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43G 'rrnvKv — tweeddale. TURVEY.(") i.e., "Ti'Rvey, co. Dublin," Barony (Barncicull), cr. 1646 with the Viscopntcy of Barnfayai.l ok ICingslaxd [1.], which see ; ex. 1834. TUTI.URY. Tlie Earls of Derby, owing to their residing «t Tu/hary Castle, en, Stafford, are frequently spoken of »s EARLS 01 Tl'TIil'liY ; see "Deiuiy" Earldom {Ferrers), cr. 1133 ; forfeited 1260. TWEEDIULK, and TWKKDDALE OF YESTKH. Earldom [S ] /. Jonx (Hay), L©8B Kay of Yester [S.], 1st I lfi4f> Mid h. of James, the 7th Lord, by Margaret, da. of Mark (Kerb), 1st Earl of Lothian [S.i, 6. before 18 April 1599; sic-. Me ■pcermje [S.] Fell. 1009, being served hair 2 March 1610. He opposed the act for regulating the apparel of Churchmen, 1633, and for the introduction of the service book, 1039. at which data he was in command of a regiment [S.] For these (not, apparently, very eminent services) he was cr. 1 Dec. 1046. EARL OK TVKF.DDALK [S.] with rem. to heirs male for ever. He m. firstly, shortly, probably very shortly, after 3 April 1821^*] J me, da. of (his sister's husband) Alexander (SKTOJt), 1st Earl of Dunfermline [S.], L. High Chancellor [3 .], by his second wife, Grizel, da. of James Leslie, Master of Hollies. She d. at Botbawa, 21 ami was bur. there 29 Aug. 1625. Funeral entry in Lyon office. He m, secondly, before Dec. 1049, Margaret, 1st da. of Alexander ( MoNTGoMERIE), Haw. ok Eulintoux [S.]. by his first wife, Anna, da. of Alexander ( LiviNosto.ve 1st Earl of LlXLlTlinow [S.j. He d. 1054. His widow, who was b. 2 March 1017, m., as his second wife, Widiatu (Cunningham 1 , 9th Earl of Glemairn [S ] (whs if. 30 May 1004 in his 54th year) and </. at Edinburgh 25 July 1005. Funeral entry at Lyon office. II. 1654. J and /. John (Hay) Earl of Tweeddale, <kc. MnrniiPssntftrs 1 [S-], Ut s. and h., being only s. by first wife; b. 1020; joined iuarquessate i--,. j the st . ln ,,. lr(] nf C | mrU , s ] ,, t jfottingham in 1012: but fought I. 1 694. against him at Maraton moor in 10 14. being, however, again on his side nt I'reston in 1048, to uphold " the engagement "; m styled Loud Hay of Yksikii, 1040-54 ; was at the Coron. of Charles II at Scone in 1651 : sue. In the peerage [S.]. as above, in 1051, but was, notwithstanding, M.I 1 , for East Lothian in Cromwell* Pari., 1056-5S, and in that for 1659-60. At the Restoration he was made P.O. FS.J 1000 ; President uf the Council [S.] 1003 ; a com- missi for the Treasury and for Church affairs and an Extraordinary Lord of Session [S.], 1064, but was dismissed from all office in 1674, by the influence of Lord Lauderdale, on whose downfall, ill 1080, he was reinstated, holding the same officet under James II. In 1686 he alienated the ancient estates of the family in co. Peebles. He joined cordially in the Revolution ; was P.C. and a Lord of the Treasury. 1089. and 1.. Hum Chancellor [8.1, 1402-96. He was cr. 17 Dec. 1094;--) MARQUESS OK TWEED. DALE, EARL OF GIFFORD, VISCOUXT OF WALDEX, and LORD HAY OF YF.STEU [S.] with rem. to heirs male whatsoever. He was High Commissi-, to the Pari. [S.] that met 9 May 1095, giving, ns such, the royal consent to the Darien seheme,( d ) for which, when next year there was an outcry against it, he was dismissed (") The Barony of Mordauut, cr. by writ 1529 (which fell into abeyance 1830; is sometimes, but incorrectly, called " Mordauut of Ttirrcy," co. Bedford. ( b ) At that date he writes, expressing his intention to marry and discussing eligible matches, " As for uiy Lo d Chan, his daughter [Jane Seton] 1 swear I have nothing to mialike of her, for she is an very comely wench, and may be a wife to the best in the kingdom ." (<=) The patent is printed in Crawford's " Ojlicers nf Stale." ( d ) " It is supposed to have been partly to divert the mind of the nation from the Glencoe blunder that Tweeddale lent a willing ear to the Darien schemes of Paterson, ... If not one of the ablest, Tweeddale was one of the most honourable and straight- forward statesmen of his time. He had not always the courage of his opinions, but his opinions were patriotic and enlightened, nnd he usually gave good advice." [.Vai. liimjr.] Macaulay speaks of him as " a man grown ohl in business, well informed,