Note 480d — JOURNAL TO STELLA (continued 11)

Lord Charles Douglas, Earl of Selkirk, died unmarried in 1739. When his father, William, first Earl of Selkirk, married Anne, Duchess of Hamilton, the Duchess obtained for her husband, in 1660, the title of Duke of Hamilton, for life. James II. conferred the Earldom of Selkirk on his Grace’s second and younger sons, primogenitively; and the second son having died without issue, the third, Charles, became Earl. The fifth son, George, was created Earl of Orkney (see p. 456). The difference between Lord Selkirk and the Earl of Abercorn (see p. 86) to which Swift alludes was in connection with the claim to the Dukedom of Chatelherault (see p. 426).