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 . February 1806(extinct 22 March 1863). Arms (recorded by the Duke of Lauderdale about 1672).—Or, a lion rampant gules couped in all points of the firstwithin a double tressure flory counterflory azure. 1 In 1790 James, Earl of Lauderdale, matriculated the same achieve-ment, but behind the supporters -were placed the Koyal Standards of MAITLAND, EARL OF LAUDERDALE 323 Orest.—A lion sejaut full faced gules crowned or, lioldin
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 . February 1806(extinct 22 March 1863). Arms (recorded by the Duke of Lauderdale about 1672).—Or, a lion rampant gules couped in all points of the firstwithin a double tressure flory counterflory azure. 1 In 1790 James, Earl of Lauderdale, matriculated the same achieve-ment, but behind the supporters -were placed the Koyal Standards of MAITLAND, EARL OF LAUDERDALE 323 Orest.—A lion sejaut full faced gules crowned or, lioldingiu his dexter paw a sword proper billed and pommelled or,and in the sinister a fleur-de-lys azure. Supporters.—Two eagles proper. MOTTO.—Consilio et animis. [j. R. N. M.] Scotland, on staffs in saltire proper, that on the dexter being or, chargedwith a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure within a doubletressure flowered and counterflowered with flowers de lys of the secondfringed of the last, and that on the sinister azure, a saltire or cross of argent fringed or, each standard having ropes and tassels of thelast. THE CELTIC EAKLS OF LENNOX. ENNOX was not one of the so-called seven Pro-vinces of Scotland, butas a district derived itsname from the Gaelicrendering of the vale ofthe Leven, including thegreat lake of LochLeven nov/ known asLoch Lomond. It wasstyled Leveuauchen orLevenaclis, softened intoLevenax or Lennax, sig-nifying the field of thesmooth stream. Thedistrict embraced underthis name, and includedin the earldom, contained the whole of the ancient sheriff-dom of Dumbarton, the parishes of Arrochar, Baldernock,Balfron, Bonhill, Buchanan, Cardross, Drymen, Dumbarton,Fintry, Killearn, Kilmarnock, New Kilpatrick, Old Kil-patrick, Luss, Roseneath, Row, and Strathblane, withCampsie and Kilsyth, being all within the bounds ruled overby the Earls of Lennox. This large territory was, it issaid, erected by King Malcolm iv. into an earldom in 1154in fa
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