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No substantive Scottish peerage had appeared since George Crawfurd's in 1716. In 1764, Douglas published the volume, The Peerage of Scotland; [2] with a dedication to the Earl of Morton and a list of subscribers prefixed. In his preface Douglas stated that he had sent for corrections and additions a manuscript copy of each account of a peerage ...
The Scots Peerage is a nine-volume book series of the Scottish nobility compiled and edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, published in Edinburgh from 1904 to 1914. The full title is The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom.
The 1764 coat of arms of Walter Sandilands, Lord Torphichen. Lord Torphichen or Baron Torphichen [1] (pronounced / ˈ t ɔːr f ɪ k ən /) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.It was created by Queen Mary in 1564 for Sir James Sandilands (to whom she was related).
James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl, KT, PC (28 September 1690 – 8 January 1764), styled Marquess of Tullibardine between 1715 and 1746, was the Lord of Mann, a Scottish peer, and Lord Privy Seal. Life
1764: 1788: Earl of Godolphin (1706) Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin: 1712: 1766: Died, title extinct Earl of Cholmondeley (1706) George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley: 1733: 1770: Peerage of Scotland: Earl of Crawford (1398) George Lindsay-Crawford, 21st Earl of Crawford: 1749: 1781: Earl of Erroll (1452) James Hay, 15th Earl ...
The Peerage of Scotland differs from those of England and Ireland in that its lowest rank is not that of baron. In Scotland, "baron" is a rank within the Baronage of Scotland, considered noble but not a peer, equivalent to a baron in some continental countries. The Scottish equivalent to the English or Irish baron is a Lord of Parliament.
1764: 1807: Viscount Weymouth (1682) Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth: 1751: 1796: Peerage of Scotland: Viscount of Falkland (1620) Lucius Cary, 7th Viscount Falkland: 1730: 1785: Viscount of Stormont (1621) David Murray, 7th Viscount of Stormont: 1748: 1796: Viscount of Arbuthnott (1641) John Arbuthnot, 6th Viscount of Arbuthnott: 1756: ...
James was born c. 1688. [1] He was the son of James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield and the former Anne Dunbar. His father, the Lord Chancellor of Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland under Queen Anne, was created Viscount of Seafield in 1698 and Earl of Seafield in 1701, both in the Peerage of Scotland.