. The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom . r. Mottoes.—Reparahit cornua Phoebe and Fides probatacoronat. [f. J. G.] COLYEAR, EARL OF PORTMORE HE Earls of Portmorewere traditionally de-scended from the greatScottish House of Robert-son of Strowan, and someauthorities,^ though with-out alleging any proof,have derived them fromthe Dulcaben branch ofthat family. It has not,however, been found pos-sible to trace their lineagebeyond the grandfatherof the first Peer, an
. The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom . r. Mottoes.—Reparahit cornua Phoebe and Fides probatacoronat. [f. J. G.] COLYEAR, EARL OF PORTMORE HE Earls of Portmorewere traditionally de-scended from the greatScottish House of Robert-son of Strowan, and someauthorities,^ though with-out alleging any proof,have derived them fromthe Dulcaben branch ofthat family. It has not,however, been found pos-sible to trace their lineagebeyond the grandfatherof the first Peer, andit remains uncertain ifOolyear was adopted asan alternative cognomen,or was in fact the original patronymic. By the first LordPortmore the name of Robertson was entirely abandoned,and henceforth Oolyear became the sole surname of hisdescendants. David Oolyear alias Robertson, whose mother is said tohave been daughter of a younger brother of one of theEarls of Erroll, settled in the Low Oountries, and appearsto have been Ohamberlain to the Prince of Orange; on10 February 1625 he entered the military service of theStates-General,^ and obtained a commission as captain,. ^ Douglass Baronage, 406 ; Comitatus de Atholia, by James Alex-ander Robertson, 66. ^ Funeral entry of Sir Thomas Nicolson of Tilli-coultrie in the Lyon Office. ^ Papers illustrating the History of the ScotsBrigade in the Service of the United Netherlands, 1572-1782, edited forthe Scottish History Society by James Ferguson, OOLYBAR, EARL OF PORTMORE 89 being described in the States of War in 1625 as DavidColliar, in 1636 as Davidt Robbertson dit Ooller, and in1643 as * David Oolyer. On 9 July 1649 he was sergeant-major of Sir William Drummonds regiment, and was deadin March 1657. He married, before 14 September 1643, andprobably several years earlier, Jean, sister of his brotherofficer Captain Alexander Bruce of Airth, and eldestdaughter of Sir John Bruce of Airth, by Margaret, daughterof Alexander, fourt
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