Note 240 — REIGN OF WILLIAM III.: 1695–1702. (continued 3)

This gentleman, who became Earl of Hopetoun, first of the title, was married, on the 31st August 1699, to ‘the very vertuous Lady Henrietta Johnston,’ daughter of the Earl of Annandale. A congratulatory poem on the occasion contains the following passage:

May Hopetoun flourish still with Lady Hen-

Rietta, and have a stock of good childrén.^[241]