PEERAGE | ||||||
Last updated 30/11/2023 | ||||||
Date | Rank | Order | Name | Born | Died | Age |
SANDYS DE VINE | ||||||
27 Apr 1523 | B | 1 | Sir William Sandys | c 1470 | Dec 1540 | |
Created Baron Sandys de Vine | ||||||
27 Apr 1523 | ||||||
KG 1518 | ||||||
Dec 1540 | 2 | Thomas Sandys | 1560 | |||
1560 | 3 | William Sandys | 29 Sep 1623 | |||
29 Sep 1623 | 4 | William Sandys | 12 Nov 1629 | |||
12 Nov 1629 | 5 | Elizabeth Sandys | c 1649 | |||
c 1649 | 6 | William Sandys | c 1626 | 1668 | ||
1668 | 7 | Henry Sandys | c 1680 | |||
c 1680 | 8 | Edwin Sandys | c 1683 | |||
to | On his death the peerage fell into abeyance | |||||
c 1683 | ||||||
SANKEY | ||||||
30 Jan 1932 | V | 1 | John Sankey | 26 Oct 1866 | 6 Feb 1948 | 81 |
to | Created Baron Sankey 21 Jun 1929 | |||||
6 Feb 1948 | and Viscount Sankey 30 Jan 1932 | |||||
Lord Justice of Appeal 1928-1929. Lord | ||||||
Chancellor 1929-1935. PC 1928 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
SANQUHAR | ||||||
29 Jan 1488 | B[S] | 1 | Sir Robert Crichton | c 1495 | ||
Created Lord Crichton of Sanquhar | ||||||
29 Jan 1488 | ||||||
See "Crichton of Sanquhar" | ||||||
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2 Feb 1622 | B[S] | 1 | William Crichton,9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar | 1643 | ||
12 Jun 1633 | B[S] | 1 | Created Lord of Sanquhar and | |||
Viscount of Air 2 Feb 1622,and Lord | ||||||
Crichton,Viscount of Air and Earl of | ||||||
Dumfries 12 Jun 1633 | ||||||
See "Dumfries" | ||||||
SARFRAZ | ||||||
11 Sep 2020 | B[L] | 1 | Aamer Ahmad Sarfraz | 25 Sep 1981 | ||
Created Baron Sarfraz for life 11 Sep 2020 | ||||||
SARSFIELD OF KILMALLOCK | ||||||
17 Sep 1627 | V[I] | 1 | Sir Dominick Sarsfield,1st baronet | c 1570 | Dec 1636 | |
Created Baron of Barretts County and | ||||||
Viscount Kingsale 2 Apr 1625 | ||||||
After his creation as Viscount Kingsale,the de | ||||||
Courcy family,Barons Kingsale,complained that | ||||||
the Kingsale title belonged to them,and the title | ||||||
was therefore exchanged for that of Viscount | ||||||
Sarsfield of Kilmallock 17 Sep 1627,with the | ||||||
precedence of 2 Apr 1625 | ||||||
Dec 1636 | 2 | William Sarsfield | 1648 | |||
1648 | 3 | David Sarsfield | 1687 | |||
1687 | 4 | Dominick Sarsfield | 1 Sep 1701 | |||
to | He was attainted and the peerages forfeited | |||||
1691 | ||||||
SASSOON | ||||||
29 May 2010 | B[L] | 1 | Sir James Meyer Sassoon | 11 Sep 1955 | ||
Created Baron Sassoon for life 29 May 2010 | ||||||
SATER | ||||||
20 Jun 2018 | B[L] | 1 | Amanda Jacqueline Sater | |||
Created Baroness Sater for life 20 Jun 2018 | ||||||
SAUNDERS | ||||||
15 Aug 1758 | B[I] | 1 | Sir Arthur Gore | 17 Apr 1773 | ||
Created Baron Saunders and Viscount | ||||||
Sudley 15 Aug 1758 and Earl of | ||||||
Arran 12 Apr 1762 | ||||||
See "Arran" | ||||||
SAUNDERSON | ||||||
11 Jul 1627 | B[I] | 1 | Nicholas Saunderson | c 1561 | 17 May 1630 | |
Created Baron Saunderson and | ||||||
Viscount Castleton 11 Jul 1627 | ||||||
See "Castleton" | ||||||
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19 Oct 1714 | B[I] | 1 | James Saunderson,6th Viscount Castleton | c 1667 | 23 May 1723 | |
to | Created Baron Saunderson 19 Oct | |||||
23 May 1723 | 1714,Viscount Castleton 2 Jul 1716 | |||||
and Earl Castleton 18 Jun 1720 | ||||||
MP for Newark 1698-1705 and 1708-1710 | ||||||
Peerages extinct on his death | ||||||
SAVAGE | ||||||
4 Nov 1626 | V | 1 | Sir Thomas Savage,2nd baronet | c 1586 | 20 Nov 1635 | |
Created Viscount Savage 4 Nov 1626 | ||||||
20 Nov 1635 | 2 | John Savage | c 1603 | 10 Oct 1654 | ||
He succeeded to the Earldom of Rivers (qv) | ||||||
in 1640 with which title this peerage then | ||||||
merged until its extinction in 1735 | ||||||
SAVERNAKE | ||||||
17 Jul 1821 | V | 1 | Charles Brudenell-Bruce,2nd Earl of Ailesbury | 12 Feb 1773 | 4 Jan 1856 | 82 |
Created Viscount Savernake,Earl Bruce | ||||||
and Marquess of Ailesbury 17 Jul 1821 | ||||||
See "Ailesbury" | ||||||
SAVILE | ||||||
27 Oct 1888 | B | 1 | Sir John Savile | 6 Jan 1818 | 28 Nov 1896 | 78 |
Created Baron Savile 27 Oct 1888 | ||||||
For details of the special remainder included in the | ||||||
creation of this peerage,see the note at the | ||||||
foot of this page | ||||||
PC 1883 | ||||||
28 Nov 1896 | 2 | John Savile Lumley-Savile | 20 Sep 1853 | 3 Apr 1931 | 77 | |
3 Apr 1931 | 3 | George Halifax Lumley-Savile | 24 Jan 1919 | 2 Jun 2008 | 89 | |
2 Jun 2008 | 4 | John Anthony Thornhill Lumley-Savile | 10 Jan 1947 | |||
SAVILE OF POMFRET | ||||||
21 Jul 1628 | B | 1 | John Savile | 1556 | 31 Aug 1630 | 74 |
Created Baron Savile of Pomfret | ||||||
21 Jul 1628 | ||||||
31 Aug 1630 | 2 | Thomas Savile | ||||
He was created Earl of Sussex (qv) in 1644 | ||||||
with which title this peerage then merged | ||||||
SAVILLE OF ELAND | ||||||
13 Jan 1668 | B | 1 | George Saville | 11 Nov 1633 | 5 Apr 1695 | 61 |
Created Baron Saville of Eland and | ||||||
Viscount Halifax 13 Jan 1668,Earl of | ||||||
Halifax 16 Jul 1679 and Marquess of | ||||||
Halifax 17 Aug 1682 | ||||||
See "Halifax" | ||||||
SAVILLE OF NEWDIGATE | ||||||
28 Jul 1997 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Mark Oliver Saville | 20 Mar 1936 | ||
Created Baron Saville of Newdigate for life | ||||||
28 Jul 1997 | ||||||
Lord Justice of Appeal 1994-1997. Lord of | ||||||
Appeal in Ordinary 1997-2009. Justice of the | ||||||
Supreme Court 2009-2010. PC 1994 | ||||||
SAWYER | ||||||
4 Aug 1998 | B[L] | 1 | Lawrence Tom Sawyer | 12 May 1943 | ||
Created Baron Sawyer for life 4 Aug 1998 | ||||||
SAY | ||||||
26 Jul 1313 | B | 1 | Geoffrey de Say | 1322 | ||
Summoned to Parliament as Lord | ||||||
Say 26 Jul 1313 | ||||||
1322 | 2 | Geoffrey de Say | c 1305 | 26 Jun 1359 | ||
26 Jun 1359 | 3 | William de Say | 17 Jun 1340 | 1375 | 35 | |
1375 | 4 | John de Say | 1373 | 27 Jul 1382 | 9 | |
27 Jul 1382 | 5 | Elizabeth Heron | 8 Jul 1399 | |||
to | On her death the peerage fell into abeyance | |||||
8 Jul 1399 | ||||||
SAYE AND SELE | ||||||
3 Mar 1447 | B | 1 | John Fiennes | c 1395 | 4 Jul 1450 | |
Summoned to Parliament as Lord | ||||||
Saye and Sele 3 Mar 1447 | ||||||
Lord Treasurer 1449-1450 | ||||||
4 Jul 1450 | 2 | William Fiennes | c 1428 | 14 Apr 1471 | ||
14 Apr 1471 | 3 | Henry Fiennes | c 1460 | 2 Aug 1476 | ||
2 Aug 1476 | 4 | Richard Fiennes | 1471 | 1 Oct 1501 | 30 | |
1 Oct 1501 | 5 | Edward Fiennes | c 1500 | 7 Mar 1528 | ||
7 Mar 1528 | 6 | Richard Fiennes | c 1520 | 3 Aug 1573 | ||
3 Aug 1573 | 7 | Richard Fiennes | c 1557 | Feb 1613 | ||
Feb 1613 | 8 | William Fiennes | 28 May 1582 | 14 Apr 1662 | 79 | |
7 Jul 1624 | V | 1 | Created Viscount Saye and Sele | |||
7 Jul 1624 | ||||||
14 Apr 1662 | 9 | James Fiennes | c 1603 | 15 Mar 1674 | ||
to | 2 | MP for Banbury 1625, Oxfordshire | ||||
15 Mar 1674 | 1628-1628,1640-1649 and 1660. Lord | |||||
Lieutenant Oxford 1668-1674 | ||||||
On his death the Barony fell into abeyance | ||||||
(but see below) whilst the Viscountcy | ||||||
passed to - | ||||||
15 Mar 1674 | 3 | William Fiennes | c 1641 | 9 Dec 1698 | ||
9 Dec 1698 | 4 | Nathaniel Fiennes | 23 Oct 1676 | 2 Jan 1710 | 33 | |
2 Jan 1710 | 5 | Laurence Fiennes | c 1690 | 27 Dec 1742 | ||
27 Dec 1742 | 6 | Richard Fiennes | 8 Jul 1716 | 29 Jul 1781 | 65 | |
to | Viscountcy extinct on his death | |||||
29 Jul 1781 | ||||||
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22 Jul 1715 | B | 10 | Cecil Twisleton | 1723 | ||
She became sole heir in 1715 | ||||||
1723 | 11 | Fiennes Twisleton | 1670 | 4 Sep 1730 | 60 | |
4 Sep 1730 | 12 | John Twisleton | 16 Jan 1698 | 1763 | 65 | |
1763 | 13 | Thomas Twisleton | c 1735 | 1 Jul 1788 | ||
1 Jul 1788 | 14 | Gregory William Eardley-Twisleton-Fiennes | 14 Apr 1769 | 13 Nov 1844 | 75 | |
13 Nov 1844 | 15 | William Thomas Eardley-Twisleton-Fiennes | 24 Apr 1798 | 31 Mar 1847 | 48 | |
31 Mar 1847 | 16 | Frederick Benjamin Twisleton-Wykeham- | 4 Jul 1799 | 26 May 1887 | 87 | |
Fiennes | ||||||
26 May 1887 | 17 | John Fiennes Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes | 28 Feb 1830 | 8 Oct 1907 | 77 | |
8 Oct 1907 | 18 | Geoffrey Cecil Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes | 3 Aug 1858 | 2 Feb 1937 | 78 | |
2 Feb 1937 | 19 | Geoffrey Rupert Cecil Twisleton-Wykeham- | ||||
Fiennes | 27 Dec 1884 | 18 Feb 1949 | 64 | |||
18 Feb 1949 | 20 | Ivo Murray Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes | 15 Dec 1885 | 21 Oct 1968 | 82 | |
21 Oct 1968 | 21 | Nathaniel Thomas Allen Twisleton-Wykeham- | ||||
Fiennes | 22 Sep 1920 | |||||
SCALES | ||||||
6 Feb 1299 | B | 1 | Sir Robert de Scales | 1305 | ||
Summoned to Parliament as Lord | ||||||
Scales 6 Feb 1299 | ||||||
1305 | 2 | Robert de Scales | 1324 | |||
1324 | 3 | Robert de Scales | 13 Aug 1369 | |||
13 Aug 1369 | 4 | Roger de Scales | 25 Dec 1386 | |||
25 Dec 1386 | 5 | Robert de Scales | 7 Dec 1402 | |||
7 Dec 1402 | 6 | Robert de Scales | 1 Jul 1419 | |||
1 Jul 1419 | 7 | Thomas de Scales | 25 Jul 1460 | |||
KG 1426 | ||||||
25 Jul 1460 | 8 | Elizabeth Wydville | 2 Sep 1473 | |||
to | She married Anthony Wydville who was | |||||
1483 | summoned in her right. On his death in 1483 | |||||
the peerage fell into abeyance | ||||||
SCANLON | ||||||
19 Feb 1979 | B[L] | 1 | Hugh Parr Scanlon | 26 Oct 1913 | 27 Jan 2004 | 90 |
to | Created Baron Scanlon for life 19 Feb 1979 | |||||
27 Jan 2004 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
SCARBROUGH | ||||||
15 Apr 1690 | E | 1 | Richard Lumley,2nd Viscount Lumley [I] | Mar 1650 | 17 Dec 1721 | 71 |
Created Baron Lumley 31 May 1681, | ||||||
Viscount Lumley 10 Apr 1689 and Earl | ||||||
of Scarbrough 15 Apr 1690 | ||||||
Lord Lieutenant Northumberland 1689-1721 | ||||||
