Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Peerage of Scotland 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 Kingdoms of Scotland and England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was introduced. After the Union, Scottish Peers elected sixteen Representative Peers to sit in the House of Lords. The Peerage Act of 1963 allowed all Scottish Peers to sit in the House of Lords, a right which was lost along with all other hereditary peers in 1999. Unlike most other peerage titles, many Scottish titles can pass through female lines. The ranks of the Scottish Peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Lord of Parliament. Scottish Viscounts are unique from the other Peerages in using "of" in their title, as in Viscount of Oxfuird. (The Viscount Falkland, however, is an exception to this. Although it is likely that the Peerage was created as "Viscount of Falkland", this form is no longer used.) Scottish Peers had the right to sit in the Scottish Parliament. Scottish Barons are not peers, but merely holders of feudal baronies, which can be bought and sold. In the following table of Scottish peers, all higher or equal titles in the other peerages are listed. Also, if a Scottish peer holds a lower title in the Peerages of England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom, and therefore sat (or, in the cases of Life peerages, sit) by virtue of such a peerage in the House of Lords, such a lower title is listed. Dukes in the Peerage of Scotland Title Creation Other titles The Duke of Rothesay 1398 Duke of Cornwall in the Peerage of England 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 U.K. The Duke of Argyll 1701 Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of the U.K. The Duke of Atholl 1703   The Duke of Montrose 1707 Earl of Graham in the Peerage of Great Britain The Duke of Roxburghe 1707 Earl of Innes in the Peerage of the U.K.   Marquesses in the Peerage of Scotland Title Creation Other titles The Marquess of Huntly 1599 Baron Meldrum of Morvern in the Peerage of the U.K. The Marquess of Queensberry 1682   The Marquess of Tweeddale 1694 Baron Tweeddale of Yester in the Peerage of the U.K. The Marquess of Lothian 1701 Baron Ker of Kersehugh in the Peerage of the U.K.   Earls and Countesses in the Peerage of Scotland Title Creation Other titles The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres 1398; 1651 Baron Wigan of Haig Hall in the Peerage of the U.K. The Earl of Erroll 1452   The Countess of Mar 1404   The Countess of Sutherland 1230   The Earl of Rothes 1457   The Earl of Morton 1458   The Earl of Buchan 1469 Baron Erskine of Restormel Castle in the Peerage of the U.K. The Earl of Eglinton 1507 Earl of Winton in the Peerage of the U.K. The Earl of Cassilis 1509 Marquess of Ailsa in the Peerage of the U.K. The Earl of Caithness 1455   The Earl of Mar and Kellie 1565; 1619 Baron Erskine of Alloa Tower for Life in the Peerage of the U.K. The Earl of Moray 1562   The Earl of Home 1605 Baron Douglas in the Peerage of the U.K. 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 U.K. The Earl of Haddington 1619   The Earl of Galloway 1623   The Earl of Lauderdale 1624   The Earl of Lindsay 1633   The Earl of Loudoun 1633   The Earl of Kinnoull 1633   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 Baron Elgin of Elgin in the Peerage of the U.K. The Earl of Southesk 1633 Duke of Fife in the Peerage of the U.K. The Earl of Wemyss and March 1633; 1697 Baron Wemyss of Wemyss in the Peerage of the U.K. The Earl of Dalhousie 1633 Baron Ramsay in the Peerage of the U.K. The Earl of Airlie 1639   The Earl of Leven and Melville 1641; 1690   The Countess of Dysart 1643   The Earl of Selkirk 1646   The Earl of Northesk 1647   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 Kintore 1677 Viscount Stonehaven of Ury in the Peerage of the U.K. The Earl of Breadalbane and Holland 1677   The Earl of Aberdeen 1682 Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in the Peerage of the U.K. The Earl of Dunmore 1686   The Earl of Orkney 1696   The Earl of Seafield 1701   The Earl of Stair 1703 Baron Oxenfoord of Cousland in the Peerage of the U.K. The Earl of Rosebery 1703 Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the U.K. The Earl of Glasgow 1703 Baron Fairlie in the Peerage of the U.K. The Earl of Hopetoun 1703 Marquess of Linlithgow in the Peerage of the U.K.   Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland Title Creation Other titles The Viscount 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 female holders of Lordships of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland Title Creation Other titles The Lord Forbes 1442   The Lord Gray 1444   The Lady Saltoun 1445   The Lord Sinclair 1449   The Lord Bothwick 1452   The Lord Cathcart 1452 Earl of Cathcart in the Peerage of the U.K. The Lord Lovat 1464   The Lord Sempill 1488   The Lord Herries of Terregles 1490   The Lord Elphinstone 1510 Baron Elphinstone in the Peerage of the U.K. The Lord Torpichen 1564   The Lady Kinloss 1602   The Lord Colville of Culross 1604 Viscount Colville of Culross in the Peerage of the U.K. The Lord Balfour of Burleigh 1607   The Lord Dingwall 1609 Baron Lucas of Crudwell in the Peerage of England The Lord Napier of Merchistoun 1627   The Lord Fairfax of Cameron 1627   The Lord Reay 1628   The Lord Forrester of Corstorphine 1633 Earl of Verulam in the Peerage of the U.K. The Lord Elibank 1643   The Lord Belhaven and Stenton 1647   The Lord Rollo 1651 Baron Dunning in the Peerage of the U.K. The Lord Ruthven of Freeland 1651 Earl of Carlisle in the Peerage of England The Lord Kinnaird 1682 Baron Kinnaird of Rossie in the Peerage of the U.K. The Lord Polwarth 1690   This article is from Wikipedia. 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