| Show 4 1 c cx c I I GENEALOGY The Keith Family I i r Continued 0 0 c cy y x x x x JC cx ex cx c c c c interesting and und Important aro arc the SO annals of ot the tho celebrated family of ot Keiths that we give herewith other extracts front from an antiquarian Many 1 associated families will be glad to clip cUp this Information for future futuro reference I Tho The RI Right ht Honorable Sir Robort Robert Murray Murray Mur Mur- ur- ur ray Keith K B. B was born Sept 1730 He was wa educated with hi his brother broth broth- J er cr r Basil at sit the high school of Edinburgh Edin burgh and early entered the tho army as aa aaa asa a a. cornet of ot dragoons dragoon In July 1747 ho was appointed a captain in the tho regiment of foot loot then raised in Scotland for tho Dutch service in which he remained for Cor several years rears greatly esteemed b by his Jils 11 brother officers for or his skill slem and judgment as well ell as for his politeness and learning The Keiths of Midlothian became owners of ot that estate b by purchase purchase pur pur- chase In from Sir Archibald Primrose Primrose Prim Prim- rose of ot Dunipace baronet by Alexander Keith writer in Edinburgh h who claimed but without an any ground tobe to tobo bo bu descended from Alexander Keith of ot fourth son of ot third earl marIschal He was succeeded succeeded succeeded suc suc- b by a a. son Alexander an n under clerIc clerk in tho the court of or session born In 1705 In 1766 the latter purchased the estate of Dunnottar from the last Jast earl carl marischal He Ho married Johanna daughter of ot John SwInton of ot that ilk advocate nd a kinswoman of Sir Walter Valter Scott and by her had four tour sons and tl two O d daughters At his death in 1792 liis eldest son Alexander succeeded to the estates of and Donnot- Donnot tar When George IV visited Edinburgh Edin- Edin burgh in 1822 ho he was cre created a no abaro- abaro baro- baro 1 4 net a as he exercised on that mat occasion 4 C the officer of ot Knight Marischal of ot Scotland On his death In 1832 the barI bar- bar 4 I became e extinct and the estate I of went to Sir William Williami 1 i Keith Murray 1 of ot baronet In right of ot his wife Sir Alexanders Alexander's daughter and heiress The officer of ot knight marischal was as conferred on the Earl of or Errol high constable of ot Scotland Scotland Scot Scot- land and on his lordships lordship's death in 1846 It was bestowed on the tho Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale who succeeded suc sue his father in 1852 as eleventh duke of ot Hamilton whoso whose son William WIlHam Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas and Clydesdale who succeeded his father tather In 1852 1552 as eleventh duke of ot Hamilton whoso whose son William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas Hamilton succeeded him as twelfth duke July Jub 15 1863 1563 and was was' married in 1873 1573 to Lady Mary Montagu the eldest daughter of ot the thes s seventh duke of ot Manchester Another Branch Keith George fifth earl marl marischal echal the founder of or the university at Aberdeen Abert Aber- Aber t deen deep eldest son of oC William Lord Keith 1 and Lady Elizabeth th Ha Hay daughter of ot the sIxth sixth earl earl of oC Errol was born about 1553 1653 and succeeded his grandfather e in He studied at Kings King's college Aberdeen and also spent several years at universities on the tho continent It I 1 is stated that he was kindly received b by bythe bytho tho the landgrave of Hesse tho the chief of or the I as a descendant of that tribe At I Geneva where his younger brother William Wil Wil- William liam his fellow student was unfortunately unfortunately unfortunately killed In a a a. scuffle ho had hod for tor his Ills Instructor the celebrated Theodore Theodora After his return to Scotland he appears to have been Involved in some of ot the turbulent proceedings of ot those days das as June 8 8 1585 he obtained a a. remission under the great seal for being be beIng being be- be ing art and part In the slaughter of ot his liia kinsman William Keith l apparent of or and we e learn from Pitcairn's Pitcairn's Pitcairn's Pit- Pit cairns cairn's Criminal Trials that in 1695 1595 he was charged before the king and council council coun coun- cil en for entertaining a deadly feud with the laird of ot Meldrum He seems also alsoto to have had some somo connection with the tho celebrated conspiracy which ended in inthe inthe the tho raid of Ruthven although he afterwards afterwards afterwards after after- wards acted as chancellor of the as assize assize assize as- as size of ot peers which found the Earl of guilty guilt of ot treason fa for I his share in the transaction In 1589 1689 he heas was as ont lent ambassador extraordinary to tho the Danish court to arrange the marriage of ot James VI to Anne of Denmark when he was at the whole expense of ot the embassy which wa wan wag conducted b by him himon himon himon on a a. most magnificent scale In 1592 1692 ho received a parliamentary ratification ratification tion of ot his conduct on this occasion In April 1693 1593 the earl founded the Marischal college o of or Aberdeen und and endowed endowed on en- en dowed It by carter charter chuter with funds sufficient sufficient suf sur- for the tho maintenance of a principal principal prin prin- cipal three professors and six bursars bursal's an act of munificence which hat has transmitted trans trans- his name namo with honor to poster poster- ll ity HP He reserved to himself and his heirs the nomination to professorships which welch ali appointments p are all aU now In the tho crown in consequence of ot tho the forfeiture of ot the marischal family since 1716 InG B By subsequent endowments the tho number of ot professorships has been Increased to thirteen In consequence of ot the state of or decay eca into luto which the old structure was rapid rapidly falling tho the university was as between 1840 40 and und 1844 ISH rebuilt on a a. amore amoro moro more extensive and magnificent plan than formerly from a a. design n