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Extinct, Dormant and Surrendered Scottish Earldoms

Airth, Earl of (S, 1632/3 - dormant 1694)

Annandale, Earl of (S, 1625 - 1658)

Annandale and Hartfell, Earl of (S, 1643 - 1792) - see Marquess of Annandale

Arran, Earl of (S, 1503 - dormant 1651) - the earldom was held by the Marquesses of Hamilton from 1609, when the 2nd Marquess of Hamilton succeeded his uncle as 4th Earl of Arran, and by the Dukes of Hamilton from 1643, when the 3rd Marquess of Hamilton was created Lord Aven and Innerdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, Marquess of Clydesdale and Duke of Hamilton, until 1651, when on the death of the 2nd Duke of Hamilton without male heirs the Earldom of Arran became dormant

Arran, Earl of (S, 1599 - 1651) - see Marquess of Hamilton

Atholl, Earl of (S, c.1115 - forfeited 1306)

Atholl, Earl of (S, c. 1320 - 1333)

Atholl, Earl of (S, 1642 - merged in the Crown 1371)

Atholl, Earl of (S, 1398 - 1402) - the earldom was held by David, Prince of Scotland and Duke of Rothesay, son and heir of King Robert III, who was created Earl of Carrick in 1390 and Duke of Rothesay and Earl of Atholl in 1398; all his titles became extinct on his death in 1402

Atholl, Earl of (S, 1403 - 1406) - the earldom was held by Robert, 1st Duke of Albany, 3rd but 2nd surv. son of King Robert II; the Earldom of Atholl was granted to him in 1403 during the life of his brother King Robert III; when the King died in 1406 the earldom became extinct

Atholl, Earl of (S, 1404 - forfeited 1437)

Atholl, Earl of (S, 1457 - 1595)

Atholl, Earl of (S, 1596 - 1625)

Avondale, Earl of (S, 1437 - forfeited 1455) - the 1st Earl of Avondale succeeded to the more senior Earldom of Douglas in 1440 and the Earldom of Avondale was held by the Earls of Douglas until 1455, when on the attainder of James, 9th Earl of Douglas and 3rd Earl of Avondale, both titles were forfeited

Bothwell, Earl of (S, 1488 - forfeited 1567)

Bothwell, Earl of (S, 1581 - forfeited 1592)

Breadalbane and Holland, Earl of (S, 1677 - dormant 1995)

Buchan, Earl of (S, 1382 - c. 1431)

Caithness, Earl of (S, c.1375 - forfeited 1437)

Caithness, Earl of (S, 1452 - 1454)

Callendar, Earl of (S, 1641 - forfeited 1715)

Carnwath, Earl of (S, 1639 - 1941)

Carrick, Earl of (S, 1602 - 1602) - the earldom was held by Prince Robert, 3rd son of King James I, from Feb 1602, when he was created Earl of Carrick, Marquess of Wigton and Duke of Kintyre, until his death a few months later in May 1602

Cromartie, Earl of (S, 1703 - forfeited 1746)

Darnley, Earl of (S, 1581 - 1672) - the earldom was held by the Dukes of Lennox from 1581, when the 1st Earl of Lennox was created Lord Aubigny, Dalkeith, Torboltoun and Aberdour, Earl of Darnley and Duke of Lennox, until 1672, when on the death of the 6th Duke of Lennox all his Scottish peerages became extinct

Deloraine, Earl of (S, 1706 - 1807)

Dirletoun, Earl of (S, 1646 - 1650)

Douglas, Earl of (S, 1358 - forfeited 1455)

Dunbar, Earl of (S, 1605 - dormant 1611)

Dunbarton, Earl of (S, 1675 - c. 1749)

Dunfermline, Earl of (S, 1605 - forfeited 1690)

Eberdale, Earl of (S, 1488 - 1504) - the earldom was held by Prince James, 2nd son of King James III from 1488, when he was created Lord of Brechin and Nevar, Earl of Eberdale, Marquess of Ormond and Duke of Ross, until 1504, when he died unmarried

Findlater, Earl of (S, 1638 - dormant 1811)

Forfar, Earl of (S, 1661 - 1715)

Forth, Earl of (S, 1642 - 1651)

Glencairn, Earl of (S, 1488 - dormant 1796)

Gowrie, Earl of (S, 1581 - forfeited 1600)

Hartfell, Earl of (S, 1642/3 - surrendered 1660/1) - in 1660/1 the 2nd Earl of Hartfell surrendered the Earldom of Hartfell to the Crown amd had it regranted to him as the Earldom of Annandale and Hartfell, with the precedency of the original earldom

Hartfell, Earl of (S, 1701 - 1792) - the earldom was held by the Marquesses of Annandale from 1701, when the 2nd Earl of Annandale and Hartfell was created Lord Johnstone of Lochwood, Lochmaben, Moffatdale and Evandale, Viscount of Annand, Earl of Hartfell and Marquess of Annandale, until 1792, when the Marquessate of Annandale and the other peerages created in 1701 became extinct

