p. 275, note "a," sub. " Erskine. As to the Baronv of Erskuie of T MrIetoun [R.] cr. in 1604, see p. 338, note "a," Y 2
