Proof, in the conjoined processes, George-James Duke of Hamilton, Lord Douglas Hamilton, and their tutors, and Sir Hew Dalrymple of Northberwick, Baronet, pursuers,. against the person pretending to be Archibald Stewart, alias Douglas, only son now on life of the marriage between Colonel John Stewart, afterwards Sir John Stewart of Grandtully, and Lady Jane Douglas, Sister-German of Archibald Duke of Douglas, defender, for reducing the service of the said Archibald Stewart, as nearest and lawful heir of tailzie and provision, in general, of the said Archibald Duke of Douglas, dated Sept. 9. 1761. The pursuers proof. To which are prefixed, the condescendence of facts, which was given in to court in June 1763. Before issuing the commission, and then offered to be proved by the pursuers;-and, a table of the concents of the proof that has been taken, arranging the facts proved according to the order of time. and to which are annexed. An alphabetical index of the names of the witnesses, &c. -and, a table, which points out, reciprocally the corresponding pages in which the French originals and the English translations are to be found. Printed in obedience to two interlocutors of the Lords of session, of date December 19. 1765, and February 4. 1766.
James George Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton (1755-1769)
Category
Books
Date
1766
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3171344
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvii,[1],xlvii,[1],18,62,*63*-*64*,63-400,*401*-*445*,[1],401-493,[1],513-627,[1],701-1116,[8]p.. tables. 4to. Collates: xlvii,[1],1116,[8]p, [1] folding leaf at end (table). Binding: early twentieth-century quarter green morocco; green cloth sides; cloth repairs to hinges; gilt spine title ‘Speeches on the Douglas cause’.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
James George Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton (1755-1769)