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Chap. XII. FAMILIES OT SCOTCH EXTRACTION.
187
(1471), Jermiin, Pott, Romer, Seefeld,; Stær (starling),
Tideman, Todde, Winter, &c.
The family mentioned as Ældgammel par excellence
is that of Grubbe, one of the oldest in the kingdom, and,
strange to relate, this said name, certainly not imposing
in its sound, bears in England the same palm of antiquity
as its Scandinavian cousin. Many years since, when
Lord Lansdowne, as Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire,
neglected to place on the list of magistrates the name of
a certain Mr. Grub, a perfect ferment was excited in
the county. The then youthful Lord Kerry, astonished
at the excitement, inquired somewhat sneeringly, “ Pray
who is this Mr. Grub ?” The answer he received was,
“ Mr. Grub possessed lands in the county of Wiltshire
centuries before Lord Lansdowne’s family was ever heard
of in Ireland.”
Among the list of noble families I find many of
Scotch extraction, who have settled in Denmark during
the middle ages; but, strange to say, not one Irishman.
First on the list of Scots appears the name of Sinclair,
of whom there are two families. In the year 1380
Henricus de Sancto Claro attested, as one of the council
of the kingdom, that Erik was alone heir to the crown
of Scandinavia: in 1389 he was created Count of
Orkney by Erik, who was then associated in the
government with Queen Margaret. This family bear
arms nearly similar to those of the Scotch Sinclairs—
a cross engrailed, quartering four ships with three masts.
The later family of this name, who settled in 1607 at
Sinclairs Holm, bear as their arms four lions rampant
over a cross engrailed.
The Sandersons, too, stand high, ennobled by Erik of
Pomerania; Dunbar in 1646; Duncan 1685 ; Durham,
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