Jacobite Peerage
After the deposition by the English parliament in February 1689 of King James II and VII from the thrones of England and Ireland (the Scottish Estates followed suit on 11 April 1689), he and his successors continued to create peers and baronets, which they believed was their right. These creations were not recognised by James's de facto successors or British law, but the titles were used in Jacobite circles on Continental Europe and recognised by France, Spain and the Papacy. The following tables list the peerages and baronetcies created by the Stuart claimants in exile. The tables present the situation from the Jacobite perspective, and so titles granted after 1689 by King James II & VII's de facto successors to the throne, whose authority was not recognised by Jacobites, are represented in inverted commas.
Creations of 1689
The seven Irish peerages (the Duke of Tyrconnell, Viscount Kenmare, Viscount Mountcashell, Viscount Mount Leinster, Baron Bourke, Baron Nugent, Baron Fitton of Gawsworth, and their subordinate peerages) created by James II in 1689 are in an anomalous legal position, even from the Hanoverian viewpoint. He was held to have abdicated the English (and Scottish) thrones in December 1688; but the Government of Ireland was carried on solely in his name until August 1689. The creations were recorded in the Irish Patent Roll, and have never been struck out.
It is the usual British maxim that the actions of a King in possession are valid, even when his title is unsound; but there was also a law of the Kingdom of Ireland that the King of England is automatically King of Ireland – and William and Mary, considered by Jacobites as usurpers, were crowned in England on 11 April 1689.
Four of the seven grantees died without male heirs; two peerages (if valid) have merged with pre-existing Irish Earldoms; and the heir of the 1st Viscount Kenmare was granted the same titles by the Hanoverian George III in 1798 – and then raised to an Irish Earldom. Thus even if the Irish House of Lords still met, the questions here would only be academic.[1]
(Similar considerations may apply to the Scottish Countess of Almond, who was elevated before James's deposition was proclaimed in Edinburgh. This first Jacobite Earldom of Almond was a life peerage, and is therefore extinct.)
Dukes
Dukes in the peerage of England
Dukes in the peerage of Scotland
Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes |
Duke of Melfort | 17 April 1692 | Drummond | extinct or dormant since 28 February 1902 | for the 1st Earl of Melfort, also Duke of Perth from 2 July 1800 |
Duke of Perth | before 17 October 1701 | Drummond | extant | for the 4th Earl of Perth, also Duke of Melfort from 2 July 1800 to 28 February 1902 |
Duke of Mar | 22 October 1715 | Erskine | extant | for the 22nd Earl of Mar |
Duke of Rannoch | 1 February 1717 | Murray | extant | for William, Earl of Tullibardine ("Titular Marquess of Tullibardine", and after 9 July 1724 "2nd Titular Duke of Atholl", by which title he was known among Jacobites, and even by King James VIII & III) |
Duke of St Andrews and Castelblanco | 4 February 1717 | de Rozas | dormant | for José de Rozas, Conde de Castelblanco, Knight of the Order of Alcántara, Captain-General of Guatemala, son-in-law of the 1st Duke of Melfort (see above) |
Duke of Inverness | 4 April 1727 | Hay | extinct 1740 | for John Hay of Cromlix, created Earl of Inverness 5 October 1718 |
Duke of Fraser | 14 March 1740 | Fraser | extinct 8 December 1815 | for the 11th Lord Lovat |
Duchess of Albany | 24 March 1783 or before | Stuart | extinct 14 November 1789 | for Charlotte, illegitimate daughter of King Charles III by Clementina Walkinshaw |
Dukes in the peerage of Ireland
Marquesses
Marquesses in the peerage of England
Marquesses in the peerage of Scotland
Marquesses in the peerage of Ireland
Earls
Earls in the peerage of England
Earls in the peerage of Scotland
Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes |
Countess of Almond | 13 January 1689 | Davia-Montecuculi | extinct April 1703 | title for life |
