The Heir of Douglas

by Lillian de la Torre

  —appearance, 25, 73, 133, 136, 137, 158, 167, 171; character, 58, 150, 225; letters, 151, 223

  —suspected, 22, 44, 50, 57, 58, 69, 70, 104–105; investigated, 85, 87, 89–95, 97, 99–106, 109, 115, 130, 133–137, 177, 180, 206–208, 248–249; explained, 252–262

  Douglas, Francis, 265

  Douglas, Lady Jane, at Hôtel d’Anjou, 4–9; early life, 10, 12–16; marriage, 16–17; leaves Scotland, 17; announces marriage, 18–21, and birth of twins, 21–22; in straits, 22–24; returns to England, 25; in London, 26–46; in Scotland, 47–55; goes to London, 55–56; mourns Sholto, 56–57; returns to Scotland, 59; ailing, 60–62; dies, 62; buried at Holyrood, 63, apparition, 76

  —appearance, 5, 158; character, 9, 134, 137, 239–240, 248–249, 254; letters, 19–20, 21–22, 38–46, 61, 185, 208, 226; other writings, 72, 127, 186, 190, 206

  —suspected, 3, 22, 44, 50, 57, 58, 69–70, 104–105; investigated, 87, 89–94, 97, 99–106, 108–110, 112–114, 123–138, 177, 185–190, 205–208, 248–249; debated, 221, 236–240, 248–249; explained, 252–262

  Douglas, Peggy, of Mains, later Duchess of Douglas, 64–82, 86, 87, 107, 111, 114–115, 117, 119, 120, 123–124, 129, 132, 136–138, 145, 155, 170–172, 175, 181, 182, 188, 192, 202, 206, 218, 222, 225–227, 229, 240, 241, 261

  Douglas, Sholto Thomas, 21–22, 25, 27, 33, 40, 41, 43, 44, 47, 50, 56–58, 89–95, 113, 133, 134–136, 138–140, 151, 153, 253, 256, 258, 259–260

  Douglas, Count, alleged letter of, 58, 70, 81

  Douglas Castle, 14, 45, 67, 71

  Douglas Garland, The, 141, 170, 197

  Douglas Town, 51; the Scribe Tree Inn, 51

  Doutremont, Anselme Joseph, avocat, 115, 118, 155

  Du Bois, alleged painter in miniature, 95, 120, 187

  Dundas, Henry, advocate, 201

  Dundas, Robert (Lord Arniston), the younger, Lord President of the Court of Session, 111, 219–220, 222–223, 242–244

  Dunkirk, 16

  Dunning, John, later 1st Baron Ashburton, 230, 232

  Edinburgh, described (1753), 47–48; 54, 55; Adam Square, 242; Clerihew’s, 197–198, 246; Greyfriars Church, 62; High Street, 47–48, 108, 241; Holyrood House, 50, 63, 71, 79, 213, 218, 242, 261–262; Hope Park, 49; Lawnmarket, 48; Merchiston Castle, 15; Parliament Close, 48, 197–198; Parliament House, 48, 198–200, 210, 243; St. Giles’s Cathedral, 48, 197; Tolbooth, 55; Water of Dean, 16–17

  Eliock (James Veitch), Lord, 219

  Erskine, Hon. Andrew, 233

  Ferguson, Sir Adam, Kt., 201, 205, 209–210, 211, 230

  Fitzgerald, Percy, Lady Jean, 263

  Fontaine, Colonel, 109

  Fordyce, John, of Ayton, 156

  Frederick, Colonel, King Theodore’s “heir,” 39

  Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 32

  Galloway, Alexander Stewart, 6th E. of, 150

  Garden, Francis, later Lord Gardenstone, 121, 122, 144, 145, 219, 221

  Garnier, Madame Marie-Anne, Gates, Reginald Ruggles, Human Genetics, 256

  George II of Great Britain and Ireland, 31–32, 55, 65

  George III of Great Britain and Ireland, 87

  Godefroi, Charles, at the Hôtel de Châlons, 112–114, 121, 190, 224–225, 255; his wife, 113–114

