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See also:ROTHES, EARLS OF . The first See also:earl of Rothes was See also:George See also:Leslie, son of See also:Norman Leslie of Rothes in See also:Moray, and of Ballinbreich in See also:Fife. In 1445 he was created See also:Baron Leslie of See also:Leven, and about 1458 earl of Rothes in the See also:peerage of See also:Scotland. His See also:grandson George, the 4th earl (d. 1558), whose See also:father, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, the 3rd earl, was killed at See also:Flodden, was accused, but acquitted in 1546, of complicity in the See also:murder of See also:Cardinal See also:Beaton, in which his See also:brother and his two sons were undoubtedly implicated; he was one of the Scottish commissioners who witnessed the See also:marriage of See also:Mary See also:queen of Scots-with See also:Francis, the dauphin of See also:France. His son See also:Andrew, 5th earl of Rothes (d. 1611), took an active See also:part with the lords of the See also:congregation, first against the queen-See also:mother, Mary of See also:Guise, when See also:regent of Scotland, and afterwards against Mary queen of Scots in opposing her marriage with See also:Darnley, and in devising the murder of See also:Rizzio. He was, however, one of the peers who acquitted See also:Bothwell of Darnley's murder; and going over to the See also:side' of the queen, he fought for her at Langside. He continued to occupy a position of some prominence in Scottish affairs until his See also:death in 1611. His See also:great-grandson, See also:John, 7th earl of Rothes (1630-1681), held a command in the Royalist See also:army at the See also:battle of See also:Worcester in 1651, and accompanied See also:Charles II. to See also:England at the Restoration, when he became
See also:lord See also:president of the See also:council in Scotland. He was lord treasurer of Scotland from 1663 till 1667, when he was made lord See also:chancellor of Scotland for See also:life. His estates having been sequestrated by the See also:parliament in 1651, he received a re-See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant in 1663 of the earldom of Rothes, together with the See also:title of Lord Leslie and Ballinbreich, with remainders to his heirs male and See also:female, providing that in every See also:case where a female should succeed to the peerage the name of Leslie should be assumed by her See also:husband. In 168o the earl was advanced to the dignity of See also:duke of Rothes and See also:marquess of Ballinbreich, but these titles became See also:extinct at his death without a son in the following See also:year. The earldom of Rothes and the other older titles now passed, under the See also:special See also:remainder mentioned above, to his daughter See also:Margaret, whose husband, Charles See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton, 5th earl of See also:Haddington, accordingly took the name of Leslie, at the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time making an arrangement by which his own peerage should pass to a younger son in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to keep the two earldoms See also:separate. Margaret's son John, who on her death became 9th earl of Rothes, was See also:vice-See also:admiral of Scotland from 1715 to 1722, and fought with distinction against the Jacobite rebels in 1715; and her grandson, the loth earl, who sold the estates of Ballinbreich to the Dundas See also:family, was See also:commander-in-See also:chief in See also:Ireland in 1754, and became a See also:general in 1765. The See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of See also:sheriff of Fife, which had been an hereditary right of the earls of Rothes since 1540, was sold by the loth earl under the Heritable See also:Act of 1747. On several subsequent occasions the earldom again passed through the female See also:line, and in 1893 Mary See also:Elizabeth, countess of Rothes in her own right, was succeeded by her grandson, Norman See also:Evelyn Leslie (b. 1877), as loth earl of Rothes.
See See also:Sir R. See also:Douglas, The Peerage of Scotland, edited by Sir J. B. See also:Paul; and G. E. C., See also:Complete Peerage.
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