and Durham 1690-1712 and 1714-1721. Chancellor | ||||||
of the Duchy of Lancaster 1716-1717 PC 1689 | ||||||
17 Dec 1721 | 2 | Richard Lumley | 30 Nov 1686 | 29 Jan 1740 | 53 | |
MP for East Grinstead 1708-1710 and | ||||||
Arundel 1710-1715. Lord Lieutenant | ||||||
Northumberland 1722-1740. KG 1724 PC 1727 | ||||||
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of | ||||||
Acceleration as Baron Lumley 4 Mar 1715 | ||||||
29 Jan 1740 | 3 | Thomas Lumley-Saunderson | c 1691 | 15 Mar 1752 | ||
MP for Arundel 1722-1727 and Lincolnshire | ||||||
1727-1740 | ||||||
15 Mar 1752 | 4 | Richard Lumley-Saunderson | May 1725 | 12 May 1782 | 57 | |
PC 1765 | ||||||
12 May 1782 | 5 | George Augusta Lumley-Saunderson | 22 Sep 1753 | 5 Sep 1807 | 53 | |
MP for Lincoln 1774-1780 | ||||||
5 Sep 1807 | 6 | Richard Lumley-Saunderson | 3 Apr 1757 | 17 Jun 1832 | 75 | |
MP for Lincoln 1784-1790 | ||||||
17 Jun 1832 | 7 | John Lumley-Savile | 15 Jun 1760 | 21 Feb 1835 | 74 | |
21 Feb 1835 | 8 | John Lumley-Savile | 18 Jul 1788 | 29 Oct 1856 | 68 | |
MP for Nottinghamshire 1826-1832 and | ||||||
Nottinghamshire North 1832-1835. Lord | ||||||
Lieutenant Nottingham 1839-1856 | ||||||
29 Oct 1856 | 9 | Richard George Lumley | 7 May 1813 | 5 Dec 1884 | 71 | |
5 Dec 1884 | 10 | Alfred Frederick George Beresford Lumley | 16 Nov 1857 | 4 Mar 1945 | 87 | |
Lord Lieutenant W Riding Yorkshire | ||||||
1892-1904. KG 1929 | ||||||
4 Mar 1945 | 11 | Lawrence Roger Lumley | 27 Jul 1896 | 29 Jun 1969 | 72 | |
MP for Hull East 1922-1929 and York | ||||||
1931-1937. Governor of Bombay 1937-1943. | ||||||
Lord Lieutenant W Riding Yorkshire 1948-69 | ||||||
KG 1948 PC 1952 | ||||||
29 Jun 1969 | 12 | Richard Aldred Lumley | 5 Dec 1932 | 23 Mar 2004 | 71 | |
Lord Lieutenant South Yorkshire 1996-2004 | ||||||
23 Mar 2004 | 13 | Richard Osbert Lumley | 18 May 1973 | |||
SCARMAN | ||||||
30 Sep 1977 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Leslie George Scarman | 29 Jul 1911 | 8 Dec 2004 | 93 |
to | Created Baron Scarman for life 30 Sep 1977 | |||||
8 Dec 2004 | Lord Justice of Appeal 1973-1977. Lord of | |||||
Appeal in Ordinary 1977-1986. PC 1973 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
SCARSDALE | ||||||
11 Nov 1645 | E | 1 | Sir Francis Leke,1st baronet | by 1581 | 9 Apr 1655 | |
Created Baron Deincourt of Sutton | ||||||
26 Oct 1624 and Earl of Scarsdale | ||||||
11 Nov 1645 | ||||||
9 Apr 1655 | 2 | Nicholas Leke | 1 Oct 1612 | 27 Jan 1681 | 68 | |
27 Jan 1681 | 3 | Robert Leke | 9 Mar 1654 | 27 Dec 1707 | 53 | |
MP for Newark 1679. Lord Lieutenant | ||||||
Derbyshire 1685-1687 | ||||||
27 Dec 1707 | 4 | Nicholas Leke | c 1682 | 17 Jul 1736 | ||
to | Lord Lieutenant Derbyshire 1711-1714. | |||||
17 Jul 1736 | Peerages extinct on his death | |||||
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9 Apr 1761 | B | 1 | Sir Nathaniel Curzon,5th baronet | 19 Jan 1727 | 5 Dec 1804 | 77 |
Created Baron Scarsdale 9 Apr 1761 | ||||||
MP for Clitheroe 1748-1754 and Derbyshire | ||||||
1754-1761 | ||||||
5 Dec 1804 | 2 | Nathaniel Curzon | 27 Sep 1751 | 27 Jan 1837 | 75 | |
MP for Derbyshire 1775-1784 | ||||||
27 Jan 1837 | 3 | Nathaniel Curzon | 3 Jan 1781 | 12 Nov 1856 | 75 | |
12 Nov 1856 | 4 | Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon | 12 Jul 1831 | 23 Mar 1916 | 84 | |
23 Mar 1916 | 5 | George Nathaniel Curzon,1st Earl Curzon of | ||||
2 Nov 1911 | V | 1 | Kedleston | |||
Created Viscount Scarsdale 2 Nov 1911 | 11 Jan 1859 | 20 Mar 1925 | 66 | |||
For details of the special remainder included in the | ||||||
creation of this peerage,see the note at the | ||||||
foot of this page | ||||||
20 Mar 1925 | 2 | Richard Nathaniel Curzon | 3 Jul 1898 | 19 Oct 1977 | 79 | |
19 Oct 1977 | 3 | Francis John Nathaniel Curzon | 28 Jul 1924 | 2 Aug 2000 | 76 | |
2 Aug 2000 | 4 | Peter Ghislain Nathaniel Curzon | 6 Mar 1949 | |||
SCHOMBERG | ||||||
10 Apr 1689 | D | 1 | Frederic Armand de Schomberg | 6 Dec 1615 | 1 Jul 1690 | 74 |
Created Baron Teyes,Earl of | ||||||
Brentford,Marquess of Harwich and | ||||||
Duke of Schomberg 10 Apr 1689 | ||||||
KG 1689 PC 1689 | ||||||
1 Jul 1690 | 2 | Charles de Schomberg | 5 Aug 1645 | 17 Oct 1693 | 48 | |
17 Oct 1693 | 3 | Meinhart de Schomberg | 30 Jun 1641 | 5 Jul 1719 | 78 | |
to | Created Duke of Leinster (qv) 3 Mar 1691 | |||||
5 Jul 1719 | PC 1695 KG 1703 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
SCHON | ||||||
27 Jan 1976 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Frank Schon | 18 May 1912 | 7 Jan 1995 | 82 |
to | Created Baron Schon for life 27 Jan 1976 | |||||
7 Jan 1995 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
SCHUSTER | ||||||
26 Jun 1944 | B | 1 | Sir Claud Schuster | 22 Aug 1869 | 28 Jun 1956 | 86 |
to | Created Baron Schuster 26 Jun 1944 | |||||
28 Jun 1956 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
SCONE | ||||||
7 Apr 1605 | B[S] | 1 | Sir David Murray | 27 Aug 1631 | ||
Created Lord Scone 7 Apr 1605 and | ||||||
Viscount of Stormont 16 Aug 1621 | ||||||
See "Stormont" | ||||||
SCOTLAND OF ASTHAL | ||||||
30 Oct 1997 | B[L] | 1 | Patricia Janet Scotland | 19 Aug 1955 | ||
Created Baroness Scotland of Asthal for life | ||||||
30 Oct 1997 | ||||||
PC 2001 | ||||||
SCOTT OF BUCCLEUCH | ||||||
18 Mar 1606 | B[S] | 1 | Sir Walter Scott | 1565 | 15 Dec 1611 | 46 |
Created Lord Scott of Buccleuch | ||||||
18 Mar 1606 | ||||||
15 Dec 1611 | 2 | Walter Scott | 20 Nov 1633 | |||
Created Baron Scott of Whitchester | ||||||
and Eskdale and Earl of Buccleuch | ||||||
16 Mar 1619 | ||||||
See "Buccleuch" | ||||||
SCOTT OF BYBROOK | ||||||
8 Oct 2015 | B[L] | 1 | Jane Antoinette Scott | 13 Jun 1947 | ||
Created Baroness Scott of Bybrook for life | ||||||
8 Oct 2015 | ||||||
SCOTT OF FOSCOTE | ||||||
17 Jul 2000 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Richard Rashleigh Folliott Scott | 2 Oct 1934 | ||
Created Baron Scott of Foscote for life | ||||||
17 Jul 2000 | ||||||
Lord Justice of Appeal 1991-1994. Lord of | ||||||
Appeal in Ordinary 2000-2009 PC 1991 | ||||||
SCOTT OF GOLDIELANDS | ||||||
29 Mar 1706 | B[S] | 1 | Henry Scott | 1676 | 25 Dec 1730 | 54 |
Created Lord Scott of Goldielands, | ||||||
Viscount of Hermitage and Earl of | ||||||
Deloraine 29 Mar 1706 | ||||||
See "Deloraine" | ||||||
SCOTT OF NEEDHAM MARKET | ||||||
11 May 2000 | B[L] | 1 | Rosalind Carol Scott | 10 Aug 1957 | ||
Created Baroness Scott of Needham Market | ||||||
for life 11 May 2000 | ||||||
SCOTT OF TYNDALE | ||||||
14 Feb 1663 | B | 1 | James Scott | 9 Apr 1649 | 15 Jul 1685 | 36 |
to | Created Baron Scott of Tyndale,Earl | |||||
15 Jul 1685 | of Doncaster and Duke of Monmouth | |||||
14 Feb 1663 | ||||||
Illegitimate son of Charles II. Lord | ||||||
Lieutenant E Riding Yorkshire 1673-1679 and | ||||||
Staffordshire 1677-1679. KG 1663 PC 1670 | ||||||
He was attainted and the peerages forfeited | ||||||
but on 21 Mar 1742 the Barony and Earldom | ||||||
were restored to the second Duke of | ||||||
Buccleuch (qv) | ||||||
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11 Apr 1807 | Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott | 24 May 1772 | 20 Apr 1819 | 46 | ||
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of | ||||||
Acceleration as Baron Scott of Tyndale | ||||||
11 Apr 1807 | ||||||
He succeeded as Duke of Buccleuch and | ||||||
Queensberry (qv) in 1812 | ||||||
SCOTT OF WHITCHESTER & ESKDALE | ||||||
16 Mar 1619 | B[S] | 1 | Walter Scott,2nd Lord Scott of Buccleuch | 20 Nov 1633 | ||
Created Baron Scott of Whitchester | ||||||
and Eskdale and Earl of Buccleuch | ||||||
16 Mar 1619 | ||||||
See "Buccleuch" | ||||||
SCRIMGEOUR | ||||||
1641 | B[S] | 1 | Sir John Scrimgeour | 7 Mar 1643 | ||
Created Lord Scrimgeour and Viscount | ||||||
of Dudhope 1641 | ||||||
See "Dudhope" | ||||||
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1661 | B[S] | 1 | John Scrimgeour,3rd Viscount Dudhope | 23 Jun 1668 | ||
to | Created Lord Scrimgeour,Viscount of | |||||
23 Jun 1668 | Dudhope and Earl of Dundee 1661 | |||||
On his death the peerage became either | ||||||
extinct or dormant | ||||||
SCRIVEN | ||||||
19 Sep 2014 | B[L] | 1 | Paul James Scriven | 7 Feb 1966 | ||
Created Baron Scriven for life 19 Sep 2014 | ||||||
SCROPE OF BOLTON | ||||||
8 Jan 1371 | B | 1 | Sir Richard le Scrope | c 1327 | 30 May 1403 | |
Summoned to Parliament as Lord | ||||||
Scrope 8 Jan 1371 | ||||||
30 May 1403 | 2 | Roger le Scrope | 3 Dec 1403 | |||
3 Dec 1403 | 3 | Richard le Scrope | 31 May 1393 | 29 Aug 1420 | 27 | |
29 Aug 1420 | 4 | Henry le Scrope | 4 Jun 1418 | 14 Jan 1459 | 40 | |
14 Jan 1459 | 5 | John le Scrope | 22 Jul 1435 | 27 Aug 1498 | 63 | |
KG 1463 | ||||||
27 Aug 1498 | 6 | Henry le Scrope | 1506 | |||
1506 | 7 | Henry le Scrope | c 1480 | Dec 1533 | ||
Dec 1533 | 8 | John le Scrope | 22 Jun 1549 | |||
22 Jun 1549 | 9 | Henry le Scrope | c 1534 | 10 May 1591 | ||
KG 1584 | ||||||
10 May 1591 | 10 | Thomas Scrope | c 1567 | 8 Sep 1609 | ||
KG 1599 | ||||||
8 Sep 1609 | 11 | Emanuel Scrope,1st Earl of Sunderland | 1 Aug 1584 | 30 May 1630 | 45 | |
to | Lord Lieutenant Yorkshire 1628 | |||||
30 May 1630 | Peerage extinct or dormant on his death | |||||
SCROPE OF MASHAM | ||||||
25 Nov 1350 | B | 1 | Henry le Scrope | 29 Sep 1312 | 31 Jul 1391 | 78 |
Summoned to Parliament as Lord | ||||||
Scrope 25 Nov 1350 | ||||||
31 Jul 1391 | 2 | Stephen le Scrope | c 1345 | 25 Jan 1406 | ||
25 Jan 1406 | 3 | Henry le Scrope | c 1373 | 5 Aug 1415 | ||
to | Lord Treasurer 1409. KG 1410 | |||||
5 Aug 1415 | He was attainted and the peerage forfeited | |||||
1426 | 4 | John le Scrope | 15 Nov 1455 | |||
He obtained a reversal of the attainder | ||||||
in 1426 | ||||||
Lord Treasurer 1432 | ||||||
