The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-22
LORD MORAY ANXIOUS
TO SELL HIS TATES

ton by the fact that at every one OF
the elections OF representative mem-
oers of Scotland in Hoiyrood Palace,
connection with the general cleo
ton for new Parliament. he voices
protest. This protest which has
been heard for more than 200 years
past at each election ut Hollywood. Is
Invariably couched as follows:
II, the Earl of Moray. declare that
the Earl OF Mar and kettle cannot be
called or admitted to vote In this
election OF peers next in order to the
Earl OF Caithness. and prior in order
TO me, the Earl of Moray"
The origin of the claim is found IN
the fact that the first Earl OF Moray
Regent OF Scotland. was created Earl
OF Moray two years before the crea
ton of the earldom OF Mar ana ILellie
The second Earl OF Moray. however
was not the direct issue. bat merely
the son-in-law. Of the Regent. and it
has always been contended that his
earld om was rev creation. This /
any rate. is the view taken by the
lower courts and by the Scotch laws
and the Earl Of Mar and Kelie has
in consequence thereof retained his
prior position on tho roll Of the peers
OF Scotland
y
longcd to the E;arls Of IIuntly. Lut the
Earl of liuntly was deprived thereof.
as we'll as of many OF his Lands and
estates, by James ". Who bestowe a
them upon his illegitimate SON. James
Stewart. by Margaret. daughter of the
fourth Lord Erskine. This James
Stewart. Earl of Moray. who was.
Queen OF Scots. was murdered 1T Lin
lithEnw while ~ ha IA
ern Kingdom
His honors. as mentioned above
passed to his son-in-law and name
sake. James Stewart. lie was known
as "the Bonnie EARL and vas re-
ported to have won the favor Of Anne
OF Denmark, Queen OF James J. of
Great Britain. to such an extent that
that monarch gave written warrant
to Gordon, Earl of IIuntly, ;has is to
( say. to Moray's bittcrest enemy. 10 put
/ him out of existence. Huntly and his
| retainers managed TO set Moray $
castle OF Donibrlsue on fire Moray
fled through an underground passas re
and 80 to the sea. with the object OF
escaping In boat, but Huntly was
close behind, and stabbed him there
I on the rocks. They point out the Sc
cret passage 10 this day. and the reed
( covered reef. with a rock outstanding
/ from the rest veined with duh red
| blood mark. which no tide can wash
| away.
! This so-called private execution
/ is commemorated in one OF the most
/ pathetic OF old Scotch ballads. When
| Charles I. assembled the throne, Hunt
! ly travelled to London to pay his re.
! spects 10 his new sovereign. Al thei,
! iuntly's share in Moray's murder
! gave him a cold shoulder. Thereupor
/ Lord Iuntly pulled the written war
rant from his pocket. signed by King
] James, authorizing him TO slay Moray
| Charles, when he perused the warrant
! observed. cit was a bad order, ant
| worse executed"
The history OF the I2arls Of Moray Is
| a long record of murders and BLOOD
feuds. and 1t was for the purpose Of
putting an end to one of these. feud:
that the third Earl OF Moray was no
only solemnly enjoined from pursuing
his fathers murderer. but was ever
compelled to we'd the latter's beauti
full daughter, Lady Ann Gordon, daugh-
ter of the homicide Earl of nunuy.
Ii is perhaps owing TO these san
| culinary traditions that 4 species o,
! blight is believed by superstitious peo-
pie in Scotland 10 rest upon the earl
dom OF Moray, which has bat yer!
rarely descended from father to son
| while many Of the lords have lee
strange and secluded lives: in fact
lives that the Scotch call FEY"
Among the properties which are
/ now To he disentailed. and presume bl!
offered for sale, is Darnaway castle. il
| ElSinshire, where Mary Queen o
| Scots held her first council after the
death of her second husband, Lore
Darnley. 1t stands in the centre 81
the most extensive oak forest in the
! British Isles, and man can wall
twenty miles without losing the shell
ter Of these ancient trees. In on,
corner OF the forest the Regent Mora!
stocked heronry. and herons mes
there to this day.
Another is Doune Castle in Perth
shire, which, with its solidly bun
towers. bastions. and stone staircases
IS a remarkable example of fifteenth
century stronghold architecture
Then there is Donibristle Castle. one
OF the largest houses in Scotland
which has been thrice burned down
aud which was originally tho resi-
dcnce OF the Abbots of Inchcolmc
passing at the time of the Heforna
ton TO Lord poune, through whom i
became the property OF the carls o
Moray. through marriage.
/ Kirfauns Castle, in Pc.trshjrc
which is the actual residence OF th,
present Earl OF Moray figures in Sl
Walter SCOTS novel, "The Fair MaiC
Of Perth"
i Culbn, on the shores OF Mora,
Firth. no longer Exists. The Ole
mansion and orchards We're buried h,
the cvcr-shifting mounds OF sand a
| the end Of the seventeenth century
| and there IS on record a petition fro.r
the Earl of Moray OF the day to be re
lieved Of tho obligation Of paying take.