[172] He was son of George Foulis of the Ravelston family, who, on inheriting the estate of Dunipace from his grandfather, assumed the name of Primrose in terms of the entail. Taken in the north of Scotland he was first imprisoned in Aberdeen, thence sent to Carlisle, where he was tried, and pleading guilty, was sentenced to death, and executed there on 15th November 1746.
[173] William Gray, commonly called Duntie Gray, foreman to Lord Shualton.—(F.)
[174] Patrick Kier, late wright at Moultrie Hill, near Edinburgh.—(F.)
[175] Lady Margaret Primrose, second daughter of Archibald, first Earl of Rosebery.
[176] See f. 425.
[177] Commonly called Cowley Murray.
[178] Lady Mary Primrose, Sir Archibald's widow.
[179] Charles Edward is generally said to have been born on 31st December: but 20th December is the date in the Manuscript, being old style.
[180] The birthday of the Prince's father, the Old Chevalier, or as the Jacobites called him, King James the Eighth.
[181] See f. 1829, where these lines are repeated.