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Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry, KT (March 1777 – 3 December 1837), known as Sir Charles Douglas, 5th Baronet between 1783 and 1810, was a Scottish peer and member of Clan Douglas. [ 1 ]
created Marquess of Beverley and Duke of Dover at the same time, which titles also became extinct in 1778; also Duke of Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland, which title is extant and held by the Duke of Buccleuch: Baron Harcourt: 3 September 1711: Harcourt: Extinct 1830: created Viscount Harcourt in 1721 and Earl Harcourt in 1749 Baron Boyle ...
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2010) Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland Extant All Dukes Dukedoms Marquesses Marquessates Earls Earldoms Viscounts Viscountcies Barons Baronies En, Sc, GB, Ir, UK (Law, Life: 1958–1979, 1979–1997, 1997–2010, 2010–2024, 2024–present) Baronets Baronetcies This page, one list of hereditary baronies ...
King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, to fund the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of £ 1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8 d. per day per man (total – £1,095 ...
3rd Duke of Queensberry, 2nd Duke of Dover and Marquess of Beverley, 4th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, Earl of Solway: William Douglas 1696–1731 Earl of March: John Douglas c. 1708 –1778 3rd Baronet of Kelhead: Excluded from succession to the dukedoms of Queensberry and Dover [5]
Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland Extant All Dukes Dukedoms Marquesses Marquessates Earls Earldoms Viscounts Viscountcies Barons Baronies Baronets Baronetcies En, Ir, NS, GB, UK (extinct) This is a list of baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain. There were first created in 1707, and was replaced by the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1801. A Title Date of creation ...
The Marquess of Queensberry: 1682 David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry: Scotland Sholto Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig: 4 The Marquess of Tweeddale: 1694 Charles Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale: Scotland Lord Alistair Hay (brother) 5 The Marquess of Lothian: 1701 Ralph Kerr, 14th Marquess of Lothian: Scotland John Kerr (son) 6 The Marquess ...
Queensberry House, Canongate Edinburgh Stobo Castle, Scottish Borders Sir James Montgomery's gravestone at Stobo Kirk. Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet Stanhope, FRSE (1721 – 2 April 1803) was a Scottish advocate, judge, country landowner, agriculturalist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1766 to 1775.