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MENZIES. 425 Moreton Jeffries, co. Warwick; she d. 23 Mar. 1874, having had a son, Charles Granville Stuart, heir presumptive to the Baronetcy ; b. 8 Sept. 1828 ; m. 16 June, 1868, Cecil, dau. and coheir of late Hutches Trower, Esq. of XJnsted Wood, Surrey. [4] William Stuart, col. Bengal army ; b. 31 July, 1805 ; d. July 1857, having m. Sept. 1826, Sarah, dau. of Col. Hamilton, (she re-m. to Capt. A B Chalmers), and had 4 sous and 6 daus. (1) Charles Grenville, 70th regt.; d. 1864. (2) David Priugle, b. 1836. (3) William Augustus Claud, 81st regt.; d. 25 July, 1871, aged 29. (4) James Frederick, major (Queen's bays) 2nd dragoon guards, adj. Ayrs. yeo. cav.; b. 26 Feb. 1846; m. 12 Aug. 1868, Frances Octavia Moore, dau. of late Gen. Sir James Wallace Sleigh, K.C.B. and has 4 sons, James Wallace, b. 2 Mar. 1871. — Charles Granville, b. 4 Sept. 1872.— WiUiam Frederick, b. 18 June, 1874.— Walter Erskine, b. 30 Mar. 1877. (5) Ludwina Grace, m. to Major-Gen. WilUam Nembhard, of Cockayne, Hatley, Beds. Ueut.-col. Bengal staff, retd. (f. p. 1877), served in Sutlej campaign 1845/6, Burmese war 1852, throughout Indian Mutiny 1857/8. (6) Philadelphia Mary Grace, m. 21 Sept. 1858, to Lieut.- Col. Francis George Savage Curtis, Inniskilling dragoons (BART.) (7) Sarah Selina Hamilton, m. 1857, to Lieut.-Col. (Jerard Noel Money, wing commander and 2nd in command 3rd Sikh infantry. (8) Harriet Rose Amy, m. 2 April, 1872, to Capt. George Fletcher Ottley Boughey, R.E. (Bart.) (9) Alice Annie Campbell, m. 6 Oct. 1874, to Henry Doveton Hutchinson, capt. 40th N.I. (10) Emily Edith Ada, m. 11 Oct. 1873, to Harry Harris Burland, late Ueut. 85th foot. [5] Francis Hastings Stuart, vicar of Thorparch, co. York ; b. 6 Oct. 1807 ; d. 8 Mar. 1875, having m. 11 Mar. 1834, Cora, dau. of Rupert Chawner, m.d. of Bvurton-on-Trent, Stafford ; she d. 11 Feb. 1876, having had 4 daus. (1) Rosa Mary. (2) Ludwina Sophia, m. 5 May, 1857, to Rev. William Henry Jackson, vicar of Thorparch, co. York, formerly vicar of Chesterton, Staff., and has 4 sons and a dau. Congreve Jackson, b. 19 May, 1859.— Charles Granville, b. 23 July, 1863.— Archibald, b. 1 May, 1867.— Francis Menteth, b. 2 Feb. 1875.— Alice Sophia. (3) Catherine Maria, m. 15 July, 1862, to Rev. Thomas Hotchkin Vines, M.A. rector of Fiskertou, co. Lincoln, and formerly minor canon, precentor, and sacristan of Peter- borough Cathedral, and has 4 sons and a dau. Francis Hastings Vines, b. 1863.— Thomas Hum- frey, b. 1864.— Walter Stuart Menteth, b. 186;[._!charles Granville, b. 1873.— Catherine Maria (4) Philadelphia Jane. [6] Alexander Stuart, W.S. b. 10 Mar. 1809; m. Harriet, dau. of Gen. Agnew, E.I.C.S. and has had 2 sons, of whom the elder — Charles Alexander, d. 19 Nov. 1876, aged 34. [7] Granville Wheler Stuart, m.a. Magdalen CoU. Oxon. 1835, rector of Morcott, Rutland, 1868/72, vicar of Rauceby 1834/54, rector of Hascomb 1854/60, P.C. Grazeley 1861/8, chaplain to late Earls of Caithness and Earls of Mar ; b. 27 Mar. 1811; m. 29 Aug. 1837, Jane, 2nd dau. of Rev. Edward Thorold, M.A. rector of Hougham-cum-Marston (Bart.), and has a son, Granville Thorold Stuart, B.A. Univ. Coll. Oxon. 1861, curate of Brent Pelham in 1862 ; b. 6 June, 1838; m. 13 July, 1865, Susan Ogilvy, only dau. of Thomas Oliver, Esq. of Lochend, Edinburgh; she d. 8 Jan. 1881, having had 2 sons and 2 daus. Charles Granville, b. 26 Nov. 1868.