memory of several of the persons already mentioned, Lord Alva set up monuments in the chancel of the parish church of Alva, with elegant classical inscriptions of his own composition. James Erskine, Lord Alva, was born at Edinburgh, June 20th, 1722, entered Advocate, December 24th, 1743, was appointed Sheriff in the county of Perth, on the abolition of the Heritable Jurisdictions; nominated one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer of Scotland, May 27th, 1754; this he resigned on his appointment to a seat on the Bench of the Supreme Civil Court of Scotland, June 8th, 1761; on which occasion he assumed the title of Lord Barjarg, a property he inherited from his mother; but he afterwards assumed the title of Lord Alva, the name of an estate belonging to his father. He died at Drumsheugh, near Edinburgh, one of the Senators of the College of Justice, the 13th of May, 1796. At his Lordship's death, he was the oldest judge in Britain. He married, first, June 11th, 1749, Margaret, second daughter of Hugh Macguire, of Drumdon, in Ayrshire, sister of the Countess-dowager of Glencairn; by her (who died April 1766, aged thirty-seven), he had two daughters; Jean, unmarried; and Isabella, married to Captain Patrick Tytler, of one of the regiments of foot, son of the learned author of the Vindication of Queen Mary; also two sons; Charles, born June 23d, 1751, died September 1761, in his tenth year; and John, born December 30th, 1758, who, after studying the law in the Temple and Edinburgh University, entered Advocate 1781; was appointed Clerk to the Commissary Court of Scotland in 1790; and died at Edinburgh, January 16th, 1792, in his thirty-fourth year; having married Christina, eldest daughter of John Carruthers, of Holmains, by whom he had two sons; James, heir to his grandfather; and John; and one daughter, Charlotte. Lord Alva married, secondly, Jean, daughter and heiress of the Stirling family, of Herbertshire, relict of Sir John Stirling, of Glovat, Bart. but by her, who survived, had no issue.

Sir JOHN Erskine, of Alva, Bart. second son, was killed by a fall from his horse in the Isle of Man, March 12th, 1739, aged sixty-seven. He married Barbara Sinclair, second daughter of Henry, the seventh Lord Sinclair, by whom he had two sons.

1. Sir CHARLES Erskine, of Alva, Bart. killed at the battle of Lafelt, without male issue.

2. Sir HENRY Erskine, of Alva, Bart. M. P. who died in 1763, having married, as beforementioned, Janet Wedderburn, sister of the Earl of Rosslyn, by whom he left issue,

1. Sir JAMES, now Earl of Rosslyn.

2. John, Barrister at Law, a Filazer of the Court of Common Pleas, married, in 1802, Miss Mordaunt, daughter to the late, and sister to the present Sir John Mordaunt, Bart.

3. Henrietta-Maria, who, by royal sign manual, April 18th, 1801, has precedence as an Earl's daughter.

Sir JAMES-SINCLAIR Erskine, eldest son, who succeeded his maternal uncle as SECOND and present EARL OF ROSSLYN, was bred to arms, and in 1795, became Aid-de-Camp to the King. He served at Toulon as Adjutant-general, was promoted to the rank of Major-general in 1798, and of Lieutenant-general in 1805. In 1801, he was appointed Colonel of the 9th regiment of dragoons.

During the trial of Mr. Hastings, his Lordship, then a member of the House of Commons, was one of the managers.

In the expedition to Walcheren, in July 1809, his Lordship commanded a division of the army, consisting of the light troops.

His Lordship is a Director for life, in the Court of Chancery, in Scotland.

His Lordship married Henrietta-Elizabeth Bouverie, daughter of the Hon. Edward Bouverie (uncle to the present Earl of Radnor), by whom he has issue,

1. James-Alexander, Lord Loughborough, born in April,

1802.

2. Henry-Francis, born in January, 1804. 3. Lady Janet, born in November, 1800.

Titles. Sir James Sinclair Erskine, Bart. Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Loughborough.

Creation. Lord Loughborough, Baron of Loughborough, in the county of Surrey, October 31st, 1795; and Earl of Rosslyn, in the county of Mid Lothian, April 21, 1801.

