Earl of Dumfries

Earldom of Dumfries
Creation date 12 June 1633
Monarch Charles I
Peerage Peerage of Scotland
First holder William Crichton, 1st Earl of Dumfries
Present holder John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, 12th Earl of Dumfries
Heir apparent John Bryson Crichton-Stuart, Earl of Dumfries[1]
Remainder to heirs male bearing the name and arms of Crichton and, through a novadamus (amendment) issued on November 3, 1690, with the former precedency by which, failing himself and his grandson and the heirs male of the body of the latter, the remainder was extended to Penelope, eldest daughter of his son Charles, Lord Crichton, and the heirs of her body, succeeding to the family estates, and similarly to his son's other daughters, whom failing, to his son's nearest heirs whatsoever.
Subsidiary titles Lord Crichton of Sanquhar and Cumnock, Viscount of Ayr
Currently the Earldom resides with the Marquesses of Bute. However, the title, can be inherited through the female line through an amendment to the original creation and the title could be separated from the Marquesses of Bute should heirs presumptive to the titles of Bute and Dumfries be male and female, respectively, inherit.

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 countess in 1742, 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.

Lords Crichton of Sanquhar (1488)

Earls of Dumfries (1633)

The heir apparent to both titles is the present holder's son John Bryson Crichton-Stuart, Earl of Dumfries (b. 1989).[4]

The heir presumptive to the heir apparent for the Marquessate of Bute is Lord Anthony Crichton-Stuart (b.1961), second son of the 6th Marquess and uncle of the heir apparent.

The heir presumptive to the heir apparent for the Earldom of Dumfries is Lady Caroline Crichton-Stuart (b. 1984), eldest daughter of the 12th Earl (7th Marquess) and elder sister of the heir apparent.

Family Tree

 
William Crichton
1st Earl of Dumfries
(1578-1643)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sir James Stuart
1st Baronet
(died 1662)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William Crichton
2nd Earl of Dumfries
(1598-1691)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sir Dugald Stuart
2nd Baronet
(died 1670)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Hon. Charles Chricton
Lord Crichton
 
 
 
 
 
John Dalrymple
1st Earl of Stair
(1648-1706/7)
 
James Stuart
1st Earl of Bute
(died 1710)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William Crichton
3rd Earl of Dumfries
(died 1694)
 
Penelope Crichton
suo jure
4th Countess of Dumfries
(died 1641/2)
 
Honourable
William Dalrymple
of Glenmure
(died 1744
 
James Stuart
2nd Earl of Bute
(died 1722/3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William Dalrymple-Crichton
5th Earl of Dumfries
4th Earl of Stair
(1699-1768)
 
Lady
Elizabeth Daylrymple
 
John Stuart
3rd Earl of Bute
(1713-1792)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Patrick
McDouall-Crichton
6th Earl of Dumfries
(1726-1803)
 
John Stuart
1st Marquess of Bute
(1744-1814)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lady
Elizabeth Penelope
McDouall-Crichton
(1772-1797)
 
Honourable
John Stuart
Viscount Mount Stuart
(1767-1794)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Crichton-Stuart
7th Earl of Dumfries
2nd Marquess of Bute
(1793-1848)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart
8th Earl of Dumfries
3rd Marquess of Bute
(1847-1900)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart
9th Earl of Dumfries
4th Marquess of Bute
(1881-1947)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Crichton-Stuart
10th Earl of Dumfries
5th Marquess of Bute
(1907-1956)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Crichton-Stuart
11th Earl of Dumfries
6th Marquess of Bute
(1933-1993)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Colum Crichton-Stuart
12th Earl of Dumfries
7th Marquess of Bute
(born 1958)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Bryson Crichton-Stuart
Lord Mount Stuart
(born 1989)
 


See also

References

  1. ↑ As his father uses the Marquessate as the title of precedence, the heir apparent is entitled to use the lesser title by courtesy and style.
  2. ↑ http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1671.htm#CRICHTONS_1488_5
  3. ↑ http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Dumfries1633.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index527.htm
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