_Robertson of Muirtown_ (Vol. ii., p. 253.).--In thanking A.R.X. for his
reference to a pedigree of Robertson of Muirtown, I should be glad if he
can explain to me the connection with that branch of _George_ Robertson, of
St. Anne's, Soho, who lived in the middle of the last century, and married
Elizabeth Love, of Ormsby, co. Norfolk. He was uncle, I believe, to Mr.
Robertson Barclay (who assumed the last name), of Keavil, co. Fife, and
nearly related, though I cannot say in what degree, to William Robertson,
of Richmond, whose daughter Isabella married David Dundas, created a
baronet by George III., and one of whose granddaughters was married to Sir
James Moncreiff, and another to Dr. Sumner, the present Archbishop of
Canterbury. This William Robertson, I believe sold the Muirtown property.
Is he one of those mentioned in the work to which A.R.X. has referred me?
and was he the _first_ cousin to Robertson the historian? Perhaps A.R.X.
can also say whether the arms properly borne by the Muirtown branch are
those given to them in Burke's _Armory_, viz. Gu. three crescents
interlaced or, between as many wolves' heads erased arg. armed and langued
az., all within a bordure of the third, charged with eight mullets of the
first. The late Rev. Love Robertson, Prebendary of Hereford (son of the
above George Robertson), was accustomed to use: Gu. three wolves' heads
erased arg., armed and langued az., which are the arms of the original
stock of Strowan. As I am entitled to quarter his coat, I should be glad to
know the correct blazonry.