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MADE LOi;l) KI':KPEn OF TIllC riaVV SKAl , 171). ccc.w
171-1, he sent a letter with Mr. Shellcross to Mr. liobcthoii, iurnrmiiii,' him of
liis projected visit. Mr. IJobetliou, in replying to his lordsliip's letter on 3d
August 1714, advised hiin against u.iaking the visit then, as the court was
nnieli cliauged since the decease of tlie Electress Sophia, and meant to go to
Gohrc at the end of September, where no strangers were admitted, and, in
tlie absence of the court, Hanover was the dullest place in the world. Both
the prince and elector were, he said, exceedingly obliged for the zeal which
the marquis manifested for their interests.^
Annandale now returned liome by way of Paris, where he remained during
August and September 171-1. Lady Lucie Stuart, in letters written from
Paris, to her mother, Mary, Countess of Traquair, mentions visits paid to her
and her sister by the Marrpus of Annandale, the Earl of Carnv,-ath,and others."
On the 21st of December the marquis, in very good health, set out from
London on his return to Scotland, where he shortly after arrived in safety.^
GII.VVTER KIFTll.
Made Lord Privy Stal, 1714—Pebcllion of 1715— Pusuit; at Puuifries—Meeting vrith Simon,
Lord Lovut—Escapes from tiie Jacobites—Defends the burgli—Correspondence with
Brigadier-General Stanwix— King George -^vell satisfied with his conduct—Death of
the BLirchiouess Sophia— Marriage with Charlotta Yanden Bempde -The Marquis's
death and bnrial, 1721.
Queen Anne died on 1st August 1714, and was succeeded by King George
the First, to whose interest Annandale cordially and unhesitatingly adhered.
The loyalty which Annandale showed to the new monarch on his succession
was higlily appreciated by his IMajesty, who immediately, on 24th September,
appointed liim lord keeper of the privy seal, and Annandale a few days later
took the oaths and his seat as a privy councillor, lie thereafter concurred
with thirty-two other Scottish peers in a representation made to King George
> lIr.novi-r, 3d Au;rust 171-1, vol. ii. .if this work, p. 'J.j.-?.
- The Dook of Carlavurock, vol. ii. yp. 1S5, 102.
^ l.eltor, Arehil.al.l .Julinsl..m-, EmikIoii, tu the MarohiMnes^, dated 2;id IVeembu- 1711,
ill Amiaiidalt; Charter-clicst,