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Peerage of Scotland

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 in which subsequent titles would be granted. After the Union, the old Scottish Peers elected sixteen 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 due to the passage of the House of Lords Act 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. 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 Scottish Parliament. Scottish Barons are not peers, but merely holders of feudal baronies, which can be bought and sold.

In the following table of extant 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. However, a holder of multiple Scottish peerages is only listed under the highest one.

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Dukes in the Peerage of Scotland

TitleCreationOther titles
The Duke of Rothesay1398Duke of Cornwall in the Peerage of England
The Duke of Hamilton1643Duke of Brandon in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry1663; 1684Earl of Doncaster in the Peerage of England
The Duke of Lennox1675Duke of Richmond in the Peerage of England;
Duke of Gordon in the Peerage of the UK
The Duke of Argyll1701Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of the UK
The Duke of Atholl1703Lord Percy in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Duke of Montrose1707Earl of Graham in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Duke of Roxburghe1707Earl Innes in the Peerage of the UK

Marquesses in the Peerage of Scotland

TitleCreationOther titles
The Marquess of Huntly1599Lord Meldrum of Morvern in the Peerage of the UK
The Marquess of Queensberry1682 
The Marquess of Tweeddale1694Lord Tweeddale of Yester in the Peerage of the UK
The Marquess of Lothian1701Lord Ker of Kersehugh in the Peerage of the UK

Earls and Countesses in the Peerage of Scotland

TitleCreationOther titles
The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres1398; 1651Lord Wigan of Haig Hall in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Erroll1452 
The Countess of Mar1404 
The Countess of Sutherland1230  
The Earl of Rothes1457 
The Earl of Morton1458 
The Earl of Buchan1469Lord Erskine of Restormel Castle in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Eglinton1507Earl of Winton in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Cassilis1509Marquess of Ailsa in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Caithness1455 
The Earl of Mar and Kellie1565; 1619Lord Erskine of Alloa Tower for Life in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Moray1562Lord Stuart of Castle Stuart in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Home1605Lord Douglas in the Peerage of the UK
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 UK
The Earl of Haddington1619 
The Earl of Galloway1623Lord Stewart of Garlies in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Lauderdale1624 
The Earl of Lindsay1633 
The Earl of Loudoun1633 
The Earl of Kinnoull1633Lord Hay of Pedwardine 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 of Elgin in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Southesk1633Duke of Fife in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Wemyss and March1633; 1697Lord Wemyss of Wemyss in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Dalhousie1633Lord Ramsay in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Airlie1639 
The Earl of Leven and Melville1641; 1690 
The Countess of Dysart1643 
The Earl of Selkirk1646 
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 of Ury in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Aberdeen1682Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Dunmore1686Lord Dunmore in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Orkney1696 
The Earl of Seafield1701 
The Earl of Stair1703Lord Oxenfoord of Cousland in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Rosebery1703Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Glasgow1703Lord Fairlie in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Hopetoun1703Marquess of Linlithgow in the Peerage of the UK

Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland

TitleCreationOther titles
The Viscount (of) Falkland1620 
The Viscount (of) Stormont1621Earl of Mansfield in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Viscount of Arbuthnott1641 
The Viscount of Oxfuird1651 

Lords of Parliament and Female Holders of Lordships of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland

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 UK
The Lord Lovat1464Lord Lovat in the Peerage of the UK
The Lord Sempill1488 
The Lady Herries1490 
The Lord Elphinstone1510Lord Elphinstone in the Peerage of the UK
The Lord Torpichen1564 
The Lady Kinloss1602 
The Lord Colville of Culross1604Viscount Colville of Culross in the Peerage of the UK
The Lord Balfour of Burleigh1607 
The Lord Dingwall1609Lord Lucas of Crudwell in the Peerage of England
The Lord Napier of Merchistoun1627Lord Ettrick in the Peerage of the UK
The Lord Fairfax of Cameron1627 
The Lord Reay1628 
The Lord Forrester1633Earl of Verulam in the Peerage of the UK
The Lord Elibank1643 
The Lord Belhaven and Stenton1647 
The Lord Rollo1651Lord Dunning in the Peerage of the UK
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 
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