Nithsdale

Nithsdale, William Maxwell, Earl of, (1676-1744), a famous Jacobite, was born in 1676 and when 23 married. He lived on his estate at Terregles, much annoyed by the neighbouring Protestant priests. In 1715 he joined the Jacobite rising, and was captured at Preston. He was taken to London and sentenced to death, but, not knowing that he had been reprieved, he escaped from the Tower on February 23, 1716. He died in 1744.