15 Nov 1455 | 5 | Thomas le Scrope | c 1428 | 1475 | ||
1475 | 6 | Thomas le Scrope | c 1459 | 23 Apr 1493 | ||
23 Apr 1493 | 7 | Alice le Scrope | 1502 | |||
1502 | 8 | Elizabeth le Scrope | after 1502 | |||
after 1502 | 9 | Henry le Scrope | c 1512 | |||
c 1512 | 10 | Ralph le Scrope | 17 Sep 1515 | |||
17 Sep 1515 | 11 | Geoffrey le Scrope | 1517 | |||
to | On his death the peerage fell into abeyance | |||||
1517 | ||||||
SCUDAMORE | ||||||
1 Jul 1628 | V[I] | 1 | Sir John Scudamore,1st baronet | 22 Mar 1601 | 19 May 1671 | 70 |
Created Baron Dromore and Viscount | ||||||
Scudamore 1 Jul 1628 | ||||||
MP for Herefordshire 1621-1625 and | ||||||
Hereford 1625 and 1628-1629. | ||||||
19 May 1671 | 2 | John Scudamore | c 1650 | 22 Jul 1697 | ||
MP for Hereford 1673-1679 and | ||||||
Herefordshire 1679-1681 | ||||||
Jul 1697 | 3 | James Scudamore | 15 Jul 1684 | 2 Dec 1716 | 32 | |
to | MP for Herefordshire 1705-1715 and | |||||
2 Dec 1716 | Hereford 1715-1716 | |||||
Peerages extinct on his death | ||||||
SEAFIELD | ||||||
24 Jun 1701 | E[S] | 1 | James Ogilvy | 11 Jul 1663 | 19 Aug 1730 | 67 |
Created Lord Ogilvy of Cullen and | ||||||
Viscount of Seafield 24 Jun 1698 and | ||||||
Lord Ogilvy,Viscount of Reidhaven | ||||||
and Earl of Seafield 24 Jun 1701 | ||||||
KT 1704 PC 1708 | ||||||
Succeeded as 4th Earl of Findlater (qv) | ||||||
in 1711 | ||||||
19 Aug 1730 | 2 | James Ogilvy,5th Earl of Findlater | 9 Jul 1764 | |||
9 Jul 1764 | 3 | James Ogilvy,6th Earl of Findlater | 3 Nov 1770 | |||
3 Nov 1770 | 4 | James Ogilvy,7th Earl of Findlater | 10 Apr 1750 | 5 Oct 1811 | 61 | |
5 Oct 1811 | 5 | Sir Lewis Alexander Grant-Ogilvy,9th baronet | 22 Mar 1767 | 26 Oct 1840 | 73 | |
MP for Elginshire 1790-1796 | ||||||
The Earldom of Findlater extinct on his death | ||||||
26 Oct 1840 | 6 | Francis William Ogilvy-Grant | 6 Mar 1778 | 30 Jul 1853 | 75 | |
MP for Elgin Burghs 1802-1806, Inverness | ||||||
Burghs 1806-1807, Elginshire 1807-1832 and | ||||||
Elgin & Nairnshires 1832-1840. Lord | ||||||
Lieutenant Inverness 1809-1853 | ||||||
30 Jul 1853 | 7 | John Charles Ogilvy-Grant | 4 Sep 1815 | 18 Feb 1881 | 65 | |
Created Baron Strathspey 14 Aug 1858 | ||||||
KT 1879 | ||||||
18 Feb 1881 | 8 | Ian Charles Ogilvy-Grant | 7 Oct 1851 | 31 Mar 1884 | 32 | |
31 Mar 1884 | 9 | James Ogilvy-Grant | 27 Dec 1817 | 5 Jun 1888 | 70 | |
Created Baron Strathspey 17 Jun 1884 | ||||||
MP for Elgin and Nairn 1868-1874 | ||||||
5 Jun 1888 | 10 | Francis William Ogilvy-Grant | 9 Mar 1847 | 3 Dec 1888 | 41 | |
For further information on this peer, | ||||||
see the note at the foot of this page | ||||||
3 Dec 1888 | 11 | James Ogilvie-Grant | 18 Apr 1876 | 12 Nov 1915 | 39 | |
12 Nov 1915 | 12 | Nina Caroline Studley-Herbert | 17 Apr 1906 | 30 Sep 1969 | 63 | |
For further information on a claim to this peerage | ||||||
made in 1925/26 see the note at the foot of | ||||||
this page | ||||||
30 Sep 1969 | 13 | Ian Derek Francis Ogilvie-Grant | 20 Mar 1939 | |||
SEAFORD | ||||||
15 Jul 1826 | B | 1 | Charles Rose Ellis | 19 Dec 1771 | 1 Jul 1845 | 73 |
Created Baron Seaford 15 Jul 1826 | ||||||
MP for Heytesbury 1793-1796, Seaford | ||||||
1796-1806 and 1812-1826, and East | ||||||
Grinstead 1807-1812 | ||||||
1 Jul 1845 | 2 | Charles Augustus Ellis | 5 Jun 1799 | 29 Aug 1868 | 69 | |
He had previously succeeded as 6th Lord Howard | ||||||
de Walden (qv) in 1803 | ||||||
29 Aug 1868 | 3 | Frederick George Ellis (also 7th Lord Howard | ||||
de Walden) | 9 Aug 1830 | 3 Nov 1899 | 69 | |||
3 Nov 1899 | 4 | Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis (also 8th Lord Howard | ||||
de Walden) | 9 May 1880 | 5 Nov 1946 | 66 | |||
5 Nov 1946 | 5 | John Osmael Scott-Ellis (also 9th Lord Howard | ||||
de Walden) | 27 Nov 1912 | 9 Jul 1999 | 86 | |||
9 Jul 1999 | 6 | Colin Humphrey Felton Ellis | 19 Apr 1946 | |||
SEAFORTH | ||||||
3 Dec 1623 | E[S] | 1 | Colin Mackenzie,2nd Lord Mackenzie of Kintail | 15 Mar 1633 | ||
Created Earl of Seaforth 3 Dec 1623 | ||||||
15 Mar 1633 | 2 | George Mackenzie | Aug 1651 | |||
Aug 1651 | 3 | Kenneth Mackenzie | 16 Dec 1678 | |||
16 Dec 1678 | 4 | Kenneth Mackenzie | 8 Dec 1661 | Jan 1701 | 39 | |
KT 1687 | ||||||
Jan 1701 | 5 | William Mackenzie | 8 Jan 1740 | |||
to | He was attainted and the peerage forfeited | |||||
7 May 1716 | ||||||
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3 Dec 1771 | E[I] | 1 | Kenneth Mackenzie | 15 Jan 1744 | Aug 1781 | 37 |
to | Created Baron of Ardelve and | |||||
Aug 1781 | Viscount Fortrose 18 Nov 1766, and | |||||
Earl of Seaforth 3 Dec 1771 | ||||||
MP for Buteshire & Caithness 1768-1774 | ||||||
Peerages extinct on his death | ||||||
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26 Oct 1797 | B | 1 | Francis Humberston Mackenzie | 9 Jun 1754 | 11 Jan 1815 | 60 |
to | Created Baron Seaforth 26 Oct 1797 | |||||
11 Jan 1815 | MP for Ross-shire 1784-1790 and 1794-1796 | |||||
Lord Lieutenant Ross-shire | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
For information on the 'Seaforth Curse', see the | ||||||
note at the foot of this page. | ||||||
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19 Jan 1921 | B | 1 | James Alexander Francis Humberston | |||
to | Stewart-Mackenzie | 9 Oct 1847 | 3 Mar 1923 | 75 | ||
3 Mar 1923 | Created Baron Seaforth 19 Jan 1921 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
SEAHAM | ||||||
8 Jul 1823 | V | 1 | Charles William Vane | 18 May 1778 | 6 Mar 1854 | 75 |
Created Baron Stewart of Stewart's | ||||||
Court 1 Jul 1814,and Viscount Seaham | ||||||
and Earl Vane 8 Jul 1823 | ||||||
See "Londonderry" | ||||||
SEATON | ||||||
14 Dec 1839 | B | 1 | Sir John Colborne | 16 Feb 1778 | 17 Apr 1863 | 85 |
Created Baron Seaton 14 Dec 1839 | ||||||
Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada 1828- | ||||||
1838. Field Marshal 1860 PC [I] 1855 | ||||||
For information on his son John Colborne,see the | ||||||
note at the foot of this page | ||||||
17 Apr 1863 | 2 | James Colborne | 1816 | 11 Oct 1888 | 72 | |
11 Oct 1888 | 3 | John Reginald Upton Eliot-Drake-Colborne | 4 Jul 1854 | 11 Aug 1933 | 79 | |
11 Aug 1933 | 4 | James Ulysses Graham Raymond Colborne- | ||||
to | Vivian | 20 Apr 1863 | 12 Mar 1955 | 91 | ||
12 Mar 1955 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
SECCOMBE | ||||||
14 Feb 1991 | B[L] | 1 | Dame Joan Anna Dalziel Seccombe | 3 May 1930 | ||
Created Baroness Seccombe for life | ||||||
14 Feb 1991 | ||||||
SEDWILL | ||||||
15 Sep 2020 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Mark Philip Sedwill, K.C.M.G. | 21 Oct 1964 | ||
Created Baron Sedwill for life | ||||||
15 Sep 2020 | ||||||
SEEAR | ||||||
18 May 1971 | B[L] | 1 | Beatrice Nancy Seear | 7 Aug 1913 | 23 Apr 1997 | 83 |
to | Created Baroness Seear for life 18 May 1971 | |||||
23 Apr 1997 | PC 1985 | |||||
Peerage extinct on her death | ||||||
SEEBOHM | ||||||
28 Apr 1972 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Frederic Seebohm | 18 Jan 1909 | 15 Sep 1990 | 81 |
to | Created Baron Seebohm for life 28 Apr 1972 | |||||
15 Dec 1990 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
SEFTON | ||||||
30 Nov 1771 | E[I] | 1 | Charles William Molyneux,8th Viscount | |||
Molyneux | 11 Oct 1748 | 25 Dec 1794 | 46 | |||
Created Earl of Sefton 30 Nov 1771 | ||||||
MP for Lancashire 1771-1774 | ||||||
25 Dec 1794 | 2 | William Philip Molyneux | 18 Sep 1772 | 20 Nov 1838 | 66 | |
Created Baron Sefton [UK] 20 Jun 1831 | ||||||
MP for Droitwich 1816-1831. | ||||||
20 Nov 1838 | 3 | Charles William Molyneux | 10 Jul 1796 | 2 Aug 1855 | 59 | |
MP for Lancashire South 1832-1835. Lord | ||||||
Lieutenant Lancashire 1851-1855 | ||||||
2 Aug 1855 | 4 | William Philip Molyneux | 14 Oct 1835 | 27 Jun 1897 | 61 | |
Lord Lieutenant Lancashire 1858-1897 | ||||||
KG 1885 | ||||||
27 Jun 1897 | 5 | Charles William Hylton Molyneux | 25 Jun 1867 | 2 Dec 1901 | 34 | |
2 Dec 1901 | 6 | Osbert Cecil Molyneux | 21 Feb 1871 | 16 Jun 1930 | 59 | |
PC 1906 | ||||||
16 Jun 1930 | 7 | Hugh William Osbert Molyneux | 22 Dec 1898 | 13 Apr 1972 | 73 | |
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
13 Apr 1972 | ||||||
SEFTON OF GARSTON | ||||||
3 May 1978 | B[L] | 1 | William Henry Sefton | 5 Aug 1915 | 9 Sep 2001 | 86 |
to | Created Baron Sefton of Garston for life | |||||
9 Sep 2001 | 3 May 1978 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
SEGAL | ||||||
18 Dec 1964 | B[L] | 1 | Samuel Segal | 2 Apr 1902 | 4 Jun 1985 | 83 |
to | Created Baron Segal for life 18 Dec 1964 | |||||
4 Jun 1985 | MP for Preston 1945-1950 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
SEGRAVE | ||||||
28 Jun 1283 | B | 1 | Nicholas de Segrave | Nov 1295 | ||
Summoned to Parliament as Lord | ||||||
Segrave 28 Jun 1283 | ||||||
Nov 1295 | 2 | John de Segrave | 1256 | 1325 | 69 | |
1325 | 3 | Stephen de Segrave | 1326 | |||
1326 | 4 | John de Segrave | 1315 | 1353 | 38 | |
1353 | 5 | Elizabeth de Mowbray | 1375 | |||
1375 | 6 | John de Mowbray | 1 Aug 1365 | 10 Feb 1382 | 16 | |
He had previously succeeded to the Barony | ||||||
of Mowbray (qv) in 1368 with which title | ||||||
this peerage then merged and so remains | ||||||
For information on the claim made to terminate | ||||||
this peerage's abeyance in 1877,see the note | ||||||
at the foot of this page | ||||||
SEGRAVE (of Barton Segrave) | ||||||
24 Jun 1295 | B | 1 | Nicholas de Segrave | 25 Nov 1321 | ||
Summoned to Parliament as Lord | ||||||
Segrave 24 Jun 1295 | ||||||
25 Nov 1321 | 2 | Maud de Bohun | 1335 | |||
to | Peerage extinct on her death | |||||
1335 | ||||||
SEGRAVE (of Berkeley Castle) | ||||||
10 Sep 1831 | B | 1 | William Fitzhardinge Berkeley | 26 Dec 1786 | 10 Oct 1857 | 70 |
to | Created Baron Segrave 10 Sep 1831 and | |||||