Arms. First, Argent, a cross engrailed, Sable, for Sinclair. Second, Argent, a pale, Sable, for Erskine. Third, Azure, a bend, Or, between six cross crosslets fitchy. Fourth, Argent, a chevron, Gules, charged with a Fleur-de-luce, between three roses, for Wedderburn.

Crest. A demi-eagle, rising.

Supporters. On the dexter, an eagle, with wings endorsed proper, gorged with a plain collar, Argent, and thereon a rose, gules, barbed and seeded proper. On the sinister, a griffin.

THIS family was anciently seated at Appletree-wick, in the parish of Burnsall, in Craven, in the county of York, from whence they spread into several flourishing branches; of which,

JOHN CRAVEN, of Appletree-wicka aforesaid, who lived in the reigns of Kings Henry VII. and VIII. had issue

WILLIAM Craven, who, by Beatrix his wife, daughter of John Hunter, was father of

1. HENRY Craven, of Appletree wick, who had a son, Robert Craven, of Appletree-wick, of whom hereafter, as ancestor to the present Earl.

2. Anthony, also of Appletree-wick, whose son, Thomas, married Margaret Craven, as hereafter mentioned; and was father by her of Sir William, Sir Robert, and Sir Anthony, whose son, William, died without issue, but see hereafter. And,

3. Sir WILLIAM Craven, Knt. Sheriff of London in 1601, and LORD MAYOR, anno 1611, who died on July 18th, 1618, and was buried on August 11th following, in St. Andrew's Undershaft, London. He married Elizabeth, fourth daughter of William Whitmore, of London, Esq. by Ann, daughter of William Bond, Alderman of London, and left issue three sons and two daughters, viz.

1. WILLIAM, his son and heir.

a This family are not recorded as owners of property in Appletree-wick, p. 375, of Dr. Whitaker's amusing and ingenious History of the Deanery of Craven, in Yorkshire, 1805, yet they are recorded by him as sprung from the parish of Burnsall; at p. 374, Dr. W. says, "from poor parents." And that Sir Wil liam Craven" being consigned to a common carrier for his conveyance to London, fi.st entered into the service of a mercer or draper there."

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2. John, who was held in such esteem by King Charles I. that, by letters patent, bearing date at Oxford, March 21st, 1642, he was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this realm, by the title of LORD CRAVEN OF RYTON, in com. Salop; and having married Elizabeth, daughter of William, Lord Spencer, died without issue. By his will, dated May 18th, 1647, he gave to the poor of the town of Winwick, two hundred pounds, to be reserved as a stock, and the interest of it to be annually divided at Christmas by the Minister and Church-wardens. This legacy was received from the Parliament Commissioners in 1652, and with 1411. 1s. lands were purchased in Cold Ashby. The remaining sum, all necessary expences being deducted, was made up 401. and put out to in

terest.

3. Thomas, his younger brother, died unmarried.

The daughters of Sir William Craven were, Mary, married to Thomas, Lord Coventry; and Elizabeth, to Percy Herbert, Lord Powis, father of William, Earl of Powis.

WILLIAM, FIRST BARON and EARL CRAVEN, the eldest son of Sir William Craven, Lord Mayor, was much affected with military exercises from his youth, and signalized himself in Germany, and in the Netherlands, under Henry, Prince of Orange. which valiant adventures he gained such honour, that, on his return, he was first knighted at Newmarket, March 4th, 1626, and was deservedly raised to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this realm, by the title of LORD CRaven, of HampSTED-MARSHALL, in the county of Berks, by letters patent bearing date 12th Martii following, with remainder, for want of issue male of his own body, to John Craven and Thomas Craven, his brothers, successively, and the heirs male of their bodies.

In 1631, he was one of the commanders of those forces sent to the assistance of that great hero, Gustavus, King of Sweden, then in arms in Germany in defence of the Protestants. And when that monarch, with Frederick, Elector-Palatine, and titular King of Bohemia, marched out of Bavaria, in February, 1632, and came before the strong castle of Crutzenack, the English volunteers, by their bravery in three assaults, obliged the garrison to surrender; and the capitulation was signed by William, Lord Craven, and Colonel Boulin, Quarter-master-general of the King of Sweden's army. The Lord Craven was wounded in the assaults, and, on his coming into the King of Sweden's presence, was told

Pat, 18 Car. I.

Rusworth's Collections, Vol. II. p. 176.