by Archibald ArchIbald Archibald Arch Arch- Simpson esq architect Aberdeen a royal grant of or 2000 having been made for the purpose In June 1609 the tho Earl of Marischal was as appo appointed by James VI 1 his high commissioner to the Scots parliament In tho the decline o of life lIfo he retired to Dunnottar Dunnottar Dunnottar Dun Dun- castle c. where he ho died i d April 2 2 1623 His lordship was twice married and was succeeded b by his eldest son It William the sixth earl carl Military Commander Keith James Tames Francis Edward n a distinguished dis distinguished dis- dis military commander youngest youngest young young- j est son o of William Kal Keith lh ninth th earl was waR born In 16 1616 1696 6 He was destined for the law la b by his father but buthis buthis his own disposition led to the arm army and tho the breaking out of ot the rebellion in 1715 afforded him an opportunity of or following tho the bent of ot his tion B By the persuasion of ot his mother molher wh who was Voas warmly attached to the tho Stuarts he Joined the standard of the Pretender when hen he was as only nineteen years yearA of ago age Ho was wounded at the thc battle of oC and after that event succeeded in effecting his es escape escape es- es cape pe into France where lie ho subsisted for tor some time on supplies sent from Scotland and a n small annuity granted to him by the Pretender Having before be before before be- be fore leaving homo home made considerable progress in classical and general literature literature literature liter liter- under his kinsman Bishop Keith he now nO applied himself with great diligence diligence dili dill gence to tho the study of mathematics and military tactics In he and his brother the earl carl of with several other expatriated adherents of ot the Stuarts made a successful de descent nl c with some Spanish troops on the High High- lands Ho He afterwards entered the Spanish service but finding no prospect prospect prospect pros pros- of oC promotion unless ho po io became a Roman Catholic in 17 S 17 S he went to Russia with a letter of ot recommendation tion from tram the king of ot Spain to tho the czarina the widow of ot Peter the Great Ho was promoted to the rank of or major general received the command of or a 3 regiment of oC guards and was invested with the tho order of ot the tho Black Eagle In the revolution ro which elevated to the throne the Princess Elizabeth daughter of or Peter Poter the Great he acted a a. prominent part The empress fell tell In love lovd JO with him and and offered to marr marry him him a a. i fact unknown to all his hiM bio blo- He prudently declined the dangerous honor and accepted an in invitation In- In from the king of ot Prussia la to enter entel his service Frederick created him field mur marshal hal of ot the tho Prussian forces and governor o of ot Berlin Thu empress earnestly solicited his liis corro- corro Your letters she Aha says sas are arc are health and happiness to me Ills I MS IS corr correspondence with Lords Lord G. G and andI I E. E Drummond concerning concerning- tho the Russian empire 1755 1718 find and 1750 1766 was sold soldat soldat soldat at the sale of the library of the Duko Duke of Sussex in ISH His personal qualities won on tho the confidence confidence confidence con con- of oC the king who admitted hento him hen to the most moat familiar intercourse and traveled with him through a a. great part of oC Germany Poland and Hungary Ho Ile I became In act fact his majesty's principal adviser and confidential l companion In Inthe Inthe Inthe the subsequent wars of oC that illustrious monarch Marshal Keith displayed hi his hiM usual genius intrepidity and zeal but buthis buthla Ills his career was finally closed by a cannon cannon cannon can can- non shot hot in the unfortunate and sanguinary sanguinary sanguinary san san- battle of October 14 14 l 1708 1758 in lh the third sixty year ear of ot hl his hla age His Itis bod body was stripped h by the AustrIans but but being recognized was interred in the neighboring church yard By special orders orders of ot the tho Icing king his is remains wore afterwards removed d to Berlin where there Is a noble statue of him erected b by tho the king Icing of Prussia Some years after his death deatha a monument was erected to his memory memory mem mem- 01 ory in the church yard of ot b by Sir Robert Murray Keith with an Inscription by Scholar and Churchman Keith Koith Robert Bishop Keith an eminent scholar and historian a lineal descendant of ot Alexander Fourth and youngest son fJon of oC William Ullam Third Earl Marischal was born at Urns Uras parish parishof of Dunnottar February ary nry 7 7 1681 His Hla father Alexander Alexandor Keith of or the family of oC was taken prisoner at the battle of ot wor- wor chester on the side of ot Charles II in 1651 1661 but by the help of ot two ladies ladles escaped from prison From the losses he sustained by adherence rence to tho the royal cause ho he was obliged In 1672 to BC sell his estate of ot Cowton in tho the Yearns Mearns and purchase the tho smaller one of ot Uras In the same count county Ho lie died when his hisson hisson hisson son Robert Robort the future bishop was only two years old and at the age ago of ot seven his mother who was tho the daughter of Robert Robort Arbuthnott of ot Little Fl Fiddes des also in remover removed with him elm into Aberdeen where he ho obtained an excellent education both at school anti ani at Marischal college In July 1703 he ho was as appointed tutor to his noble relatives rel rol- rol the young Lord Keith and his brother afterwards the celebrated Marshal Marshal Marshal Mar Mar- Keith with whom he continued for seven years In August 1810 1510 ho he was as admitted to the tha order of ot deacons in tho the Scots Episcopal church b bj by Bishop Haliburton of or Aberdeen and in November following ho became mo domestic domes domes- tic chaplain to the tho young young earl carl of Errol Errol Er Er- rol whom In June 1712 he lie he accompanied accompanied nied on a. a tour to the tho continent |
