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Earl of Dumfries


 

Earl of Dumfries is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was originally created for William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, in 1633, and stayed in the Crichton family until the death of the fourth earl in 1758, at which point the title passed to first the Dalrymple and then the McDouall families before finally being inherited by the Marquesses of Bute, where it remains today.

Related Topics:
Peerage of Scotland - William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar - 1633 - Marquesses of Bute

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The subsidiary titles of the Earl of Dumfries are: Viscount of Air (created 1622), Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (1488), Lord Sanquhar (1622), and Lord Crichton of Cumnock (1633), all in the Peerage of Scotland.

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