press the subject within the limits prescribed by the nature of this work, as well as the necessityof divesting it as much as possible of those technical phrases which would render it obscure to unprofessional readers, may be urged in extenuation of his not having treated it in a manner more worthy of attention.

James Lord Ogilvie, created Earl of Airlie, &c. to
him and the heirs male of his body.

A quo

لسم

David 3d Earl of Ogilvie, &c.

James Ogilvie, son and heir apparent; attainted of high treason in 1715; survived his father; ob. 1730, s. p.

David Ogilvie, son and heir apparent; attainted of high treason 1746; survived his father; ob. 1803. F

A Son, who died unmarried in 1812.

THE CLAIMANT in 1812.

OF

THE PEERAGE.

SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN.

L. 1066. William I. "the Conqueror," Crowned King of England Dec. 29, 1066, ob. 1087.

IL 1087. William II. surnamed "Rufus," 2d son, ob. 1100,

S. P.

III. 1100. Henry I. surnamed "Beauclerc," brother and heir, ob. 1135, S. P. M.

IV. 1135. Stephen, nephew of the last Monarch, being s.

and h. of Stephen, Count of Blois, by Adela, dau. of William the Conqueror, ob. 1154.

V. 1154. Henry II. grandson and heir of Henry I. being only son of his dau. and heiress Maud, by GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET, Count of Anjou. This Monarch was also descended from the Saxon Kings of England; his grandmother Maud, the 1st wife of Henry I. being a dau. of Malcolm, 3d King of Scotland, by Margaret, sister and heir of Edgar Atheling, the last male of the Saxon race, ob. 1189.

VI. 1189. Richard I. surnamed "Cœur de Lion," s. and h

ob. 1199, S. P. L.

VII. 1199. John, surnamed "Lackland," brother and heir,

ob. 1216.

VIII, 1216.Henry III. s. and h. ob. 1272.

A

IX.

X.

XI,

1272. Edward I. surnamed "Long Shanks," s. and h. ob. 1307.

1307. Edward II. surnamed "of Carnarvon," s. and h. ob. 1327.

1327. Edward III. s. and h. Instituted the Most Noble Order of the Garter 1349, ob. 1377.

XII. 1377. Richard II. surnamed "of Bordeaux," grandson and heir, being s. and h. of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, (ob. v. p.) eldest son of the last Monarch, dethroned September 29, 1399, ob. 1400, s. p.

XIII. 1399. Henry IV. surnamed "Bolingbroke," first cousin to the last Monarch, being s. and h. of

John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, third son of

Edward III. ob. 1413.

XIV. 1413. Henry V. s. and h. ob. 1422.

XV. 1422. Henry VI. s. and h. deposed 1461, ob. 1471, s. p. XVI. 1461. Edward IV. s. and h. of Richard Plantagenet,

Duke of YORK, eldest son of Richard Earl of Cambridge, (son and ultimately heir of Edmund Duke of York, fourth son of Edward III.) by Ann Mortimer, dau. and ultimately sole heir of Roger Earl of March, s. and h. of Edmund Earl of March, by Philippa Plantagenet, dau. and sole heir of Lionel Duke of Clarence, second son of Edward III. ob. 1483. XVII. 1483, Edward V. s. and h. Murdered together with his brother Richard Duke of York in the

Tower 1483, ob. s. P.

XVIII. 1483. Richard III. uncle to the last Monarch, being younger brother to Edward IV. ob. 1485, s. P.

XIX. 1485. Henry VII. husband of Elizabeth of YORK, sister

and eventually sole heir of Edward V. This Monarch was descended from the House of Lancaster, but through an illegimate channel; bis father Edmund TUDOR, Earl of Richmond, having married Margaret, dau. and sole heir of John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, s. and h. of John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, eldest natural son of John of Gaunt, Duke of LANCASTER, who, though legitimated by Parl. 20 Ric. II. it was with express reservation of any claim to the Crown. His right to the Throne was therefore solely jure uxoris, ratified and acknowledged by Parliament; ob. 1509.

XX. 1509. Henry VIII s. and h, of the last Monarch by Elizabeth of York, heiress to the Throne, ob.

1547.

XXI. 1547. Edward VI. s. and h. of Henry VIII. by his 3d wife Jane Seymour, ob. 1553, S. P.

XXII. 1553. Mary, half sister and heiress, being dau. of Henry VIII, by his 1st wife Katharine of Arragon. She married Philip II. King of Spain July 25, 1554, who was associated in the Royal Dignity by the style of "Philip and Mary," ob. 1558, s. p.

XXIII 1558. Elizabeth, half sister and heiress, being dau. of Henry VIII. by his 2d wife Anne Boleyn,

ob. 1603, S. P.

XXIV. 1603.James I. King of Scotland, cousin and heir,

being s. and h. of Mary STUART, Queen of Scots (by her cousin Henry Lord Darnley), dau. and heiress of James V. King of Scots,

s. and heir of James IV. King of Scots, by Margaret Tudor, eldest sister of Henry VIII. Lord Darnley, the father of this Monarch, was the grandson of the said Margaret, being s. and h. of Matthew Earl of Lennox, by Margaret, dau. of Archibald Earl of Angus, her 2d husband. His Majesty was likewise the coheir and representative of the Saxon Kings of England, being lineally descended from Malcolm III. and Margaret, sister and heir of Edgar Atheling before mentioned; ob. 1625. XXV. 1625. Charles I. s. and b. beheaded 1649. XXVI. 1649. Charles II. s. and h.

1660; ob. 1685, s. p.

Restored to the Throne

XXVII. 1685. James II. bro, and h. Abdicated 1688, when the Crown by Parliament was settled jointly

on his nephew and son-in-law,

XXVIII.1688. William III. PRINCE OF ORANGE, s. and h. of

William Prince of Orange, by Mary Stuart,

sister of the last Monarch, and on his wife

QUEEN MARY, eldest dau. of the last Monarch, who died in 1694; ob. 1702, s. P.

XXIX. 1702. Anne, sister of Queen Mary, the wife of the last Monarch, and youngest dau. of James II. wife

of George Prince of Denmark, ob. 1714, S. P. XXX. 1714. George 1. Elector of Hanover, son and heir of Ernest, Elector of Hanover, by Sophia, dau. of Frederick, Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia, by Elizabeth Stuart, sister of Charles I. and only surviving dau. of James I.

ob. 1727.

XXXI. 1727. George II. son and heir, ob. 1760.