  Gordon, Father John, Principal of the Scots College, Paris, 96–97

  Hague, The, 175

  Hailes (Sir David Dalrymple, Bt.), Lord, 219, 221, 242, 243–244

  Hamilton, Lord Douglas, 65, 86, 87, 204, 218, 221, 229

  Hamilton, Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of, later Duchess of Argyll, 41–42, 50, 65, 68, 69, 71, 76, 87, 154–156, 218, 219, 225, 229–230, 233, 245

  Hamilton, George James (James George) Hamilton, 7th D. of, 65, 66, 70, 86, 106, 114, 150, 182, 204, 218, 223, 229, 246; letters, 150, 222

  Hamilton, James Hamilton, 6th D. of, 42, 50, 65, 66, 214

  Hamilton, Rev. William, minister of Douglas Town, 18–21, 44, 52–53, 65, 74

  Hamilton (town), 82

  Harwich, 17

  Hay, John, formerly the Pretender’s secretary, 112, 144, 181

  Haywood, Eliza, 12, 13

  Hellevoetsluis, 17

  Hepburn, James, of Keith, 48, 89; his wife, 48, 79, 89, 125

  Hertford, Francis Seymour-Conway, 16th E. of, Ambassador to Paris, 181, 229

  Hervey, Captain Augustus John, later 3rd E. of Bristol, 235

  Hewit, Helen, 4–5, 8, 10, 17, 25, 28, 39, 46, 55, 60, 62, 74, 79–80, 93, 94, 97, 102, 104, 108, 115, 125, 126, 129, 131, 132, 151, 186, 208, 254, 258–259, 261; letters, 89–92, 135, 138–139, 208

  Hippolyte Count de Douglas, romance of, 119

  Home, John, 71–72; Douglas, 10, 25, 47, 71, 222

  House of Peers, appeals to, 174, 207; Douglas Cause before, 223, 225, 229, 231–240; records, 264

  Hume, David, 124, 181, 210, 225, 232

  James Frederick Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender, 11

  Johnson, Samuel, 100, 201, 227, 261–262

  Johnstone, William, advocate, later William Pulteney, 122, 245

  Joseph, Bowed, Edinburgh mobleader, 222, 244

  Kames (Henry Home), Lord, 218, 219, 220

  Kennet (Robert Bruce), Lord, 221

  Kerr, Captain John, 14–15, 19, 26

  Kerr, Lord Mark, 26; letter, 28

  Kingston, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of, 235

  La Marr, Pier, man-midwife, 93, 97, 109–110, 112, 118, 139, 140, 256; letters, 93–95, 110–111, 135, 183–188, 258–260

  La Tour, valet de place, 88, 180

  Le Brun, Madame, 92, 93, 95, 109, 110, 117–118, 121, 181, 183, 224

  leprosy, cure of by the blood of babies, 159

  Liége, 109, 118, 124, 184; witnesses at, 125, 127–128

  Lindores, Rt. Hon. Alexander, Lord, 33

  Lismahagow, 82

  Loch, William, W.S., 51, 57–58, 62, 72–74, 78–79, 207

  Lockhart, Alexander, later Lord Covington, 200, 230

  London, described (1749), 26; prisons for debt, 29–30; King’s Bench Prison, 30, 33–34, 36, 38; Fleet Prison, 30, 39, 59

  —streets and squares, 26; Blackman Street, Southwark, 33; Oxford Road, 229; St. James’s Place, 27, 37; Spring Gardens, 29

  —Chelsea, 26, 37; the City, 122; Hyde Park, 231, tavern near Hyde Park Corner, 231; Kew, 234, 240; Nando’s coffee-house, 230, Slaughter’s coffee-house, 187