10 Oct 1857 | Earl Fitzhardinge 17 Aug 1841 | |||||
MP for Gloucestershire 1810. Lord | ||||||
Lieutenant Gloucester 1836 | ||||||
Peerages extinct on his death | ||||||
SELBORNE | ||||||
30 Dec 1882 | E | 1 | Roundell Palmer | 27 Nov 1812 | 4 May 1895 | 82 |
Created Baron Selborne 23 Oct 1872 | ||||||
and Viscount Wolmer and Earl of | ||||||
Selborne 30 Dec 1882 | ||||||
MP for Plymouth 1847-1852 and 1853-1857, | ||||||
and Richmond 1861-1872. Solicitor General | ||||||
1861-1863. Attorney General 1863-1866. | ||||||
Lord Chancellor 1872-1874 and 1880-1885. | ||||||
PC 1872 | ||||||
4 May 1895 | 2 | William Waldegrave Palmer | 17 Oct 1859 | 26 Feb 1942 | 82 | |
MP for Petersfield 1885-1892 and | ||||||
Edinburgh West 1892-1895. First Lord of the | ||||||
Admiralty 1900-1905. Governor of the | ||||||
Transvaal 1905-1910. President of the | ||||||
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries 1915- | ||||||
1916. PC 1900 KG 1909 | ||||||
26 Feb 1942 | 3 | Roundell Cecil Palmer | 15 Apr 1887 | 3 Sep 1971 | 84 | |
MP for Newton 1910-1918 and Aldershot | ||||||
1918-1940. Minister of Economic Warfare | ||||||
1942-1945. PC 1929 CH 1945 | ||||||
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of | ||||||
Acceleration as Baron Selborne 9 Jan 1941 | ||||||
3 Sep 1971 | 4 | John Roundell Palmer [Elected hereditary peer | 24 Mar 1940 | 12 Feb 2021 | 80 | |
1999-] | ||||||
12 Feb 2021 | 5 | William Lewis Palmer | 1 Sep 1971 | |||
SELBY | ||||||
6 Jul 1905 | V | 1 | William Court Gully | 29 Aug 1835 | 6 Nov 1909 | 74 |
Created Viscount Selby 6 Jul 1905 | ||||||
MP for Carlisle 1892-1905. Speaker of the | ||||||
House of Commons 1895-1905. PC 1895 | ||||||
6 Nov 1909 | 2 | James William Herschell Gully | 4 Oct 1867 | 2 Feb 1923 | 65 | |
2 Feb 1923 | 3 | Thomas Sutton Evelyn Gully | 16 Feb 1911 | 18 Sep 1959 | 48 | |
18 Sep 1959 | 4 | Michael Guy John Gully | 15 Aug 1942 | 10 Jan 1997 | 54 | |
10 Jan 1997 | 5 | Edward Thomas William Gully | 21 Sep 1967 | 23 Jan 2001 | 33 | |
23 Jan 2001 | 6 | Christopher Rolf Thomas Gully | 18 Oct 1993 | |||
SELKIRK | ||||||
4 Aug 1646 | E[S] | 1 | Lord William Douglas-Hamilton | 24 Dec 1634 | 18 Apr 1694 | 59 |
Created Lord Daer and Shortcleugh | ||||||
and Earl of Selkirk 4 Aug 1646 | ||||||
He was later created Duke of Hamilton (qv). | ||||||
He resigned the peerage in favour of - | ||||||
1688 | 2 | Charles Douglas | 3 Feb 1663 | 13 Mar 1739 | 76 | |
PC 1733 | ||||||
13 Mar 1739 | 3 | John Hamilton,1st Earl of Ruglen | 26 Jan 1665 | 3 Dec 1744 | 79 | |
3 Dec 1744 | 4 | Dunbar Douglas | 1 Dec 1722 | 24 May 1799 | 76 | |
24 May 1799 | 5 | Thomas Douglas | 20 Jun 1771 | 8 Apr 1820 | 48 | |
Lord Lieutenant Kirkcudbright 1807-1820 | ||||||
8 Apr 1820 | 6 | Dunbar James Douglas | 22 Apr 1809 | 11 Apr 1885 | 75 | |
Lord Lieutenant Kircudbright 1845-1885 | ||||||
11 Apr 1885 | 7 | Charles George Archibald Douglas-Hamilton | 18 May 1847 | 2 May 1886 | 38 | |
2 May 1886 | 8 | William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, | ||||
12th Duke of Hamilton and 9th Duke of Brandon | 12 Mar 1845 | 16 May 1895 | 50 | |||
16 May 1895 | 9 | Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton,13th Duke of | ||||
Hamilton and 10th Duke of Brandon | 6 Mar 1862 | 16 Mar 1940 | 78 | |||
16 Mar 1940 | 10 | George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton | 4 Jan 1906 | 24 Nov 1994 | 88 | |
Paymaster General 1953-1955. Chancellor | ||||||
of the Duchy of Lancaster 1955-1957. First | ||||||
Lord of the Admiralty 1957-1959. PC 1955 | ||||||
KT 1976 | ||||||
For information on the "shifting remainder" to the | ||||||
Earldom of Selkirk,see the note at the foot of | ||||||
this page | ||||||
24 Nov 1994 | 11 | James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton | 31 Jul 1942 | 28 Nov 2023 | 81 | |
to | He disclaimed the peerage for life 1994, | |||||
1994 | but see "Selkirk of Douglas" | |||||
28 Nov 2023 | 12 | John Andrew Douglas-Hamilton | 8 Feb 1978 | |||
SELKIRK OF DOUGLAS | ||||||
29 Sep 1997 | B[L] | 1 | Lord James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton | 31 Jul 1942 | 28 Nov 2023 | 81 |
to | Created Baron Selkirk of Douglas for life | |||||
28 Nov 2023 | 29 Sep 1997 | |||||
MP for Edinburgh West 1974-1997. Minister | ||||||
of State,Scotland 1995-1997. PC 1996 | ||||||
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
SELSDON | ||||||
14 Jan 1932 | B | 1 | Sir William Lowson Mitchell-Thompson,2nd | |||
baronet | 15 Apr 1877 | 24 Dec 1938 | 61 | |||
Created Baron Selsdon 14 Jan 1932 | ||||||
MP for Lanark NW 1906-1910, Down North | ||||||
1910-1918, Maryhill 1918-1922 and Croydon | ||||||
South 1922-1932. PC 1924 | ||||||
24 Dec 1938 | 2 | Patrick Mitchell-Thompson | 28 May 1913 | 7 Feb 1963 | 49 | |
7 Feb 1963 | 3 | Malcolm McEacharn Mitchell-Thompson | 27 Oct 1937 | |||
[Elected hereditary peer 1999-] | ||||||
SELSEY | ||||||
13 Aug 1794 | B | 1 | Sir James Peachey,4th baronet | 8 Mar 1723 | 1 Feb 1808 | 84 |
Created Baron Selsey 13 Aug 1794 | ||||||
MP for Seaford 1759-1768 | ||||||
1 Feb 1808 | 2 | John Peachey | 16 Mar 1749 | 27 Jun 1816 | 67 | |
MP for St.Germans 1776 and Shoreham 1784 | ||||||
and 1790 | ||||||
27 Jun 1816 | 3 | Henry John Peachey | 4 Sep 1787 | 10 Mar 1838 | 50 | |
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
10 Mar 1838 | ||||||
SELWYN-LLOYD | ||||||
8 Mar 1976 | B[L] | 1 | John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd | 28 Jul 1904 | 17 May 1978 | 73 |
to | Created Baron Selwyn-Lloyd for life | |||||
17 May 1978 | 8 Mar 1976 | |||||
MP for Wirral 1945-1976. Minister of State | ||||||
Foreign Office 1951-1954. Minister of | ||||||
Supply 1954-1955. Minister of Defence 1955. | ||||||
Foreign Secretary 1955-1960. Chancellor | ||||||
of the Exchequer 1960-1962. Lord Privy | ||||||
Seal 1963-1964. Speaker of the House of | ||||||
Commons 1971-1976. PC 1951 CH 1962 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
SEMPILL | ||||||
1489 | B[S] | 1 | John Sempill | 9 Sep 1513 | ||
Created Lord Sempill 1489 | ||||||
9 Sep 1513 | 2 | William Sempill | 3 Jun 1552 | |||
3 Jun 1552 | 3 | Robert Sempill | c 1505 | 17 Jan 1576 | ||
17 Jan 1576 | 4 | Robert Sempill | 25 Mar 1611 | |||
25 Mar 1611 | 5 | Hugh Sempill | 19 Sep 1639 | |||
19 Sep 1639 | 6 | Francis Sempill | c 1622 | 3 Nov 1644 | ||
3 Nov 1644 | 7 | Robert Sempill | 8 Sep 1675 | |||
8 Sep 1675 | 8 | Francis Sempill | c 1660 | 4 Apr 1684 | ||
4 Apr 1684 | 9 | Anne Abercromby | 1695 | |||
1695 | 10 | Francis Sempill | c 1685 | 2 Aug 1716 | ||
2 Aug 1716 | 11 | John Sempill | 17 Feb 1727 | |||
17 Feb 1727 | 12 | Hugh Sempill | 1688 | 25 Nov 1746 | 58 | |
25 Nov 1746 | 13 | John Sempill | 15 Jan 1782 | |||
15 Jan 1782 | 14 | Hugh Sempill | 1 Jul 1758 | 25 Jan 1830 | 71 | |
25 Jan 1830 | 15 | Selkirk Sempill | 12 Feb 1788 | 4 May 1835 | 47 | |
4 May 1835 | 16 | Maria Jane Sempill | 3 Apr 1790 | 5 Sep 1884 | 94 | |
5 Sep 1884 | 17 | Sir William Forbes-Sempill,8th baronet | May 1836 | 21 Jul 1905 | 69 | |
21 Jul 1905 | 18 | John Forbes-Sempill | 21 Aug 1863 | 28 Feb 1934 | 70 | |
28 Feb 1934 | 19 | William Francis Forbes-Sempill | 24 Sep 1893 | 30 Dec 1965 | 72 | |
30 Dec 1965 | 20 | Ann Moira Sempill | 19 Mar 1920 | 6 Jul 1995 | 75 | |
6 Jul 1995 | 21 | James William Stuart Whitemore Sempill | 25 Feb 1949 | |||
SENTAMU | ||||||
27 Apr 2021 | B[L] | 1 | John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu | 10 Jun 1949 | ||
Created Baron Sentamu for life 27 Apr 2021 | ||||||
SEROTA | ||||||
20 Jan 1967 | B[L] | 1 | Beatrice Serota | 15 Oct 1919 | 21 Oct 2002 | 83 |
to | Created Baroness Serota for life 20 Jan 1967 | |||||
21 Oct 2002 | Peerage extinct on her death | |||||
SETON | ||||||
1448 | B[S] | 1 | George Seton | c 1479 | ||
Created Lord Seton 1448 | ||||||
c 1479 | 2 | George Seton | 1508 | |||
1508 | 3 | George Seton | 9 Sep 1513 | |||
9 Sep 1513 | 4 | George Seton | 17 Jul 1549 | |||
17 Jul 1549 | 5 | George Seton | c 1529 | 8 Jan 1585 | ||
8 Jan 1585 | 6 | Robert Seton | ||||
He was created Earl of Wintoun (qv) in 1600 | ||||||
with which title this peerage then merged | ||||||
SETON & TRANENT | ||||||
16 Nov 1600 | B[S] | 1 | Robert Seton | c 1552 | 22 Mar 1603 | |
Created Lord Seton and Tranent and | ||||||
Earl of Winton 16 Nov 1600 | ||||||
See "Winton" | ||||||
SETRINGTON | ||||||
6 Oct 1613 | 2 | Ludovic Stuart | 29 Sep 1574 | 16 Feb 1624 | 49 | |
to | Created Baron of Setrington and Earl | |||||
16 Feb 1624 | of Richmond 6 Oct 1613, and Earl of | |||||
Newcastle upon Tyne and Duke of | ||||||
Richmond 17 May 1623 | ||||||
Peerages extinct on his death | ||||||
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9 Aug 1675 | B | 1 | Charles Lennox | 29 Jul 1672 | 27 May 1723 | 50 |
Created Baron Setrington,Earl of | ||||||
March and Duke of Richmond 9 Aug | ||||||
1675 and Lord of Torboltoun,Earl of | ||||||
Darnley and Duke of Lennox 9 Sep 1675 | ||||||
See "Richmond" | ||||||
The special remainder to the Barony of Savile | ||||||
From the "London Gazette" of 26 October 1888 (issue 25869, page 5819):- | ||||||
"The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the | ||||||
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United | ||||||
Kingdom unto the Right Honourable Sir John Savile, G.C.B., and the heirs male of his body | ||||||
lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Savile, of Rufford, in the county of | ||||||
Nottingham; with remainder, in default of such issue male, to John Savile Lumley, Esq., (only | ||||||
son of Frederick Savile Lumley, Clerk, Rector of Bilsthorpe, in the county of Nottingham, | ||||||
deceased), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten." | ||||||
The special remainder to the Viscountcy of Scarsdale created in 1911 | ||||||
