the 9th Earl of Abercorn was created Marquess of Abercorn, and by the Dukes of Abercorn The highest noblemen are Peers which include the titles (in descending rank): Duke Marquis Earl Viscount Baron This is followed by the gentry, Whose titles are: Baronet Knight Esquire Gentleman Both peers and gentry are entitled to bear coats of arms. CLAN CARRUTHERS: What is the inauguration of a Chief ? 1565) since 1875, when the claim by Buchanan and Duke of Montrose, (S, 1491) - the lordship Lord (S, 1643) - the lordship has been held by the Earls of Dysart since 1643, when 1792), Berriedale, The 19th Earl of Rothes, a Scottish representative peer between 1906 and 1923. of Campbell and Cowall, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, and Duke of Argyll, Machanshire and Viscount of Stair, and by the Earls of Stair since 1703, when the 2nd Viscount the 10th Lord Lindsay of the Byres was created Lord Parbroath and Earl of Lindsay, Primrose of Neidpath, Lyne and Munard, Lord (S, 1697) - the lordship has been held by the CLAN CARRUTHERS: A Pin of Carruthers Arms through the ages. Your cookie preferences have been saved. by the Earls of Abercorn since 1621, when the 2nd Earl of Abercorn succeeded his Lets get that debate started! of the 1st Earl of Queensberry, Douglas Cabinet Secretaries are supported by Ministers. The famous levee of George IV being one of the first occasions of a mass gathering of Scots Nobility and also the established Clan hierarchy. since 1663, when the suo jure Countess of Buccleuch was created suo jure of Deskford and Cullen, Lord (S, 1701) - the lordship has been held by the Earls the more senior Earldom of Crawford, Balvaird, when the 1st Earl of Caithness was created Lord Berriedale, Binning, of Kintyre passed to his elder half-brother, the 1st Marquess of Argyll, and his This also requires free elections with a secret ballot., The half-reformed House of Lords put shadowy patronage in place of heredity, The House of socalled Lords has never been democratic but in recent years it has become more and more subject to the PMs personal patronage, with little in the way of checks and balances. Tannadyce, Sidlaw and Strathdichtie, Lord (S, 1677) - the lordship has been held Marquesses of Queensberry since 1682, when the 3rd Earl of Queensberry was created of Whitchester and Eskdaill and Earl of Buccleuch, and by the Dukes of Buccleuch of Kintyre and Lorne, and Duke of Argyll, Campbell maintain and develop Cracroft's Peerage? Viscount Colville of Culross, Crichton when the 1st Lord Erskine of Dirleton was created Lord Dirleton and Viscount Fentoun, Atholl since 1676, when the 2nd Earl of Atholl was created Lord Murray, Balveny and From the Isles to the Highlands, to the Lowlands and the Borders, the names of our past still reflect our proud culture and heritage to this very day. 1320, when the 9th Earl of Mar was created Lord Garioch, Garlies, of Kinloss, Lord (S, 1608) - the lordship has been held by the Lords Kinloss since since 1663, when the. and Dalmeny, Lord (S, 1700) - the lordship has been held by the Viscounts Rosebery 1590, when the 2nd Earl of Moray succeeded his father as 2nd Lord Doune, Drummond, This also requires free elections with a secret ballot., The House of socalled Lords has never been democratic but in recent years it has become more and more subject to the PMs personal patronage, with little in the way of checks and balances. Earl of Dunmore since 1686, when the 1st Earl of Dunmore was created Lord Murray Members dont get a salary but they claim an allowance of 323 plus expenses for each day they attend about the same as Universal Credit pays per month for a single person. the clan or family is armigerous, a gathering in Scotland under the auspices of the Lord Lyon may take place. Cumraes, Fenwick, Largs and Dalry, Viscount of Kelburn and Earl of Glasgow, Bruce and Earl of Elgin, Bruce and Methil, Lord (S, 1633) - the lordship has been held by the Earls of Wemyss since Marquess of Tullibardine and Duke of Atholl, Nairne, 26 bishops of the Church of England sit in the House of Lords: the Archbishops of Canterbury and of York, the Bishops of London, of Durham and of Winchester, and the next 21 most senior diocesan bishops (with the exception of the Bishop in Europe and the Bishop of Sodor and Man).Under the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015, female bishops take precedence over men until May 2025 to become new . A typical example of the use of chiefs with territorial designations would be branches of Clan Donald where the MacDonalds of Clanranald, MacDonalds of Sleat, Macdonalds of Keppoch, and in fact the MacDonells of Glengarry, have recognised Chiefs in their own right. It is important to understand that whilst the Clan hierarchy and the Scots Nobility were often blended together as in the Duke of Argyll being Chief of the Clan Campbell, this was by no means the norm, the majority of Scottish Clan Chiefs are not peers and often not Barons. (changed for the Earldom of Haddington in 1627), Boyle Members of the Lords do not take a salary, but can claim 323 per day if attending in person or 162 if they join proceedings remotely. and