The Ladies of The Covenant Author:James Anderson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: trait," says Pinkerton, " corresponds with the masculine character of the marchioness." He adds : " Johnson, the ingenious limner, died before he had finished th... more »e drapery of this drawing, which is from a painting by Jameson, at Taymouth." LADY BOYD. Lady Boyd, whose maiden name was Christian Hamilton, was the only child of Sir Thomas Hamilton of Priestfield, afterward first earl of Haddington, by his first wife Margaret, daughtei of James Borthwick of Newbyres. Her father, who studied law in France, was, on his returning to Scotland, admitted advocate, on the 1st of November, 1587 ; and, soon distinguishing himself at the bar by his talents and learning, he was, on the 2d of November, 1592, appointed a lord of session, by the title of Lord Drumcairn. In February, 1596, he became king's advocate ; and in May, 1612, lord clerk register of Scotland. He was next invested with the offices of secretary of state and president of the court of session, which he retained till the 5th of February, 162(5, when he was constituted keeper of the privy seal; and on the 27th of August, 1627, he was created earl of Haddington. He died on the 29th of May, 1637, in the seventy-fourth year of his age. By means of the lucrative offices he held, he acquired one of the largest fortunes of his time. The subject of this notice was first married to Robert, ninth Lord Lindsay of Byres, who died at Bath, on 9th of July, 1616. To him she had a son, John, tenth Lord Lindsay of Byres, afterward earl of Crawford-Lindsay; and a daughter, Helen, married to Sir William Scot of Ardross.f She did not long remain a widow, having married, for her second husband, in the year 1617, Robert, sixth Lord Boyd,:j: an excellent man, who studied atSaumur, under his cousin, the famous Mr. Robert Boyd of Troch- rig, from ...« less