▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 9 1 - 9 3 ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁Holland , ▁at ▁Amsterdam ▁and ▁at ▁Ley den , ▁where ▁he ▁met ▁trav ellers ▁and ▁learned ▁men ▁in ▁whose ▁company ▁he ▁delight ed , ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁much ▁given ▁to ▁mathematics ▁and ▁physical ▁science . ▁ ▁This ▁Earl ▁did ▁much ▁to ▁improve ▁his ▁property ▁and ▁to ▁benefit ▁the ▁public . ▁He ▁built ▁a ▁new ▁har bor ▁at ▁C ock en zie , ▁called ▁Port ▁Set on , ▁which ▁still ▁exists ▁by ▁this ▁name , ▁and ▁has ▁recently ▁rev ived ▁with ▁Edinburgh ▁people ▁as ▁a ▁mod est ▁summer ▁resort . ▁ ▁Alexander ▁N is bet ▁says ▁of ▁this ▁no blem an ▁that ▁" he ▁im itated ▁the ▁extraordinary ▁loyal ty ▁of ▁his ▁ancest ors ; ▁none ▁of ▁them ▁having ▁ever ▁been ▁guilty ▁of ▁tre ason ▁or ▁re bell ion , ▁nor ▁add icted ▁or ▁av ar ice , ▁nor ▁found ▁with ▁lands ▁of ▁the ▁Church ▁in ▁their ▁possession ". ▁ ▁A ▁special ▁Royal ▁Char ter ▁dated ▁ 3 1 ▁July ▁ 1 6 8 8 , ▁was ▁granted ▁to ▁him ▁of ▁the ▁Ear ld om ▁of ▁W int oun , ▁to ▁him ▁and ▁the ▁he irs ▁male ▁of ▁his ▁body , ▁which ▁failing , ▁to ▁wh iche ver ▁person ▁he ▁might ▁nomin ate ▁and ▁the ▁he irs ▁male ▁of ▁their ▁bodies , ▁with ▁remainder ▁to ▁his ▁he irs ▁male , ▁and ▁failing ▁these ▁to ▁his ▁nearest ▁he irs ▁and ▁ass igne es ▁what so ever , ▁the ▁el dest ▁daughter ▁or