SELKIRK. 107 [S.] nnil a Run. Pkkk [S.] in four Paris., 1713-1". and 1722-39. The estates of Crawford- Douglas and Crawford- John were in 1(593 settled by his parents on him and his successors in the Karldom of Selkirk. He d. in London until. 13 March 1738/9, and was bur. IS April 1739, in WesttB. Abbey, aged about 76. Will dat. 4 May 1 734, pr. (after a contest! 27 .June 1739, by his nephew and universal legatee, William Hamilton, styled Lord RiccaRTOUN, the s. and h. ap. of his successor iu the Earldom. III. 1739. 3. John (Hamilton)^ 1 ') Earl of Selkirk, Earl OF KitoLKN, VlSCOl'NT KltVARTOUN, &e. [8.1, next yr. Iir. and h., bap. at Hamilton, 26 Jan. 1665, was cr. 14 April 1697, Emu. or RuOUSN, ire. [S.], and wee. his br. 13 March 1739, as Earl BP SELKIRK, kc. [S.], under the spec. rem. in the creation of that dignity. He rf. g.p.m.8. 3 Dec. 1741, in his 80th year, wheu the Karldom of Sfgktl, kc, devolved on his (la. and heir of line, but the Earldom of Selkirk, Sic, as below. [WilluM Hamilton', styled Lord Kiccartoun, 1697 — 1739, and I.ord DakR, 1739-42, only s. and h. ap. He d. tinm. and v.p. 20 Feb. 1742, at Edinburgh, iu his 46th year. Admon. 30 June 1742.] a 3 "3 - fli U ii IV. 1744. 4. Dundar (Douglas, formerly Hamilton), Earl of SkLKIRK, kc. [S.], great nephew and h., being 1st s. and h. of Basil Hamilton, ( c l of Baldoon, co. Wigtou, by Isabella, da. of ("ol. the Hon. Alexander M.u kknzik, which Basil was 2d but only surv. s. of Lord Basil Hamilton, (") by .M.iry.C'j da. and h. of David DUNBAR, k. and h. ap. of Sir David DunbaR, Bart. [S.J of Baldoon afsd., the said Lord Basil (who d. in 1701, aged 29), being yr. br.( c ) of the late Earl He was b. Dec. 1722 ; was ed. at the Univ. of Glasgow ; sue. to the estate of Baldoon on the death of his father in Nov. 1742, and sue. to the peerage [S.], 3 Dec. 1714, under the spec. rem. iu the creation of that dignity, when he assumed the name of Douglas, the patronymic of his race, in lieu of Hamilton. He took part against the Jacobites in 1745. Rbp. Pker [S.], 1787-99.(0 In 1771 he sold the estate of Crawford— John for £70,000 to Sir George Colebrooke, and iu 1793 sold that of Bal- doon for about £250,000 to the Karl of Galloway [S.] He >». 3 Dec. 1758, at Edinburgh, Helen, 5th da. of the Hon. John Hamilton (2d s. of Thomas, 6th Earl ok HADDINQTON [S.] ), by Margaret, da. of Sir John Homk, Bart. [S.], of Blackadder. He d. 24 May 1799, at Edinburgh, in his 77th year. Admon. March 1S02. His widow rf. at Bath 28 Nov, aud was bur. 1 Dec. 1802, at Bath Abbey, aged 64. M.I. there. [Sholto TIasil Douglas, styled Lord Daer, 1st s. and b. ap., b. 3 Sep. 17.19, and </. 4 July followiug at St. Mary's Isle, near Kirkcudbright, aged nine mouths.] (*) He is said, however, to have married, as a third husbaud, no less a person than Anue, Dow. Duchess of Monmouth, 1MB jure Duchess of Buccleuch [SJ, "some days since," 10 Aug. 1703. See vol. v. of Luttrell's "Brief Relation" as quoted in " Jv". «"d 7th S., x, 327. This marriage, tho' ignored by all authorities, is not impossible, tho' the lady would have then been a widow of the age of 52 and he only about 40. C) See p. 106, note "a." l c ) This Basil Hamilton was iu command in the Rising of 1715 and was con- demned to death in 1716 but pardoned aud subsequently (1732) restored. ( d ) She d. at Edinburgh 15 May 1760, in her 84th year, having survived her husband 59 years. [") The intermediate brother, George, Earl of Orkney [S.], who would have come before Basil iu the succession, had d. s.p.m. 29 Jan. 1737. . {') See Jtobertum," pp. 378—387, as to his exertions against Ministerial influence iu the election of Scotch Rep. Peers.