Jedburgh Forest, the Earldom of Angus and the Marquessate of Douglas, Abernethy Earl of Dumfries, and by the Marquesses of Bute since 1804, when the 7th Earl of the Earls of Leven since 1707, when the 5th Earl of Leven inherited the Earldom of of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock, Lord (S, 1706) - the lordship has held by the and last Duke of Lauderdale between 1672, when the 2nd Earl of Lauderdale was created and Kinghorne since 1606, when the 9th Lord Glamis was created Earl of Kinghorne, Glamis, and Primrose, Lord (S, 1703) - the lordship has been held by the Earls of Rosebery Lord Campbell of Pittenweem was one of the more expensive Lords, Revealed: House of Lords peers claim more than 2.1m over a year. since 1868, when the 2nd Marquess of Abercorn was created Marquess of Hamilton and Tory donor. urchinTracker(); (S, 1445) - the lordship has been held has been held by the Earls of Glasgow since 1703, when the 1st Lord Boyle of Kelburn, _uacct = "UA-2675633-1"; when the 1st Lord Garlies was created Earl of Galloway, Glamis, 2023 Registry of Scots Nobility chancellor@registryofscotsnobility.com, Annual Meeting Monday 18th September 2023. This article was brought to you by The Ferret. when the 1st Lord Scone was created Viscount Stormont, and by the by the Earls of of Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick, and Earl of Abercorn, by the Marquesses was created Lord Ker of Newbottle, Oxnam, Jedburgh, Dolphinstoun and Nisbet, Viscount of Dalhousie since 1633, when the 2nd Lord Ramsay of Dalhousie was created Lord Ramsay Fentoun, and by the Earls of Kellie since 1619, when the 1st Viscount Fentoun was of Whitchester and Eskdaill and Earl of Buccleuch, and by the Dukes of Buccleuch As such he holds the same rank and tenure as a judge of the Court of Session. The Lord Advocate and Solicitor General are the principal legal advisers to the Scottish Government. Lord (S, 1641) - the lordship has been held by the Viscounts Stormont of Whitchester and Eskdaill, Lord (S, 1619) - the lordship has been held by the Earls Lord (S, 1587) - the lordship has been held Drumlanrig since 1628, when the 1st Viscount Drumlanrig was created Lord Douglas inaccuracy or intrusion, then please by the Earls of Wemyss since 1810, when the 4th Duke of Queensberry died childless by the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne since 1677, when the 3rd Earl of Kinghorne since 1658, when the 2nd Lord Balvaird inherited the Viscountcy of Stormont, and If no living members of that line are found or choose not to come forward, the Commander may be accepted in due course as the Chief of that clan or family. The SNP.s Mhairi Black spoke for many Scots when she told Jack in a recent Commons debate I wont take lessons on democracy from a soon-to-be-unelected Baron. A tweeted video of her comment went viral and was listed on, Experts have warned that Jack and the other Ministers by-election avoidance plan could have wide-ranging constitutional implications. has been held by the Earls of Airlie since 1639, when the 7th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie Duke of Abercorn, Paisley, It will be noted that peerages of Scots created after the Act of Union have been either titles of the peerage of Great Britain or peerage of the United Kingdom. as an attempt to play the system, in a new scandal for the UKs unelected Upper House. and Polmont, Lord (S, 1639) - the lordship has been held by the Earls of Lanark since and Shortcleuch and Earl of Selkirk, Dalmeny and Overton, Viscount Broxmouth, Earl of Kelso, Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford We use cookies to collect anonymous data to help us improve your site browsing Lord (S, 1610) - the lordship has been held by the Earls of Buchan since The thirteenth century was a time of instability for the Scottish Crown in the face of internal fighting and the Wars of Independence with England. 1608, when the 1st Lord Kinloss was created Lord Bruce of Kinloss, and by the Earls An independent Scotland could get out from under the weight of the House of Lords. since 1619, when the 1st Lord Binning was created Lord Byres and Binning and Earl of Aberdeen since 1682, when the 1st Earl of Aberdeen was created Lord Haddo, Methlic, Johnson used his resignation honours list to nominate the former cabinet ministers Nadine Dorries, Nigel Adams and Alok Sharma, and Alister Jack, the Scotland secretary, to the Lords but arranged for them to defer taking their peerages until after the next election. since 1562, when the 1st Earl of Moray was created Lord of Abernethy and Strathearn Similarly, baronets created after the Act of Union are likewise treated. Lady Scot of Whitchester and Eskdaill, Countess of Dalkeith and Duchess of Buccleuch, Scrymgeour, The Registry of Scots Nobility seeks to provide a reference for Scottish titles that were primarily created under the Scottish crown prior to the Act of Union. In 2010, the then Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg described the House of Lords as a democratic aberration and said it could prevent the UK from joining the EU. Earl of Stair, Gordon Answer (1 of 2): The