18-561: Earl of Dunmore is a title in the Peerage of Scotland . The title Earl of Dunmore was created in 1686 for Lord Charles Murray , son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl . The title passed down through generations, with various earls serving in the House of Lords as Scottish Representative Peers and holding other political positions. The 4th Earl was a colonial governor in New York, Virginia, and
36-546: A lesser extent the Viscount of Oxfuird still use " of ". Scottish Barons rank below Lords of Parliament, and although considered noble , their titles are incorporeal hereditaments . At one time barons did sit in parliament. However, they are considered minor nobles and not peers because their titles can be bought and sold. In the following table of the Peerage of Scotland as it currently stands, each peer's highest ranking title in
54-446: A posse of Glasgow policemen acting on orders from the government, at the behest of the Earl of Dunmore. The 6th Earl of Dunmore, Alexander Edward Murray, had inherited Harris upon the death of his father on 11 November 1836 and would in turn be succeeded by his son, Charles Adolphus, following the 6th Earl's death on 14 July 1845. Thus the 6th Earl was about halfway through his proprietorship of
72-624: Is his son, Anthony Victor Murray (b. 1989). Peerage of Scotland The Peerage of Scotland ( Scottish Gaelic : Moraireachd na h-Alba ; Scots : Peerage o Scotland ) is one of the five divisions of peerages in the United Kingdom and for those peers created by the King of Scots before 1707. Following that year's Treaty of Union , the Kingdom of Scots and the Kingdom of England were combined under
90-637: The House of Commons . In 1831 he was created Baron Dunmore , of Dunmore in the Forest of Athole in the County of Perth, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , which gave him and his descendants a permanent seat in the House of Lords. George Murray, 5th Earl of Dunmore, bought the Estate of Harris from Alexander Norman Macleod for £60,000 in 1834. In 1839, the people of South Harris were ejected from their homes by armed soldiers and
108-435: The earldom of Newburgh ), and in the case of daughters only, these titles devolve to the eldest daughter rather than falling into abeyance (as is the case with ancient English baronies by writ of summons ). Unlike other British peerage titles, Scots law permits peerages to be inherited by or through a person who was not legitimate at birth, but was subsequently legitimised by their parents marrying later. The ranks of
126-789: The Bahamas, while the 5th Earl bought the Estate of Harris in 1834. The 7th Earl served under Benjamin Disraeli and was the Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire . The 8th Earl received the Victoria Cross and held political office as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms . The barony of Dunmore became extinct after the 9th Earl's death in 1980, but the other titles passed to his distant relatives in Tasmania , Australia . The family seat
144-616: The Dukedom, which are now held by his kinsman Bruce Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl . The family seat was Amhuinnsuidhe Castle , on the Isle of Harris and Dunmore Tower , near Airth , Falkirk . The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Hon. Geoffrey Charles Murray (b. 1949). The heir presumptive's heir presumptive is his first cousin Stephen Alexander Murray (b. 1953). The heir presumptive's heir presumptive's heir apparent
162-521: The Scottish Peerage are, in ascending order: Lord of Parliament , Viscount , Earl , Marquess and Duke . Scottish Viscounts differ from those of the other Peerages (of England, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom) by using the style of in their title, as in Viscount of Oxfuird . Though this is the theoretical form, most Viscounts drop the " of ". The Viscount of Arbuthnott and to
180-520: The island when he was providing a pound per person for those electing to leave. The seventh Earl of Dunmore served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in the second Conservative administration of Benjamin Disraeli and was also Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire . The 7th Earl relinquished ownership of the North Harris Estate to his bankers, in particular the Scott family. He
198-501: The name of Great Britain , and a new Peerage of Great Britain was introduced in which subsequent titles were created. Scottish Peers were entitled to sit in the ancient Parliament of Scotland . After the Union, the Peers of the old Parliament of Scotland elected 16 Scottish representative peers to sit in the House of Lords at Westminster . The Peerage Act 1963 granted all Scottish Peers
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#1732851218829216-1608: The other peerages (if any) are also listed. Those peers who are known by a higher title in one of the other peerages are listed in italics . Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire in Scotland . The office was abolished in 1975, and replaced with the Lord Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk . David Erskine, 9th Earl of Buchan 1713 – 1715 incomplete before 1794 James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose 17 March 1794 – 30 December 1836 George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby 19 January 1837 – 15 February 1843 James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose 27 February 1843 – 30 December 1874 Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore 16 February 1875 – 1885 Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose 18 July 1885 – 10 December 1925 George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie 14 January 1926 – 29 April 1929 William Laurence Pullar 15 November 1929 – 1936 Sir George Stirling, 9th Baronet 29 October 1936 – 1 May 1949 Sir Ian Bolton, 2nd Baronet 8 July 1949 – 1964 Edward Younger, 3rd Viscount Younger of Leckie 24 February 1964 – 1975 Younger of Leckie became Lord Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk References [ edit ] Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (Scotland) 1794-" . Retrieved 10 February 2018 . ^ "Buchan, Earl of (S, 1469)" . Archived from
234-471: The right to sit in the House of Lords, but this automatic right was revoked, as for all hereditary peerages (except those of the incumbent Earl Marshal and Lord Great Chamberlain ), when the House of Lords Act 1999 received the Royal Assent . Unlike most peerages, many Scottish titles have been granted with remainder to pass via female offspring (thus an Italian family has succeeded to and presently holds
252-569: The tenth Earl. He was the great-great-grandson of the Hon. Alexander Murray, second son of the fourth Earl, and lived in Tasmania , Australia. As of 2017 the titles are held by his nephew, the twelfth Earl, who succeeded his father in 1995. He also lives in Tasmania, Australia and is a well respected Freemason . As a male-line descendant of the first Marquess of Atholl he is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles and by special remainder to
270-550: Was a General in the Army and sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish representative peer from 1713 to 1715 and from 1727 to 1752. His younger brother, William Murray, later to become the third Earl, was involved in the Jacobite rising of 1745 and was tried for high treason in 1746. Murray pleaded guilty but received a pardon from King George II and succeeded to the peerages when his brother died unmarried six years later. The third Earl
288-409: Was located at Amhuinnsuidhe Castle on the Isle of Harris and Dunmore Tower near Falkirk . The title was created in 1686 for Lord Charles Murray , second son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl . He was made Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet (or Tullimet) and Viscount of Fincastle at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland . He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He
306-469: Was succeeded by his son, the eighth Earl. He was a soldier and was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1897. Lord Dunmore later held political office as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (government chief whip in the House of Lords). On the death in 1980 of his grandson, the ninth Earl, the line of the fifth Earl failed and the barony of Dunmore became extinct. The late Earl was succeeded by his distant relative (his fourth cousin once removed),
324-470: Was succeeded by his son. The fourth Earl was a Scottish Representative Peer in the House of Lords from 1761 to 1774 and from 1776 to 1790 and served as colonial governor of New York , Virginia and the Bahamas . His tenure as governor of the New York and Virginia colonies was to end with the start of the American Revolution . Lord Dunmore's eldest son, the fifth Earl, briefly represented Liskeard in
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