Peerage of Scotland
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The Peerage of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Moraireachd na h-Alba) is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was introduced in which subsequent titles were granted.
After the Union, the old Scottish Peers elected 16 representative peers to sit in the House of Lords. The Peerage Act 1963 allowed all Scottish Peers to sit in the House of Lords, a right which was lost along with all other hereditary peers after the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999. Unlike most other peerage titles, many Scottish titles can pass through female lines, and in the case of daughters only, these pass to the eldest daughter rather than go into abeyance.
The ranks of the Scottish Peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, Lord of Parliament (lord baron) and Baron (baron feudal). Scottish Viscounts are unique from the other Peerages in using "of" in their title, as in Viscount of Oxfuird. Though this is the theoretical form, most Viscounts drop the "of". The Viscount of Arbuthnott and to a lesser extent the Viscount of Oxfuird, still actively use "of". Scottish Peers had the right to sit in the Parliament of Scotland.
Scottish Barons rank below Lords of Parliament, and, while noble, are not conventionally considered peerage titles; unlike others, the title can be bought and sold.
In the following table of the Peerage of Scotland as it currently stands, each peer's highest titles in each of the other Peerages (if any) are also listed.
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Dukes in the Peerage of Scotland
| Title | Creation | Other titles |
|---|---|---|
| The Duke of Rothesay | 1398 | Duke of Cornwall in the Peerage of England Prince of Wales in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Duke of Hamilton | 1643 | Duke of Brandon in the Peerage of Great Britain |
| The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry | 1663; 1684 | Earl of Doncaster in the Peerage of England |
| The Duke of Lennox | 1675 | Duke of Richmond in the Peerage of England Duke of Gordon in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Duke of Argyll | 1701 | Lord Sundridge and Hamilton in the Peerage of Great Britain Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Duke of Atholl | 1703 | |
| The Duke of Montrose | 1707 | Earl Graham in the Peerage of Great Britain |
| The Duke of Roxburghe | 1707 | Earl Innes in the Peerage of the UK |
Marquesses in the Peerage of Scotland
| Title | Creation | Other titles |
|---|---|---|
| The Marquess of Huntly | 1599 | Lord Meldrum in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Marquess of Queensberry | 1682 | |
| The Marquess of Tweeddale | 1694 | Lord Tweeddale in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Marquess of Lothian | 1701 | Lord Ker in the Peerage of the UK |
Earls and Countesses in the Peerage of Scotland
| Title | Creation | Other titles |
|---|---|---|
| The Countess of Sutherland | 1230 | |
| The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres | 1398; 1651 | Lord Wigan in the Peerage of the UK Lord Balniel in the Peerage of the UK for life |
| The Countess of Mar | 1404 | |
| The Earl of Erroll | 1452 | |
| The Earl of Rothes | 1457 | |
| The Earl of Morton | 1458 | |
| The Earl of Buchan | 1469 | Lord Erskine in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Earl of Eglinton | 1507 | Earl of Winton in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Earl of Cassilis | 1509 | Marquess of Ailsa in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Earl of Caithness | 1455 | |
| The Earl of Mar and Kellie | 1565; 1619 | Lord Erskine of Alloa Tower in the Peerage of the UK for life |
| The Earl of Moray | 1562 | Lord Stuart in the Peerage of Great Britain |
| The Earl of Home | 1605 | Lord Douglas in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Earl of Perth | 1605 | |
| The Earl of Abercorn | 1606 | Duke of Abercorn in the Peerage of Ireland Marquess of Abercorn in the Peerage of Great Britain |
| The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | 1606 | Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Earl of Haddington | 1619 | |
| The Earl of Galloway | 1623 | Lord Stewart in the Peerage of Great Britain |
| The Earl of Lauderdale | 1624 | |
| The Earl of Lindsay | 1633 | |
| The Earl of Loudoun | 1633 | |
| The Earl of Kinnoull | 1633 | Lord Hay in the Peerage of Great Britain |
| The Earl of Dumfries and Bute | 1633; 1703 | Marquess of Bute in the Peerage of Great Britain |
| The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine | 1633; 1647 | Lord Elgin in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Earl of Southesk | 1633 | Duke of Fife in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Earl of Wemyss and March | 1633; 1697 | Lord Wemyss in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Earl of Dalhousie | 1633 | Lord Ramsay in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Earl of Airlie | 1639 | |
| The Earl of Leven and Melville | 1641; 1690 | |
| The Countess of Dysart | 1643 | |
| The Earl of Selkirk | 1646 | Lord Selkirk of Douglas in the Peerage of the UK for life |
| The Earl of Northesk | 1647 | |
| The Earl of Aboyne | 1660 | |
| The Earl of Dundee | 1660 | |
| The Earl of Newburgh | 1660 | |
| The Earl of Annandale and Hartfell | 1662 | |
| The Earl of Dundonald | 1669 | |
| The Earl of Breadalbane | 1677 | |
| The Earl of Kintore | 1677 | Viscount Stonehaven in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Earl of Aberdeen | 1682 | Viscount Gordon in the Peerage of Great Britain Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Earl of Dunmore | 1686 | |
| The Earl of Orkney | 1696 | |
| The Earl of Seafield | 1701 | |
| The Earl of Stair | 1703 | Lord Oxenfoord in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Earl of Rosebery | 1703 | Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Earl of Glasgow | 1703 | Lord Fairlie in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Earl of Hopetoun | 1703 | Marquess of Linlithgow in the Peerage of the UK |
Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland
| Title | Creation | Other titles |
|---|---|---|
| The Viscount (of) Falkland | 1620 | |
| The Viscount (of) Stormont | 1621 | Earl of Mansfield in the Peerage of Great Britain |
| The Viscount of Arbuthnott | 1641 | |
| The Viscount of Oxfuird | 1651 |
Lords of Parliament and Ladies in the Peerage of Scotland
| Title | Creation | Other titles |
|---|---|---|
| The Lord Forbes | 1442 | |
| The Lord Gray | 1445 | |
| The Lady Saltoun | 1445 | |
| The Lord Sinclair | 1449 | |
| The Lord Borthwick | 1452 | |
| The Lord Cathcart | 1452 | Earl Cathcart in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Lord Lovat | 1464 | Lord Lovat in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Lord Sempill | 1488 | |
| The Lady Herries | 1490 | |
| The Lord Elphinstone | 1510 | Lord Elphinstone in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Lord Torphichen | 1564 | |
| The Lady Kinloss | 1602 | |
| The Lord Colville of Culross | 1604 | Viscount Colville of Culross in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Lord Balfour of Burleigh | 1607 | |
| The Lord Dingwall | 1609 | Lord Lucas in the Peerage of England |
| The Lord Napier | 1627 | Lord Ettrick in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Lord Fairfax of Cameron | 1627 | |
| The Lord Reay | 1628 | |
| The Lord Forrester | 1633 | Lord Verulam in the Peerage of Great Britain Viscount Grimston in the Peerage of Ireland Earl of Verulam in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Lord Elibank | 1643 | |
| The Lord Belhaven and Stenton | 1647 | |
| The Lord Rollo | 1651 | Lord Dunning in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Lord Ruthven of Freeland | 1651 | Earl of Carlisle in the Peerage of England |
| The Lord Nairne | 1681 | Viscount Mersey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| The Lord Polwarth | 1690 |