Earl of Fortrose | circa 1690 | Mackenzie | extinct 11 January 1815 | subsidiary title of the Marquess of Seaforth |
Earl of Isla and Burntisland | 17 April 1692 | Drummond | extinct 28 February 1902 | subsidiary title of the Duke of Melfort |
Earl of Almond | 12 April 1698 | Davia | unknown | for Virgilio Davia, the husband of the Countess of Almond, above |
Earl of Stobhall | before 17 October 1701 | Drummond | extant | subsidiary title of the Duke of Perth |
Earl of Dundee | shortly before 12 November 1705 | Gualterio | extant | also Marquis of Corgnolo, near Orvieto (created 1723, Pope Innocent XIII), patrician of Rome and Orvieto, noble of Viterbo and Loreto; between 1713 and 1720, also Duke of Cumia, near Messina (created by Philip V of Spain) |
Earl of Kildrummie | 22 October 1715 | Erskine | extant | subsidiary title of the Duke of Mar |
Earl of Glen Tilt | 1 February 1717 | Murray | extant | subsidiary title of the Duke of Rannoch |
Earl of Fordan | 4 February 1717 | de Rozas | dormant | subsidiary title of the Duke of St Andrews and Castelblanco |
Earl of Inverness | 5 October 1718 | Hay | extinct 1740 | also Duke of Inverness from 4 April 1727 |
Earl of Dunbar | 2 February 1721 | Murray | extant | since 23 July 1745 also Viscount of Stormont (cr. 1621), Lord Scone (cr. 1605) and Lord Balvaird (cr. 1641, all in the Peerage of Scotland). Since 20 March 1793, also "Earl of Mansfield" (cr. 1792 by the Elector George III of Hanover). Since 13 June 1843, "Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield" (cr. 1776 in the "Peerage of Great Britain".). |
Earl of Dillon | 24 June 1721 | Dillon | extant | also Viscount Dillon of Costello Gallen in the peerage of Ireland (created 1622) from 5 February 1733 |
Earl of Nairne | 24 June 1721 | Murray | extant | also Lord Nairne (cr. 1681). From 7 December 1837, also Earl of Dunmore (cr. 1686) |
Earl of Stratherrick and Abertarf | 14 March 1740 | Fraser | extinct 8 December 1815 | subsidiary title of the Duke of Fraser |
Earl of Alford | 20 January 1760 | Graeme | extinct 3 January 1773 | |
Earls in the peerage of Ireland
Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes |
Earl of Lucan | January 1691 | Sarsfield | extinct 12 May 1719 | |
Earl of Newcastle | 1692 | Butler | extinct 18 June 1740 | also Viscount Galmoye in the peerage of Ireland. |
Countess Oglethorpe of Oglethorpe | 9 November 1722 | Oglethorpe | extinct 1756 |
Earl of Browne | 12 April 1726 | Browne | extinct 19 December 1803 | also Count von Browne of the Holy Roman Empire. |
Earl of Moenmoyne | 1746 | Lally | extinct 11 March 1830 | |
Earl Walsh | 20 October 1745 | Walsh | extinct 26 October 1884 | |
Earl of Lismore | 11 October 1746 | O'Brien | extinct before 1789 | |
Viscounts
Viscounts in the peerage of England
Viscounts in the peerage of Scotland
Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes |
Viscount of Rickerton | 17 April 1692 | Drummond | extinct 28 February 1902 | subsidiary title of the Duke of Melfort |
Viscount of Moneydie | 12 April 1698 | Davia | unknown | subsidiary title of the Earl of Almond |
Viscount of Cargill | before 17 October 1701 | Drummond | extant | subsidiary title of the Duke of Perth |
Viscount of Aytoun | shortly before 12 November 1705 | Gualterio | extant | subsidiary title of the Earl of Dundee |
Viscount of Garioch | 22 October 1715 | Erskine | extant | subsidiary title of the Duke of Mar |
Viscount of Glenshie | 1 February 1717 | Murray | extant | subsidiary title of the Duke of Rannoch |
Viscount of The Bass | 4 February 1717 | de Rozas | dormant | subsidiary title of the Duke of St Andrews and Castelblanco |
Viscount of Innerpaphrie | 5 October 1718 | Hay | extinct 1740 | subsidiary title of the Earl of Inverness |
Viscount of Drumcairn | 2 February 1721 | Murray | extant | subsidiary title of the Earl of Dunbar |
Viscount of Stanley | 24 June 1721 | Murray | extant | subsidiary title of the Earl of Nairne |
Viscount of the Aird and Strathglass | 14 March 1740 | Fraser | extinct 8 December 1815 | subsidiary title of the Duke of Fraser |
Viscount of Falkirk | 20 January 1760 | Graeme | extinct 3 January 1773 | subsidiary title of the Earl of Alford |
