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1747.] A!:j;AN(ii:ME-\rs auolt 'J'!)!: i'.auoxv uk luss. 375
the ]>arisli ot' Tarlial, wliicli liad lifcn (lisjniiK^d IVoin llie jiarisli of Taiss
about 1(178, lint in wliirli MiMtlier cliurch iioi- luaiisc had as yet l)oen laiilf,
and ii'tliere was a sclain], it liad only l)een recently erected. A cliurcli was
built tliero in 1 Too.^
y\Uhoug"li the baronv of Luss had devdhed on iiis second son
Lvid)v:ck, who was retoured heir {> his nio'Jua- therein on iTih ^lai'ch 17:il),
Sir James Grant had no small tri-ulile in uivin;^- up his connectinn Avith
that barony. In 17"27, witlmut cnnsuhin^- liis i'athei', and also without
the consent of the lady's ]>arents, Lu(k)\ick married IMarinn 1 )alr\')n]ile,
daujj,hter uf Sir Hew l)alrym]ile ol' North Berwick, President of the Court
of Session. This step inv(jlved the young couple in the heavy displeasure
of the parents of l.ioth, but Sir Ih'w \v;is the first to condone the oH'ence,
and in their interest he l)esieged Sir James Avith applications for a. projier
settlement of the barony of Luss. An able lawyer of the chm, i'atrick
Grant of Elchies, afterwards a Lord of Session with the titli> of Lord
Elchies, conducted the arrangement of alfairs on belialf of Sii- James, and
on 17th i\Liy 1729, a long letter containing the President's iinal proposals
was sent foi' Sir James's consideration. The jiro])osals made were, .shortly,
as follows:— 1. That Sir James and his son Ludovick shoidd assist each
other in giying bonds for the debts of the one and the other ; 2. That in
this they should ask the aid of their friends ; o. That Sir James should
make over to his son all claims that he liad against the estate of Luss, and
also debts due to that family, his right to the Slate-crag, etc. ; 4. That Sir
James should make over to Ludovick a certain debt exigible from Sir John
Houston ; 5. That certain Cjuestions should be I'aiscd as to the apiplication
of the price paid for the estate of Colcjuhoun, sold after the deed of entail,
and as to a discharge of the price granted by Sir James, with the view of
securing any balance due to the fmiily of Luss ; G. That Ludovick should
discharge Su- James of the hitter's whole intromissions Avith the estate of
Luss, and of all claims against Sir James in any way ; 7. That Ludovick
should take on himself the burden of .£50,000 of debt, and the mtere.st
thereof, from Whitsunday 172'.), and of any claims made by the superiors
of the lands, and that Sir James .should relieve him of all other debts.'*
' The Chiefs of ro1i|iihiiun, vol. ii. jip. S'2, So. ^ Orijjinal Letter at l.'astle Grant.