Lord Nairne

Lord Nairne is a hereditary British title of nobility in the Peerage of Scotland, which is currently run as a subordinate title of Viscount Mersey relevant.

Award

The title was created in 1681 by King Charles II for Sir Robert Nairne of Strathord, who was one of his closest supporters. The title can also be inherited through the female line, if no children are present.

After the title was denied the second Lord 1716, because he had supported the Jacobites, the award was renewed in 1824. The third and fourth Lord but are counted in the ranking, although they never led the title.

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The fact that the title downstream can also be inherited through the female line, he moved several times the family. From 1895 to 1944, he was led by the respective Marquess of Lansdowne as subordinate title after the fifth Marquess had inherited it from his mother. Since 1995, the dignity is borne by the respective Viscount Mersey as a subordinate item. Also in this family he was going through the mother of the fourth Viscount.

List of Lord Nairne ( 1681)

  • Robert Nairne, 1st Lord Nairne (ca. 1620-1683 )
  • William Murray, 2nd Lord Nairne ( 1664-1726 ) (title stripped 1716)
  • John Nairne, de jure 3rd Lord Nairne ( 1691-1770 )
  • John Nairne, de jure 4th Lord Nairne († 1782 )
  • William Murray Nairne, 5th Lord Nairne ( 1757-1830 ) (award renewed 1824)
  • William Murray Nairne, 6th Lord Nairne ( 1808-1837 )
  • Margaret Mercer Elphinstone, Lady Nairne 7, 2nd Baroness Keith ( 1788-1867 )
  • Emily Jane Petty - FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne, Lady Nairne 8 ( 1819-1895 )
  • Henry Charles Keith Petty - FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, 9th Lord Nairne ( 1845-1927 )
  • Henry William Edmund Petty - FitzMaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne, 10th Lord Nairne ( 1872-1936 )
  • Charles Petty - Fitzmaurice, 7th Marquess of Lansdowne, 11th Lord Nairne ( 1917-1944 )
  • Katherine Evelyn Constance Bigham, Viscountess Mersey, 12, Lady Nairne ( 1912-1995 )
  • Richard Maurice Clive Bigham, 4th Viscount Mersey, 13th Lord Nairne ( 1934-2006 )
  • Edward John Hallam Bigham, 5th Viscount Mersey, 14th Lord Nairne ( b. 1966 )

Estimated Title heiress ( Heiress Presumptive ) is the daughter of the current title holder, Hon Flora Diana Joan Bigham, Mistress of Nairne (* 2003).

Swell

  • Charles Kidd, David Williamson (ed.): Debrett 's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment 's Peerage Page
  • Www.thepeerage.com
  • Lordship of Parliament
  • Lord Nairne
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