Viscounts in the peerage of Ireland
Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes |
Viscount Mountcashell | 1 May 1689 | MacCarthy | extinct 1 July 1694 | created for Lieutenant-General Justin MacCarthy. |
Viscount Kenmare | 20 May 1689 | Browne | extinct 1952 | also Baronet of Killarney, County Kerry (created 1622 by King James I) |
Viscount Mount Leinster | 23 August 1689 | Cheevers | extinct 1709 | created for Edward Cheevers, aide-de-camp to King James II at the Battle of the Boyne, brother-in-law of Patrick Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan (q.v.) |
Viscount Cahiravahilla | 1689 or 1690 | Roche | either extinct 5 June 1807, or dormant | created for Dominick Roche, Mayor of Limerick, who died in 1701; his sons appear to have let it lapse |
Viscount Tully | January 1691 | Sarsfield | extinct 12 May 1719 | subsidiary title of the Earl of Lucan |
Viscount Dillon | 1 February 1717 | Dillon | extant | elevated to Earl of Dillon,1721 (q.v.) in the Peerage of Scotland |
Viscount Everard | 20 June 1723 | Everard | extinct 1740 | also Baronet of Fethard, County Tipperary (created 1622 by King James I) |
Viscount Breffney | 31 July 1731 | O'Rourke | extinct on the death of the grantee | created for Owen (or Audeonus or Eugenius) O'Rourke, Ambassador of King James III & VIII to the Imperial Court at Vienna |
Viscount Breffney | July 1742 | O'Rourke | dormant since the 18th century | see above. New patent with precedence of former grant, with remainder to his cousin Constantine O'Rourke, Count of the Russian Empire, and the heirs male of his body. |
Viscount Ballymole | 1746 | Lally | extinct 11 March 1830 | subsidiary title of the Earl of Moenmoyne |
Viscount Tallow | 11 October 1746 | O'Brien | extinct before 1789 | subsidiary title of the Earl of Lismore |
Barons and Lords of Parliament
Barons in the peerage of England
Lords of Parliament in the peerage of Scotland
Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes |
Lord Castlemains and Galston | 17 April 1692 | Drummond | extinct 28 February 1902 | subsidiary title of the Duke of Melfort |
Lord Davia | 12 April 1698 | Davia | unknown | subsidiary title of the Earl of Almond |
Lord Concraig | before 17 October 1701 | Drummond | extant | subsidiary title of the Duke of Perth |
Lord Sempill of Dykehead | 1712 (?) | Sempill | dormant | Francis Sempill, 2nd Lord Sempill of Dykehead, Jacobite agent in Paris, 1740–1745, died 9 December 1748. |
Lord Alloa, Ferriton and Forrest | 22 October 1715 | Erskine | extant | subsidiary title of the Duke of Mar |
Lady Clanranald | 28 September 1716 | Mackenzie | extinct 1743 | |
Lord of Clanranald | 28 September 1716 | Macdonald of Clanranald | extant | |
Lord MacLeod | 8 December 1716 | MacLeod of MacLeod | extant | |
Lord MacDonell | 9 December 1716 | MacDonell of Glengarry | extant | |
Lord Maclean | 17 December 1716 | Maclean | extant | also Baronet, of Morvaren (or Morvern) in the County of Argyll, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia created on 3 September 1631 |
Lord Sleat | 23 December 1716 | MacDonald | extant | also Baronet Macdonald of Sleat in the Isle of Skye in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, created 28 May 1625 (Titular "Baron Macdonald of Slate" in the County of Antrim in the Peerage of Ireland, created 1766, between 1766 and 1832) |
Lord Lochiel | 27 January 1717 | Chief of Cameron | forfeited | The Lochiel, Clan Cameron chief |
Lord Strathbran | 1 February 1717 | Murray | extant | subsidiary title of the Duke of Rannoch |
Lord Divron | 4 February 1717 | de Rozas | dormant | subsidiary title of the Duke of St Andrews and Castelblanco |
Lord Cromlix and Erne | 5 October 1718 | Hay | extinct 1740 | subsidiary title of the Earl of Inverness |
Lord Mackintosh | 21 January 1721 | Mackintosh of Mackintosh | extant | |
Lord Haldykes | 2 February 1721 | Murray | extant | subsidiary title of the Earl of Dunbar |
