A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but univested with heritable honours (1838)
d Balbithan.* This gentleman, who inherited the estates at the decease of his father, in 1793, suc-ceeded, as sheriff of Banffshire, in 1784, and became, during the late war, a deputy-lieutenant, and colonel in the 4th regiment of local militia. * The family of Skellater is of considerable… … Divers authentic historians attest the an-tiquity and eminence of the great house ofUrquhart. Abercrombie, in his Mar-tial achievements of Scotland, relates thatan ancestor of the family wedded Castalda,daughter of Bancho, Shakespeares Thaneof Lochaber, and Lord Hales, in his an-nals, mentions that…
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