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He is best known as the friend of Lord Bute and David Hume. He helped Bute with the management of the Bute estates, became a close friend and adviser, and as Bute rose in politics was eventually one of the most influential men in
Scotland, with input into its local affairs and the distribution of
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484:(1816–1888), the portrait artist. His grandsons included
322:(1635–1713), Lord Advocate, and widow of James Maxwell of
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