List of Scottish representative peers
This is a list of
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
Representative peer | Elected | Ceased |
---|---|---|
Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres (2nd time) | 10 August 1802 | 27 March 1825 |
John Elphinstone, 11th Lord Elphinstone (2nd time) | 16 June 1803 | 29 April 1807 |
Thomas Erskine, 9th Earl of Kellie (1st time) | 14 November 1804 | 24 October 1806 |
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen[note 1] | 4 December 1806 | 10 June 1818 |
Robert Stuart, 11th Lord Blantyre | 4 December 1806 | 29 April 1807 |
William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll (1st time) | 4 December 1806 | 29 April 1807 |
James Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes | 4 December 1806 | 4 May 1843 |
Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird | 4 December 1806 | 29 April 1807 |
Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven | 4 December 1806 | 29 April 1807 |
Eric Mackay, 7th Lord Reay (1st time)
|
4 December 1806 | 29 April 1807 |
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk | 4 December 1806 | 10 June 1818 |
George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne (2nd time)[note 1] | 9 June 1807 | 10 June 1818 |
James Sinclair, 12th Earl of Caithness | 9 June 1807 | 10 June 1818 |
George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie (2nd time)[note 1] | 9 June 1807 | 10 June 1818 |
Charles Hamilton, 8th Earl of Haddington | 9 June 1807 | 29 September 1812 |
Alexander Home, 10th Earl of Home | 9 June 1807 | 23 June 1841 |
Thomas Erskine, 9th Earl of Kellie (2nd time) | 9 June 1807 | 6 February 1828 |
Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier (2nd time) | 9 June 1807 | 1 August 1823 |
Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun | 9 June 1807 | 18 August 1853 |
Charles St Clair, 13th Lord Sinclair (1st time) | 9 June 1807 | 23 April 1831 |
John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (2nd time) (Peerage) | 9 June 1807 | 29 September 1812 |
Francis Gray, 14th Lord Gray | 13 November 1812 | 23 June 1841 |
Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry (Peerage) | 13 November 1812 | 3 December 1832 |
George Leslie, 13th Earl of Rothes | 13 November 1812 | 11 February 1817 |
William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian[note 1] | 17 April 1817 | 27 April 1824 |
John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1st time) | 24 July 1818 | 29 February 1820 |
John Colville, 9th Lord Colville of Culross | 24 July 1818 | 22 October 1849 |
William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll (2nd time) | 24 July 1818 | 26 January 1819 |
Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery[note 1] | 24 July 1818 | 24 July 1830 |
James Innes-Ker, 5th Duke of Roxburghe | 24 July 1818 | 29 February 1820 |
George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale | 24 July 1818 | 10 October 1876 |
Robert Hamilton, 8th Lord Belhaven and Stenton[note 1] | 18 March 1819 | 3 December 1832 |
Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (2nd time) | 11 April 1820 | 14 November 1841 |
John Dalrymple, 6th Earl of Stair (2nd time) | 11 April 1820 | 1 June 1821 |
John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott (2nd time) | 2 August 1821 | 23 July 1847 |
William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll (Peerage) | 2 October 1823 | 23 April 1831 |
William Napier, 9th Lord Napier | 8 July 1824 | 3 December 1832 |
James Drummond, 6th Viscount Strathallan | 2 June 1825 | 14 May 1851 |
George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton | 10 April 1828 | 31 March 1858 |
William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk (2nd time) | 2 September 1830 | 23 April 1831 |
Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland[note 1] | 3 June 1831 | 3 December 1832 |
David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven | 3 June 1831 | 8 October 1860 |
Dunbar Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk | 3 June 1831 | 11 April 1885 |
David Ogilvy, 9th Earl of Airlie | 14 January 1833 | to 20 August 1849 |
John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone (1st time) | 14 January 1833 | 29 December 1834 |
Thomas FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney | 14 January 1833 | 26 January 1874 |
Charles St Clair, 13th Lord Sinclair (2nd time) | 14 January 1833 | 23 April 1859 |
Eric Mackay, 7th Lord Reay (2nd time)
|
10 February 1835 | 8 July 1847 |
John Rollo, 8th Lord Rollo | 5 August 1841 | 24 December 1846 |
Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield
|
5 August 1841 | 30 July 1853 |
Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home (Peerage) | 19 January 1842 | 26 January 1874 |
Henry Hepburne-Scott, 7th Lord Polwarth | 19 July 1843 | 16 August 1867 |
John Gray, 15th Lord Gray | 17 March 1847 | 31 January 1867 |
John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone (2nd time) (Peerage) | 8 September 1847 | 23 April 1859 |
William Rollo, 9th Lord Rollo | 8 September 1847 | 1 July 1852 |
1850–1899
1900–1963
Representative peers with a qualifying title
Since the Act of Union 1707
