he joined James II. in France, and attended him in Ireland in
1690. For his services to the cause of the Stuarts he was
created Duke of Melfort in 1692 by James II., and invested
with the Order of the Garter. He held for several years the
administration of the court of the exiled King at St. Germain,
where he died in January, 1714. The Drummonds were connected
with the Koyal Family of Scotland by the marriage of
David, second Lord Drummond, with Margaret, grand-daughter
of James n . of Scotland. This die was probably executed at
the same time as the following one. The arms of Scotland
may have been a special grant from James II. as arms of
patronage. The supporters appear to be those of Lundin, the
heiress of which family had been the Duke’s first wife.
407. E a e l o f B a l c a e e e s ? 1695? ,
A shield with the arms of the Earl of Balcarres: 1 and 4,
the Lion of Scotland; 2 and 3, a fesse chequy (Lindsay);
supporters, two lions; above, a ducal coronet, and behind, a
mantle of ermine; below, on a scroll, the motto, e s p e e a n c e .
407. Jeton of the Earl of Balcarres ?
D 6. (See Woodcut.)
MB. electrotype.
This piece is, like the preceding one, octagonal, and is made
from a die in the British Museum, purchased by Mr. Matthew
Young from the representatives of the Roettier family. It
was executed probably by Norbert Roettier for Colin, third
Earl of Balcarres, who was a staunch adherent of the House of
Stuart, and who, at the Revolution, was compelled to retire to
the Continent. He first went to St. Germain, but shortly
afterwards settled at Utrecht, where he resided in great
tranquillity with his family. In 1700, after an exile of ten
years, he was allowed to return to Scotland, but in 1715 his
attachment to the Stuart family induced him to join the
Pretender’s standard, and, when the insurrection was quelled,
he owed his safety to the Duke of Marlborough and the Act of
Indenmity. From this date ho took no part in the affairs of
the Jacobites, and died in 1722. The Lindsays based their
connexion with the Royal Family of Scotland on the marriage
of David, ninth Lord of Crawford, with Princess Elizabeth,
daughter of King Robert II. No record has been found of the
Earl of Balcarres having been advanced to a Dukedom, as is
inferred by the coronet on this die. It is not impossible that
it may have been the intention of James II. to confer this
honour upon him when he was on a visit to the Court of St.
Germain in 1695, but that for some reason the intention was
never carried into effect. This date is approximate with the
arrival of Norbert Roettier in France, where he probably executed
these dies. On the other hand, it is possible that the
ducal coronet was a blunder of the artist for that of an earl.
408. N ic h o l a s W it s e n . A m ba s sa d oe . 1695.
Bust of Witsen, r., hair long, flowing behind, no drapery.
Leg. n . w it s e n cons . amst . ad b e g em a n g l i® l e g a tv s .
mdcxcv. (Nicholas Witsen, Burgomaster of Amsterdam, Ambassador
to the King of England, 1695.) .
Rev. A battering ram, with a breach broken in a wall. Leg.
la b o b omnia v in c it . (Labour overcomes everything.—comp.
Virg. Georg, i. 145.)
*95. Rev. Num. Beige, 1873, PI. I. 46.
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