William

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, 2nd

Earl of Annandale and Hartfell Earl of Annandale and Hartfell is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1661 for James Johnstone. In 1625, the title of Earl of Annandale had been created for John Murray, but it became extinct when his son James died without heirs. J ...

, 1st

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KT (17 February 1664 – 14 January 1721) was a Scottish

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. He was the son of

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and Henrietta Douglas. He succeeded to the Earldom of Annandale and Hartfell on the death of his father in 1672. He was a friend of

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and nominally supported Revolution, but joined "The Club" of Jacobite malcontents and was imprisoned in connection with the Montgomery plot. He was restored to favour on making a confession and was created an

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in 1693, and a

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. He received a pension for services in connection with the Glencoe inquiry. He was created

in 1701, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1701 and 1711,

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in 1702, and president of the

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from 1692 to 1695, 1702–4 and 1705–6. He was appointed a

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in 1704, joint Secretary of State from March–September 1705. He opposed the Union, but later served as a

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from 1709 to 1713. He was Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland from 1714 to 1716. William was married twice: first on 1 January 1682 to Sophia Fairholme, daughter of John Fairholme of

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, and second on 20 November 1718 to Charlotte Van Lore Bempde, daughter of John Vanden Bempde of Hackness.

Children of first marriage

by Sophia Fairholme # Lady Henrietta Johnstone (11 November 1682 – 25 November 1750) married on 31 August 1699 to

Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun KT PC (1681 – 26 February 1742) was a Scottish nobleman. Early life He was the son of John Hope of Hopetoun by a daughter of the 4th Earl of Haddington. His father, John Hope, purchased the barony of Nid ...

#Mary Johnstone (15 June 1686 – died an infant) #

James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale James Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Annandale and Hartfell and 2nd Marquess of Annandale (c.1687–1730) was a Scottish politician who sat in the British House of Commons briefly in 1708 before being disqualified as eldest son of a Scottish peer. John ...

(1687– 21 February 1730) died unmarried #John Johnstone born in 1688 and died young #William Johnstone (1696 – 24 December 1721)

Children of second marriage

by Charlotte Van Lore Bempde # George Johnstone, 3rd Marquess of Annandale (29 May 1720 – 29 April 1792) died unmarried #John Johnstone (8 June 1721 – October 1742) married Mary Beddoe of Ludlow

References

*Burke, Bernard. ''A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire.'' London: Harrison, 1866. (p. 300) googlebooks. Retrieved 11 December 2008
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Retrieved 28 July 2007 * ''Notes and Queries.''Vol. 9, no.229, p. 248 London: G. Bell, 1849
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