— Edward Thorold, b. 23 Oct. 1871.— Evelyn Ogilvy, b. 11 April, 1866.— Mary Oliver. [8] Philadelphia Stuart, d. 15 Dec. 1853, having m. 24 April, 1827, to John, 9th Earl of Mar (and Kellie), who d. 19 June, 1866. MENZIES, Sir Robert, of that Ilk, CO. Perth, J.P. D.L. (1665, N.S.), capt. Perths. militia 185.5/6, D.C.L. Oxon.; s. his father as 7th Baronet in 1844; b. 20 Sept. 1817; m. 10 June, 1846, Annie Balcarres, 6th dau. of Major James Alston Stewart, of Drrard, Perthshire; she d. 29 April, 1878, having had 2 sons and 2 daus. (1) Neil James, lieut. Scots guards; b. 5 Mar. 1855. (2) Robert Fletcher, b. 3 Nov. 1863 ; d. 26 Nov. 1872. (3) Caroline Marie Stuart, m. 23 April, 1878, to AthoU, 2nd son of Sir John A. B. Macgregor, Bart. (4) Egidia Charlotte. Arms— Arg. a chief gu. Crest— A savage's head erased in profile ppr. Supporters— Two savages ppr. Motto — Vil God I zal. Seats— Castle Menzies, Rannock Lodge, and Foss House, Pitlochrie, Perth. SIR ALEXANDER DE MEYNERS, Knt. (son of Sir Robert de Meyners, Knt. who upon the accession of ALEXANDER III. was constituted lord high chamberlain of Scotland), sat in the Parliament at Brigham 1290, taken prisoner at the battle of Dunbar fighting against the English, got the lands of Weem and Aberfeldy, co. Perth, from John de Strathbolgy, Earl of Atholl ; m. Egidia, only dau. of James, high steward of Scotland. His descendant, SIR DAVID DE MENGUES, Knt. was one of the hostages for James I. ransom, was employed in several embassies to the crown of Denmark, and governor of the Orkneys, then belonging to the King of Denmark; in the latter part of his life he became a monk of the Cistercian order in the monastery of Melrose ; m. 1st, Margery Sinclair, sister of Henry, Earl of Orkney; he m. 2ndly, Helen. His descendant, SIR ALEXANDER MENZIES, created a BARONET OP NOVA SCOTIA 2 Sept. 1665, with remainder to his issue male; m. Agnes, eldest dau. of Sir John Campbell, of Glenor- chy, Bart. (E. Breadalbanb), and had with 3 daus. 2 sons, (1) Robert, capt. in the army, o. v. p. 1691, having m. Anna Sandilands, dau. of Walter, Lord Torphichen; she b. 22 Feb. 1663, and had with other issue a son, [1] Sir Alexander, 2nd Baronet, m. his cousin Christian, dau. of Lord Neil Campbell, of Netherhom, 2nd son of 8th Duke of Argyll, and had with an only dau. an only son, SIR Robert, 3rd Baronet, d. s. p. 1786, having m. Lady Mary Stewart, eldest dau. of James, 3rd Earl of Bute; she d. 30 Dec. 1773. (2) James, of Comry, capt. in the army; m. Anna, dau. of Lord Neil Campbell, aforesaid (by his 1st wife Lady Vere Ker), and had with 7 daus. 4 sons, [1] John, of Femton, capt. in the army; m. Ann, heiress of Lochlane, dau. of Patrick Campbell, of Monzie, lord of session, and had 2 daus. /I/ Catherine, m. to Patrick, eldest son of Sir George Preston, of Valleyfield. /2/ Mary Ann, m. to Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby, of Tulli- body. [2] James, of Edinburgh, merchant; m. Janet Stevenson and had a son, SIR John, 4th Baronet, d. s. p. 26 Mar. 1800, having m 4 Mar. 1797, Lady Charlotte Murray, eldest dau. of John, Duke of Atholl; she re-m. 28 May, 1801, to Capt. Adam Drunimond, R.N. of the Megginch family. [3] Neil, surgeon in Perth ; m. his cousin Mary Both well, dau. of Henry, Lord Holyroodhouse ; she d. 24 May, 1783 , having had a son. Sir Robert, s. as 5th Baronet.