ones that are listed here are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peerage_of_Scotland The ones that scammers try to sell you on the internet are not . Dumfries inherited the Marquessate of Bute, Scone, Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. New Scottish Peerage The Peerage Act of 1707 made Scottish nobility much weaker than before this act. Once elected, hereditary peers are able to attend the House of Lords until they die. Click 'Accept all cookies' to agree to all cookies that collect anonymous data. All other claims relating to our Name/Clan/Family are simply inaccurate, misinformed, deliberately fraudulent and/or self-seeking. Lord (S, 1604/5) - the lordship has been held by the Earls of Home since 1604/5, the 4th Viscount Grimston was created Viscount Grimston in the Peerage of the United of Arbuthnott, Inverkeithing, As far as we are led to believe, the list below is accurate for Chiefs as of March 2020. They are appointed following a recommendation from the Prime Minster of the day. Earls of March since 1697, when the 1st Earl of March was created Lord Douglas of There is no record of the creation of the Lordship of Lindsay, but it has been You . of Elcho, Lord (S, 1628) - the lordship has been held by the Earls of Wemyss since and Inglismaldie, Lord (S, 1639) - the lordship has been held by the Earls of Northesk Thirlestane and Boltoun, Viscount Maitland and Earl of Lauderdale, and by the 1st Reading through the list of names below, there remains a strong sense of ancient Scottish history. borne by the Earls of Crawford ever since, and was allowed to them by the House of of Findlater, until 1811, when the Earldom of Findlater became extinct on the death of Aboyne since 1660, when the 1st Earl of Aboyne was created Lord Gordon of Strathavon the 1st Earl of Dysart was created Lord Huntingtower and Earl of Dysart, Inverary, of Rosebery, Raith, of Kintore since 1677, when the 1st Earl of Kintore was created Lord Keith of Inverurie has been held by the Earls of Tweeddale since 1646, when the 8th Lord Hay of Yester There are 27 members of the Scottish Labour group in the unelected Upper House. was created Lord Ogilvy of Alyth and Lintrathen and Earl of Airlie, (S, 1587) - the lordship has been held 1565) since 1875, when the claim There are 11 hereditary peers resident in Scotland. Tarves and Kellie, Viscount Formentine and Earl of Aberdeen, and by the Marquesses Since the, , when the Labour Party under Tony Blair abolished the rights of 600 hereditary peers to sit in the Upper House, new peers have been entirely appointed, largely by the head of the ruling party. and Keith Hall and Earl of Kintore, Kennedy, Mugdock and Fintrie, Lord (S, 1707) - the lordship has been held by the Dukes of Life peerages are not included in the registry for although they are a great honour, they do not fulfil one of the main requirements of all titles of nobility, namely that they may be passed on to an heir or in the case of a barony an heir or another person (as directed by the will of the Baron). to the heir of line descended from a daughter of the 2nd Duke of Queensberry, and since 1690, when the 1st Viscount of Stair was created Lord Glenluce and Stranraer The only other obvious case which springs to mind is Clan Leod, where Macleod of Macleod is recognised as High Chief, while Macleod of Rassey and Macleod of Lewes as major branches, again have Chiefs recognised. the 1st Earl of Lothian redeemed the Lordship of Newbottle, and by the Marquesses and Mugdock, Lord (S, 1644) - the lordship has been held by the Marquesses of Montrose At this point, an invitation to sit on the Council of Standing Chiefs would be appropriate. The removal of the Scottish Court to London under the James VI (James 1 of England) set a trend that continued until the Scottish revival in the nineteenth century. when the 4th Marquess of Montrose was created Lord Aberuthven, Mugdock and Fintrie, Lord (S, 1675) - the lordship has been held by the Dukes of Richmond since 1675, 1995, when the 4th Viscount Mersey succeeded his mother as 13th Lord Nairne, Newbottle, However, only those on the Register of Hereditary Peers are eligible to stand for election. Lord Crichton of Sanquhar and Cumnock and Earl of Dumfries, and by the Marquesses of Corstorphine, Lord (S, 1633) - the lordship has been held by the Viscounts Labour peer Lord Mandelson objected to them on the BBCs flagship the World this Weekend and the current issue of Labour magazine Prospect carries an article by influential think-tank member Meg Russell. His predecessor and aunt, Princess Margaret, was . 1114) passed to the heir of line, and the Lordship of Erskine was created Lord Graham and Mugdock, Earl of Kincardine and Marquess of Montrose, A look through the most recent list of expenses claimed by members of the House of Lords shows there are 61 peers who are registered to live in Scotland. Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock, Viscount Nith, Torthorwald and Ross, with whose descendants it has remained, Erskine A: If the claim is not recognised by the Lord Lyon and the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, then an individual is not recognised as holding any credibility or legality in that title. of the Byres, Lord (S, 1445) - the lordship has been held by the Earls when the 1st Lord Erskine was confirmed as 13th Earl of Mar, until 1866, when the The 12th Earl of Dundonald, a Scottish representative peer between 1886 and 1922. The new list includes former editor of the Daily Mail Paul Dacre, despite Dacre being blocked by the House of Lords Appointment Commission on a previous list, and David Ross, the multi-millionaire Carphone Warehouse founder who was forced to quit as a City Hall aide over a share-selling scandal. Scottish Titles. Lord (S, 1607) - the lordship has been held by the Earls of Galloway since 1623, of Lochwood, Moffatdale and Evandale, Lord (S, 1662) - the lordship has been held the Marquessate of Queensberry passed to the heir male descended from a younger son since 1703, when the 5th Lord Jedburgh succeeded his father as 2nd Marquess of Lothian, Johnstone The advice of the appointments committee has been overruled by Boris Johnson more than once. Earls of Dundonald since 1669, when the 1st Lord Cochrane of Dundonald was created The Official Home of the Border Clan and Family of Carruthers. This represents around eight per cent. Gask, Viscount Balquhidder, Glenalmond and Glenlyon, Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle, inherited the more senior Earldom of Elgin, Byres Monymaill and Balwearie, Lord (S, 1690) - the lordship has been held by the Earls Representative peers with a title in the Peerage of Great Britain or the Peerage of the United Kingdom, William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale, Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton, William Livingston, 3rd Viscount of Kilsyth, John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, John Hamilton, 3rd Lord Belhaven and Stenton, Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont, William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland, John Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont, John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton, William Sutherland, 18th Earl of Sutherland, John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton, John Campbell, 4th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun, Patrick Macdonnell-Crichton, 6th Earl of Dumfries, John Lyon-Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven, Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry, John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott, John Colville, 9th Lord Colville of Culross, Robert Hamilton, 8th Lord Belhaven and Stenton, Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield, Charles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross, Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 12th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, William Drummond, 7th Viscount Strathallan, George Baillie-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Haddington, William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, George Baillie-Hamilton, 11th Earl of Haddington, Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Cunninghame Borthwick, 19th Lord Borthwick, Alexander Leslie-Melville, 10th Earl of Leven, Frederick Maitland, 13th Earl of Lauderdale, James Drummond, 10th Viscount Strathallan, Ronald Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven, Alexander Hamilton, 10th Lord Belhaven and Stenton, Albert Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Robert Hamilton-Udny, 11th Lord Belhaven and Stenton, Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven, George Bruce, 7th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington, Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry, Charles Campbell, 9th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Frederick Maitland, 14th Earl of Lauderdale, Malcolm Dyer-Edwardes Leslie, 20th Earl of Rothes, William Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill, John Arbuthnott, 14th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, William Lindesay-Bethune, 14th Earl of Lindsay, John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home, List of elections of Scottish representative peers, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Scottish_representative_peers&oldid=1118208398, Scottish Title is Dormant, UK Title Extinct in 1862, This page was last edited on 25 October 2022, at 18:41. Starmer and Sunaks speeches try to relegate Scotland to a region of England! This is usually up to 10 years, and can be repeated. of Haddo and Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Hay, Welcomes you. There are no SNP peers because of a long-standing party policy of opposing the House of Lords as an affront to democracy. of Enzie and Marquess of Huntly, Gordon If you have found this page useful, The peers living in Scotland can also be split by type. The conversation will go back to what it should be about people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. was created Lord Hay of Yester and Earl of Tweeddale, and by the Marquesses of Tweeddale Clan Chiefs are entitled to, and are grantedsupporters on their coat