This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...of Pitkerrow. During his youth his father was abroad at the Court of Charles II., and he was reared in the midst of those devoted noblemen who shared the King's exile. Shortly after the Restoration he was appointed Envoy-Extraordinary to the Court of Austria; and he succeeded to the title of Earl Of Middleton on the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...of Pitkerrow. During his youth his father was abroad at the Court of Charles II., and he was reared in the midst of those devoted noblemen who shared the King's exile. Shortly after the Restoration he was appointed Envoy-Extraordinary to the Court of Austria; and he succeeded to the title of Earl Of Middleton on the death of his father, in 1673. Returning to this country in 1682, he was made one of the principal Secretaries of State for Scotland; and two years afterwards was raised to the position of an Extraordinary Lord of Session, and sworn of the Privy Council of England. On 25th August, 1684, he was.appointed one of the Secretaries of State for England, and held this high office till the Revolution of 1688, at which time he retired to France with King James. He was outlawed as a rebel on 23rd July, 1694, and his estates were forfeited the following year. The Earl never returned to Scotland, but remained with the exiled Royal Family at St Germains until his death. He is thus referred to in Mackay's Memoirs: --"This man, who had stood all the temptations of King James' reign and all the endeavours of that prince to bring him over, to the surprise of all who knew him, declared himself a Roman Catholic upon the King's death; and, after having said as much as any man against Popery, yet hath now the entire management of the Court of St Germains." The Earl Of Middleton was married to Lady Catherine Brudenel, daughter of Robert, Earl Of Cardigan, and had two sons and three daughters. The Countess survived till 1743, having then reached her ninety-fifth year. Andrew Middleton was the younger brother of the first Earl Of Middleton, and was therefore paternal uncle of Lord Clermont, who was admitted a Burgess of Dundee on the same day as himself. His fa...
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