Lord High Commiffioner of the Parlement; and fo much in th;
efteem and affe&ion of his mafter as to excite the jealoufy of Butk.
ingham. He died in 1625, at the early age of thirty-three. Suet
fymptoms * attended his death, that the public attributed it to pi
fon, and afcribed the infamy to the Duke.
His fon James, Duke o f Hamilton, with a blue ribband and
white rod. A principal leader of , the preibyterian party in tit
time of Charles I, dark, uncommunicative, cunning. He nn.
naged the trait repofed in him in fuch a manner as to make hit
politics fufpedted by each faction : and notwithftanding he was
brought up in the fchool of Guftavus Adolphus in a military capa-
city, his conduct was ftill more contemptible : he ruined the army
he faintly led into England, rather to make his royal, mafter fub.
fervient to the defign of the Scots, than to do his majefty any real
fervice. Was ihamefully taken, and ended, his days upon a
fcaffold.
Next to his is the portrait of his brother, and fucceffor to the title,
William Earl o f Lanerk; who behaved at the battle of WorxeJlerjs'A
genuine heroifm, was mortally wounded, and died with every fenti-
ment of calmnefs and piety ; regretting the enthufiafm o f his younger
days, and his late appearance in the royal caufe.
James Duke o f Hamilton, who fell in the duel with Lord Mohm.
The firft a leader o f the tory party in the reign of Queen Anne-, the
laft a ftrong whig .- each, combattant fell v wJhether. the D u k e died
by the hands of an aflaffin fecond, or whether he fell by thofeof hit
antagonift, the violence of party leaves no room to determine.
* Wilfon, 2X5..
Next
■ Next appears a full length, the fineft portrait in this kingdom : a
jjobleman in red filk jacket and trowfers ; his hair ihort and grey ;
« trun in his hand, attended by an Indian boy, and with Indian
fcenery around: the figure feems perfeftly to ftart from the canvas,
and the adtion of his countenance, looking up, has matchlefs fpirit.
®s called the portrait of William Earl o f Denbigh, mifcalled Governor
of Barbaboes. His daughter married the firft duke of Hamilton,
wftieh ftrengthens the opinion of its being that o f her father.
The painter feems to have been Rubens : but from what circum-
ftance of his lordihip’s life he placed him in an Indian foreft, is not
isiown.'
■The old Duke of Chatelherault, in black, with the order, I think,.
di St. Michael, pendent from his neck ; which-he accepted with the
title, and a penfion, from Francis I, of France,, at the time he was
•Earl oi Arran, and Regent o f Scotland. He was declared next in
ikceflion to the crown, in cafe of failure o f heirs in Mary Stuart: a
tank that his feeble and unfteady conduit would have difabied him
•from filling with dignity.
;jg: A head of Catherine Parr, on wood'; by Holbein*
■ Another, faid to have been that of AnneBullen-. very handibme y
drefled in a ruff and kerchief, edged with ermine,, and in a purple
gown : over her face a veil, fo tranfparent- as not to conceal
The bloom of young defire and purple light of love-
¡1 Maria Dei Gratia Scotorum Regina. 1586. at. 43. A half length :
a tliff figure, in a great ruff, auburne locks, oval but pretty full
free, of much larger and plainer features than that at caftle Braan -,
a. natural alteration, from the increafe o f her cruel ufage, and o f
herr