Lord Elibank

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Lordship of Elibank
Blazon
  • Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Or a Fetterlock Azure on a chief of the second three Mullets Argent (Murray of Blackbarony); 2nd and 3rd, Azure three Mullets within a Double Tressure flory counterflory Argent in the centre a Martlet Or (Murray of Elibank)
Creation date18 March 1643
PeeragePeerage of Scotland
First holderPatrick Murray, 1st Lord Elibank
Present holderRobert Francis Alan Erskine-Murray, 15th Lord Elibank
Heir apparentthe Hon. Timothy Alexander Elibank Erskine-Murray
Subsidiary titlesBaronet of Elibank
Seat(s)The Coach House
MottoVirtute Fideque
(By virtue and faith)
Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank

Lord Elibank, of Ettrick Forest in the County of Selkirk, is a title in the

House of Commons and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire
.

His great-grandson, the tenth Lord, was also Lord Lieutenant of Peebleshire. In 1911 he was created Viscount Elibank, of Elibank in the County of Selkirk, in the

Member of Parliament for Glasgow St Rollox and served as Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire. On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Viscount. He represented Kincardineshire
in Parliament as a Liberal.

However, on his death in 1962 the viscountcy became extinct while he was succeeded in the baronetcy and lordship by his third cousin, the thirteenth Lord. He was the great-grandson of the Hon. James Murray, fourth son of the seventh Lord. He was succeeded his first cousin, the fourteenth Lord. He was the son of Robert Alan Erskine-Murray, uncle of the thirteenth Lord. As of 2017[update] the titles are held by his son, the fifteenth Lord, who succeeded his father in that year. The Honourable

Jacobite Peerage
, with remainder to heirs male of the body of his father, the fourth Lord Elibank.

The family seat is The Coach House, near Sunningdale, Berkshire.

Ancestors of the Lords Elibank

  • John Murray (died 1477)
  • ? Murray
  • John Murray (killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513)
  • Sir Andrew Murray of Blackbarony (died 1572)
  • Sir Gideon Murray, Lord Elibank (died 1621), commissioner of the Borders between 1605 and 1617.
  • General James Murray, son of 4th Lord Elibank

Lords Elibank (1643)

Viscount Elibank (1911)

Lords Elibank (1643; Reverted)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother, Hon. Timothy Alexander Elibank Erskine-Murray (b. 1967)
The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son, Alexander Alan John Erskine-Murray (b. 2003)

References

Attribution

  • Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A Fleet Street, London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 338.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [
    better source needed
    ]
  • Ruvigny and Raineval, Marquis of, "The Jacobite Peerage", Edinburgh, 1904, [page needed]
  • Douglas, Robert, Sir (1764). The peerage of Scotland : containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, ... Collected from the public records and ancient chartularies of this nation, ... Illustrated with copper-plates. printed for John Donaldson, London, Edinburgh. Pages 240 - 242
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