. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. ates, and for nearlythirty years, down to the day of his death, he carried off thedukes cattle with impunity, and disposed of them publicly indifferent parts of the country. Although these cattle gener-ally belonged to the dukes tenants, his grace was the ulti-mate sufferer, as they were unable to pay their rents, toliquidate which their cattle mainly contributed. Macgregoralso levied contributions in meal and money, but he nevertook it away till delivered to the dukes st
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. ates, and for nearlythirty years, down to the day of his death, he carried off thedukes cattle with impunity, and disposed of them publicly indifferent parts of the country. Although these cattle gener-ally belonged to the dukes tenants, his grace was the ulti-mate sufferer, as they were unable to pay their rents, toliquidate which their cattle mainly contributed. Macgregoralso levied contributions in meal and money, but he nevertook it away till delivered to the dukes storekeeper in pay-ment of rent, and he then gave the storekeeper a receipt forthe quantity taken. At settling the money rents Macgregoroften attended, and several instances are recorded of his hav-ing compelled the dukes factor to pay him a share of therents, which he took good care to see were discharged to thetenants beforehand. His grace, who was chancellor of the university of Glas-gow, died at London, 7th January 1742. From a portrait ofhim by Sir John Medina, engraved by Cooper, the subjoinedwoo-ioui is taken •. Bv his duchess, Lady Christian Carnegie, second daughter ofthe third earl of Northesk, he had, with one daughter, foursons, namely, 1st, James, marquis of Graham, who died ininfancy; 2d, David, marquis of Graham, created a peer of Great Britain, by the titles of Earl and Baron Graham oiBelford in Northumberland, 23d May 1722, with remainderto his brothers. He took the oaths and his seat in the Houseof Lords, 19th January 1727, and died, unmarried, 2d Octo-ber 1731. in his fathers lifetime; 3d, William, second dukeof Montrose; and 4th, Lord George Graham, a captain ,who in 1740 was appointed governor of Newfoundland. Atthe general election of 1741 he was chosen for Stirling-shire. He saw a good deal of active service afloat, and Aa-ron Hill wrote a poem to him on his action near Ostend,24th June 1745. He died, uumarried, at Bath, 2d January1747. In Buchan
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