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The 6th Earl of Balcarres, a Scottish representative peer between 1784 and 1796 and 1802 and 1825. The 8th Earl of Lauderdale, a Scottish representative peer between 1790 and 1796. The 5th Earl of Selkirk, a Scottish representative peer between 1806 and 1818. The 9th Lord Napier, a Scottish representative peer between 1824 and 1832.
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. Barons in Scotland were historically feudal barons until 2004, when a change in Scottish law abolished the feudal ...
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B. Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres; Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh; Alexander Hamilton, 10th Lord Belhaven and Stenton; Robert Udny-Hamilton, 11th Lord Belhaven and Stenton
However, already-elected Irish peers continued to be entitled to sit until their death. Elections for Scottish peers ended in 1963, when all Scottish peers obtained the right to sit in the House of Lords. Under the House of Lords Act 1999, a new form of representative peer was introduced to allow some hereditary peers to stay in the House of Lords.
A. John Stewart, Duke of Albany; Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus; Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus; David Douglas, 7th Earl of Angus; Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll
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The elections ceased after the Peerage Act 1963 granted all peers of Scotland an hereditary seat in the House of Lords. The first election of Scottish representative peers took place on 15 February 1707 at the Parliament House, Edinburgh , shortly before the Parliament of Scotland was adjourned for the last time on 25 March.