Scottish Clans - Peerage of Scotland

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This category is part of Scottish History and managed by the Scotland Project. The Category encompasses nobility of the Kingdom of Scotland from its definable origin as the Kingdom of Alba until the Treaty of the Union in 1707. After that date the Peerage of Scotland became part of the Peerage of Great Britain. As such, it is larger than that provided on wikipedia. The primary source reference for research into this field are the nine volumes of Sir Balfour Paul's work, "The Scots Peerage".

The Peerage, as we know it today, arrived with the adoption of Feudalism in Scotland, generally defined as occurring in the reign of King David I.

Peers of Scotland

• Scottish Royal Houses (Monarchs of Scotland) - Dynasties and Regimes (843-1707)
• Mormaers of Scotland

• Dukes in the Peerage of Scotland - (1398-1707)
• Earls in the Peerage of Scotland - (1072-1707)
• Marquesses in the Peerage of Scotland - (1488-1707)
• Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland - (1606-1707)
• Barons in the Peerage of Scotland
• Baronetage of Nova Scotia
• Lords of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland

Peerage of Scotland as it currently stands

In the following table , each peer's highest titles in each of the other Peerages (if any) are also listed.

See individual title links above for complete listings.

Dukes in the Peerage of Scotland
Title	Creation	Other titles
Dukes of Rothesay	1398	Since 1603, usually Category: House of Hanover as the heir to the throne of England, Dukes of Cornwall in the Peerage of England
Dukes of Hamilton	1643	Duke of Brandon in the Peerage of Great Britain
Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry	1663; 1684	Earls of Doncaster in the Peerage of England
Dukes of Lennox	1675	Dukes of Richmond in the Peerage of England, Dukes of Gordon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Dukes of Argyll	1701	Lord Sundridge and Hamilton in the Peerage of Great Britain, Dukes of Argyll in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Dukes of Atholl	1703
Dukes of Montrose	1707	Earls Graham in the Peerage of Great Britain
Dukes of Roxburghe	1707	Earls Innes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Marquesses in the Peerage of Scotland
Title	Creation	Other titles
Marquess of Huntly	1599	Lord Meldrum in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Marquesses of Queensberry	1682
Marquesses of Tweeddale	1694	Lord Tweeddale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Marquess of Lothian	1701	Lord Ker in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls and Countesses in the Peerage of Scotland
Title	Creation	Other titles
Earls of Sutherland	1230
Earls of Arran	1467
Earls of Crawford and Balcarres	1398; 1651	Lord Wigan in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, Lord Balniel in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for life
Countess of Mar	1114
Earls of Erroll	1452
Earls of Rothes	1457
Earl of Morton	1458
Earls of Buchan	1469	Lord Erskine in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls of Eglinton	1507	Earl of Winton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls of Cassilis	1509	Marquess of Ailsa in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls of Caithness	1455
Earls of Mar and Kellie	1565; 1619	Lord Erskine of Alloa Tower in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for life
Earls of Moray	1562	Lord Stuart in the Peerage of Great Britain
Earls of Home	1605	Lord Douglas in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls of Perth	1605
Earls of Abercorn	1606	Dukes of Abercorn in the Peerage of Ireland, Marquesses of Abercorn in the Peerage of Great Britain
Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne	1606	Earls of Strathmore and Earls of Kinghorne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls of Haddington	1619
Earls of Galloway	1623	Lord Stewart in the Peerage of Great Britain
Earls of Lauderdale	1624
Earl of Lindsay	1633
Earl of Loudoun	1633
Earls of Kinnoull	1633	Lord Hay in the Peerage of Great Britain
Earl of Dumfries and Bute	1633; 1703	Marquesses of Bute in the Peerage of Great Britain
Earl of Elgin and Kincardine	1633; 1647	Lord Elgin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls of Southesk	1633	Duke of Fife in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls of Wemyss and March	1633; 1697	Lord Wemyss in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls of Dalhousie	1633	Lord Ramsay in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls of Airlie	1639
Earls of Leven and Melville	1641; 1690
Earl of Dysart	1643
Earls of Selkirk	1646	Lord Selkirk of Douglas in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for life
Earl of Northesk	1647
Earls of Dundee	1660
Earl of Newburgh	1660
Earl of Annandale and Hartfell	1662
Earl of Dundonald	1669
Earl of Kintore	1677	Viscount Stonehaven in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls of Aberdeen	1682	Viscount Gordon in the Peerage of Great Britain, Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Dunmore	1686
Earls of Orkney	1696
Earl of Seafield	1701
Earl of Stair	1703	Lord Oxenfoord in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Rosebery	1703	Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls of Glasgow	1703	Lord Fairlie in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls of Hopetoun	1703	Marquess of Linlithgow in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland
Title	Creation	Other titles
Viscount of Falkland	1620
Viscount of Stormont	1621	Earl of Mansfield in the Peerage of Great Britain
Viscount of Arbuthnott	1641
Viscounts of Oxfuird	1651
Lords of Parliament and Ladies in the Peerage of Scotland
Title	Creation	Other titles
Lord Forbes	1442
Lord Gray	1445
Lord Saltoun	1445
Lord Sinclair	1449
Lords Borthwick	1452
Lord Cathcart	1452	Earl Cathcart in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Lovat	1464	Lord Lovat in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Sempil	1488
Lord Herries of Terregles	1490
Lord Elphinstone	1510	Lord Elphinstone in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Torphichen	1564
Lord Kinloss	1602
Lord Colville of Culross	1604	Viscounts Colville of Culross in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Balfour of Burleigh	1607
Lord Dingwall	1609	Lord Lucas in the Peerage of England
Lord Napier	1627	Lord Ettrick in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Fairfax of Cameron	1627
Lord Reay	1628
Lords Forrester	1633	Lord Verulam in the Peerage of Great Britain, Viscount Grimston in the Peerage of Ireland, Earls of Verulam in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lords Elibank	1643
Lord Belhaven and Stenton	1647
Lord Rollo	1651	Lord Dunning in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Ruthven of Freeland	1651	Earl of Carlisle in the Peerage of England
Lord Nairne	1681	Viscount Mersey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Polwarth	1690

Research links

• Peerage of Scotland - Wikipedia
• Scottish nobility stubs - Wikipedia
• The Scots Peerage, Sir James Balfour Paul, Ed., 1904 Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3, Vol 4, Vol 5, Vol 6, Vol 7, Vol 8, Vol 9.

• Graphics for the Peerage of Scotland

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