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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.
His grandson, the Scottish-born Robert Douglas (1611–1662), transplanted this branch of the Scottish clan to Sweden when in 1627 he became an officer in the Thirty Years' War; In 1657 he became field marshal. He received the Swedish title of Baron in 1651 and the title of Count (the highest title awarded to non-royalty in Sweden) in 1654.
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 ...
Peerage of England - Peerage of Scotland: Marquess of Tweeddale (1694) John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale: 1715: 1762: Marquess of Lothian (1701) William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian: 1722: 1767: Marquess of Annandale (1701) George Vanden-Bempde, 3rd Marquess of Annandale: 1730: 1792: Peerage of Great Britain: Marquess Grey (1740) Jemima ...
Murray succeeded his father as fourth Duke of Atholl in 1774 and was elected a Scottish representative peer. [2] In 1786 he was created Baron Murray, of Stanley in the County of Gloucester, and Earl Strange in the Peerage of Great Britain, [3] which gave him an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
1764: 1774: Died John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl: 1774: 1830: Duke of Montrose (1707) William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose: 1742: 1790: Duke of Roxburghe (1707) John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe: 1755: 1804: Peerage of Great Britain: Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (1715) Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven: 1742: 1778: Died
Anne, Viscountess Irvine (c. 1696 – 2 December 1764), was a British court official. She was a poet and a correspondent of Sir John Vanbrugh and Horace Walpole. [1]
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