Hyndford, Earl of (S, 1701 - 1817)

Ilay, Earl of (S, 1706 - 1761) - see Duke of Argyll

Irvine, Earl of (S, 1642 - 1645)

Kilmarnock, Earl of (S, 1661 - forfeited 1746)

Lennox, Earl of (S, c.1488 - merged in the Crown 1571)

Lennox, Earl of (S, 1572 - 1576) - the earldom was granted to Charles Stuart, uncle of King James VI and younger brother of Henry Stuart, styled Lord Darnley

Lennox, Earl of (S, 1578 - resigned 1580) - the earldom was granted to Robert Stuart, Bishop of Caithness and great-uncle of King James VI; it was resigned in 1580 in exchange for the Lordship of Dunbar and Earldom of March

Lennox, Earl of (S, 1580 - 1672) - the earldom was held by the Dukes of Lennox from 1581, when the 1st Earl of Lennox was created Lord Aubigny, Dalkeith, Torboltoun and Aberdour, Earl of Darnley and Duke of Lennox, until 1672, when on the death of the 6th Duke of Lennox all his Scottish peerages became extinct

Leslie, Earl of (S, 1680 - 1681) - the earldom was held by the 1st and last Duke of Rothes from 1680, when the 7th Earl of Rothes was created Lord Auchmotie and Caskieberrie, Viscount of Lugtoun, Earl of Leslie, Marquess of Ballinbreich and Duke of Rothes, until 1681, when he died without surviving male issue and the Dukedom of Rothes and the other peerages created in 1680 became extinct and the Earldom of Rothes passed to his elder daughter as heir of line

Linlithgow, Earl of (S, 1600 - forfeited 1716)

Lothian, Earl of (S, 1606 - 1624)

March, Earl of (S, 1580 - 1586) - the earldom was granted to Robert Stuart, Bishop of Caithness and great-uncle of King James VI, when he resigned the Earldom of Lennox at the request of the King

Marchmont, Earl of (S, 1697 - dormant 1794)

Marischal, Earl (S, 1458 - forfeited 1716)

Melfort, Earl of (S, 1686 - 1902)

Menteith, Earl of (S, 1427 - dormant 1694)

Middleton, Earl of (S, 1660 - forfeited 1695)

Moray, Earl of (S, 1312 - 1346)

Moray, Earl of (S, 1346 - 1367)

Moray, Earl of (S, 1372 - 1455)

Moray, Earl of (S, 1501 - 1545)

Nithsdale, Earl of (S, 1620 - forfeited 1716)

Orkney, Earl of (S, 1379 - resigned 1470)

Orkney, Earl of (S, 1581 - forfeited 1615)

Ormond, Earl of (S, 1445 - 1455)

Ormond, Earl of (S, ?1651 - ?1715) - Lord Archibald Douglas was created Lord Bothwell and Hartside and Earl of Ormond in 1651, with remainder to his heirs male by his second marriage ; however the letters patent conferring the titles did not pass the Great Seal and consequently were of no effect; he died via patris in 1655 and in 1661 Archibald Douglas, his first son by his second wife, Lady Jean Wemyss, who would have been 2nd Earl of Ormond had the letters patent been dealt with correctly, was created Lord Wandell and Hartside and Earl of Forfar; his only son, the 2nd Earl of Forfar, died unmarried in 1715 and all his titles became extinct

Panmure, Earl of (S, 1646 - forfeited 1716)

Portmore, Earl of (S, 1703 - 1835)

Ross, Earl of (S, 1565 - merged in the Crown 1567) - the earldom was granted to Henry Stuart, styled Lord Darnley, in 1565; after his death Feb 1567 it was briefly held by his son, the Duke of Rothesay, but merged in the Crown five months later when he ascended the Throne as King James VI of Scotland

Ross, Earl of (S, 1600 - merged in the Crown 1625) - the earldom was held by Prince Charles, 2nd son of King James I, from 1600, when he was created Lord Ardmannoch, Earl of Ross, Marquess of Ormond and Duke of Albany, until 1625, when he succeeded his father as King and all his peerage titles merged in the Crown

Ruglen, Earl of (S, 1697 - 1810)

Seaforth, Earl of (S, 1623 - forfeited 1716)

Solway, Earl of (S, 1706 - 1778) - the earldom was held by the Dukes of Queensberry from 1711, when the 1st Earl of Solway succeeded his father as 3rd Duke of Queensberry, until his death in 1778, when the Scottish titles created in 1706 became extinct

Stirling, Earl of (S, 1633 - dormant 1739)

Tarras, Earl of (S, for life 1660 - 1693)

Teviot, Earl of (S, 1663 - 1664)

Traquair, Earl of (S, 1683 - dormant 1861)

Tullibardine, Earl of (S, 1606 - surrendered 1626)

Wigtown, Earl of (S, 1606 - 1747)

Winton, Earl of (S, 1600 - forfeited 1716)

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