From the "London Gazette" of 3 November 1911 (issue 28547, page 7951):- | ||||||
"The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of | ||||||
Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date the 2nd instant, to grant the dignities of Baron, Viscount, | ||||||
and Earl of the said United Kingdom unto The Right Honourable George Nathaniel, Baron Curzon | ||||||
of Kedleston, in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland, | ||||||
Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Knight Grand | ||||||
Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, and the heirs male of his body | ||||||
lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Baron Ravensdale of Ravensdale in the | ||||||
county of Derby, .........Viscount Scarsdale of Scarsdale in the said county of Derby, with | ||||||
remainder in default of male issue to his father, Alfred Nathaniel Holden, Baron Scarsdale, of | ||||||
Nathaniel Holden, Baron Scarsdale, of the county of Derby, and to the heirs male of his body | ||||||
lawfully begotten; and Earl Curzon of Kedleston in the said county of Derby." | ||||||
Francis William Ogilvy-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield | ||||||
The following (edited) article appeared in the 'Brisbane Courier' on 27 March 1889:- | ||||||
'The late Earl of Seafield had a career seldom found outside of romance. Scotland may well drop | ||||||
a tear with the thousands of New Zealand who lately gathered in the "White City by the Sea' | ||||||
[presumably Auckland] to pay last honours to one of her noblest sons, who had a heart above | ||||||
all his self inflicted misfortunes and under the hardest conditions made good a supreme title to | ||||||
sterling worth. | ||||||
'Upwards of twenty years ago, when he was a strong-boned lad of 18, he had in the West | ||||||
Indies a remarkable misadventure. He was then a midshipman on board the Challenger, under | ||||||
Captain Gordon. Permitted to go on shore at Jamaica, he and another found the air of the Blue | ||||||
Mountains so pleasant and exhilarating that they unpardonably exceeded their leave, and found | ||||||
on return to the ships their names struck off the books, and their effects sold to the highest | ||||||
bidder among the crew. Grant was sent home in the Buzzard, which on its way touched at | ||||||
Barbados, and here, being a free passenger, he left the protection of friends, and with only a | ||||||
few shillings in his pocket, and totally inexperienced in any way of producing the means of | ||||||
livelihood for the day, he plunged into the dark chances of an over-peopled land, too advanced | ||||||
in civilisation to take notice of the needs of a stranger. | ||||||
'Finding no rest in busy Barbados, he sailed westward in a drogher [a small craft used in the | ||||||
West Indies] to one of those lovely Grenadines which, as emeralds, rising out of the soft blue | ||||||
Caribbean Sea, more than rival the far-famed isles of Greece. Here, at Cariacou [now spelled | ||||||
Carriacou and the largest island in the Grenadines which form part of Grenada], the Scottish | ||||||
medical man, Dr. Lang, kindly gave him quarters; but here began his troubles, which caused | ||||||
no small stir and talk in the colony, and form a most interesting illustration of the great wrong | ||||||
that may come out of too ready a trust in untested circumstantial evidence. While Grant was | ||||||
being hospitably entertained by the few families in Cariacou, Commander Franklin, of the | ||||||
Constance, sent word to the authorities that his body-servant had run off with money and | ||||||
dressing-case, and was believed to have gone to that outlying island and dependency. | ||||||
'As the stipendiary magistrate and head of the police, Mr. Horne, was reading the missive, a | ||||||
constable happened to come in from Cariacou, who was asked whether any stranger or white | ||||||
sailor was there at that time. The answer was that there was one giving himself out as a naval | ||||||
officer. Things fitting so neatly, Horne at once jumped to the conclusion that this must be | ||||||
Commander Franklin's runaway servant, and nothing could rid the worthy and kind-hearted man | ||||||
of this error until events covered him with confusion. At once he issued an order to bring him | ||||||
to St. George's, the chief town and seat of Government. His host, Dr. Lang, impressed that he | ||||||
was no imposter, resisted the execution of the warrant, and was subsequently reprimanded by | ||||||
the Governor for so doing, while his neighbour, a major of Volunteers, was unnerved and | ||||||
horrified by the thought that he had entertained at luncheon such a waif of the sea as | ||||||
Commander Franklin's runaway servant……….. | ||||||
'After some incidents by the way which did not disabuse the constable of the idea of his | ||||||
prisoner's guilt, Francis Grant was brought to town, and was next found in the guard-room of | ||||||
Fort George, then used as a police station, deftly brushing his boots on his feet, and clothed | ||||||
in a well-worm brown shooting suit. To a sympathising fellow-countryman he protested that | ||||||
he was the victim of a mistake, and in corroboration showed photographs of his father and | ||||||
stepmother and other members of his family; but as the theory was that the runaway as | ||||||
reported was very cunning and plausible, it was conceived that he might have become | ||||||
possessed of these likenesses in the capacity of a servant, so that the more poor Grant said | ||||||
in vindication of himself the more were those most favourable to him constrained simply to | ||||||
hold their judgment in suspense. | ||||||
'Brought before the magistrate, and some members of the council who happened to be present, | ||||||
Grant, in a self-possessed and dignified way, asked him to read the description which | ||||||
Commander Franklin gave of his servant, and compare it with the person and features of | ||||||
himself, the prisoner at the bar. "Look at my eyes," said Grant, "and see if there be any | ||||||
resemblance." But so possessed was the magistrate by his first illusion, and so pleased was he | ||||||
with the idea of being able to serve the commander, that he abruptly terminated the | ||||||
proceedings. "It's no use going into these things, my man," said he, "I can bring a washerwoman | ||||||
who is able to prove that you brought Commander Franklin's dirty clothes to her when his ship | ||||||
was here six weeks ago." | ||||||
'Forthwith Mr. Grant was taken to the common prison at the foot of Fort George to wait the | ||||||
arrival of the first ship of war……For a companion through the day he had a coolie waiting his | ||||||
trial for murder and a flipper-fin limbed negro, a notorious thief, who could not go out with the | ||||||
penal gang. After three weeks the Admiralty surveying ship Gannet slipped into the harbour to | ||||||
coal. Captain Chimme…..being communicated with, sent a sub-lieutenant and quartermaster | ||||||
ashore to bring the prisoner on board, but what was the surprise of the sub-lieutenant and his | ||||||
henchman when they found in him a friend with whom they had both formerly served. How | ||||||
delighted were they both to be the means of his liberation! | ||||||
'His first impulse on gaining freedom was to go and express thanks to the only one who had | ||||||
sympathised with him in his troubles, and next to invest his last half-crown in a horsewhip | ||||||
for the magistrate and all his other police tormentors, but on being persuaded by the Scottish | ||||||
minister that all these functionaries were heartily grieved by what had happened, and would | ||||||
be almost ready to undergo a horse-whipping if this would be any satisfaction for an outrage | ||||||
on a scion of the noblest of the British aristocracy, he generously forgave them, and for three | ||||||
months, during which he lived in the Scottish manse, he saw them with equanimity every day.' | ||||||
The Seafield Peerage Claim of 1925-1926 | ||||||
In October 1925, a Mr. Alexander Grant, a 78-year old retired Army tutor, brought a claim | ||||||
before the Court of Session in Edinburgh to the Earldom of Seafield. | ||||||
Reference to the standard peerage works will show that the eldest surviving son of the 6th Earl | ||||||
of Seafield, who was known by the courtesy title of Viscount Reidhaven, was married on 12 | ||||||
August 1850 to the Hon. Caroline Stuart, youngest daughter of the 11th Lord Blantyre. | ||||||
The claimant's argument was that he was the eldest lawful son of Viscount Reidhaven and | ||||||
Caroline Stuart. He stated that Reidhaven and Caroline first met in 1845 or 1846 at either | ||||||
Dochfour or at Beaufort Castle. At that time, Caroline would have been 15 or 16. At the end of | ||||||
October or the beginning of November 1846, Caroline, according to the claimant, sailed secretly | ||||||
from the Clyde for Cullen, in the neighbourhood of the Seafield estate. Lord Reidhaven was also | ||||||
on board, and the claimant alleged that he [Reidhaven] and Caroline entered into a marriage by | ||||||
verbal declaration before witnesses on the ship. As a result of a violent storm, the ship put in | ||||||
to Banff where the party landed, and, on the night of the landing, Caroline gave birth to a child, | ||||||
whom the claimant alleged was himself. | ||||||
The claimant further alleged that the whole affair was kept in obscurity, and that about a week | ||||||
after his birth, he was taken by night into the care of one of the gardeners at Gordon Castle, a | ||||||
Mr. Grant, who, together with his wife, then became his foster parents, and who received a | ||||||
