By Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Oil on canvas 49 x 39 ins.
Red jacket, gold facings, pink sash and Order of the Thistle.
A copy from the collection of the Earl of Haddington was sold at Sothebys Tyninghame sale 1987.
Engraved Mezzotint by J. McArdell.
Cleaned 1984.
The dress uniform clearly shows the green sash of the Order of the Thistle, Scotland’s oldest Order of Chivalry.
In 1741 he married Hannah Howard and they had 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died 1761 and he married 2ndly Miss Lloyd 1763 but there were no more children
P2: John, 10th Earl of Rothes
