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Current Scottish Earldoms

Abercorn, Earl of (S, 1606) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Abercorn since 1790, when the 9th Earl of Abercorn was created Marquess of Abercorn, and by the Dukes of Abercorn since 1868, when the 2nd Marquess of Abercorn was created Marquess of Hamilton and Duke of Abercorn

Aberdeen, Earl of (S, 1682) - the earldom has been held by the Marquessses of Aberdeen and Temair since 1916, when the 7th Earl of Aberdeen was created Earl of Haddo and Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Aboyne, Earl of (S, 1660) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Huntly since 1836, when the 5th Earl of Aboyne inherited the Marquessate of Huntly

Airlie, Earl of (S, 1639)

Ancram, Earl of (S, 1633) - the earldom has been held by the Earls of Lothian since 1690, when the 2nd Earl of Lothian inherited the Earldom of Ancram, and by the Marquesses of Lothian since 1701, when the 2nd Earl of Lothian was created Lord Ker of Newbottle, Oxnam, Jedburgh, Dolphinstoun and Nisbet, Viscount of Briene and Marquess of Lothian

Angus, Earl of (S, 1389) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Douglas since 1633, when the 11th Earl of Angus was created Lord of Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest and Marquess of Douglas, and by the Dukes of Hamilton since 1761, when the 7th Duke of Hamilton inherited the Marquessate of Douglas

Annandale and Hartfell, Earl of (S, 1662)

Argyll, Earl of (S, c.1457) - the earldom has been held by the Dukes of Argyll since 1701, when the 10th Earl of Argyll was created Lord of Inverary, Mull, Moreen and Tirie, Viscount Lochaw and Glenyla, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, and Duke of Argyll

Arran and Cambridge, Earl of (S, 1643) - the earldom has been held by the Dukes of Hamilton since 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

Atholl, Earl of (S, 1628/9) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Atholl since 1676, when the 2nd Earl of Atholl was created Lord Murray, Balveny and Gask, Viscount Balquhidder and Marquess of Atholl, and by the Dukes of Atholl since 1703, when the 2nd Marquess of Atholl was created Viscount Glenalmond and Glenlyon, Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle, Marquess of Tullibardine and Duke of Atholl

Balcarres, Earl of (S, 1650/1) - the earldom has been held by the Earls of Crawford since 1808, when the 6th Earl of Balcarres inherited the more senior Earldom of Crawford

Buccleuch, Earl of (S, 1618/9) - the earldom has been held by the Dukes of Buccleuch since 1663, when the suo jure Countess of Buccleuch was created suo jure Lady Scot of Whitchester and Eskdale, Countess of Dalkeith and Duchess of Buccleuch

Buchan, Earl of (S, 1469)

Bute, Earl of (S, 1703) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Bute since 1796, when the 4th Earl of Bute was created Viscount Mountjoy, Earl of Windsor and Marquess of Bute

Caithness, Earl of (S, 1455)

Campbell and Cowall, Earl of (S, 1701) - the earldom has been held by the Dukes of Argyll since 1701, when the 10th Earl of Argyll was created Lord of Inverary, Mull, Moreen and Tirie, Viscount Lochaw and Glenyla, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, and Duke of Argyll

Carrick, Earl of (S, 1370) - like the Dukedom of Cornwall in England and the Dukedom of Rothesay in Scotland, the Earldom of Carrick is held by the Heir Apparent to the Throne from the moment of his birth or his parent's accession to the Throne if this is later

Cassillis, Earl of (S, 1509) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Ailsa since 1831, when the 12th Earl of Cassillis was created Marquess of Ailsa

Crawford, Earl of (S, 1398)

Dalhousie, Earl of (S, 1633)

Dalkeith, Earl of (S, 1663) - the earldom has been held by the Dukes of Buccleuch since 1663, when the Countess of Buccleuch was created suo jure Lady Scot of Whitchester and Eskdale, Countess of Dalkeith and Duchess of Buccleuch

Darnley, Earl of (S, 1675) - the earldom has been held by the Dukes of Richmond since 1675, when the 1st Duke of Richmond was created Lord Torbolton, Earl of Darnley and Duke of Lennox

Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, Earl of (S, 1682) - the earldom has held by the Dukes of Buccleuch since 1810, when the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch inherited the Lordship of Douglas of Kinmount, Middlebie and Dornock, the Viscountcy of Nith, Thorolwold and Ross, the Earldom of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, the Marquessate of Dumfriesshire, and the Dukedom of Queensberry

Dumfries, Earl of (S, 1633) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Bute since 1804, when the 7th Earl of Dumfries inherited the Marquessate of Bute

Dundee, Earl of (S, 1660)

Dundonald, Earl of (S, 1669)

Dunmore, Earl of (S, 1686)

Dysart, Earl of (S, 1643)

Eglinton, Earl of (S, 1507)

Elgin, Earl of (S, 1633)

Enzie, Earl of (S, 1599) - the earldom was held by the Marquesses of Huntly from 1599, when the 6th Earl of Huntly created Lord Gordon of Badenoch, Earl of Enzie and Marquess of Huntly, and by the Dukes of Gordon from 1684, when the 4th Marquess of Huntly was created Duke of Gordon, until 1836 when the 5th Duke of Gordon died without a male heir and the Dukedom of Gordon became extinct. Following the death of the 5th Duke of Gordon in 1836 the Marquessate of Huntly was claimed by the heir male, George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne.  In their decision of 1838 the Committee for Privileges allowed the claim to the Marquessate of Huntly but inexplicably did not allow a similar claim to the Earldom of Enzie or the Lordship of Gordon of Badenoch, even though these peerages had been created with the Marquessate of Huntly in 1599.

Erroll, Earl of (S, 1452)

Galloway, Earl of (S, 1623)

Gifford, Earl of (S, 1694) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Tweeddale since 1694, when the 2nd Earl of Tweeddale was created Viscount of Walden, Earl of Gifford and Marquess of Tweeddale

Glasgow, Earl of (S, 1703)

Haddington, Earl of (S, 1619)

Home, Earl of (E, 1604/5)

Hopetoun, Earl of (S, 1703) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Linlithgow since 1902, when the 7th Earl of Hopetoun was created Marquess of Linlithgow

Huntly, Earl of (S, c.1445) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Huntly from 1599, when the 6th Earl of Huntly was created Lord Gordon of Badenoch, Earl of Enzie and Marquess of Huntly, and by the Dukes of Gordon from 1684, when the 4th Marquess of Huntly was created Duke of Gordon, until 1836 when the 5th Duke of Gordon died without a male heir and the Dukedom of Gordon became extinct with the Marquessate of Huntly passing to his kinsman, the 5th Earl of Aboyne;  there is some argument as to what happened to the Earldom of Huntly at this point:  if it was created with remainder to heirs male, then it should have passed with the Marquessate of Huntly, although the present Marquess does not claim the earldom;  if, on the other hand, the remainder was to heirs whatsoever, then it properly belongs to the heir of line, the Duke of Richmond

Kellie, Earl of (S, 1619) - the earldom has been held by the Earls of Mar (cr. 1565) since 1829, when the 26th and 9th Earl of Mar inherited the  Earldom of Kellie as 11th Earl of Kellie

Kelso, Earl of (S, 1707) - the earldom has been held by the Dukes of Roxburghe since 1707, when the 5th Earl of Roxburghe was created Lord Ker of Cessford and Overton, Viscount Broxmouth, Earl of Kelso, Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford and Duke of Roxburghe

Kincardine, Earl of (S, 1647) - the earldom has been held by the Earls of Elgin since 1747, when the 9th Earl of Kincardine inherited the more senior Earldom of Elgin

Kincardine, Earl of (S, 1694) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Montrose since 1694, when the 5th Earl of Montrose was created Lord Graham and Mugdock, Earl of Kincardine and Marquess of Montrose, and by the Dukes of Montrose since 1707, when the 4th Marquess of Montrose was created Lord Aberuthven, Mugdock and Fintry, Viscount of Dundaff, Marquess of Graham and Buchanan, and Duke of Montrose

Kinnoull, Earl of (S, 1633)

Kintore, Earl of (S, 1677)

Lanark, Earl of (S, 1639) - the earldom has been held by the Dukes of Hamilton since 1649, when the 1st Earl of Lanark inherited the Dukedom of Hamilton

