List of Scottish representative peers
This is a list of representative peers elected from the Peerage of Scotland to sit in the House of Lords after the Acts of Union 1707 abolished the Parliament of Scotland, where, as a unicameral legislature, all Scottish Peers had been entitled to sit.
From 1707 to 1963 there were sixteen Scottish representative peers, all elected from among the peerage of Scotland to sit for one parliament. 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.
Under the Peerage Act 1963 which came into effect in August that year, all Scottish peers were given seats in the House of Lords as of right, thus after that date no further Scottish representative peers were needed.
List of Scottish representative peers
1707–1749
1750–1799
1800–1849
1850–1899
1900–1949
1950–1963
Representative peer | Elected | Ceased |
---|---|---|
James Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness | 21 February 1950 | 31 July 1963 |
John Drummond, 17th Earl of Perth | 2 April 1952 | 31 July 1963 |
Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes | 23 May 1955 | 31 July 1963 |
Aeneas Mackay, 13th Lord Reay | 23 May 1955 | 18 September 1959 |
George Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl | 1 October 1958 | 31 July 1963 |
Ian Cochrane, 14th Earl of Dundonald | 6 October 1959 | 31 July 1963 |
John Erskine, 13th Earl of Mar | 6 October 1959 | 31 July 1963 |
David Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk | 6 October 1959 | 31 July 1963 |
Charles St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair | 6 October 1959 | 31 July 1963 |
Representative Peers with a House of Lords title
Since the Act of Union 1707
No | Grandee | Elected | Ceased | Title | Created | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry | Duke of Dover | GB Title Extinct in 1778 | |||
2 | James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton [note 1] | Duke of Brandon | Both Titles are Extant | |||
3 | Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon | Earl of Norwich | Both Titles are Extinct (Gordon family) | |||
4 | John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl | Earl Strange | GB Title Extinct in 1957 | |||
5 | James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn | Viscount Hamilton | Both Titles are Extant | |||
6 | George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton | Baron Douglas of Lochleven | GB Title Extinct in 1827 | |||
7 | Francis Stuart, 9th Earl of Moray | Baron Stuart of Castle Stuart | Both Titles are Extant | |||
8 | John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway | Baron Stewart of Garlies | Both Titles are Extant |
Since the Act of Union 1801
No | Grandee | Elected | Ceased | Title | Created | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton [note 1] | 15 August 1798 | 24 October 1806 | Baron Ardrossan | 21 February 1806 | Both Titles are Extant |
2 | James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale | 24 July 1790 | 20 May 1796 | Baron Lauderdale of Thirlestane | 22 February 1806 | UK Title Extinct in 1863 |
3 | John Campbell, 4th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland [1] | 8 May 1784 | 24 October 1806 | Baron Breadalbane | 13 November 1806 | Scottish Title is Dormant, UK Title Extinct in 1862 |
4 | William Cathcart, 10th Lord Cathcart [2] [note 1] | 10 January 1788 | 29 September 1812 | Viscount Cathcart | 9 November 1807 | Both Titles are Extant |
5 | James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun [3] | 8 May 1784 | 11 June 1790 | Baron Hopetoun | 3 November 1809 | Both Titles are Extant |
23 October 1794 | 20 May 1796 | |||||
6 | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen [4] [note 1] | 4 December 1806 | 10 June 1818 | Viscount Gordon | 16 July 1814 | Both Titles are Extant |
7 | John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | 30 June 1796 | 24 October 1806 | Baron Bowes | 7 August 1815 | UK Title Extinct in 1820 |
9 June 1807 | 29 September 1812 | |||||
8 | George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie [note 1] | 30 June 1796 | 24 October 1806 | Baron Dalhousie | 11 August 1815 | UK Title Extinct in 1860 |
9 June 1807 | 10 June 1818 | |||||
9 | George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne [note 1] | 30 June 1796 | 24 October 1806 | Baron Meldrum | 11 August 1815 | Both Titles are Extant |
9 June 1807 | 10 June 1818 | |||||
10 | George Boyle, 4th Earl of Glasgow [note 1] | 24 July 1790 | 10 June 1818 | Baron Ross | 11 August 1815 | UK Title Extinct in 1890 |
11 | William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian [note 1] | 17 April 1817 | 27 April 1824 | Baron Ker of Kersehugh | 17 July 1821 | Both Titles are Extant |
12 | Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery [note 1] | 24 July 1818 | 24 July 1830 | Baron Rosebery | 26 January 1828 | Both Titles are Extant |
13 | William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll [5] | 2 October 1823 | 23 April 1831 | Baron Kilmarnock | 17 June 1831 | Both Titles are Extant |
14 | Robert Hamilton, 8th Lord Belhaven and Stenton [note 1] | 18 March 1819 | 3 December 1832 | Baron Hamilton of Wishaw | 10 September 1831 | UK Title Extinct in 1868 |
15 | Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland [note 1] | 3 June 1831 | 3 December 1832 | Baron Hunsdon | 15 May 1832 | UK Title Extinct in 1884 |
16 | Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry | 13 November 1812 | 3 December 1832 | Baron Solway | 7 June 1833 | UK Title Extinct in 1837 |
17 | John Ogilvy-Grant, 7th Earl of Seafield [6] [note 1] | 16 November 1853 | 23 April 1859 | Baron Strathspey | 14 August 1858 | UK Title Extinct in 1884 |
18 | John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone | 14 January 1833 | 29 December 1834 | Baron Elphinstone | 21 May 1859 | UK Title Extinct in 1860 |
8 September 1847 | 23 April 1859 | |||||
19 | James Sinclair, 14th Earl of Caithness [note 1] | 29 June 1858 | 11 November 1868 | Baron Barrogill | 1 May 1866 | UK Title Extinct in 1889 |
20 | John Rollo, 10th Lord Rollo | 15 November 1860 | 11 November 1868 | Baron Dunning | 29 June 1869 | Both Titles are Extant |
21 | Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home | 19 January 1842 | 26 January 1874 | Baron Douglas of Douglas | 11 June 1875 | Both Titles are Extant |
22 | William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone | 27 November 1867 | 18 November 1885 | Baron Elphinstone | 30 December 1885 | Both Titles are Extant |
23 | Charles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross [7] | 6 August 1851 | 18 November 1885 | Baron Colville of Culross | 31 December 1885 | Both Titles are Extant |
24 | Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne [note 1] | 4 August 1870 | 28 June 1892 | Baron Bowes | 1 July 1887 | Both Titles are Extant |
See also
References
- ^ Created Marquess of Breadalbane in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, title was extinct in 1862.
- ^ Now the Earl Cathcart in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
- ^ Now the Marquess of Linlithgow in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
- ^ Now the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
- ^ Now the Baron Kilmarnock is a separate title.
- ^ Now the Baron Strathspey is a separate title.
- ^ Now the Viscount Colville of Culross in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
- "Representative Peers – Scotland". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.