succeeded in the title of Lord Ducie, of Tortworth, agreeable to the above-mentioned limitation, by his said nephew, THOMAS REYNOLDS, SECOND LORD DUCIE, of the last creation, born October 26th, 1733, and married February 11th, 1774, to -, daughter of the late Sir John Ramsden, of Byrom, in Yorkshire, Bart. His Lordship was Clerk of the Crown in the county palatine of Lancaster, and in pursuance of the will of the late Lord, his uncle, ́assumed the name, and bore the arms of MORTon. His Lordship dying without issue in 1785, was succeeded by his brother, FRANCIS REYNOLDS, THIRD LORD DUCIE, of the last creation, who was born March 28th, 1739, and had been a Captain in the navy. His Lordship married, first, Mary, daughter of Thomas Provis, Esq. by whom he had issue, 1. Thomas, present Peer. 2. Augustus-John-Francis, born July 10th, 1778, late a Lieut.Colonel in the first Regiment of foot guards, which he resigned in 1810. His Lordship married, secondly, January 18th, 1791, Sarah, widow of Robert Child, of Osterley, Esq. who died without issue by him, May 23d, 1793. His Lordship dying at Tortworth, August 19th, 1808, æt. 69, was succeeded by his eldest son, THOMAS, present and FOURTH LORD DUCIE, of the new creation. His Lordship was born August 31st, 1776, and married, December 5th, 1797, Lady Frances Herbert, daughter of Henry, Earl of Carnarvon, by whom he has issue, 1. Henry George Francis, born May 8th, 1802. 2. a daughter, born November, 1806. 3. A son, born June 18th, 1808. Titles. Thomas Morton, Lord Ducie, Baron Ducie, of Tortworth, in the county of Gloucester. Creation. Lord Ducie, Baron Ducie, of Tortworth, April 23d, 1763. • 20th November, 1683, Henry, Earl of Starling, and the Lady Priscilla Reynolds, were married at St. Mary at Hill, London. Par. Reg. It does not appear whether this Lady was of the same family with the present Peer. Arms. Argent, a chevron, Gules, between three square buckles, Sable. Crest. On a wreath, a demi moor-cock displayed, proper. Supporters. On each side an unicorn, Argent, armed, maned, tufted, and hoofed, Or; and ducally gorged per pale, Or, and Gules. Chief Seats. At Tortworth, and Spring-Park, in Gloucestershire. THIS noble ancient family is derived from a series of illustrious ancestors, who possessed Lochow, in Argyleshire, according to the traditional accounts by the Bards and Sanachies, as early as the time of King Fergus II. who restored the Scotch monarchy, Anno Christi 404. The first appellation they used was O'Dwbin, which, according to an early custom, they assumed from Diarmed O'Dwbin, one of their ancestors, a brave and warlike man, who flourished under King from whom they are in the Irish language called to this time, Scol Diarmed, that is, the posterity and offspring of Diarmed. From this Diarmed O'Dwbin, the Bards have recorded a long series of the Barons of Lochow,a whose actions, they tell us, were very renowned both for valour and courage. Paul O'Dwbin, Lord of Lochow, his successor, called Paul, in Spuran, to denominate him from his being the King's Treasurer, having no male issue, his estate went to his daughter, Eva, who married Gilespick O'Dwbin, a relation of her own, who got the name first changed from O'Dwbin to Cambel, to preserve and perpetuate the memory of a very noble and heroic piece of service performed by him in the service of the Crown of France, in the a There is a very ancient Manuscript History of the Family of Argyle, that derives them from a very long train of ancestors. much farther back than can be vouched by writings or records, and seems to be founded upon the traditional accounts of the Sanachies and Bards, whose office consisted chiefly in recording the actions and achievements of the great men of the respective families to whom they were attached. reign of King Malcolm Canmore. By his Lady he left a son, Duncan, who was Lord of Lochow; he was the father of Colin, and he again of Archbald, called Gilespick, and he of Duncan, Baron of Lochow. This last-mentioned Duncan was the father of another Gilespick Cambel, Knt. Lord of Lochow, whose son and heir, Sir COLIN More, called Dominus Colinus Cambel, Miles, Filius quondam Domini Gileaspick Cambel, did acquire from Sir William Lindsay, Knt. the lands of Symontoun, in Airshire; the