Title continues: "Marquis of Douglas, Earl of Angus, &c. Lord Douglas Hamilton, and their Tutors, and Sir Hew Dalrymple of Northberwick, Baronet, Pursuers, Against The person pretending to be Archibald Stewart, alias Douglas, only son now on life of the marriage between Colonel John Stewart, afterwards Sir John Stewart of Grandtully, and Lady Jane Douglas, sister-german of Archibald Duke of Douglas, Defender. To Which Are Annexed, Sequel of the Memorial: In which the Objections urged by the Defender to the Conduct of the Cause, on the part of the pursuers, are considered; And Appendix: containing Parallel Cases of suppositio partus; and Remarks on the French Cases quoted by the Defender." Boswell in his "Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides" mentions that Dr. Johnson had "formed an opinion on the Hamilton side" to which Boswell "took the liberty to tell him [Johnson] he knew nothing of the case".
