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DEATH OF LIEQTENANT-COLONEI, WILLIAM JOHNSTONE, 1056. CCXXV
tlic lieirs-female of liis body. It also rescinds all former entails of his lands
made by the earl or his predecessors in favour of heirs-male other than those
of his own body, and obliges him never to make any entail or disposition of
his estates, failing heirs-male of his body, to the prejudice of the heirs-
female of his body. Tlic earl obliged himself to ^varrant the new disposition
and entail in favour of his heirs-female at all Iiands.^
Two years after making the bond and entail now described, the Earl of
Ilartfcll took still more formal proceedings to secure the object he had in
view in making that deed. In the interval between the date of that bond
and entail and that of the entail and resignation which he now made, his
anxiety upon the subject was considerably increased bj' an event which
materially affected the succession to his peerages and estates. This event was
the death of his only brother, Lieutenant-Colonel "William Johnstone, without
issue. James, fiist Earl of Hartfell, as shown in his memoir, left of male issue
only two sons, James, the second ear), the subject of the present Memoir,
and Lieutenant-Colonel "William Johnstone of Llacklaws in Evaudale. The
colonel had for some time received the courtesy title of JIasler of Johnstone,
as heir-presumptive to his brother, Lord Johnstone, until his lordship should
have a son born to him. Colonel Johnstone had gone abroad and attained
rank in foreign military service. He returned to Scotland, and was residing
with his friends in Aunandale in tlie end of the year 1G5G. In the book of
accounts of Hew Sinclair, who was chamberlain to the earl for many ycar.s,
including the years 1C54 to 1GG2, there occur the following among other
entries relating to Lieutenant-Colonel Johnstone, which show that he died at
Newbie after sickness, and that his corpse was embalmed and buried there
on 19th February 1657.
" 1657, 2Cth January. Item, for 48 torches sent to Newbie to Lieu'
Coll. Jonstounes buriell the 10th of Februarii 1C57, at 12s. the poice is,
£28, ICs.
' Anu.-xndak- Pec-rage Minutes of Evidence, 1878, ii[i. 71!>, 720.
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