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THE FAMILY OF INGLIS OF AUCHINDINNY AND REDHALL BY JOHN ALEXAt~DER INGLIS EDINBURGH PRIVATELY PRINTED BY T. AND A. CONSTABLE PRINTERS TO HIS MAJESTY 1914 INTRODUCTION Tms book has been written primarily for members of the family, and while I do not pretend that it touches the general history of Scotland at many points, I hope it may be of interest as a contribution to genealogy. My authorities will be found in the footnotes, but I have ' also used certain sources of information so often that I have not given detailed references. For instance, the career of Admiral Inglis is mainly based upon the log-books, muster rolls and other documents in the Public Record Office, London, and for the account of his services on the Ooro rnandel and the Belliqueux I have made great use of Lord Duncan's papers, which the Earl of Camperdown very kindly allowed me to see. The late Countess of Seafield gave me access to John Philp's letters, and to Mr. H. M. Cadell of Grange I am indebted for the letters of his ancestress, Katharine Inglis, and also for permission to copy the por traits of Archibald Inglis and his wife. The early history of both Auchindinny and Red.hall largely depends upon documents in my own possession. I must acknowledge the kindness and help which I have received. from three successive Keepers of the Historical Department of the General Register House, Edinburgh. CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. EARLY HISTORY 1 IL THE INGLISES OF LANGBYRES . 5 III. JOHN INGLIS OF .AUCHINDINNY, WRITER TO THE SIGNET 12 IV. THE EARLY HISTORY OF AUCHINDINNY 21 V. ARCHIBALD INGLIS OF AUCHINDINNY 28 VI. KATHARINE INGLIS (MRS. WILLIAM CADELL) 34 VII. PATRICK INGLIS 44 VIIL DAVID INGLIS 46 IX. ANNE INGLIS (MRS. PRESTON OF GORTON) . 53 X. JOHN INGLIS OF PHILADELPHIA • 56 XI. THE AMERICAN BRANCH . • 67 XII. KATHARINE INGLIS (MRS. OLIPHANT) 78 xm. GEORGE INGLIS OF REDHA.LL . a • 80 XIV. THE EARLY HISTORY OF REDHALL • 112 XV. VICE-ADMIRAL JOHN INGLIS, R.N. 130 XVL THE ADMIBAL,S FAMILY . 179 XVIL THE NISBETS OF CARPHIN 196 XVIII. THE PHILPS OF GREENLAW • • 206 XIX. THE LYLES OF STANYPETH AND BASSENDEAN . 220 INDEX • • • 225 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE 1. AUCHINDINNY • • 21 2. ARCHIBALD INGLIS OF AUCHINDINNY • 28 3. MRS. ARCHIBALD INGLIS (JEAN PHILP) • 33 4. WILLIAM CADELL OF BANTON AND ms WIFE (KATHARINE INGLIS) • • • • • 34 5. JOHN !NGLIS OF PmLADELPIDA • • 56 6. MRS. JOHN INGLIS (CATHERINE M'CALL) 64 7. REDHALL IN 1899 . • 93 8. VICE-ADMIRAL JOHN INGLIS AND HIS WIFE (BARBARA INGLIS) 130 9. JOHN INGLIS OF REDHALL • • • 179 10. MRS. JOHN INGLIS ( MARIA MONRO) • • 188 " COATS OF ARMS 1. INGLIS OF AucmNDINNY AND REDHALL • . Title-page .PAGJll 2. OTTERBURNE OF REDHALL • 120 3. NISBET OF CARPIDN • • • 196 4. LYLE OF STA.NYPETH • • • • . 222 PEDIGREES PJ..Glll 1. INGLIS • • 10 2. OTTERBURNES AND HAMILTONS OF REDHALL • 119 3. N ISBETS OF CARPHIN • 194 b ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES R. M. S. = Registrum Magni Sigilli, Register of the Great Seal of Scotland. P. C. R. =Register of the Privy Council of Scotland. R. S. S .. = Registru.m Secreti Sigilli, Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland. G. ~- S.=General Register of Sasines. P. R. S. =Particular Register of Sasines. CHAPTER I EARLY HISTORY INGLIS is the old Scots form of the word 'English.' As a surname it does not denote a clan claiming a common ancestry, but it is a record of the fact that many Englishmen settled in the border counties of Scotland towards the end of the thirteenth century, and founded families which came to be known as Inglis (English). While ' Inglis ' has long been the accepted way of spelling the name, it seems to have been always pronounced ' Ingles,' for many old documents spell it in that way, and sometimes as ' Ingels ' or ' Ingls.' The Inglises of Auchindinny and Red.hall claim descent from the Inglises of Murdostoun in Lanarkshire. The connec tion cannot be proved, and if the claim is correct they must have separated from the parent stock before 1542, for by that time they were settled as an independent family at the farm of Langbyres next to Murdostoun. The eighteenth-century writer of the article on ' Inglis of Inglistarvit' in Chalmers's genealogical collections 1 gives some support to the family tradition; he says: 'Inglis of Loch byres (sic)· ... was a son of Manners, and being the letter 2 caddet, then Eastshiel of the house of Manner, I suppose is the heir male of this antient family. • • . But I understand that whoever are their representators are the heirs of the antient house of Branxholm, Murdeston and Manner, who 1 Vol. iii. (Advocates' J.,ibrary MSS.)