Lord Grant | 24 June 1721 | Grant of Grant | extant | Title created for the Chief of Clan Grant, who subsequently supported the House of Hanover. Also baronets of Nova Scotia, of Colquhoun of Colquhoun (cr. 1625). From 5 October 1811, the 4th Lord Grant and 9th baronet of Colquhoun, succeeded as 5th "Earl of Seafield, Viscount of Reidhaven and Lord Ogilvie of Deskford and Cullen" (cr. 1701 by the usurper William of Orange-Nassau, which titles remained united with the Lordship of Grant until 12 November 1915, when the honours of Lord Grant and Chief of Clan Grant, together with the baronetcy of Colquhoun, passed to the "4th Baron Strathspey of Strathspey" (cr. 1884 by the usurpress Alexandrina Viktoria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) and his heirs. |
Lord Nairne | 24 June 1721 | Murray | extant | subsidiary title of the Earl of Nairne |
Lord Fraser | 20 July 1723 | Fraser | extant | from 13 December 1792, this title was inherited by the 3rd Duke of Fraser and upon the extinction of the Duchy of Fraser, 8 December 1815, passed to the 14th Lord Lovat and his heirs. |
Lord Lovat and Beauly | 14 March 1740 | Fraser | extinct 8 December 1815 | subsidiary title of the Duke of Fraser |
Lord Appin | 6 June 1743 | Stewart of Appin | extant | the present (2009) Lord is Andrew Francis Stewart of Lorn, Appin and Ardsheal, 17th of Appin & 12th of Ardsheal (b. 1949) |
Lord Newton | 20 January 1760 | Graeme | extinct 3 January 1773 | subsidiary title of the Earl of Alford |
Lord Oliphant | 1760 | Oliphant of Gask | extinct 1847 | |
Barons in the peerage of Ireland
Baronets
Baronets of England
Surname | Date of creation | Current status | Notes |
Ashton | 8 November 1692 | unknown | |
Ronchi | 24 July 1715 | unknown | |
Redmond | 20 December 1717 | extinct before 26 March 1732 | also Baron Redmond in the peerage of Ireland from 15 December 1721 |
Ronchi | 5 October 1722 | unknown | |
Connock | 22 February 1732 | unknown | |
Constable | 17 September 1753 | unknown | |
Baronets of Nova Scotia
Surname | Date of creation | Current status | Notes |
Nairne of Sandfurd | 7 February 1719 | extinct after January 1740 | For David Nairne, Under Secretary of State, 1689–1713 (with intervals), Clerk of the King's Council, 1706–1713, Secretary of the Closet, 1713–1733 |
MacLeod | 5 September 1723 | extant | |
Robertson of Struan | 1725 | extant | For Alexander Robertson of Struan, 13th Chief of Clan Donnachaidh and the only man to take part in all three Jacobite uprisings |
Robertson of Fascally | 10 May 1725 | extinct in the 18th century | |
Graeme | 6 September 1726 | extinct 3 January 1773 | also Earl of Alford from 20 January 1760 |
Forrester (fforrester) | 31 March 1729 | unknown | |
Ramsay | 23 March 1735 | extinct 6 May 1743 | known as the "Chevalier Ramsay", leading exponent of Scottish Freemasonry |
Lumisden | 5 January 1740 | extinct 1751 | |
MacGregor | 14 March 1740 | unknown | For Alexander Macgregor Drummond of Balhaldie, elected Chief of Clan Gregor and a distinguished Jacobite |
Macdonald (or MacDonnell) of Keppoch | 6 June 1743 | dormant since 1838 | For Alexander Macdonald, 17th of Keppoch |
Hay | 31 January 1747 | unknown | |
Edgar of Keithock | 1759 | extant | |
Hay of Restalrig | 31 December 1766 | extant | after 1825, also "Baronets of Alderston" (created by Princess George of Denmark in 1703) |
Stewart | 4 November 1784 | unknown | |
Baronets of Ireland
Surname | Date of creation | Current status | Notes |
Lally | 7 July 1707 | extinct 11 March 1830 | also Earl of Moenmoyne from 1746 |
Sherlock | 9 December 1716 | unknown | |
Wogan | June 1719 | unknown | |
Higgins | 6 May 1724 | unknown | |
Sheridan | 17 March 1726 | extinct circa 1747 | |
O'Gara | 2 May 1727 | extinct 1776 | |
Hely | 28 June 1728 | unknown | |
Worth | 12 September 1733 | unknown | |
Forstal | 22 January 1734 | unknown | |
Gaydon | 29 July 1743 | unknown | |
Butler | 23 December 1743 | unknown | |
Warren | 3 November 1746 | extinct 21 June 1775 | |
Rutledge | 23 December 1748 | unknown | |
O'Sullivan | 9 May 1753 | extinct 24 March 1895 | |
Knights of the Garter and Knights of the Thistle
Knights of the Most Honourable Order of the Garter
Name | Date of creation | Notes |
Richard Talbot, Duke of Tyrconnell | November 1690 | |
James Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay | 19 April 1692 | Succeeded as Sovereign of the Order, 16 September 1701 |
William Herbert, 1st Duke of Powis | 19 April 1692 | |
John Drummond, 1st Duke of Melfort | 19 April 1692 | Created Knight of the Order of the Thistle, 1687 |
Antoine Nompar de Caumont, marquis de Puyguilhem, duc de Lauzun | 19 April 1692 | Duke and Peer of France, Marshal of France. At the Court of King James II, 1685–1688, accompanied Queen Mary Beatrice and the Prince of Wales to France, December 1688. With King James II in Ireland, 1689–1691. Confidant of Queen Mary Beatrice after 1701. |
Henry Fitz-James, Duke of Albemarle | 1696 | Grand Prior of the English Commandery of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta |
James Drummond, 1st Duke of Perth | 21 June 1706 | Created Knight of the Order of the Thistle, 1687 |
Piers Butler, 3rd Viscount of Galmoye, 1st Earl of Newcastle (in the Peerage of Ireland) | after 26 January 1715 | Nominated to succeed the Duke of Melfort (see above) |
John Erskine, 1st Duke of Mar | 8 April 1716 | Created "Knight of the Order of the Thistle" by Princess George of Denmark, 1706. "Degraded" 1715 |
Charles Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay | 25 December 1722 | Succeeded as Sovereign of the Order, 1 January 1766 |
James Douglas-Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton | 30 July 1723 | Created "Knight of the Order of the Thistle" by the usurper Elector George I of Hanover, 1726 |
Philip Wharton, Duke of Northumberland | 5 March 1726 | |
James Fitz-James Stuart, Earl of Tynemouth | 3 April 1727 | Succeeded as 2nd Duke of Berwick and 2nd Duque de Liria y Jérica, Grandee of Spain 1734 |
Henry Benedict, Duke of York | Before 1729 | Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, 1747. Succeeded as Sovereign of the Order, 31 January 1788 |
Daniel O'Brien, 1st Earl of Lismore | November 1747 | |
Knights of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle
Name | Date of creation | Notes |
James Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay | 1692 | Succeeded as Sovereign of the Order, 16 September 1701 |
David Graham of Claverhouse, 3rd Viscount of Dundee | 1692 | |
Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Lauderdale | 1692 | |
James Seton, 4th Earl of Dunfermline | 1692 | |
James Drummond, Marquis of Drummond | March 1705 | Succeeded his father as 2nd Duke of Perth, 11 May 1716 |
Charles Hay, 13th Earl of Erroll | March 1705 | |
William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal | February 1708 | |
Giovanni Battista Gualterio, 1st Earl of Dundee | 10 May 1708 | |
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, 3rd Lord Dingwall in the Peerage of Scotland | 8 April 1716 | Created Knight of the Garter by King James II, 1688. "Degraded" 1715 |
James Maule, 4th Earl of Panmure | 8 April 1716 | |
William Mackenzie, 2nd Marquess of Seaforth | Before December 1716 | |
Arthur Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon (I) and 1st Earl of Dillon (S) | 26 May 1722 | |
Charles Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay | 25 December 1722 | Succeeded as Sovereign of the Order, 1 January 1766 |
George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal | 29 December 1725 | |
John Hay, 1st Earl and 1st Duke of Inverness | 31 December 1725 | |
William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale | 31 December 1725 | |
James Murray, 1st Earl of Dunbar | 31 December 1725 | |
James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth | 15 May 1739 | |
James Douglas-Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton | 27 July 1740 | Created Knight of the Garter, 1723 (see above) |
Henry Benedict, Duke of York | Before 1742 | Succeeded as Sovereign of the Order, 31 January 1788 |
John Caryll, 3rd Baron Caryll of Dunford (in the Peerage of England) | 1768 | Secretary of State of King Charles III |
Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany | 30 November 1784 | Natural daughter of King Charles III |
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