. The Earls of Cromartie; their kindred, country, and correspondence. [With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables.] . tw |||e ass. Id x in oIT u to 3 o X <m K 1789.] REBUILDS TARBAT HOUSE. cclvii bill for the restoration of the forfeited estates, Lord Balcarres made a speech inthe House of Lords, from which the following eloquent passage is taken :— Banished their country, their properties confiscated, and impoverished ineverything but their national spirit, they offered their services to foreign princes,in whose armies they were promoted to important commands
. The Earls of Cromartie; their kindred, country, and correspondence. [With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables.] . tw |||e ass. Id x in oIT u to 3 o X <m K 1789.] REBUILDS TARBAT HOUSE. cclvii bill for the restoration of the forfeited estates, Lord Balcarres made a speech inthe House of Lords, from which the following eloquent passage is taken :— Banished their country, their properties confiscated, and impoverished ineverything but their national spirit, they offered their services to foreign princes,in whose armies they were promoted to important commands and trusts, whichthey discharged with fidelity; but the moment they saw a prospect of return totheir friends and restoration to the bosom of their country, there was not a manof them that hesitated ; they resigned those high stations, and from being generalofficers and colonels, accepted companies, and some even subaltern commissions inour,service. They were indeed returned to their friends, and received with openarms, nor, in the course of those twelve years, was there a man who had abandonedhis chief because he was poor, or had deserted him because t
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