  London Chronicle, 213–217

  Lumisden, Andrew, 123

  Macdonald, Aeneas, 16, 152, 182, 223–224

  Mackercher, Daniel, lawyer, 29, 37

  Macqueen, Robert, later Lord Braxfield, 198, 201, 203

  Mallet (formerly Malloch), David, 179

  Man, Isle of, 78

  Mangin, Madame Jeanne Joseph, wet-nurse, 103, 133, 137, 138

  Margate, 25

  Marischal, George Keith, 10th E., 216–217, 245

  McKonochie, Alexander, W.S., 122–124, 181, 183, 188, 191, 224, 227, 230, 265

  Medmenham, “Monks” of, 234

  Menager, Pierre-Michel, 96, 118–121, 138, 139, 183, 252

  Michelle, Madame Marguerite, at the Hôtel d’Anjou, 4–6, 8–9, 97–98, 100, 149, 255; her daughter Marie, 98; her husband Philippe, wig-maker, 101; her inn-books, 189–190; her lodger, widow Blainville, 3–8, 101–102, 205; her maid Marie, 4, 98, 189; her neighbour, Madame Favre, a good nurse, 9, 99, 100–103, 138; her son-in-law, journeyman wig-maker, 101

  Mignon, alleged family of AD, 155–169, 172–174, 177, 191, 205, 224–225, 254, 256–257

  —their friends, Mademoiselle Marie Guynette, 157, 168; Madame Guynette deceased, 157, 159, 163, 252; Madame Charlan, 160, 168–169, her baby Anthony, 160

  Miller, Thomas, Lord Justice Clerk, 219, 221

  Moidart, 16; Seven Men of, 16

  Montagu, Edward Wortley, 236

  Montagu, Mrs. Elizabeth, Queen of the Bluestockings, 220

  Montgomery, James, Lord Advocate for Scotland, 201, 230, 232, 235

  Morton, James Douglas, 14th E. of, 24, 28


  Motet, AS’s fencing-master, 89

  Mure, William, of Caldwell, Baron of the Exchequer, 182

  Murray, Alexander, later Lord Henderland, 80, 111–114, 116, 119, 121, 122, 123, 144, 201, 255; court notes by, 111, 264; journal, 111; quoted, 111–112, 113, 116; relied upon, 121, 255

  Murray, Alexander, JS’s brother-in-law, 86, 105–106, 111–112, 116, 119, 256

  Murray, Lady Helen, JS’s third wife, 86, 114, 219

  Murray, John, 27–31, 36, 37; his wife, 32–33, 37

  Murray, William, later 1st E. of Mansfield, 30–31, 227–229, 238–240

  Murthly, 24, 176

  mysteries, an essay on solving ancient, 250–251; of Annesley, 29, Burke and Hare, 250, Calas, 250, Elizabeth Canning, 251, the Gowrie Conspiracy, 250, the Popish Plot, 251

  Nairne, William, later Sir William, Bt., and Lord Dunsinnan, 174–176, 178, 182, 188, 201

  Napier, Mainie Anne, 97

  Naples, 94, 123

  Newbattle, 76, 77

  Newcastle, Henry Fiennes Clinton, 2nd D. of, 234

  Newcastle, Thomas Pelham Holles, 1st D. of, 31

  Nicolet, Jean-Baptiste, master rope-dancer, 144

  Northington, Robert Henley, 1st E. of, 230

  Northumberland, Hugh (Smithson) Percy, 2nd E. of, 72

  Norton, Sir Fletcher, Kt., later 1st Baron Grantley, 230, 233–234

  Paris, described (1762), 88–89; 18, 104

  —churches: Notre-Dame, 157, 159, 162; Saint-Esprit, 161, 167

  —faubourgs: Saint-Germain, 3, 166, 255; Saint-Laurent, 139; Sainte-Marguerite, 155

  —lodgings: Hôtel d’Anjou, rue Serpente, 3–9, 97–102, 104, 105, 109, 188–191, 255, and see Michelle; Hôtel d’Artois, 180

  —Hôtel de Beaupreau, 181; Hôtel de Châlons, rue Saint-Martin, 98, 108, 110, 133, 255, and see Godefroi; Croix de Fer, faubourg Saint-Laurent, 143, 147–148, 151, 153; Hôtel de Modene, 188; Hôtel de Tours, rue du Paon, 88, 105, 141, 149, 155