No | Representative peer | Elected | Ceased | Title | Created | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | James Douglas 2nd Duke of Queensberry |
13 February 1707 | 15 April 1708 | Duke of Dover
|
[1] | 26 May 1708 | |
2 | James Hamilton 4th Duke of Hamilton |
17 June 1708 | 15 November 1712 | Duke of Brandon
|
10 September 1711 | ||
3 | Alexander Gordon 4th Duke of Gordon |
1 October 1767 | 25 March 1784 | Earl of Norwich | [2] | 2 July 1784 | |
4 | John Murray 4th Duke of Atholl |
17 October 1780 | 25 March 1784 | Earl Strange
|
[3] | 18 August 1786 | |
5 | James Hamilton 8th Earl of Abercorn |
5 May 1761 | 14 February 1787 | Viscount Hamilton
|
24 August 1786 | ||
6 | George Douglas 16th Earl of Morton |
8 May 1784 | 11 June 1790 | Baron Douglas of Lochleven
|
[4] | 11 August 1791 | |
7 | Francis Stuart
9th Earl of Moray |
8 May 1784 | 20 May 1796 | Baron Stuart of Castle Stuart
|
4 June 1796 | ||
8 | John Stewart 7th Earl of Galloway |
15 November 1774 | 11 June 1790 | Baron Stewart of Garlies
|
6 June 1796 |
Since the Act of Union 1801
No | Representative peer | Elected | Ceased | Title | Created | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hugh Montgomerie 12th Earl of Eglinton |
15 August 1798 | 24 October 1806 | Baron Ardrossan
|
21 February 1806 | ||
2 | James Maitland 8th Earl of Lauderdale |
24 July 1790 | 20 May 1796 | Baron Lauderdale of Thirlestane
|
[5] | 22 February 1806 | |
3 | John Campbell 4th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland[6] |
8 May 1784 | 24 October 1806 | Baron Breadalbane
|
[7] | 13 November 1806 | |
Marquess of Breadalbane
|
[8] | 12 September 1831 | |||||
4 | William Cathcart 10th Lord Cathcart |
10 January 1788 | 29 September 1812 | Viscount Cathcart
|
9 November 1807 | ||
Earl Cathcart | 16 July 1814 | ||||||
5 | James Hope-Johnstone 3rd Earl of Hopetoun[9] |
8 May 1784 | 11 June 1790 | Baron Hopetoun
|
3 November 1809 | ||
23 October 1794 | 20 May 1796 | ||||||
6 | George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen[10] |
4 December 1806 | 10 June 1818 | Viscount Gordon
|
16 July 1814 | ||
7 | John Bowes 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne |
30 June 1796 | 24 October 1806 | Baron Bowes | [11] | 7 August 1815 | |
9 June 1807 | 29 September 1812 | ||||||
8 | George Ramsay 9th Earl of Dalhousie |
30 June 1796 | 24 October 1806 | Baron Dalhousie
|
[12] | 11 August 1815 | |
9 June 1807 | 10 June 1818 | ||||||
9 | George Gordon 5th Earl of Aboyne |
30 June 1796 | 24 October 1806 | Baron Meldrum
|
11 August 1815 | ||
9 June 1807 | 10 June 1818 | ||||||
10 | George Boyle 4th Earl of Glasgow |
24 July 1790 | 10 June 1818 | Baron Ross
|
[13] | 11 August 1815 | |
11 | William Kerr 6th Marquess of Lothian |
17 April 1817 | 27 April 1824 | Baron Ker of Kersehugh
|
17 July 1821 | ||
12 | Archibald Primrose 4th Earl of Rosebery |
24 July 1818 | 24 July 1830 | Baron Rosebery
|
26 January 1828 | ||
13 | William Hay 18th Earl of Erroll[14] |
2 October 1823 | 23 April 1831 | Baron Kilmarnock | 17 June 1831 | ||
14 | Robert Hamilton 8th Lord Belhaven and Stenton |
18 March 1819 | 3 December 1832 | Baron Hamilton of Wishaw
|
[15] | 10 September 1831 | |
15 | Lucius Cary 10th Viscount Falkland |
3 June 1831 | 3 December 1832 | Baron Hunsdon | [16] | 15 May 1832 | |
16 | Charles Douglas 6th Marquess of Queensberry |
13 November 1812 | 3 December 1832 | Baron Solway
|
[17] | 7 June 1833 | |
17 | John Ogilvy-Grant
7th Earl of Seafield |
16 November 1853 | 23 April 1859 | Baron Strathspey | [18] [19] | 14 August 1858 | |
18 | John Elphinstone 13th Lord Elphinstone |
14 January 1833 | 29 December 1834 | Baron Elphinstone
|
[20] | 21 May 1859 | |
8 September 1847 | 23 April 1859 | ||||||
19 | James Sinclair 14th Earl of Caithness |
29 June 1858 | 11 November 1868 | Baron Barrogill
|
[21] | 1 May 1866 | |
20 | John Rollo 10th Lord Rollo |
15 November 1860 | 11 November 1868 | Baron Dunning
|
29 June 1869 | ||
21 | Cospatrick Douglas-Home 11th Earl of Home |
19 January 1842 | 26 January 1874 | Baron Douglas of Douglas | 11 June 1875 | ||
22 | William Elphinstone 15th Lord Elphinstone |
27 November 1867 | 18 November 1885 | Baron Elphinstone
|
30 December 1885 | ||
23 | Charles Colville 10th Lord Colville of Culross |
6 August 1851 | 18 November 1885 | Baron Colville of Culross
|
31 December 1885 | ||
Viscount Colville of Culross | 15 July 1902 | ||||||
24 | Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne |
4 August 1870 | 28 June 1892 | Baron Bowes | 1 July 1887 |
See also
References
- ^ Extinct on 22 October 1778
- ^ Both titles Extinct on 28 May 1836 (Gordon family)
- ^ Extinct on 8 May 1957
- ^ Extinct on 17 July 1827
- ^ Extinct on 22 March 1863
- ^ Dormant since 1995
- ^ Extinct on 8 November 1862
- ^ Extinct on 8 November 1862
- ^ 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.
- ^ Extinct on 3 July 1820
- ^ Extinct on 22 December 1860
- ^ Extinct on 23 April 1890
- ^ Now the Baron Kilmarnock is a separate title from 24 January 1941.
- ^ Extinct on 22 December 1868
- ^ Extinct on 12 March 1884
- ^ Extinct on 3 December 1837
- ^ Extinct on 31 March 1884
- ^ Now the Baron Strathspey is a separate title.
- ^ Extinct on 19 July 1860
- ^ Extinct on 25 May 1889
- "Representative Peers – Scotland". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)