BALVAIRD CASTLE 343 THIRD PERIOD / ' W the reign of James iv., 1487 till 1513. A recumbent statue lying in the castle was brought from the old church of Arngask when the latter was demolished, and it is supposed to have been the monument of Lady Margaret Barclay, who married Sir Andrew Murray, youngest son of Sir William Murray of Tulliebardine, and who, as the surviving child of James Barclay of Kippo, to whom the barony of Balvaird and Arngask previously belonged, brought with her in marriage these baronies. Baron Balvaird is a title in the peerage of Scotland, conferred, 17th November 1641, on the Reverend Andrew Murray, minister of Abdie from l6l 8, a second son of David Murray of Balgonie, and Agnes his wife, a daughter of Moncreiff of Moncreiff. In 1631, on the death of Sir David Murray of Gospertie, first Viscount of Stormont, the minister of Abdie succeeded to the baronies of Arngask and Kippo. He was knighted at the coronation of Charles i. in Scotland, 1633, and three years afterwards he had a charter of the lands of Pitlochie. In 1638 he was a member of the General Assembly held at Glasgow, Fl - 294 Balvaird Castle. Entrance to Keep. of which Henderson was Moderator, and for the part he took in affairs he was favourably represented to the King by the Commissioner, the Marquis of Hamilton, and in the same year he was deprived of Abdie by the Church for his moderate views. Charles afterwards raised him to the peerage, with the title of Lord Balvaird, doubtless to the great contempt and hatred of his clerical brethren, as he was prohibited by the Assembly from bearing improper titles. On the death of Viscount Stormont in 1642 Lord Balvaird succeeded to the lands, lordship, and barony of Stormont, while the title of Viscount Stormont went to the second Earl of Annandale. Lord Balvaird died on 24th September 1644. By his wife, Lady Elizabeth Carnegy, fifth daughter of the Earl of Southesk, he had five sons and three daughters. His eldest son, second Lord Balvaird, succeeded to the titles of Viscount
