Part 7

FOOTNOTES:

There is no statement of the date of Lord Nithisdale's birth in any of the usual authorities, neither can his descendant, William Constable Maxwell, Esq., of Terregles, supply the deficient information.

Secret History of Colonel Hooke's Negotiations, by himself, p. 175. London, 1740.

Patten's History of the Rebellion, of 1715, p. 234.

Service of the Earl of Eglintoun, as heir male of the Earl of Wintoun. Printed for the family. Extract from "Peerage Law by Riddell," p. 201. Published in 1825.

Service of the Earl of Eglintoun, p. 8.

Buchan's Account of the Earls Marischal, p. 125.

Eglinton Case.

Patten, p. 52.

Patten, p. 54. Life of the Earls Marischal, p. 130.

Reay's History of the Late Rebellion. Dumfries, 1718.

Reay, p. 139.

Now of Sir Charles Stuart Menteath, Bart.

Reay, p. 184.

Id.

Id. p. 211.

Reay, p. 257.

Patten, pp. 224-235. Colonel Hooke's Negotiations.

In the Life of Lord Derwentwater.

Reay, p. 326.

See Letters in the State Paper Office from Lord Widdrington, and many others of inferior rank, No. 3. 1715.

State Papers, 1716, No. 3.

State Papers, No. 3, July 26, 1715.

Reay, p. 355.

Reay, p. 359.

A Faithful Register of the Late Rebellion, London, p. 65, 1718.

Faithful Register, p. 86.

Her picture, painted in the bloom of her youth, is still at Terregles, in Dumfriesshire, the seat of William Constable Maxwell, Esq., the descendant of Lord Nithisdale. To Mrs. Constable Maxwell, of Terregles, I am indebted for the following interesting description of the portrait of Lady Nithisdale, to which I have referred. "Her hair is light brown, slightly powdered, and she is represented with large soft eyes, regular features, and fair, rather pale complexion. Her soft expression and delicate appearance give little indication of the strength of mind and courage which she displayed. Her dress is blue silk, with a border of cambric, and the drapery a cloak of brown silk."