  —streets and squares: jaunt to visit, 101–102; rue de la Comédie, 109, 117; rue Traversière, 158

  —miscellaneous: Hôtel Dieu, 120; Luxembourg, 108, 109, 110, 117; la Nouvelle France (bistro), 172; Pont Neuf, 109, 117, 165, 167; Porte Saint-Antoine, 164; Saint-Cosme (hospital), 96; Tuileries, 108, 109, 110, 182, 256

  —environs: Bois de Vincennes, 182; Dammartin, 102–103, 109; the Haute Borne, 139; La Vilette, 133, 152–153; Menilmontant, 139; Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 6, 18, 23–24, 100, 147, 255–257; Versailles, 100, 101–102, 257

  “Pelasgian,” parent language of Europe, 171

  Pelham, Rt. Hon. Henry, 31

  Pitfour (James Fergusson), Lord, 219, 221, 243

  Porteous, Captain John, 223, 242

  Potsdam, 217, 245

  Primrose, Miss Fleming, 114, 123, 125, 129, 135, 186, 258

  Queensberry, Catherine Hyde, Duchess of, 12, 234

  Queensberry, Charles Douglas, 3rd D. of, 219, 225, 227, 234, 246

  Raasay, Isle of, 244

  Rae, David, later Lord Eskgrove, 178–179, 181, 201

  Register House, records at, 111, 208, 264

  Rheims, 22, 23, 103, 120; coach trips from, to Paris, 132–133, 152–153; Inn of the Moullenette, 136; letter to AS from, 141–142; witnesses at, 103–104, 129–132, 133–137

  Rhetel, 129

  Richardson, Rev. Robert, 265

  Rotterdam, 176

  Roughead, William, The Riddle of the Ruthvens, 250

  Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 216, 217

  Rugby School, 78, 81

  Rutledge, Walter, 16, 152; his wife, 135, 136, 139, 186, 258

  St. Clair, patron of glass-makers, feast of, 168, 169, 191

  Sainte-Marguerite, curé of, 155

  St. Kilda, 19

  Saint-Laurent, curé of, 139, 140, 142–144

  Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th E. of, 234–237, 238

  Sanry, alleged family of Sholto, 142, 144–149, 155, 173, 259–260; their friend Madame Legris, 144–145, 260

  Saracen’s Head, Glasgow, 244

  Scots Magazine, 202

  Scott, Colonel, natural son of the 2nd D. of Buccleuch, 174

  Sedan, 124, 127, 128; coach trip from, to Rheims, 127–129

  Selkirk, Dunbar Hamilton, 4th E. of, 80, 81, 114–115, 204

  Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, 64

  Shelburne, William Petty, 2nd E. of, 71–72, 229

  Sheriffmuir, battle of, 11

  Skye, Isle of, 244

  Sloginhole, Perthshire, 151, 177

  Smith, Adam, 182, 214

  Stair, Eleanor, Countess of, 48, 69–70

  Steuart, A. Francis, ed., The Douglas Cause, 263

  Steuart, Archibald James Edward Douglas, see Douglas, Archibald James Edward

  Steuart, Sir George, Bt., of Grandtully, 11, 20, 24, 28, 45–46, 78

  Steuart, Lady Jane Douglas, see Douglas, Lady Jane

  Steuart, Colonel John, later Sir John, Bt., of Grandtully, at Hôtel d’Anjou, 4–9; early career, 10–12; woos JD, 15–17; marriage and departure, 17–18; in straits, 22–24; returns to England, 25; in London, 26–28; in gaol for debt, 28–47, 54–56, 59–60; smuggling project, 54–55, 78; returns to Edinburgh, 73–74; goes to Isle of Man, 78; inherits Grandtully, 78–79; Duke’s death, 81; marries again, 86; ailing, 176; dies, 177

  —appearance, 4, 11, 158; character, 11, 20, 50, 236, 239, 254; writings, 15, 34, 60, 78, 97, 121, 183–188, 190, 206–207, 257

