APPENDIX.

No. 1.

GEORGE MACINTOSH.

George Macintosh,” the father of the subject of the preceding memoir,was born at Newmore, in the parish of Allness, or Rosskeen, in Ross-shire, in the year 1739. His father, Lachlan Macintosh, occupied thefarm of Auchinluich, on the estate of Newmore, and his mother was aMiss Macpherson, the daughter of a clergyman in Caithness, and relatedto Sir John Macpherson, at one time Governor-General in India. *

* For an account of Mr. Macintosh’s family, see Appendix , No. 2.

Mr. Macintosh’s feelings of clanship were always of a very predominating nature. Thefollowing extract of a letter will exhibit an instance in point, under this head. The extractis made from a copy in Mr. Macintosh’s handwriting, and is dated Glasgow , 10th October,1794. The pen is drawn carelessly through the writing, as if the passage as it stands in thecopy had been erased in the original:—

“The only early, and confidential correspondence, I ever had with you, was concerning theunhappy, and I may justly say, infamous Borlum, when I assisted in getting him off thecountry; and had I kuown all his guilt, I believe I would not have done so.”

This person, Edward Macintosh of Borlum, was the grandson of Brigadier Macintosh, whocommanded the Pretender’s force which advanced into England, and was captured at Pres-ton, in 1715. On the 15th of May, 1716, Brigadier Macintosh, and fifteen other prisoners,effected their escape from Newgate, and crossed to the continent. The principal crimesof which Edward Macintosh of Borlum was accused, were,—1st, The murder of Fraser, oneof his farm servants, who refused to join the gang which he was believed to have organized.2d, The robbery, accompanied by violence, of Sir Hector Munro’s carriage, at the inn ofPitmuir. 3d, The robbery of a weaver at Killhuntly, of twenty guineas. 4th and last, wasthe attempt to rob and murder the drover MacArquhar, near Aviemore . It does not appearthat Borlum was himself personally present at any of these acts; but his natural brother,Alexander, always headed the party, which consisted of fourteen or fifteen young men.Borlum’s conniving at, and receiving the whole proceeds of their depredations, was, however,so clearly made out, as to induce him to abscond in the latter end of 1769, or beginning of1770. It is known that he went to America , and it is believed rose to the rank of Generalin the insurgent forces, (after 1775,) but was in no way distinguished. It is also known thathe died in France . His wife was a most amiable person, the daughter of Donald Macpher-son of Breakacliy, sister to the Cluny Macpherson of 1745, and distantly related to Mr.George Macintosh. It was probably solely on account of this lady, that Mr. G. Macintoshwas induced to assist her worthless husband. She died in 1831, in Badenocli; her onlydaughter died in 1838 or 1839, without issue. From youth upwards, Borlum had been aprofligate, and it is said, a cowardly character, as was also his father, Shaw Macintosh. Theold Brigadier, (the grandfather,) known as William Deark, seems, however, to have beendifferent. In 1721, he published a treatise of some note, on the “ Best Means of Improving,Planting, and Inclosing the Highlands.”