Peerage of Scotland


The Peerage of Scotland is the section of the Peerage of the British Isles for those peers created by the King of Scots before 1707. Following that year's Treaty of Union, the Kingdom of Scots and the Kingdom of England were combined under the name of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was introduced in which subsequent titles were created.
After the Union, the Peers of the ancient Parliament of Scotland elected 16 representative peers to sit in the House of Lords. The Peerage Act 1963 granted all Scottish Peers the right to sit in the House of Lords, but this automatic right was revoked, as for all hereditary peerages, when the House of Lords Act 1999 received royal assent.
Unlike most peerages, many Scottish titles have been granted with remainder to pass via female offspring, and in the case of daughters only, these titles devolve to the eldest daughter rather than falling into abeyance. Unlike other British peerage titles, Scots Law permits peerages to be inherited by or through a person who was not legitimate at birth, but was subsequently legitimised by their parents marrying later.
The ranks of the Scottish Peerage are, in ascending order: Lord of Parliament, Viscount, Earl, Marquis and Duke. Scottish Viscounts differ from those of the other Peerages by using the style 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 use "of." Scottish Peers were entitled to sit in the ancient Parliament of Scotland.
Scottish Barons rank below Lords of Parliament, and although considered noble, their titles are incorporeal hereditaments. At one time feudal barons did sit in parliament. However, they are considered minor barons and not peers because their titles can be hereditary, or bought and sold.
In the following table of the Peerage of Scotland as it currently stands, each peer's highest ranking title in the other peerages are also listed. Those peers who are known by a higher title in one of the other peerages are listed in italics.

Dukes

TitleCreationOther Dukedom or higher titles
House of Lords titles
The Duke of Rothesay1398Since 1603, usually Prince of Wales as the heir to the throne
Duke of Cornwall in the Peerage of England.
The Duke of Hamilton12 September 1643Sat as Duke of Brandon in the Peerage of Great Britain until 1963.
The Duke of Buccleuch20 April 1663Sat as Earl of Doncaster in the Peerage of England from 1743–1963.
The Duke of Lennox1675Duke of Richmond in the Peerage of England;
Duke of Gordon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Duke of Queensberry3 February 1684Held by the Duke of Buccleuch in the Peerage of Scotland since 1810.
The Duke of Argyll23 June 1701Sat as Lord Sundridge and Hamilton in the Peerage of Great Britain;
Sat as Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of the United Kingdom from 1892–1963.
The Duke of Atholl1703
The Duke of Montrose1707Sat as Earl Graham in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Duke of Roxburghe1707Sat as Earl Innes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Marquesses

TitleCreationOther Marquisette or higher titles
The Marquess of Huntly1599Lord Meldrum in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Marquess of Queensberry1682
The Marquess of Tweeddale1694Lord Tweeddale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Marquess of Lothian1701Lord Ker in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Lord Kerr of Monteviot for Life in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Earls and countesses

TitleCreationOther Earldom or higher titles
The Earl of Sutherland1230
The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres1398; 1651Lord Wigan in the Peerage of the United Kingdom;
Lord Balniel in the Life in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Countess of Mar1114
The Earl of Erroll1452
The Earl of Rothes1457
The Earl of Morton1458
The Earl of Buchan1469Lord Erskine in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Eglinton1507Earl of Winton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Cassilis1509Marquess of Ailsa in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Caithness1455
The Earl of Mar and Kellie1565; 1619Lord Erskine of Alloa Tower in the Life in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Moray1562Lord Stuart in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Earl of Home1605Lord Douglas in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Perth1605
The Earl of Abercorn1606Duke of Abercorn in the Peerage of Ireland;
Marquess of Abercorn in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne1606Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Haddington1619
The Earl of Galloway1623
The Earl of Lauderdale1624
The Earl of Lindsay1633
The Earl of Loudoun1633
The Earl of Kinnoull1633Lord Hay in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Earl of Dumfries and Bute1633; 1703Marquess of Bute in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine1633; 1647Lord Elgin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Southesk1633Duke of Fife in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Wemyss and March1633; 1697Lord Wemyss in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Dalhousie1633Lord Ramsay in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Airlie1639
The Earl of Leven and Melville1641; 1690
The Earl of Dysart1643
The Earl of Selkirk1646Presently disclaimed by James Douglas-Hamilton - Lord Selkirk of Douglas in the Peerage of the Life in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Northesk1647
The Earl of Dundee1660
The Earl of Newburgh1660
The Earl of Annandale and Hartfell1662
The Earl of Dundonald1669
The Earl of Kintore1677Viscount Stonehaven in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Aberdeen1682Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in the Peerage of the United Kingdom;
Viscount Gordon in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Earl of Dunmore1686
The Earl of Orkney1696
The Earl of Seafield1701
The Earl of Stair1703Lord Oxenfoord in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Rosebery1703Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Glasgow1703Lord Fairlie in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Hopetoun1703Marquess of Linlithgow in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Viscounts

TitleCreationOther Viscountcy or higher titles
The Viscount Falkland1620
The Viscount of Stormont1621Earl of Mansfield in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Viscount of Arbuthnott1641
The Viscount of Oxfuird1651
The Viscount Archborough1839

Lords of Parliament

TitleCreationOther titles
The Lord Forbes1442
The Lord Gray1445
The Lady Saltoun1445
The Lord Sinclair1449
The Lord Borthwick1452
The Lord Cathcart1452Earl Cathcart in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Lord Lovat1464Lord Lovat in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Lord Sempill1488
The Lady Herries1490
The Lord Elphinstone1510Lord Elphinstone in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Lord Torphichen1564
The Lady Kinloss1602
The Lord Colville of Culross1604Viscount Colville of Culross in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Lord Balfour of Burleigh1607
The Lord Dingwall1609Lord Lucas in the Peerage of England.
The Lord Napier1627Lord Ettrick in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Lord Fairfax of Cameron1627
The Lord Reay1628
The Lord Forrester1633Lord Verulam in the Peerage of Great Britain;
Viscount Grimston in the Peerage of Ireland;
Earl of Verulam in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Lord Elibank1643
The Lord Belhaven and Stenton1647
The Lord Rollo1651Lord Dunning in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Lord Ruthven of Freeland1651Earl of Carlisle in the Peerage of England.
The Lord Nairne1681Viscount Mersey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Lord Polwarth1690