liberal allowance for his maintenance and education from Lord Reidhaven. Subsequently, Lord | ||||||
Reidhaven and Caroline Stuart went through a public marriage ceremony in London in 1850. | ||||||
Obviously, the key to the success of Grant's claim was his ability to provide evidence in support | ||||||
of the supposed ship-board marriage and that he was the product of this alleged union. Bearing | ||||||
in mind that the events had happened nearly 80 years previously, he faced an uphill battle. As a | ||||||
result, he relied on an alleged resemblance to his parents in features, gait and mannerisms. Such | ||||||
evidence, however, was found to be irrelevant and inadmissible under Scottish law. | ||||||
In September 1926, Grant abandoned his claim and was required to pay the expenses of the | ||||||
defendants. He died seven months later, on 19 April 1927. | ||||||
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While the claim to the peerage was still continuing, the Dowager Countess of Seafield, and her | ||||||
daughter, the 20-year old Countess of Seafield in her own right, were also forced to battle | ||||||
against a Mr. George Wilberforce Grant in a libel case. The Dowager Countess was the widow of | ||||||
the 11th Earl of Seafield, who had died in 1915 from wounds received in the Great War. She | ||||||
had married him in June 1898, and, on the death of her husband, their daughter, who had been | ||||||
born in 1906 and was therefore still a minor, had become Countess of Seafield in her own right. | ||||||
George Wilberforce Grant was a friend of Alexander Grant, the claimant to the Seafield peerage. | ||||||
Perhaps in an attempt to help Alexander, George wrote a letter to the editor of the 'Strathspey | ||||||
Herald' in January 1925 in which he asked whether the editor was aware that "……the present | ||||||
Countess is said not to be her [i.e. the Dowager Countess's] daughter" and that "she is drawing | ||||||
money to which she is not entitled." | ||||||
Not surprisingly, the Dowager Countess sued George Wilberforce Grant for libel. The plaintiffs' | ||||||
case was that the words used in the letter inferred that the Countess was an illegitimate child, | ||||||
that the Dowager Countess had fraudulently obtained for her daughter a rank and title to which | ||||||
she was not entitled, and that this was done in order to obtain money to which she was not | ||||||
entitled. As the defendant called no evidence, the jury had little difficulty in finding him guilty | ||||||
of libel and awarded damages of £1,500 to the plaintiffs. | ||||||
The Seaforth Curse | ||||||
Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Seaforth, was married to Isabella Mackenzie of Tarbat, sister | ||||||
of the 1st Earl of Cromartie. She brought to the marriage, according to contemporary comment, | ||||||
'neither beauty, parts, portion nor relation.' | ||||||
Shortly after the Restoration, the Earl, apparently tired of Isabella's shrewishness, went on a | ||||||
trip to Paris where he found ample reasons for postponing his return to Scotland. Isabella | ||||||
became increasingly annoyed with her husband's behaviour and called in a well-known seer, by | ||||||
coincidence also named Kenneth Mackenzie, but generally known as Coinneach Odhar or the | ||||||
Brahan Seer. She demanded to know what her husband was up to. The seer replied that, as | ||||||
far as he could tell, her husband was in excellent health. When she pressed him further, | ||||||
however, the tactless seer declared that the Earl 'was in a handsome room, and with him were | ||||||
two ladies, one sitting on his knee, the other playing with his curls.' | ||||||
Isabella thereupon flew into a towering rage and ordered the seer to be taken there and then to | ||||||
be hanged. Before he was executed, the seer made the following predictions: | ||||||
'I see into the far future, and I read the doom of the race of my oppressor. The long-descended | ||||||
line of Seaforth will, ere many generations have passed, end in extinction and in sorrow. I see a | ||||||
chief, the last of his house, both deaf and dumb. He will be the father of four fair sons, all of | ||||||
whom he will follow to the tomb……after lamenting over the last and most promising of his sons, | ||||||
he himself shall sink into the grave, and the remnant of his possessions shall be inherited by a | ||||||
white-hooded lassie from the East, and she is to kill her sister. And as a sign that these things | ||||||
are coming to pass, there shall be four great lairds in the days of the last deaf and dumb | ||||||
Seaforth - Gairloch, Chisholm, Grant and Raasay - of whom one shall be buck-toothed, another | ||||||
hare-lipped, another half-witted and the fourth a stammerer. Chiefs distinguished by these | ||||||
personal marks shall be allies and neighbours of the last Seaforth; and when he looks around | ||||||
him and sees them, he may know that his sons are doomed to death, that his broad lands shall | ||||||
pass away to the stranger, and that his race shall come to an end.' | ||||||
The first Earldom of Seaforth was forfeited in 1716 following the 1715 Jacobite uprising. | ||||||
The Earldom was revived in 1771, but again became extinct ten years later. Eventually, in | ||||||
1797, Francis Humberstone Mackenzie, a cousin of the Earl of the second creation, was in | ||||||
turn created Baron Seaforth. | ||||||
The results of the seer's curse now began to emerge. When he was about 12 or 13, Francis | ||||||
Humberstone Mackenzie was at a school where an outbreak of scarlet fever occurred. While on | ||||||
his sickbed, he had a remarkable dream. In his dream, the door opposite his bed opened, and a | ||||||
hideous old woman entered the room. She went from bed to bed, examining the boys in the | ||||||
sick-room. After examining some of the boys, she took out a mallet and a peg, and placing the | ||||||
peg on the boy's forehead, she hammered it into his skull with the mallet - other boys she | ||||||
touched, and still others she left alone. The old woman, having completed a circuit of the room, | ||||||
then disappeared. When young Mackenzie awoke, he reported the dream to the doctor, who | ||||||
was so impressed with it that he wrote down the details. To the doctor's horror, he noticed that | ||||||
those boys whom Mackenzie had described as having a peg driven into their foreheads, were | ||||||
those who eventually died of the fever; those whom the old hag had touched all suffered from | ||||||
the effects of the fever, and those she had ignored all recovered with no after-effects. In his | ||||||
dream, the hag had touched Mackenzie's ears and when he finally left his sickbed Mackenzie | ||||||
was almost stone deaf and, over the ensuing years, almost entirely ceased to speak. | ||||||
One after another, his four sons (three of whom reached adulthood) died. His youngest son, | ||||||
William Frederick Mackenzie, as foretold, was the most promising, being MP for Ross-shire in | ||||||
1812 and dying in 1814, aged 23. At the same time, other elements of the curse were coming | ||||||
to fruition - four lairds were afflicted in the various ways described in the prophecy. Sir Hector | ||||||
Mackenzie of Gairloch was buck-toothed, Chisholm of Chisholm was hare-lipped, Grant of Grant | ||||||
was half-witted and Macleod of Raasay stammered. | ||||||
Within five months of the death of the last of his sons, Lord Seaforth died, the last male of his | ||||||
race. But the curse still had two elements to be fulfilled - that a white-hooded lady from the | ||||||
East would inherit the estates and that she would kill her sister. On Lord Seaforth's death, the | ||||||
estates were inherited by his eldest surviving daughter, Mary Mackenzie. She had married a | ||||||
British admiral who was stationed in the East Indies. She returned 'from the East' to inherit the | ||||||
estates, and the name of her husband?……Sir Samuel Hood. | ||||||
After Sir Samuel died , Mary remarried and became Mrs Stuart. Her husband added the name | ||||||
Mackenzie to his own and she therefore became Mrs Stuart-Mackenzie. The husband, James | ||||||
Alexander Stuart-Mackenzie was MP for Ross and Cromarty 1831-1837, when he was appointed | ||||||
Governor of Ceylon. | ||||||
One day Mary was out driving in a pony carriage with her younger sister, Caroline. Suddenly, | ||||||
something spooked the ponies, which bolted and both ladies were thrown out of the carriage. | ||||||
Mary was only bruised, but Caroline sustained fatal injuries. As Mary was driving the carriage at | ||||||
the time of the accident, it could be argued that she was the innocent cause of her sister's | ||||||
death, thus fulfilling the final portion of the seer's prophecy. | ||||||
Lest it be thought that the seer's prophecy came to light only after it had been fulfilled, all the | ||||||
references that I have found state that the prophecy was widely known well before the death | ||||||
of the last of the Seaforths in 1815. | ||||||
John Colborne, son of the 1st Baron Seaton (1830-13 February 1890) | ||||||
Colborne was an army officer, who, due to a weakness for gambling and ladies of the stage, | ||||||
found himself in financial hot water which caused him to fall into the hands of moneylenders. | ||||||
Realising the trap into which he had fallen, he determined to warn others, and therefore wrote | ||||||
and published a pamphlet denouncing moneylenders, for which he was prosecuted for criminal | ||||||
libel. The following article appeared in the 'Cairns [Queensland] Post' on 14 June 1935. I hasten | ||||||
to disassociate myself from the anti-Semitic extracts from Colborne's pamphlet which are quoted | ||||||