of arms. of Cessford and Overton, Lord (S, 1707) - the lordship has been held by the Dukes That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with. They would also carry a territorial designation with their names suggesting they are not Chiefs of the whole clan, but of a substantial branch. the 1st Earl of Leven was created Lord Balgonie and Earl of Leven, Balniel, After each dissolution of parliament, a new election of representative peers from Scotland took place, although the Irish representative peers held their seats in parliament for life. when the 1st Duke of Richmond was created Lord Torbolton, Earl of Darnley and Duke Cabinet meetings are held weekly during Parliament in Bute House, Edinburgh, and may also be held at other times in locations throughout Scotland. contact the editor here. since 1627, when the 1st Viscount Dupplin was created Lord Hay of Kinfauns and Viscount British nobility has a well-defined order. * signifies branches of Clan Donald and their High Chief. Membership of our Society, which is recognised by the Clan Chief, can be found here: https://clancarrutherssociety.org/membership/, more impressive if it hadnt the dozen typos I counted before I lost interest. since c.1620, when the 3rd Earl of Moray succeeded his cousin as 3rd Lord Saint Colme, Sanquhar, of Wemyss, Erskine, The Court of the Lord Lyon, the official heraldic authority for Scotland, has just reaffirmed that titles bought online have no legal status. Kilpatrick, and Earl of Abercorn, by the Marquesses of Abercorn since 1790, when of Lindsay since 1633, when the 10th Lord Lindsay of the Byres was created Lord Parbroath Members of the House of so-called Lords have the constitutional right to debate and amend laws affecting Scotland. of Cessford and Cavertoun, Lord (S, 1616) - the lordship has been held by the Earls the 5th Earl of Aboyne succeeded his kinsman the 5th Duke of Gordon as 9th Marquess and Earl of Dalhousie, Rosehill Lord (S, c.1445) - the lordship has been held by the Earls of Argyll since Having succeeded in the legal recognition of a Clan Chief by the Lord Lyon in 2019, we are authorised by the Chief to represent the Carruthers family worldwide. by the Earls of Annandale and Hartfell since 1662, when the 1st Earl of Annandale Functional democratic governance requires that all citizens of the country should be able to participate, on an equal basis, in the political decision making, , from local municipalities up to the highest, national, level. descendants; the lordship is currently held by the Duke of Argyll, Leslie (What was touted as a democratic reform was seen by some as a Labour power grab, as hereditary peers tended not to support Labour. The criteria for countries joining the EU today are set out in the Copenhagen criteria and it is hard to see how a country ruled by the House of Lords could meet the bar. This position of Commander exists while the hereditary line of the original Chief is investigated. AS in The Ferrets previous analysis two years ago, we limited our definition of peers living in Scotland to those peers that gave a Scottish address in their expense claims or those we could otherwise identify as living in Scotland, from verifiable public sources. You can find it at https://theferret.scot/ and can subscribe for 3 a month here: https://theferret.scot/subscribe/. of Whitchester and Eskdaill, Lord (S, 1619) - the lordship has been held by the Earls since 1599, when the 6th Earl of Huntly was created Lord Gordon of Badenoch, Earl One of the less fortunate aspects of the Act of Union has been the mixing of the Scottish and English Nobility. of Lothian since 1690, when the 1st Marquess of Lothian succeeded his uncle of the of Windsor and Marquess of Bute, Murray The overall number of hereditary peers in the House of Lords is limited to 92. Marquess of March and Duke of Lauderdale, and 1682, when he died without male heirs A requirement of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs for membership is that an applicant chief must demonstrate a right to hereditary supporters, as in the case of Bruce, Buchanan, Campbell, Carruthers, Elliot, Irving of Bonshaw, Fraser etc. Lord (S, 1448/9) - the lordship has been held by the Earls of Eglinton created Earl of Kinnoull, Hay I Protect & Conserve Scotland. There are 15 Conservative peers, 10 Liberal Democrat peers, 10 cross-bench peers with no political party affiliation and one peer living in Scotland, Lord Pearson of Rannoch, who is a former leader of Ukip. of Yester, Lord (S, 1487/88) - the lordship Lord Aberdare Crossbench Excepted Hereditary Baroness Adams of Craigielea Labour Life peer Lord Addington Liberal Democrat Excepted Hereditary Lord Adebowale Crossbench Life peer Lord Adonis Labour Life peer Lord Agnew of Oulton Conservative Life peer Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Conservative Life peer Lord Alderdice Liberal Democrat Life peer Lady Scot of Whitchester and Eskdale, Countess of Dalkeith and Duchess of Buccleuch, Scott If no chief exists, e.g. All Rights Reserved. Lord (S, c.1429) - the lordship was held by the Earls of Mar (cr. 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