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JAMES, the 7th earl (d. c. 1622), took part in the seizure of James VI., called the raid of Ruthven in 1582. WILLIAM, the 9th earl (c. 1610-64), was a somewhat lukewarm Royalist during the Civil War. In March 1653 Charles II. gave him temporary command of the Royalist forces in Scotland, and the insurrection of this year is generally known as Glencairn's rising. After its failure he was betrayed and imprisoned; when Charles II. was restored he became lord chancellor of Scotland. He died at Belton, Haddingtonshire on May 30, 1664.