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William Hutton was appointed overseer of the coal works in the lordship of Alloa by John, Earl of Mar, by commission dated 28 February 1707 (GD124/17/530). He died c1733, and his will and inventory of estate is available in Stirling Commissary Court records. Lt Col John Erskine was lieutenant governor of Stirling Castle by 1693 (GD124/11/46). He was the son of Sir Charles Erskine of Alva; he married the widow of Charles, Earl of Mar in 1697; and died in 1737 (see 'The Scots Peerage', v 627). |