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Posing as a Jacobite, Rofflash wormed himself into the secrets of the conspirators, and he figured as an important witness against the rebel lords Derwentwater, Nithsdale, Carnwath and Wintoun.
Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Charles Edward Pearce
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He was related by a former marriage between the families to the Earl of Wintoun, whose troop was commanded by Captain James Dalzell, the brother of Lord Carnwath.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. Mrs. Thomson
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Wintoun, commanded the other Scottish regiments, which were generally better armed than those of the English.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. Mrs. Thomson
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Wintoun served himself heir to his father and became the possessor of the family estates, chiefly situated in East Lothian, their principal residence being the palace of Seaton, so recognized in the royal charters, from its having been the favourite resort of royalty, the scene of entertainment to Mary of Scots, and her court, and the residence of Charles the First, when in Scotland in 1633.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. Mrs. Thomson
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Wintoun as "our eldest lawful son," by Dame Christian Hepburn Countess of Wintoun, "our spouse."
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. Mrs. Thomson
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Nithisdale, Kenmure, Wintoun, and Widdrington, petitioned for two days 'delay to prepare for their trials.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. Mrs. Thomson
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Derwentwater, Kenmure, Nithsdale, Carwath, Wintoun, and men less exalted in rank by the score and the hundred.
Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang
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Whilst the rebel forces lay at Hexham, they received the intelligence that Lord Kenmure, the Earls of Nithisdale, of Carnwath, and Wintoun, had risen in Nithisdale, and had marched thence to England to join the troops in Northumberland, and had even advanced as far as Rothbury.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. Mrs. Thomson
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Judgment of death was then pronounced upon him, and the barbarous sentence which had been passed upon the Earl of Wintoun was pronounced;
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. Mrs. Thomson
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Among the chief prisoners were Lord Widdrington, the Earl of Nithisdale, the Earl of Wintoun, the Earl of Carnwath, the Earl of Derwentwater,
A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871
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