Earl of Glasgow
Earldom of Glasgow | |
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Creation date | 12 April 1703 |
Created by | Anne of Scotland |
Peerage | Peerage of Scotland |
First holder | David Boyle, Lord Boyle |
Present holder | Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow |
Heir apparent | David Boyle, Viscount Kelburn[1] |
Remainder to | Heirs male of the first earl's body lawfully begotten |
Subsidiary titles | Viscount Kelburn Baron Fairlie Lord Boyle of Kelburn, Stewartoun, Cumbrae, Finnick, Largs and Dalry Lord Boyle of Stewartoun, Cumbraes, Fenwick, Largs and Dalry |
Seat(s) | Kelburn Castle |
Former seat(s) | Stanely Castle |
Motto | Dominus providebit( "The Lord will provide" )[1] |
Earl of Glasgowis a title in thePeerage of Scotland.It was created in 1703 forDavid Boyle, Lord Boyle.
The first earl was subsequently one of the commissioners who negotiated theTreaty of Unionuniting theKingdom of Englandand theKingdom of Scotlandinto theKingdom of Great Britain.He had already been createdLord Boyle of Kelburn, Stewartoun, Cumbrae, Finnick, Largs and Dalryin 1699, and was madeLord Boyle of Stewartoun, Cumbraes, Fenwick, Largs and DalryandViscount Kelburnat the same time as he was granted the earldom. These titles are also in the Peerage of Scotland.
The fourth Earl was in 1815 createdBaron Ross,ofHawkheadin theCounty of Renfrew,in thePeerage of the United Kingdom,a title which became extinct on the death of the sixth Earl in 1890. The seventh Earl served asGovernor of New Zealandfrom 1892 to 1897 and was createdBaron Fairlie,of Fairlie in the County of Ayr, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1897.[2]
BrigadierBernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae,and journalistSir James Fergusson, 8th Baronet,were both grandsons of the 7th Earl.[3]
The Earl of Glasgow is the hereditaryClan ChiefofClan Boyle.
The family seat isKelburn CastleinAyrshire,Scotland.
Earl of Glasgow (1703)
[edit]- David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow(1666–1733)
- John Boyle, 2nd Earl of Glasgow(1688–1740)
- John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow(1714–1775)
- George Boyle, 4th Earl of Glasgow(1766–1843) (createdBaron Ross[UK] in 1815)
- John Boyle, Lord Boyle (1789–1818)
- James Carr-Boyle, 5th Earl of Glasgow(1792–1869)
- George Frederick Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow(1825–1890)
- David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow(1833–1915) (createdBaron Fairlie[UK] in 1897)
- Patrick James Boyle, 8th Earl of Glasgow(1874–1963)
- David William Maurice Boyle, 9th Earl of Glasgow(1910–1984)
- Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow(born 1939)
Theheir apparentis the present holder's son, David Michael Douglas Boyle, Viscount Kelburn (born 1978).[1]
Title succession chart
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcMosley 2003,p. 1563.
- ^Cokayne, George E.; Vicary Gibbs, Peter; Doubleday, Harry; Howard de Walden, Lord David (1958).The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland and Ireland, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, extant, abeyant, dormant and extinct.Vol. XIV.
- ^Mosley 2003,p. 1556.
Sources
[edit]- Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003).Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood(107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry.ISBN0-9711966-2-1.
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921).Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy.London:Dean & Son.p. 402.