A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland . ne, Duchess ofSelkirk and Hamilton, upon whom, on the death of her uncle, 3rd DiJce of , , , , Hamuton, the 2ndduke, m 105 i, the honours and estates1634-1694. j^^j devolved. Selkirk was a strong royalist,and had a commission from General Middleton as colonelof a regiment of horse to be raised in Scotland for theKings service in But Middletons expedition cameto nought, and Selkirk was left to make the best termsfor himself that he could obtain from General Monck,Charles li.
A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland . ne, Duchess ofSelkirk and Hamilton, upon whom, on the death of her uncle, 3rd DiJce of , , , , Hamuton, the 2ndduke, m 105 i, the honours and estates1634-1694. j^^j devolved. Selkirk was a strong royalist,and had a commission from General Middleton as colonelof a regiment of horse to be raised in Scotland for theKings service in But Middletons expedition cameto nought, and Selkirk was left to make the best termsfor himself that he could obtain from General Monck,Charles li. writing to him from Cologne that, I hope His only son, Archibald, succeeded as 2nd Earl of Forfar, bom 25th May1693. He was appointed colonel of the loth regiment of foot in 1713, acted asbrigadier under the Duke of Arg>-ll during the Jacobite rising of 1715, and wasmortally wounded at the battle of Sherififmuir on 13th November of that died unmarried, and the title became extinct, the estates reverting to hiscousin, the Duke of Douglas [Ixxiv.]. ^ HistoricalMSS., nth Report, App. part vi. p. 3 THE 3KD DUKE OF HAMILTON 201 the time is drawing on that I shall be able to rewardeyou better than by words, and you may then be confidentthat you shall have cause to believe me to be very kind toyou as your very affectionate frind.—CHARLES R. Accordingly, in May 1655, the earl marched his mento Dalkeith, where they laid down their arms. Selkirk wasfined ^1000, but was allowed to go to France, and todraw recruits from Scotland, one thousand every two years,for a regiment to be raised by him in that , he remained in Scotland, and was imprisonedfor a short time in 1656, on suspicion of complicity withan attempt to bring back the When the King came to his own again Selkirk had no cause to complain that his services had been overlooked. , „ , In accordance with the Duchess of Hamiltons Created Duke ofHamUton, petition, he was created Duke of Hamilto
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