The Saber and Scroll Journal Volume 8, Number 3, Spring 2020 | Page 98

The Saber
Winifred Herbert, Countess of Nithsdale
Portrait of woman, sitting outside, with s
dog from the National Library of Scotland
pedition, to support the King over the
water.
Lady Nairne had an uncanny
way of getting men to do her bidding.
In doing so, she earned the disapproval
of her relatives. Her brother-in-law,
the Duke of Atholl, wrote in a letter to
Lord James Murray, “I hope you will
have as little to do with my Lady Nairne
as possible, for there cannot be a wors
woman. I inpute the ruine of my 3 sons
to her artifices,” which clearly expresses
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