Lord Douglas estate: vesting in him, or the heir of entail for the time being, parts of the entailed estate of Douglas, upon other lands being entailed Act 1835
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1835 c. 20 |
| Year | 1835 |
ANNO QUINTO & SEXTO
GULIELMI IV. REGIS.
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Cap.
20.
An Act for vesting in Archibald Lord Douglas of
Douglasy or the Heir of Entail in Possession for
the Time, certain detached Parts of the entailed
Estates of Douglas in Fee Simple, upon entail-
ing certain other Lands equivalent in Value to
the same and to a Deht due by him to the said
entailed Estates. [21st July 1835.]
W
HEREAS Archibald Duke of Douglas, now deceased, did, Deed of
by a Disposition and Deed of Entail, dated the Eleventh ^f M/TCI
and recorded in the Books of Council and Session in rjuke 0af
Scotland the Twenty-first Days of July in the Year of our Lord One Douglas,
thousand seven hundred and sixty-one, and in the Register of Tail- \\x^ Juty
zies the Twentieth Day oi June in the Year of our Lord One thou-
sand eight hundred and seven, give, grant* alienate, and dispone
to and in favours of himself and the Heirs whatsoever of his Body;
whom failing, the Heirs whatsoever of the Body of the deceased
James Marquis of Douglas, his Father; whom failing, Lord Douglas
Hamilton, Second Son of the deceased James Duke oi' Hamilton and
Brandon,- and the Heirs Male of his Body; whom failing, Lord
Archibald Hamilton, Second Brother of the said deceased James Duke
oi Hamilton and Brandon, and the Heirs Male of his Body; whom
failing, Lord Spencer Hamilton, Third Brother of the said deceased
James Duke oi Hamilton and Brandon, and the Heirs Male of his
[Private.'} 5 ^ Body;
1761.
398 5° & 6° GULIELMI IV. Cap.20.
Body; whom failing, the Heirs Male of the deceased Lord Basil
Hamilton, Son
of*
the deceased Lord William Douglas, the said Duke
of Douglas's Grand-uncle, who was first created Earl of Selkirk,
and afterwards Duke of Hamilton ; whom failing, the Heirs Male
of the deceased Lord Archibald Hamilton, also Son of the said
William Duke of Hamilton, Grand-uncle of the said Duke of Dou-
glas ; whom failing, the Second Son of the Duke, or Heir of the
Family of Hamilton for the Time being, and the Heirs Male of such
Second Son's Body; whom failing, the Third, Fourth, or younger
Sons of the said Duke or Heir of the Family of Hamilton for the
Time being in their Order, and the Heirs Male of their Bodies;
whom failing, the other Heirs Male of the Body of the said William
Duke of Hamilton, Grand-uncle of the said Duke of Douglas, ex-
cluding always the Duke or Heir of the Family of Hamilton for the
Time, and his eldest Son or apparent Heir; whom failing, his the
said Duke of Douglas's nearest Heirs Male whatsoever; whom fail-
ing, his nearest Heirs and Assignees whatsoever, the eldest Daughter
or Heir Female succeeding always without Division through the
whole Course of Succession, and excluding Heirs Portioners; all
and whole the Dukedom, Marquisate, Earldom, Lordship, and Ba-
rony of Douglas and Angus, comprehending the Lands, Lordships,
Baronies, and others therein mentioned, and, inter alia, all and whole
the Lands, Lordship, and Barony of Crawford Douglas alias Crawford
Lindsay, as well in Property as in Tenantry, comprehending the
particular Lands and others therein written, and, inter alia, the Lands
of Crawford, Little Clyde, and Haircleuch, with all their Pertinents,
lying within the Sheriffdom of Lanark, as also all and whole the
Lands and Barony of Hartside or Wandel, with the Teinds, Parts,
Pendicles, and Pertinents
thereof,
lying in the said Sheriffdom of
Lanark, and also all and whole the Five Pound Land of Belstain,
lying in the Parish of Carluke and Shire of Lanark, as for the Prin-
cipal, and Lands of Warrenhill in Warrandice
thereof,
purchased by
the said Duke of Douglas from Daniel
Carmichael
of Maulsdlie, but
with and under the Reservations, Conditions, Provisions, Restric-
tions,
and Limitations usual in Settlements of Lands in strict Entail
by the Law of Scotland.- And whereas the said Archibald Duke of
Douglas having departed this Life, he was succeeded in the said Duke-
dom, Marquisate, Earldom, Lordship, and Barony of Douglas and
Angus, and Lands and Barony of Hartside or Wandel, and Lands of
Belstain, and other Estates, by his Nephew Archibald Douglas of
Douglas, Esquire, afterwards Archibald Lord Douglas of Douglas,
now deceased, who was served nearest and lawful Heir of Tailzie and
Provision in general to the said Archibald Duke of Douglas, his Uncle,
by virtue of the said Disposition and Deed of Entail, conform to the
Retour of his Service expede before the Macers of the Court of Ses-
sion upon the Ninth Day of September in the Year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and sixty-one, which was duly retoured to
Chancery
•,
and by virtue of the unexecuted Procuratory of Resigna-
tion contained in the foresaid Disposition and Deed of Entail, and of
the Retour of his said Service, the said Archibald Lord Douglas obr
tained a-Charter of Resignation, under the Seal appointed by the Treaty
of Union to be kept and used in Scotland in place of the Great Seal
formerly used there, of the said Dukedom, Marquisate, Earldom,
Lordship,
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