Earl of Gowrie

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Earldom of Gowrie
Arms of the Earl of Gowrie
Paly of six argent and gules
Creation date23 August 1581 (Original creation)
Created byJames VI Scotland
First holderWilliam Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
Present holder1581 creation: 20th Lord Ruthven, 16th Earl of Gowrie 1945 creation: Patrick Hore-Ruthven, (3rd Earl of Gowrie)
MottoDeid schaw ("Show a deed")

Earl of Gowrie is a title that has been created twice, once in the

alleged plot
and subsequent death of the second Earl's younger brother, the third Earl, in 1600.

The Ruthven family descended from Sir William Ruthven, who was created Lord Ruthven in the Peerage of Scotland in 1488. Lord Ruthven's son and heir, William Ruthven, Master of Ruthven, was one of the many Scottish nobles killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. Lord Ruthven died in 1528 and was succeeded by his grandson, William, the second Lord, the son of the Master of Ruthven. The second Lord was an Extraordinary Lord of Session and Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland. He was succeeded by his son, Patrick, the third Lord. Patrick was the leader of the band which murdered David Rizzio. After the murder he fled to England where he died in 1566. He was succeeded by his son, William, the aforementioned fourth Lord, who was created Earl of Gowrie in 1581 (see above).

second Earl, elder son of the Honourable Patrick Hore-Ruthven, only surviving son of the first Earl, succeeded in May 1955. He notably served in the Conservative administrations under Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. However, he lost his seat in the House of Lords after the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999. As of 2021, the titles are held by his son, the 3rd Earl, who succeeded in that year. Lord Gowrie is also Chief of the Name and Arms of Ruthven. The Earl is in remainder to the lordship of Ruthven of Freeland (now held by the Earl of Carlisle
).

Several other members of the Ruthven family may also be mentioned.

Major-General in the Swedish Army. His son, Francis Ruthven, was created a Baronet in 1666 (see Ruthven Baronets). The Honourable Malise Ruthven
, younger brother of the second Earl of Gowrie of the second creation, is a writer and historian.

Arms of the Earls of Gowrie (first creation)

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the first Gowrie earldom (1581 creation) was: "quarterly, 1st and 4th, paly of six argent and gules (Ruthven); 2nd, barry of six or and gules (Cameron of Balledgarno); 3rd, Or, on a bend azure, three mascles or (Halyburton of Dirleton); all within a bordure or, charged with a double tressure flory counterflory gules."

The coat of arms of the Earl of Gowrie (1945 creation) is: "Paly of six argent and gules. Crest: A Ram's Head couped Sable, armed Or. Supporters: Dexter: a Ram Sable, gorged with a Coronet and chained Or. Sinister: a Goat Sable, gorged with a Coronet and chained Or. Motto: Deid Shaw"

Lords Ruthven (1488)

Earls of Gowrie (1581)

Earls of Gowrie (1945)

Present peer

Patrick Leo Brer Hore-Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie (born 4 February 1964) is the son of the 2nd Earl and his wife Alexandra Bingley. Styled formally from birth as Viscount Ruthven of Canberra, in 2003 he was operations director of Camphor Ltd.[4]

In February 1990, Ruthven married Julie Goldsmith, and they have a son, Heathcote Patrick Cornelius Hore-Ruthven, Viscount Ruthven of Canberra (born 1990), heir apparent.[4]

On 24 September 2021, Ruthven succeeded his father as Earl of Gowrie (1945), Viscount Ruthven of Canberra (1945), Baron Ruthven of Gowrie (1919), and Baron Gowrie of Canberra (1935).[4]

Line of succession

See also

References

  1. ^ "No. 31624". The London Gazette. 31 October 1919. p. 13255.
  2. ^ "No. 34273". The London Gazette. 31 December 1935. p. 8402.
  3. ^ "No. 36891". The London Gazette. 12 January 1945. pp. 361–362.
  4. ^ a b c Burke's Peerage, volume 2, 2003, p. 1615
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