in the article - they are certainly not views which I share. | ||||||
'In April, 1865, Captain John Colborne, of the 60th Rifles, a younger son of Field-Marshal Lord | ||||||
Seaton, a veteran of the Peninsula War, who commanded the 52nd Foot at Waterloo, and | ||||||
subsequently was appointed Lieut.-Governor of Canada, was tried at [the] Old Bailey on a | ||||||
criminal charge of publishing [a] defamatory libel, and was found guilty. At the time of the trial | ||||||
Captain Colborne was 35 years of age. | ||||||
'As a young military officer he had followed the example of others who had more money to | ||||||
spend, and he soon got into debt. He developed a taste for cards and horses, and for the | ||||||
societies of ladies connected with the stage. He had a set of luxurious chambers in London, | ||||||
where he spent week ends when he was off duty while his regiment was stationed at Aldershot. | ||||||
In order to escape from the importunities of duns and bailiffs, he went to a money lender, from | ||||||
whom he had received an alluring letter, which declared that "a private gentleman having large | ||||||
sums at his disposal will make advances of up to one thousand pounds (or more) on note of | ||||||
hand at moderate interest and without preliminary fees or security of any description. Special | ||||||
terms for army officers. Transactions completed at first interview. Write or call." | ||||||
'Captain Colborne, on calling at the address given in Pall Mall, met Mr. Lazarus, who, after | ||||||
obtaining particulars about his position and family connections, gave him £500 in bank notes, in | ||||||
exchange for the captain's signature to a promissory note. When the note became due it was | ||||||
not paid, and when, in response to repeated requests, Captain Colborne called on Mr. Lazarus | ||||||
to explain that it was inconvenient for him to pay just then he was given further time on | ||||||
signing a new note for a larger amount. He was also allowed to increase the capital debt. But if | ||||||
the captain had any expectation of being able to wipe off his debt to Mr. Lazarus from profits | ||||||
derived from cards and bookmakers he was disappointed. He had to borrow from other money | ||||||
lenders to pay off Mr. Lazarus, and to borrow again to pay them. | ||||||
'In taking stock of his position, some time later he found that he had borrowed £2000, and that | ||||||
after deducting various payments made, he still owed the money lenders £4000. He was not | ||||||
much of a hand at figures, but he felt that the money lenders had taken advantage of his | ||||||
inexperience in financial matters. He decided to warn other young men from falling into their | ||||||
clutches, by writing a pamphlet exposing their tactics. The pamphlet was entitled "The Vampires | ||||||
of London: An Exposition of the Usurers of London and How They Snare Their Victims." | ||||||
"As a detective takes the curious round the cribs and boozing dens, the haunts of the cracks- | ||||||
men and the swell mobsmen, let us conduct our readers to the den of the vampire and show | ||||||
them his victims," wrote Captain Colborne, who modestly withheld his name as the author of the | ||||||
pamphlet, and issued it under the nom de plume of "Aperitemos." "Officers of the army are the | ||||||
prey which many of the vampires prefer," he continued. "They can be pounced upon more | ||||||
easily than other game; when 'wanted' they can be found; they frequently live beyond their | ||||||
means; and are often reckless as long as they have cash." He referred to the money lenders by | ||||||
such names as "Ikey," "Moses" and "Abraham." and of one of them he wrote: "Incredible as it | ||||||
may seem, this man, who has ruined a number of officers, has been allowed a commission for his | ||||||
son, a major in a newly-raised regiment. We wonder if he touts for his respectable papa." | ||||||
"It now remains only to briefly touch on the worst phase of the gang's villany [sic]," continued | ||||||
the pamphlet. "So black is this that we shall only hint at it ......... In their dens are sometimes | ||||||
to be met - accidentally, of course - dark-haired Rebeccas, black-eyed Rachels, and beautiful | ||||||
but beaky Leahs. Perhaps they only glide through the dark office during the temporary absence | ||||||
of the master, or ascend the stairs as a gentleman enters or exits. What these appearances | ||||||
often end with may be imagined. How Delilah cuts the hair of Samson! How sometimes these | ||||||
beautiful daughters of Zion weep by the waters of modern Babylon, i.e. Greenwich, about their | ||||||
troubles and expenses; and how he who has led them captive is ultimately inveigled into | ||||||
giving a cheque, which 'Papa' will cash!" | ||||||
'The pamphlet contained a reference to the "Finny Tribe" and more particularly to the "Notorious | ||||||
Arch Vampire, Finny Davis, off Bond-street, who has ruined no less that three hundred | ||||||
gentlemen of property, and involved scores of estates in inevitable ruin." Mr Phineas Davis, of | ||||||
Clifford-street, off Bond-street, who practised as a solicitor and carried on business as a money | ||||||
lender, thought that the anonymous author referred to him as the "Notorious Arch Vampire," | ||||||
and the scandalous references to dark-haired Rebeccas, black-eyed Rachels and beautiful but | ||||||
beaky Leahs" concerned his three daughters, whose maiden names were Rebecca, Rachel and | ||||||
Leah. It came out in evidence that Captain Colborne's direct transactions with Mr Davis were | ||||||
limited to a little legal business (the fee for which was never paid) and borrowing from him £5, | ||||||
which was never returned. | ||||||
'The pamphlet was distributed at various clubs and regimental messes. Mr Davis discovered that | ||||||
Captain Colborne had written it, and he instituted criminal proceedings against him for | ||||||
defamatory libel. After a preliminary hearing at the Guildhall, accused was committed to the | ||||||
general sessions at Old Bailey. He was released on bail, and on the day his trial was to begin he | ||||||
did not appear. It was ascertained that he had been arrested for debt and placed in Maidstone | ||||||
prison. But means were found to enable him to come to Old Bailey. | ||||||
'Public sympathy was entirely on the side of Captain Colborne. "Though he may have broken the | ||||||
law in its strict interpretation," said his counsel, "yet he has not done anything which is the | ||||||
least degree inconsistent with the honour of a gentleman, or which would bring a blush to the | ||||||
cheek of those who know him best." Counsel went on to say that his client had been actuated | ||||||
by a "laudable desire to purge the metropolis of individuals mixed up in a nefarious traffic." No | ||||||
language was strong enough to condemn this traffic, for "as a result of its workings great | ||||||
families have been reduced to nothing, the highest hopes of youth have been blasted, and the | ||||||
promise held out to them by the possession of talent has been destroyed." Counsel condemned | ||||||
the "vindictiveness" of the prosecutor in bringing an action for criminal libel instead of a civil | ||||||
action; but counsel for the prosecution pointed out that the only result of a civil action would | ||||||
have been a verdict for damages, "the recovery of which would have been somewhat | ||||||
problematical." The captain's counsel withdrew the plea of justification, and all the statements | ||||||
in the pamphlet reflecting on Mr Davis, and expressed regret that they had been made. | ||||||
'The jury had no option but a verdict of guilty, but they added a strong recommendation to | ||||||
mercy on the ground that civil, and not criminal, proceedings should have been taken. The judge | ||||||
referred to the fact that the accused had abandoned his original plea of justification, and that | ||||||
the jury had recommended him to mercy. He thought the ends of justice would be met by | ||||||
imposing a fine of £20.' | ||||||
The termination of the abeyances of the Baronies of Segrave and Mowbray in 1878 | ||||||
The following report appeared in "The York Herald" of 30 July 1877:- | ||||||
'The House of Lords have given a decision in the case of Lord Stourton, of Allerton Park, in | ||||||
this county [Yorkshire], claiming to be the senior co-heir to the barony of Segrave. The barony | ||||||
of Segrave is an ancient dignity, which existed previously to the time at which an enrolment | ||||||
was made of the writs of summons by which the Parliaments of England were convened. Gilbert | ||||||
Segrave, the son and heir of Stephen Segrave, Justiciar of England in 1232, was a distinguished | ||||||
statesman and military commander in the reign of Henry III, and his son, Nicholas de Segrave, | ||||||
was one of the Barons of the realm in the 45th of Henry III. John, the great grandson of | ||||||
Nicholas, left an only daughter, Elizabeth, who married John de Mowbray about the middle of | ||||||
the 14th century, and their second son, Thomas, Lord Mowbray and Segrave, was subsequently | ||||||
created Earl of Nottingham in 1383, Earl Marshal in 1386, and Duke of Norfolk in 1397. He married | ||||||
Elizabeth, one of the four daughters and co-heirs of Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, and had | ||||||
issue by her - first, Thomas, Earl of Norfolk and Nottingham and Earl Marshal, who was beheaded | ||||||
at York in 1405; secondly, John, Lord Mowbray, who succeeded his brother; Lady Margaret | ||||||
Mowbray, the ancestor of the petitioner; and Lady Isabel Mowbray, who married James, Baron | ||||||