Lauderdale, Earl of (S, 1624)

Leven, Earl of (S, 1641)

Lindsay, Earl of (S, 1633)

Lothian, Earl of (S, 1631) -  the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Lothian since 1701, when the 2nd Earl of Lothian was created Lord Ker of Newbottle, Oxnam, Jedburgh, Dolphinstoun and Nisbet, Viscount of Briene and Marquess of Lothian

Loudoun, Earl of (S, 1633)

Mar, Earl of (S, c.1114)

Mar, Earl of (S, 1565)

March, Earl of (S, 1697) - the earldom has been held by the Earls of Wemyss since 1810, when the 8th Earl of Wemyss inherited the Earldom of March

Melville, Earl of (S, 1690) - the earldom has been held by the Earls of Leven since 1707, when the 5th Earl of Leven inherited the Earldom of Melville

Montrose, Earl of (S, 1503) - the earldom has been held by Marquesses of Montrose since 1644, when the 5th Earl of Montrose was created Lord Graham and Mugdock, Earl of Kincardine and Marquess of Montrose, and by the Dukes of Montrose since 1707, when the 4th Marquess of Montrose was created Lord Aberuthven, Mugdock and Fintrie, Viscount of Dundaff, Marquess of Graham and Buchanan and Duke of Montrose

Moray, Earl of (S, 1561/2)

Morton, Earl of (S, 1457/8)

Newburgh, Earl of (S, 1660)

Northesk, Earl of (S, 1647)

Orkney, Earl of (S, 1695/6)

Perth, Earl of (S, 1604/5)

Queensberry, Earl of (S, 1633) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Queensberry since 1682, when the 3rd Earl of Queensberry was created Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock, Viscount Nith, Torthorwald and Ross, Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, and Marquess of Queensberry, and by the Dukes of Queensberry between 1684, when the 1st Marquess of Queensberry was created Marquess of Dumfriesshire and Duke of Queensberry, and 1810, when on the death of the 4th Duke of Queensberry without immediate male heirs, the Dukedom of Queensberry passed to the heir of line descended from a daughter of the 2nd Duke of Queensberry, and the Marquessate of Queensberry passed to the heir male descended from a younger son of the 1st Earl of Queensberry

Rosebery, Earl of (S, 1703)

Rothes, Earl of (S, 1457/8)

Roxburghe, Earl of (S, 1616) - the earldom has been held by the Dukes of Roxburghe since 1707, when the 5th Earl of Roxburghe was created Lord Ker of Cessford and Overton, Viscount Broxmouth, Earl of Kelso, Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford and Duke of Roxburghe

Seafield, Earl of (S, 1701)

Selkirk, Earl of (S, 1646 - disclaimed 1994)

Southesk, Earl of (S, 1633) - the earldom has been held by the Dukes of Fife since 1992, when the 3rd Duke of Fife inherited the Earldom of Southesk

Stair, Earl of (E, 1703)

Strathmore and Kinghorne (created 1606)

Strathtay and Strathardle, Earl of (S, 1703) - the earldom has been held by the Dukes of Atholl since 1703, when the 2nd Marquess of Atholl was created Lord Murray, Balvenie and Gask, Viscount Balquhidder, Glenalmond and Glenlyon, Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle, Marquess of Tullibardine and Duke of Atholl

Sutherland, Earl of (S, 1235)

Tullibardine, Earl of (S, 1606) - the earldom has been held by the Earls of Atholl since 1670, when the 2nd Earl of Atholl inherited the Earldom of Tullibardine, and by the Marquesses of Atholl since 1676, when the 2nd Earl of Atholl was created Lord Murray, Balveny and Gask, Viscount Balquhidder and Marquess of Atholl, and by the Dukes of Atholl since 1703, when the 2nd Marquess of Atholl was created Viscount Glenalmond and Glenlyon, Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle, Marquess of Tullibardine and Duke of Atholl

Tweeddale, Earl of (S, 1646) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Tweeddale since 1694, when the 2nd Earl of Tweeddale was created Viscount of Walden, Earl of Gifford and Marquess of Tweeddale

Wemyss, Earl of (created 1633)

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