  —suspected, 44, 50, 142; investigated, 90–94, 97, 98, 100–118, 127–130, 132–136, 138–140, 151–153, 154, 171, 183–188, 189–191, 205–208, 249; debated, 236–237, 239; explained, 252–261

  Steuart, John (“Jock”), later Sir John, Bt., of Grandtully, JS’s son, 15, 16, 24, 81, 185, 223

  Steuart, Lady Helen, see Murray, Lady Helen

  Steuart, Sholto Thomas Douglas, see Douglas, Sholto Thomas

  Stevenson, Robert Louis, Weir of Hermiston, 201

  Stewart, Lady Susan, Lord Galloway’s daughter, 150, 222

  Stockbriggs, James White of, 52–53, 65–66

  Stonefield (John Campbell), Lord, 221

  Strichen (Alexander Fraser), Lord, 220

  Stuart, Andrew, W.S., acts for Hamilton, 66, 80–81; goes to France, 85, 87–89; researches, 95–107, 110, 112–114; raises French suit, 115–118; further researches, 119–120, 122, 129, 136, 140; Sanry discoveries, 141–149, 152–153; falls ill, 149–150; Monitoire, 154–155; Mignon discoveries, 155–169, 173; drops French suit, 174; in Holland, 175–176; comments on death of JS, 177; collects evidence, 178–191; leaves France, 192–193; Scotch suit, 202, 204, 218, 223; receives reports from Paris, 224–225; appeal to Peers, 230, 234, 237–239; duel, 231; aftermath, 239, 245

  —appearance, 86–87, 141; character, 66, 86, 253; letters, 106, 154, 169; “To the Author of the Poem on the Hamilton Cause,” 210–211; Letters to Lord Mansfield, 239, 264

  —unpublished papers of, 264; quoted, 13, 61, 78, 154, 184, 198, 205–206, 210–211, 224–225, 235–237, 239–240; relied upon, 17, 47, 65, 76–77, 79, 81, 87, 97, 99, 118–119, 149–150, 171, 178, 181–183, 188, 192, 193, 198, 207, 208, 219, 223, 224, 225, 230, 234, 245, 255

  Stuart, Archibald, W.S., AS’s father, 22, 45, 49–50, 58, 63, 66, 69, 107, 184

  Stuart, Jack, AS’s brother, 145, 156–158, 231

  Theodore (de Neuhoff), formerly King of Corsica, 36, 39

  Thurlow, Edward, later 1st Baron Thurlow, 230–231, 250

  Toulouse, 182

  Tournelle (court) of the Parliament of Paris, suit before, 114, 115–117, 118, 122, 174, 188, 189; explained, 115–116

  Twelfth Day Cake, custom of, 167

  Tyrawley, Lady Mary, 41

  Walker, Isabel (“Tibbie”), 17, 25–26, 37, 39, 55, 79, 89–92, 104, 123, 125, 128, 129, 186, 187, 236–237, 257, 258

  Walpole, Horace, later 4th E. of Orford, 192, 229

  Wedderburn, Alexander, later 1st Baron Loughborough, 178, 179, 200, 230, 232–233, 238

  Westminster School, 86, 107

  Wilke
s, John, M.P., 231

  William Augustus, D. of Cumberland, 32

  Yorke, Charles, 80, 230, 232; his papers, 265, quoted, 243–244; relied upon, 80, 230

  About the Author

  Lillian de la Torre (1902–1993) was born in New York City. She received a bachelor’s degree from the College of New Rochelle and master’s degrees from Columbia University and Radcliffe College, and she taught in the English department at Colorado College for twenty-seven years. De la Torre wrote numerous books; short stories for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine; reviews for the New York Times Book Review; poetry; and plays, including one produced for Alfred Hitchcock’s television series. In her first book, Elizabeth Is Missing (1945), she refuted twelve theories on the disappearance of a maidservant near the Tower of London in 1753, and then offered her own answer. Her series of historical detective stories about Dr. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell comprise her most popular fiction. De la Torre served as the 1979 president of the Mystery Writers of America.

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