RIDDELLS OF NORMANDY AND ARDNAMURCHAN.
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passed between him and General Monk, together with a passport written,
signed, and sealed by the General himself, in November, 1659, are still
preserved. Probably the General's affection for Mr. Riddell was stronger
on account of his being descended from Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and
from Galfridus, Lord Řidel. He married Sept. 19, 1639, Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of George Foulis, Esq., of Ravelstone, Master of the King's Mint,
niece of Sir James Foulis, of Ingleby, in Yorkshire, Baronet, ancestor of
Sir Archibald Primrose, by whom he had nine sons, the two eldest of whom
successively became his heirs, and eight daughters, one of whom was the
wife of Walter Riddell, of Minto. This marriage is the first alliance be-
tween the main line now under consideration, and the Roxburghshire
branch, after it was broken off and established as a distinct family. This
James died in 1674, aged 66 years.
TWENTY-EIGHTH GENERATION.
James Riddell28 (3), eldest son of James (2), succeeded his father in
the estate of Kinglass, Scotland, and was a captain in the service of the
States of Holland. He greatly encumbered his paternal estate, and dying
unmarried in 1688, he was succeeded by his brother, as hereafter stated.
George Riddell28 (1), second son of James (2), was styled "of King-
lass, Esquire," having succeeded his brother James, before mentioned.
He married Jane, eldest daughter of Capt. John Tailzeour, by his first
wife, who was daughter of Dr. John Evans, rector of Lewisham, in
Kent, descended from an ancient family in Wales; by her he had issue
six sons and eight daughters. He was a wine merchant at Leeds, Scotland.
He was succeeded in 1706 by his son; the only one known to be then
living.
TWENTY-NINTH GENERATION.
Capt. George Riddell (2), eldest son of Georges (1), in whose time
the estate of Kinglass passed out of the family. He married Christiana,
daughter of Andrew Patterson, Esq., of Kirkton, by Barbara his third
wife, daughter of Colonel MacDougall, a younger son of the family of
Treugh, now represented by the Earl of Dumfries, and sister of James
Patterson, Esq., of Kirkton, who married the Honorable Catherine, daugh-
ter of Lord John Gray, and had issue nine sons and six daughters. Cap-
tain Riddell was a distinguished man.
THIRTIETH GENERATION.
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Dr. George Riddell (3), eldest son of George (2), became an
eminent physician in Yorkshire, Va., and is supposed to have died before
his father, as the succession of the estate devolved upon a younger
brother, who was settled at Belton. I have not been able to learn whether
this man had a family.
Andrew Riddell30 (2), second son of George (2), was styled "of En-
field," and is presumably the first of that family, which see for account of
descendants. He was an officer in the army.
Riddell's request a church at Leith was restored to the parishioners by General
Monk, it had been used for a stable, and the citizens conferred upon him a large
space in the body of the church for a seat for his family. His passport from Gen-
eral Monk allowed him to pass and repass, free from molestation, with his servants,
horses, and arms, about his private affairs. After the Restoration he obtained
from Charles II an order for erecting a new manufactory of woolen and tow cards,
the first of the kind in Scotland, for which he obtained an act of Scottish Parlia-
inent, in 1663.
