Earl of Dumfries

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Earl of Dumfries is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was originally created for William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, in 1633, and stayed in the Crichton family until the death of the fourth earl in 1758, at which point the title passed to first the Dalrymple and then the McDouall families before finally being inherited by the Marquesses of Bute, where it remains today.

The subsidiary titles of the Earl of Dumfries are: Viscount of Ayr (created 1622), Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (1488), Lord Sanquhar (1622), and Lord Crichton of Cumnock (1633), all in the Peerage of Scotland.

[edit] Lords Crichton of Sanquhar (1488)

  • Robert Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1494)
  • Robert Crichton, 2nd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1513)
  • Robert Crichton, 3rd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (?)
  • Robert Crichton, 4th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1536)
  • William Crichton, 5th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1550)
  • Robert Crichton, 6th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1561)
  • Edward Crichton, 7th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1569)
  • Robert Crichton, 8th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1612)
  • William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (1578–1643) (became Viscount of Ayr and Lord Sanquhar in 1622 and Earl of Dumfries and Lord Critchton of Cumnock in 1633)

[edit] Earls of Dumfries (1633)

For further Earls: see Marquess of Bute