Berkeley, they being the ancestors of the Earls and Barons of Berkeley. The baronies of Mowbray | ||||||
and Segrave having fallen into abeyance on the death of Edward, Duke of Norfolk, in 1777, | ||||||
between the petitioner's ancestor and the ancestor of Lord Petre, and being now in abeyance | ||||||
between the petitioner and Lord Petre, the former prayed their Lordships to report to her | ||||||
Majesty that the barony in question was in abeyance between the petitioner and Lord Petre, | ||||||
and was at her Majesty's disposal. | ||||||
'The Lord Chancellor [Lord Cairns], in delivering judgment, said that their lordships had heard the | ||||||
evidence which had been given in this case, and which, in his opinion, clearly established the | ||||||
right of the petitioner to this peerage. The first question to be decided was how early a date | ||||||
would their lordships be justified in assigning to this peerage, and, secondly, whether the proof | ||||||
was sufficient to show that bthe abeyance of the peerage in the time of Richard III had been | ||||||
determined in favour of John Howard, Duke of Norfolk. In his opinion, it would be unsafe for their | ||||||
lordships to assign an earlier date to the peerage than the 11th of Edward I [i.e. 1283], leaving | ||||||
the question of precedence to be attached to it an open question for the present. The fact that | ||||||
King Richard III had, under his own hand, described John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, as Lord | ||||||
Mowbray and Segrave was sufficient evidence to show that the abeyance of the peerage had | ||||||
been determined in favour of that nobleman, and the Garter plates referred to, which must have | ||||||
been put up in the Chapel Royal in the presence of the Sovereign, were strong additional | ||||||
corroborative evidence that the title was rightly assumed. | ||||||
'Lord O'Hagan, Lord Blackburn, and Lord Gordon concurred. Lord Redesdale, while agreeing | ||||||
generally with the other noble lords, declined to accept the Garter plates as evidence that the | ||||||
title was rightly assumed, because the Garter King-at-Arms would have conferred upon him all | ||||||
the powers of a Committee for Privilege. It was also very important that their Lordships should | ||||||
bear in mind that this was the first time that the date of a peerage had been assigned an earlier | ||||||
date than that appearing by the writ of summons. | ||||||
'Claim allowed.' | ||||||
As a result the abeyance of the Barony of Mowbray was terminated on 3 January 1878, and | ||||||
that of the Barony of Segrave was terminated on 18 January 1878. | ||||||
William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne | ||||||
During his father's lifetime, the future 2nd Earl of Selborne was known by the courtesy title of | ||||||
Viscount Wolmer. It was under this name that he sat in the House of Commons for Hampshire | ||||||
East between 1885 and 1892 and for Edinburgh West between 1892 and 1895. The death of | ||||||
his father in 1895 was the catalyst for a decision of an important point of peerage law relating | ||||||
to the rights of peers to sit in the House of Commons. | ||||||
The 1st Earl died on 4 May 1895. On 13 May 1895, the 2nd Earl entered the House of Commons | ||||||
during Question Time and took the seat which he formerly used to occupy as Viscount | ||||||
Wolmer. His argument was that, even though he had succeeded to the Earldom, he had not yet | ||||||
applied for a writ to be summoned to the House of Lords, and that as long as he continued to | ||||||
fail to apply for such a writ, he was entitled to remain in the House of Commons. The matter | ||||||
was referred to a Committee of the House, which reported that this argument could not be | ||||||
sustained. This decision therefore established that a member's right to a seat in the House of | ||||||
Commons became invalid at the moment that the member inherited a peerage, no matter | ||||||
whether he had received a writ of summons to the House of Lords or not (always assuming that | ||||||
the peerage was not an Irish peerage, which did not affect the right of a member to remain in | ||||||
the House). This interpretation remained in force until 1963, when the Peerage Act of that year | ||||||
allowed the disclaimer of peerages. | ||||||
This decision is in stark contrast to the decision made in relation to the 2nd Baron Coleridge (qv) | ||||||
less than a year earlier. | ||||||
The Earldom of Selkirk and its "shifting remainder" | ||||||
The Dukes of Hamilton and the Earls of Selkirk descend from the marriage in 1656 of Anne | ||||||
Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton in her own right, to William Douglas, 1st Earl of Selkirk. He | ||||||
subsequently changed his name to Hamilton and, in 1660, was created Duke of Hamilton, | ||||||
but for his life only. | ||||||
In October 1688, the Duke surrendered his previous titles of Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and | ||||||
Shortcleugh to the Crown and obtained a 'novodamus' or regranting of these titles, but with | ||||||
a different remainder, one which is unique to the Scottish peerage. | ||||||
This remainder provided that:- | ||||||
(a) the titles would pass to the heirs male of the 1st Earl of Selkirk's younger sons before the | ||||||
heirs male of his eldest son, who was heir apparent to his mother's Dukedom of Hamilton. | ||||||
(b) if the person who would otherwise inherit the title of Earl of Selkirk was already Duke of | ||||||
Hamilton, or would inherit the Dukedom at the same time as he would inherit the Earldom of | ||||||
Selkirk, then the title of Earl of Selkirk would pass to that Duke's next oldest surviving | ||||||
brother. | ||||||
(c) if the titles were ever held by a Duke of Hamilton, either because an Earl of Selkirk | ||||||
succeeded as a Duke of Hamilton, or because provision (b) above became inoperable | ||||||
because the heir was a Duke of Hamilton who had no surviving younger brothers, the title | ||||||
Earl of Selkirk would pass on that Duke's death to his second surviving son. | ||||||
(d) if the titles had passed to a younger brother or younger son under (b) or (c) above, they | ||||||
would then pass to his heirs male on his death, BUT | ||||||
(e) if such a younger son's or younger brother's heirs male died out, the title would not pass | ||||||
to his own younger brothers and their heirs male, but would instead revert to the senior | ||||||
male line with provisions (b) and (c) operating as before. | ||||||
The effect of this remainder is that the dukedom of Hamilton descends as usual to heirs male, | ||||||
but the earldom and its attendant baronies are diverted to the second son. Should this and | ||||||
other cadet lines fail, the earldom of Selkirk reverts to the Duke of Hamilton at that time as | ||||||
heir of the first Earl; but then the "special destination" of 1688 again diverts it to his younger | ||||||
brother, if he has one: if not, it descends with the dukedom until such time as a qualified | ||||||
younger son appears to carry on a new line of earls. | ||||||
The contemplated situation has occurred twice - firstly in 1885, on the death of the 6th Earl | ||||||
of Selkirk, who died without male issue, when the earldom thereupon reverted to the younger | ||||||
brother of the 12th Duke of Hamilton. When this younger brother (the 7th Earl of Selkirk) | ||||||
died unmarried in the following year, the Earldom of Selkirk passed back to the dukedom, with | ||||||
which it remained united until the death of the 13th Duke of Hamilton in 1940. When the 14th | ||||||
Duke of Hamilton succeeded in 1940, he had a younger brother, Lord Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, | ||||||
who under the provisions of the remainder, became the 10th Earl of Selkirk. | ||||||
Similar devices to prevent the mergers of peerages also occurred on other occasions within | ||||||
the Scottish peerage. In 1674, Margaret, Countess of Rothes in her own right, married the 5th | ||||||
Earl of Haddington. The marriage contract stated that the Earl would resign his own peerage in | ||||||
favour of their second and other younger sons, so as to keep it distinct from that of Rothes. | ||||||
When the 5th Earl of Haddington died in 1685, he was succeeded in that peerage by his | ||||||
younger son, whereas the eldest son had to wait until 1700 before he could succeed to the | ||||||
earldom of Rothes. | ||||||
Again, an attempt was made to keep separate the earldoms of Stair and Dumfries after the | ||||||
next brother of the 2nd Earl of Stair married the Countess of Dumfries in her own right. The | ||||||
second Earl obtained a novodamus in 1707 which had the effect of shifting the remainder to | ||||||
the second and younger sons of his brother. In 1747, he executed a deed which nominated | ||||||
the son of his youngest brother to succeed him in the titles, but this was struck down by | ||||||
the House of Lords in 1748, presumably on the ground that such deed had been executed | ||||||
after the Act of Union of 1707. The heir nominated, John Dalrymple, did, however, eventually | ||||||
succeed to the earldom of Stair in 1768, but not to the earldom of Dumfries, which went to | ||||||
a collateral line. | ||||||
"Shifting remainders" are confined to peerages of Scotland created before the Act of Union | ||||||
in 1707. The use of such remainders in the peerages of Great Britain and the United Kingdom | ||||||
were held to be invalid by the decision of the House of Lords in the case of the Buckhurst | ||||||
peerage in 1876 (qv). | ||||||
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