Earl of Dumfries
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Earl of Dumfries is a title in the Peerage of Scotland
. It was originally created for William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, in 1633, and stayed in the Crichton family until the death of the fourth earl in 1758, at which point the title passed to first the Dalrymple and then the McDouall families before finally being inherited by the Marquesses of Bute
, where it remains today.
The subsidiary titles of the Earl of Dumfries are: Viscount of Ayr (created 1622), Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (1488), Lord Sanquhar (1622), and Lord Crichton of Cumnock (1633), all in the Peerage of Scotland
.
The heir apparent
is the present holder's son John Bryson Crichton-Stuart, Earl of Dumfries (b. 1989).
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
. It was originally created for William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, in 1633, and stayed in the Crichton family until the death of the fourth earl in 1758, at which point the title passed to first the Dalrymple and then the McDouall families before finally being inherited by the Marquesses of Bute
Marquess of Bute
Marquess of the County of Bute, shortened in general usage to Marquess of Bute, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1796 for John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute.-Family history:...
, where it remains today.
The subsidiary titles of the Earl of Dumfries are: Viscount of Ayr (created 1622), Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (1488), Lord Sanquhar (1622), and Lord Crichton of Cumnock (1633), all in the Peerage of Scotland
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
.
Lords Crichton of Sanquhar (1488)
- Robert Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1494)
- Robert Crichton, 2nd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1513)
- Robert Crichton, 3rd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (?)
- Robert Crichton, 4th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1536)
- William Crichton, 5th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1550)
- Robert Crichton, 6th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1561)
- Edward Crichton, 7th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1569)
- Robert Crichton, 8th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1612)
- William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (1578–1643) (became Viscount of Ayr and Lord Sanquhar in 1622 and Earl of Dumfries and Lord Critchton of Cumnock in 1633)
Earls of Dumfries (1633)
- William Crichton, 1st Earl of Dumfries (1578–1643)
- William Crichton, 2nd Earl of DumfriesWilliam Crichton, 2nd Earl of DumfriesWilliam Crichton was the 2nd Earl of Dumfries.He objected to the posthumous execution of Alexander Peden....
(1598–1691) - William Crichton, 3rd Earl of Dumfries (d. 1694)
- Penelope Crichton, 4th Countess of Dumfries (d. 1742)
- William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries, 4th Earl of StairWilliam Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries, 4th Earl of StairWilliam Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries KT was a Scottish peer.He inherited the title of Earl of Dumfries in 1742, upon the death of his mother Penelope Crichton, 4th Countess of Dumfries....
(1699–1769) - Patrick McDouall, 6th Earl of DumfriesPatrick McDouall, 6th Earl of DumfriesPatrick McDouall-Crichton, 6th Earl of Dumfries was a Scottish peer.In 1768 he inherited the Earldom of Dumfries from his maternal uncle, and on his death was succeeded by his grandson, John, Lord Mount Stuart, grandson of the 1st Marquess of Bute and later 2nd Marquess of Bute.-Family:He married...
(1726–1803) - John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, KT, FRS was the son of John, Lord Mount Stuart and the former Lady Elizabeth McDouall-Crichton...
(1793–1848) - John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of ButeJohn Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute KT, KSG, KGCHS was a landed aristocrat, industrial magnate, antiquarian, scholar, philanthropist and architectural patron.-Early life:...
(1847–1900) - John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute KT was a Scottish peer, the son of John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute....
(1881–1947) - John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute was the son of John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute and Augusta Bellingham....
(1907–1956) - John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute, KBE was the son of the 5th Marquess of Bute and the former Lady Eileen Forbes ....
(1933–1993) - John Colum Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of ButeJohn Colum Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute , styled Earl of Dumfries before 1993 and from this courtesy title usually known as Johnny Dumfries, is a Scottish peer and a former racing driver. He does not use his title and prefers to be known solely as John Bute...
(b. 1958)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is the present holder's son John Bryson Crichton-Stuart, Earl of Dumfries (b. 1989).