. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. he order,—it fell to the groimd. In 1638 Lord Stirlings eldest son and heir,William, lord Alexander, died, when his lordshipmade a surrender of all his honoui-s and estatesinto the hands of King Charles, who, by a charter ofNovodamus, under ti le great seal of Scotland, datedthe 7th of December 1639, regranted them to theearl, to hold to himself and the heirs male of hisbody, whom failing to the eldest heirs after this, Lord Stirling died at London,on the 1
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. he order,—it fell to the groimd. In 1638 Lord Stirlings eldest son and heir,William, lord Alexander, died, when his lordshipmade a surrender of all his honoui-s and estatesinto the hands of King Charles, who, by a charter ofNovodamus, under ti le great seal of Scotland, datedthe 7th of December 1639, regranted them to theearl, to hold to himself and the heirs male of hisbody, whom failing to the eldest heirs after this, Lord Stirling died at London,on the 12tli of September 1640, and was interredat Stirling on the 12th of April thereafter. Hiscorpse was deposited in a leaden coffin in the fam-ily aisle in the «hurch of Stirling, aboveground,and remained entire for a hundred years. Henever relinquished any of the rights vested in himunder his patents, and an assignment of them in ALEXANDER, 112 EARL OF STIRLING. trust was executed by him ouly two weeks beforehis death The accompanying portrait of hislordship is taicen from one given in WalpolesRoyal and Noble authors:. The province of Nova Scotia finally came un-der the undisputed possession of Great Britainin 1763. By the fourth article of the treatyof Paris, of 10th Febniary of that year, theFrench king renounced all pretensions to NovaScotia in all its parts, and thus, with Canada, itssovereignty was re-acquired by Great Britain, inwhose possession it now remains. The baronetsof Scotland and Nova Scotia in the year 1836,held a meeting at Edinbmgh for the piu-pose ofreviving the objects for which their order wascreated, and a Case, showing their rights andprivileges, dignitorial and territorial, was shortlythereafter published by Richard Broun, Esq., thesecretary of the order, afterwards Sii- Richard Broun,baronet, of Colstoun, Dumfi-ies-shue; but there little likelihood now of their ever regainingthe lands in Nova Scotia which were originallygranted with then- titles
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