[ [121] John, first Viscount Lonsdale.

[ [122] 11th January 1700, Vernon Letters, ii. 404.

[ [123] Vernon Letters, ii. 408.

[ [124] Lords Journals, 12th February 1700.

[ [125] Commons Journals, 5th March 1700.

[ [126] Somerville, p. 151; Chalmers’ Caledonia, i. 868.

[ [127] Carstares State Papers, p. 579.

[ [128] See the Duke of Queensberry’s letter to Mr. Carstares of 9th September, and other letters among the Carstares Papers during the summer and autumn of 1700.

[ [129] Private Instructions to the Duke of Queensberry, Hampton Court, 25th April 1700; Add. MSS., British Museum, 24, 064, f. 18. The Estates met in May, but were adjourned until October.

[ [130] A Sermon preached before his Grace James Duke of Queensberry, His Majesty’s High Commissioner, and the Honourable Estates of Parliament, in the Parliament House, the 1st December 1700. Edinburgh, 1701.