~ 2 i.e. later. A. 2 THE INGLISES OF MURDOSTOlJN were always repute the principal family of the name of Inglis.' A brief sketch of the Murdostoun family may be given, but it must be taken only as a provisional contribution to the history of the Langbyres, Auchindinny and Red.hall branch. Their earliest home ,vas at Branxholm on the Teviot in Roxburghshire, and their founder was Sir William Inglis, who at a Border foray in 1395 answered the challenge of an English champion, Sir Thomas Struthers, and killed him in single combat.1 The scene of this exploit was Rulehaugh on the Rule Water, half-way between Jedburgh and Hawick. As a reward for his prowess King Robert III. made ' his cousin,' Sir William Inglis, a grant of the barony of Manor or Mennar,2 which seems to have included the whole Manor Valley, a glen running south from the Tweed about three miles west of Peebles, and known to readers of Sir Walter Scott as the scene of The Black Dwarf. Branxholm, which had been acquired by the Inglises some time after 1335, lies about three miles south-west of Hawick, and is also celebrated by Sir Walter Scott in The Lay of the Last .J.l!linstrel. It was held of the Earls of Douglas, the superiors of the barony of Hawick, and Nisbet says 3 that the three stars-in-chief, which appear in the Murdostoun and Manor coats-of-arms, are arms of patronage, signifying that the family were under vassalage to the Douglases. Not long ·after the affair of Rulehaugh the Inglises seized opportunities of getting rid.of Branxholm. On January 31, 1420 John Inglis of Manor, son of Sir William, granted a charter 4 conveying half of Branxholm to Sir Robert Scott of Murdostoun in Lanarkshire, who alreadv owned an extensive V domain in Ettrick Forest and Teviotdale. 1 Fordoun's Chronicle (ed. Goodall), ii. 420; Liber Pluscardensis, i. 332. 2 R. M. S., 1306-1424, App. 2, No. 1723. 3 Heraulry, ed. 1816, i. 83. 4 Scotts of Buccleuch, Sir Wm. Fraser, ii. 22. THE INGLISES OF MURDOSTOUN 3 Thomas Inglis, John's eldest son, found the frequent incursions of the English cattle-raiders a source of annoyance ; accordingly he arranged with Sir Walter Scott, Sir Robert's successor, to exchange the rest of Branxholm with the Scott lands in Lanarkshire, and on July 23, 1446 the bargain was embodied in a charter of excambion.1 Sir Walter thereupon remarked significantly that the Cumberland cattle were as good as those of Teviotdale. The Scotts settled at Bran:xholm, which forms part of the Buccleuch estates to this day; while Thomas Inglis removed to Lanarkshire. On his death Murdostoun went to his eldest son, Thomas, and his heirs, who also held for a time the superiority of Manor. The property of Manor went to John, the second son, but in time it became restricted to Manorhead, a farm at the top of the glen, which remained in the younger branch of the family till 1709, when it was sold. 2 Murdostoun lies on the South Calder Water in the parish of Shotts, and is an oasis in the midst of a coal and iron field. The old stock. of Inglises ended with Thomas Inglis of Murdostoun, who succeeded about 1696, and sold the estate to Alexander Inglis, merchant in Edinburgh,3 second son ·of David Inglis of Fingask, and a descendant of the Inglises of Inglistarvit, Fife. The new· laird had no family, but he entailed the estate in 1719 in favour of his grand-nephew, Alexander Hamilton, a son of Gavin Hamilton of Cleland, arid Alexander's three sons succeeded in turn. The eldest, Alexander Inglis-Hamil ton, died on April 27, 1783; the ~econd, Gavin Hamilton (1730-97), was the historical painter and archreologist at Rome; the youngest, Major-General James Inglis-Hamilton, distinguished himself in the American War, and died on July 27, 1803. He re-entailed Murdostou.n on his adopted son, James Anders~n, who took the surname 'Inglis-Hamilton,' 1 Soott8 of Buccleuck, Sir William Fraser, i. 32, ii. 33 (facsimile of charter). 2 Douglas, Baronage, p. 199. 3 W. Grossart, Histmic Notices of Shotts, pp. 134-44. 4 THE INGLISES OF MURDOSTOUN and rose to the command of the General's old regiment, the Scots Greys.1 He was killed at Waterloo. Murdostoun then passed to a distant cousin of the old General, Admiral Sir Alexander Inglis-Cochrane, tenth son of the eighth Earl of Dundonald, and his grandson, the first Lord Lamington, sold it for £55,000 to Mr. Robert Stewart, ex-Lord Provost of Glasgow, and father of the present proprietor. 1 Reminiscences of G!,asgow, Peter Mackenzie, i. 553-610. CHAPTER II THE INGLISES OF LANGBYRES THE Inglises of Auchindinny appear first as tenants, and afterwards as proprietors, of the farm of Langbyres, which adjoins the west side of Murdostoun in the parish of Shotts, Lanarkshire.