Peerage of Scotland

The Peerage of Scotland comprises all peer - Would that have been created in the Kingdom of Scotland before the Act of Union 1707. This year the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of England were replaced by the Peerage of Great Britain. The old Scottish peers elected by the Union sixteen members of the House of Lords, only the Peerage Act 1963 gave all Scottish peers a seat, which was amended by the House of Lords Act 1999. Scottish peers have a seat in the Parliament of Scotland.

The ranks of the Scottish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount (equivalent to Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount ) and Lord of Parliament, but not Baron. In many Scottish titles inheritance through the female line is possible if no male heirs exist. Giving priority to the eldest daughter, so that the potential in England limbo ( Abeyance ) can not occur here.

Scottish Viscounts Viscounts led the only one of in their title, but was mostly stored. Exception: The Viscount of Arbuthnott and the Viscount of Oxfuird.

Scottish barons are no peers, only holders of feudal baronies that can buy and sell them.

The following table extant Scottish peers higher or equivalent titles are listed in other peerages. In addition, if a Scottish peer holder of a lower title in the Peerage of England, Peerage of Great Britain or the Peerage of the United Kingdom with seat in the House of Lords, this is also listed. The holder of multiple titles the Scottish peerage, only the highest ranking will be listed.

See also:

  • Peerage of England
  • Peerage of Ireland
  • Peerage of Great Britain
  • Peerage of the United Kingdom

Dukes ( Dukes ) in the Peerage of Scotland

Marquesses in the Peerage of Scotland

Earls and Countesses in the Peerage of Scotland

Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland

Lords of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland

  • Scottish history
  • Peerage
Acts of Union 1707 Duke of Rothesay Duke of Cornwall Duke of Buccleuch Duke of Queensberry Duke of Lennox Duke of Richmond Duke of Gordon Duke of Montrose Earl of Crawford Earl of Erroll Earl of Morton Earl of Buchan Earl of Moray Duke of Abercorn Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Earl of Lauderdale Earl of Kinnoull Marquess of Bute Earl of Southesk Duke of Fife Earl of March Earl of Dalhousie Earl of Airlie Earl of Selkirk Earl of Northesk Earl of Dundonald Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair Earl of Rosebery Earl of Glasgow Marquess of Linlithgow Lord Saltoun Earl Cathcart Lord Lovat Viscount Colville of Culross
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