reddendo of which he made over to the Monks of Newbottle, Die Martis in crastino beati Clementis Martyris & Pontificis, Anno 1293.b I find he was also one of the great men who were summoned to Berwick upon the part of Robert de Bruce, in the competition with John de Baliol for the Crown, on the demise of Queen Margaret; which is all I have found memorable of him in onr public records. The particular history of the family of Argyle does represent this Sir Colin More to have been a very renowned and warlike chieftain; they tell us, that he was slain in a conflict with a great neighbour of his own, the Lord of Lorn; that after he had defeated his adversary, pursuing the victory too eagerly, he was slain at a place called the String, in Cowall, and there interred, where a great obelisk was erected over his grave.d His death occasioned great bloodshed in those parts, and kindled such a flame betwixt the two families of Lochow and Lorn, as was not extinguished for many years thereafter, even so long as the Argadii, Lords of Lorn, existed. From this Colin it is that the head of the family of Argyle are called by the Irish, Mack-Callan More even to this time. By his wife, a Lady of the family of the Sinclairs, he had three sons, 1. Sir Neil, his successor. f e 2. Sir Donald Campbell, of Redhouse, of whom the family of Loudon, and the other cadets of this illustrious branch of the Campbels derive themselves. b Register of Newbottle, also of the Abbey of Cambuskenneth, transumed under the subscription of the Clerk of Register, in the reign of King James V. Anno 1535, now in the Lawyer's Library at Edinburgh. Mr. Rymer's Fœdera Angliæ. Historical and Genealogical Descent of the illustrious Family of Argyle, M.S. penes me. e History of the illustrious Family of the Campbells, in my hands. f Ibidem. Likewise original writs I have perused, in the custody of the Earl 3. John, bred to the church. Sir NEIL, his son, was honoured with knighthood by King Alexander III. in the end of his reign, but from the silence of our authors, I can particularize none of his achievements till the year 1292, that upon the demise of Queen Margaret, he was one of the Magnates Scotia summoned to Berwick, upon the part of Robert de Bruce, when he and all the other competitors for the Crown had referred the decision of their respective claims to Edward I. of England; and when that Prince did declare in favour of John de Baliol, Sir Neil Campbell did so far acquiesce in the decision, as to continue faithful to King John, till that unhappy Prince did unking himself, by an inglorious surrender of the independency of the Crown to a foreign potentate, the King of England, whom he acknowledged superior and direct Lord of Scotland.i k But no sooner did King Robert Bruce assert his title to the Crown, and form a rational project of recovering his own right, and of redeeming his country from the subjection it was under to a foreign power, than Sir Neil Campbel was among the earliest patriots, who first resorted to him, owned his title, and gave quickly so many proofs of his zeal and merit, for the liberty and honour of his country, and of his loyalty to that heroic Prince; insomuch that he was thought most worthy, and pitched upon to command a party of loyalists that were sent to Argyleshire, to curb and overawe the Lord of Lorn, who was a declared enemy to his country, and of consequence to the Brucian title; and he performed that service committed to him with honour and success, insomuch that in a short time he recovered the counties of Argyle and Lorn, and brought them to submit to King Robert, notwithstanding the joint efforts of the Lord Lorn, and his numerous accomplices on the contrary; which shews him to have been a very resoluce and hardy patriot. After which, Sir Neil stuck close to King Robert, and was among the few Scots patriots who accompanied him to Scoon, and assisted at the solemnity of his coronation, anno 1306. After which, he gave many signal in g Chartulary of the Monastery of Paisly, in the hands of the Earl of Dundonald, MS. h Mr. Prin's large collections, wherein Sir Nicol or Neil Campbell, is there mentioned as one of the great men who were the Bruce's friends. i Ibidem. k Archdeacon Barber's Life and Achievements of King Robert Bruce. |