John ——, his Majesty's Hangman (p. 22) is John White;
Bradalbino (p. 24) is John Campbell, first Earl of Breadalbane (1635-1716);
Leslynus (p. 24) is David Leslie, third Earl of Leven (1660-1728);
One of the family of Boiilio (p. 24) is David Boyle, first Earl of Glasgow (1666-1733);
The Prince de Rosymonte (p. 34) is James Graham, fourth Marquis and first Duke of Montrose (d. 1742).
The fact that, in several cases, the names used by Defoe are developed from family names and not the title seems to offer support for the contention that Atalantis Major was intended primarily for a Scottish audience. Further, Defoe's name for Marlborough—Heymuthius—comes from his one Scottish title, Baron Aymouth (now Eyemouth, a fishing town on the southeast coast of Scotland), and not from his better-known English title, the Duke of Marlborough.
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NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION
[ 1. ] George Macaulay Trevelyan, England Under Queen Anne (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1948), III, 68.
[ 2. ] These are Trevelyan's figures (op. cit., 73). W. A. Speck (Tory and Whig [London: Macmillan, 1970], p. 123) gives the Tories 332 seats and 181 seats to the Whigs in this election.