. The chiefs of Grant. Memoirs (Correspondence. - Charters.) [With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables.] . me rank 2 Vol. ii. of this work, pp. 517, 521. which they would have attained had their father, 3 On 3d July 1S22, King George the Fourth Sir James Grant, lived to be Earl of Seafield. 1811.] HIS CHILDREN. 461 to Elgin for her relief in the year 1820, during a keen electioncontest. Of that formidable demonstration an interesting accountis subjoined to this memoir, furnished for this work by a gallantGeneral who took part in the campaign. 2. Lady Margaret, w
. The chiefs of Grant. Memoirs (Correspondence. - Charters.) [With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables.] . me rank 2 Vol. ii. of this work, pp. 517, 521. which they would have attained had their father, 3 On 3d July 1S22, King George the Fourth Sir James Grant, lived to be Earl of Seafield. 1811.] HIS CHILDREN. 461 to Elgin for her relief in the year 1820, during a keen electioncontest. Of that formidable demonstration an interesting accountis subjoined to this memoir, furnished for this work by a gallantGeneral who took part in the campaign. 2. Lady Margaret, who married, 10th June 1795, Major-General Francis Stuart of Lesmurdie, and had issue. She died in 1830,and was buried at Elgin. 3. Jane, born 1st March 1774. She died at Grant Lodge, Elgin, 22d May 1819, aged 45, unmarried, and was interred in thefamily vault at Duthil church. 4. Lady Penuel, died, on 27th January 1844, unmarried. 5. Christina Teresa, died at Grant Lodge, Elgin, 16th July 1793, unmarried. 6. Magdalen, a daughter, living in 1796, unmarried. 7. Mary Sophia, died 26th February 1788, unmarried. ISAL- tf/^7<St/Z-^ V. 462 POEM ON SIB JAMES GKANT by Mrs. Grant of Laggan. While on the meadowy banks of Spey, Slow steals along the rural muse,And sees the bordering flowers display Their native sweets and vernal hues : And while she casts her pensive view Where bold Craigillachy aspires,Now deckd with heath-bells fresh with dew, Where blazd of old the warning fires : With glowing heart and trembling hand She strives to wake the plausive lay;And wide oer all her native land The voice of grateful truth convey. And while she consecrates the strain, To worth beyond her humble praise,The genius of thy native plain Will smile indulgent on her lays. Oh, formd to prove each feeling dear That heightens joy and sweetens care,—The tender Parent, Friend sincere, The Consort blest beyond compare : The Patriot Chief, who dwells belovd Among the race his fathers swayd;Who, long his
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