Lord Lorne
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Lord Lorne is a title 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...

. It was created twice. First it was created for Robert Stewart, son of John Stewart, ambassador to the English king, by a daughter of Eoghan de Ergadia, Laird of Latharna
Eoghan de Ergadia, Laird of Latharna
Eoghan mac Eoinn , lord of Latharna was a 14th-century Scottish Highland magnate....

. He was succeeded by his oldest son John, member of the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...

. In 1463 the second lord died and his younger brother William became 3rd Lord Lorne. William Stewart resigned the lordship on 30 November 1463 and was created 1st Lord Innermeath on the same day. The next creation was for Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll
Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll
Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll was a Scottish nobleman.-Biography:He was the son of Gillespic Campbell, Master of Campbell and Elizabeth Somerville. Elizabeth Somerville was the daughter of John Somerville, 3rd Lord Somerville and Helen Hepburn...

, the husband of Isabelle Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Lord Lorne and niece of William Stewart, 1st Lord Innermeath, in 1470.

The Mormaerdom or Kingdom of Lorne was a lordship in High Medieval Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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Mormaers of Lorne

  • Somhairle mac Gillebride (?? - 1164)
  • Dubgall mac Somairle
    Dubgall mac Somairle
    Dubgall mac Somairle was a 12th century Scottish nobleman...

     (1164 - ??)
  • Donnchadh mac Dubhghaill (??)
  • Eóghan MacDubhghaill (??)
  • Alasdair MacDubhgaill (1268 - ??)
  • Eóin MacDubhgaill (???)

Lords Lorne, First Creation (1439)

  • Robert Stewart, 1st Lord Lorne (1382-1449)
  • John Stewart, 2nd Lord Lorne (d. 1463)
  • William Stewart, 3rd Lord Lorne (d. 1489) (Resigned)
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