Title |
Holder |
Date gained |
Date lost |
Notes |
Duke of Rothesay (1398) | James Stuart, Duke of Rothesay | 1566 | 1567 | Acceded to the Throne of Scotland |
Duke of Albany (1565) | Henry Stuart, 1st Duke of Albany | 1565 | 1567 | New creation; died, title succeeded by the Duke of Rothesay, and merged in the Crown in the same year |
Duke of Orkney (1567) | James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney | 1567 | 1567 | New creation; title forfeited |
Earl of Mar (1114) | John Erskine, Earl of Mar | 1565 | 1572 | The Earldom was restored to him, as heir general of the Countess Isabel. Numbered variously as the 1st, 6th, or 18th Earl |
Earl of Sutherland (1235) | John Gordon, 11th Earl of Sutherland | 1535 | 1567 | Died |
Alexander Gordon, 12th Earl of Sutherland | 1567 | 1594 | |
Earl of Angus (1389) | Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus | 1558 | 1588 | |
Earl of Crawford (1398) | David Lindsay, 10th Earl of Crawford | 1558 | 1574 | |
Earl of Menteith (1427) | John Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith | 1543 | 1565 | Died |
William Graham, 5th Earl of Menteith | 1565 | 1578 | |
Earl of Huntly (1445) | George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly | 1524 | 1562 | Died; posthumously forfeited |
George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly | 1565 | 1579 | Restored in 1565 |
Earl of Erroll (1452) | George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll | 1541 | 1573 | |
Earl of Caithness (1455) | George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness | 1529 | 1582 | |
Earl of Argyll (1457) | Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll | 1558 | 1573 | |
Earl of Atholl (1457) | John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl | 1542 | 1579 | |
Earl of Morton (1458) | James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton | 1550 | 1581 | |
Earl of Rothes (1458) | Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of Rothes | 1558 | 1611 | |
Earl Marischal (1458) | William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal | 1530 | 1581 | |
Earl of Buchan (1469) | Christina Stewart, 4th Countess of Buchan | 1551 | 1580 | |
Earl of Glencairn (1488) | Alexander Cunningham, 5th Earl of Glencairn | 1541 | 1574 | |
Earl of Bothwell (1488) | James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell | 1556 | 1567 | Created Duke of Orkney, see above |
Earl of Lennox (1488) | Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox | 1526 | 1571 | |
Earl of Arran (1503) | James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran | 1529 | 1575 | |
Earl of Montrose (1503) | William Graham, 2nd Earl of Montrose | 1513 | 1571 | |
Earl of Eglinton (1507) | Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton | 1546 | 1585 | |
Earl of Cassilis (1509) | Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis | 1558 | 1576 | |
Earl of Moray (1562) | James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray | 1562 | 1570 | New creation |
Lord Erskine (1429) | John Erskine, 6th Lord Erskine | 1552 | 1572 | Succeeded as Earl of Mar, see above |
Lord Somerville (1430) | James Somerville, 6th Lord Somerville | 1549 | 1569 | Died |
Hugh Somerville, 7th Lord Somerville | 1569 | 1597 | |
Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (1441) | Janet Haliburton, 7th Lady Haliburton of Dirleton | 1502 | 1560 | Died; title succeeded by the Lord Ruthven |
Lord Forbes (1442) | William Forbes, 7th Lord Forbes | 1547 | 1593 | |
Lord Maxwell (1445) | John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell | 1555 | 1593 | |
Lord Glamis (1445) | John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis | 1558 | 1578 | |
Lord Lindsay of the Byres (1445) | John Lindsay, 5th Lord Lindsay | 1526 | 1563 | Died |
Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay | 1563 | 1589 | |
Lord Saltoun (1445) | Alexander Abernethy, 6th Lord Saltoun | 1543 | 1587 | |
Lord Gray (1445) | Patrick Gray, 4th Lord Gray | 1541 | 1584 | |
Lord Sinclair (1449) | William Sinclair, 4th Lord Sinclair | 1513 | 1570 | |
Lord Fleming (1451) | John Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming | 1558 | 1572 | |
Lord Seton (1451) | George Seton, 7th Lord Seton | 1549 | 1586 | |
Lord Borthwick (1452) | John Borthwick, 5th Lord Borthwick | 1542 | 1566 | Died |
William Borthwick, 6th Lord Borthwick | 1566 | 1582 | |
Lord Boyd (1454) | Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd | 1558 | 1590 | |
Lord Oliphant (1455) | Laurence Oliphant, 3rd Lord Oliphant | 1516 | 1566 | Died |
Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant | 1566 | 1593 | |
Lord Livingston (1458) | William Livingstone, 6th Lord Livingston | 1553 | 1592 | |
Lord Cathcart (1460) | Alan Cathcart, 4th Lord Cathcart | 1547 | 1618 | |
Lord Lovat (1464) | Hugh Fraser, 5th Lord Lovat | 1558 | 1577 | |
Lord Innermeath (1470) | John Stewart, 4th Lord Innermeath | 1532 | 1569 | Died |
James Stewart, 5th Lord Innermeath | 1569 | 1585 | |
Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald (1473) | Michael Carlyle, 4th Lord Carlyle | 1526 | 1575 | |
Lord Home (1473) | Alexander Home, 5th Lord Home | 1549 | 1575 | |
Lord Ruthven (1488) | Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven | 1552 | 1566 | Died |
William Ruthven, 4th Lord Ruthven | 1566 | 1584 | |
Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (1488) | Robert Crichton, 6th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar | 1550 | 1561 | Died |
Edward Crichton, 7th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar | 1561 | 1569 | Died |
Robert Crichton, 8th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar | 1569 | 1612 | |
Lord Drummond of Cargill (1488) | David Drummond, 2nd Lord Drummond | 1519 | 1571 | |
Lord Hay of Yester (1488) | William Hay, 5th Lord Hay of Yester | 1557 | 1586 | |
Lord Sempill (1489) | Robert Sempill, 3rd Lord Sempill | 1552 | 1576 | |
Lord Herries of Terregles (1490) | Agnes Maxwell, 4th Lady Herries of Terregles | 1543 | 1594 | |
Lord Ogilvy of Airlie (1491) | James Ogilvy, 5th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie | 1549 | 1606 | |
Lord Ross (1499) | James Ross, 4th Lord Ross | 1556 | 1581 | |
Lord Elphinstone (1509) | Robert Elphinstone, 3rd Lord Elphinstone | 1547 | 1602 | |
Lord Methven (1528) | Henry Stewart, 2nd Lord Methven | 1552 | 1572 | |
Lord Ochiltree (1543) | Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree | 1548 | 1591 | |
Lord Torphichen (1564) | James Sandilands, 1st Lord Torphichen | 1564 | 1579 | New creation |