Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical . at St. Margarets,Westminster, February8th, 1789, and died May following. 4. Catherine Harris, born at , May 21st, 1/80,the Empress of Russia being her godmother. 5. Frances Harris, born in the parish of St. Margarets, West-minster, August 22d, 1784. Titles. James Harris, Earl and Baron of Malmsbury, and Vis-count Fitzharris. 426 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Creations. Baron of Malmsbury, by patent dated September19th, 1788; and Viscount Fitzharris, and Earl of Malmsbury, bypatent December 2gth, 1800. Arms. Az. a ch
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical . at St. Margarets,Westminster, February8th, 1789, and died May following. 4. Catherine Harris, born at , May 21st, 1/80,the Empress of Russia being her godmother. 5. Frances Harris, born in the parish of St. Margarets, West-minster, August 22d, 1784. Titles. James Harris, Earl and Baron of Malmsbury, and Vis-count Fitzharris. 426 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Creations. Baron of Malmsbury, by patent dated September19th, 1788; and Viscount Fitzharris, and Earl of Malmsbury, bypatent December 2gth, 1800. Arms. Az. a chevron ermine between three hedgehogs, Or,on a chief the Prussian Eagle j which augmentation his Lordshipreceived by his Majestys permission on May Qth, l/Sf). Crest. A hedgehog. Or. Supporters. On the dexter side an eagle, on the sinister sidea stag. Motto. Ubigue patkiam reminisci» Chief Seat. His Lordship lately possessed the beautiful seat atPark-Place, near Henley (bought of Marshal Conways heirs) j•whicbj however, he has lately sold again. EARL OF ROSSLYNN. 427. K^j^^aH^^:, ERSKINE, EARL OF ROSSLYN. The present Earl derives his peerage from his maternal uncle,the late Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of Rosslyn, Lord HighChancellor of England. I therefore will first give an account ofthe family of Wedderburn. The surname of Wedderburn is local, and was first assumed bvthe lords or proprietors of the barony of Wedderburn, in thecounty of Berwick, when surnames became hereditary in Scot-land, in the reign of King Malcolm the Third, who was contem-porary with William the Conqueror. Walter de Wedderburn was one of the great Barons of Scot-land, who swore fealty to King Edward the first of England, forthe lands he possessed in the county of Berwick, as in PrynnesRagmans Roll, 2d Ann. ^ The direct male line of the Barons of Wedderburn having ter-minated in an heiress, in the reign of King Robert the Third,married to a younger son of the noble family of Home, that Ba-rony has
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