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Current Scottish Viscountcies

Aithrie, Viscount (S, 1703) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Hopetoun since 1703, when the 1st Earl of Hopetoun was created Lord Hope, Viscount Aithrie and Earl of Hopetoun, and by the Marquesses of Linlithgow since 1902, when the 7th Earl of Hopetoun was created Marquess of Linlithgow

Arbuthnott, Viscount of (S, 1641)

Ayr, Viscount of (S, 1622) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Dumfries since 1633, when the 1st Viscount of Ayr was created Earl of Dumfries, and by the Marquesses of Bute since 1804, when the 7th Earl of Dumfries inherited the Marquessate of Bute

Balquhidder, Viscount (S, 1676) - the viscountcy 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

Briene, Viscount of (S, 1701) - the viscountcy 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

Broxmouth, Viscount (S, 1707) - the viscountcy 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

Dalrymple, Viscount (S, 1703) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Stair since 1703, when the 2nd Viscount of Stair was created Lord Newliston, Glenluce and Stranraer, Viscount Dalrymple and Earl of Stair

Drumlanrig, Viscount (S, 1628) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Queensberry since 1633, when the 1st Viscount Drumlanrig was created Earl of Queensberry, and 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

Dudhope, Viscount of (S, 1641) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Dundee since 1660, when the 3rd Viscount of Dudhope was created Lord Inverkeithing and Earl of Dundee

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

Dupplin, Viscount of (S, 1627) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Kinnoull since 1633, when the 1st Viscount of Dupplin was created Earl of Kinnoull

Falkland, Viscount of (S, 1620)

Fentoun, Viscount of (S, 1606) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Kellie since 1619, when the 1st Viscount of Fentoun was created Earl of Kellie, and by the Earls of Mar (cr. 1565) since 1875, when the claim by the 13th Earl of Kellie to the Earldom of Mar (cr. 1565) was allowed by the House of Lords

Fincastle, Viscount of (S, 1686) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Dunmore since 1686, when the 1st Earl of Dunmore was created Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet, Viscount of Fincastle and Earl of Dunmore

Formantine, Viscount of (S, 1682) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Aberdeen since 1682, when the 1st Earl of Aberdeen was created Lord Haddo, Methlic, Tarves and Kellie, Viscount of Formantine and Earl of Aberdeen, and by the Marquesses of Aberdeen and Temair since 1916, when the 7th Earl of Aberdeen was created Earl of Haddo and Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Garnock, Viscount of (S, 1703) - the viscountcy was held by the Earls of Crawford from 1749, when the 4th Viscount of Garnock inherited the Earldoms of Crawford and Lindsey, and has been held by the Earls of Lindsey since 1808, when the 22nd Earl of Crawford died without immediate male heirs and the Earldoms of Crawford and Lindsey separated, with the Earldom of Crawford being inherited by the 6th Earl of Balcarres as heir male (see issue of 17th Earl of Crawford)

Glenalmond and Glenlyon, Viscount (S, 1703) - the viscountcy 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

Inverkeithing, Viscount of (S, 1703) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Rosebery since 1703, when the 1st Viscount of Rosebery was created Lord Dalmeney and Primrose, Viscount of Inverkeithing and Earl of Rosebery

Kelburn, Viscount of (S, 1703) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Glasgow since 1703, when the 1st Lord Boyle of Kelburn, Stewartoun, Cumbrae, Finnick, Largs and Dalry was created Lord Boyle of Stewartoun, Cumraes, Fenwick, Largs and Dalry, Viscount of Kelburn and Earl of Glasgow

Kingarth, Viscount (S, 1703) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Bute since 1703, when the 1st Earl of Bute was created Lord Mount Stewart, Cumra and Inchmarnock, Viscount Kingarth and Earl of Bute, and by the Marquesses of Bute since 1796, when the 4th Earl of Bute was created Viscount Mountjoy, Earl of Windsor and Marquess of Bute

Kirkaldie, Viscount of (S, 1690) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Melville since 1690, when the 4th Lord Melville of Moneymaill was created Lord Raith, Moneymaill and Balwearie, Viscount of Kirkaldie and Earl of Melville, and by the Earls of Leven since 1707, when the 5th Earl of Leven inherited the Earldom of Melville

Kirkwall, Viscount (S, 1696) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Orkney since 1696, when the 1st Earl of Orkney was created Lord Dechmont, Viscount Kirkwall and Earl of Orkney

Kynnaird, Viscount of (S, 1660) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Newburgh since 1660, when the 1st Viscount of Newburgh was created Lord Levingston of Flacraig, Viscount of Kynnaird and Earl of Newburgh

Lauderdale, Viscount of (S, 1616) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Lauderdale since 1624, when the 1st Viscount of Lauderdale was created Lord Thirlestane and Boltoun, Viscount Maitland and Earl of Lauderdale, and by the 1st and last Duke of Lauderdale between 1672, when the 2nd Earl of Lauderdale was created Lord Thirlestane, Musselburgh and Boultoun, Viscount Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale, Marquess of March and Duke of Lauderdale, and 1682, when he died without male heirs of his body and the Earldom of Lauderdale was inherited by his brother

Lochaw and Glenyla, Viscount (S, 1701) - the viscountcy 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

Lyon, Viscount (S, 1677) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne since 1677, when the 3rd Earl of Kinghorne obtained a charter styling him, his heirs male or his heirs whatsoever "Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Viscounts Lyon, Lords Glamis, Tannadyce, Sidlaw, and Strathdichtie"

Maitland, Viscount (S, 1624) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Lauderdale since 1624, when the 1st Viscount Lauderdale was created Lord Thirlestane and Boltoun, Viscount Maitland and Earl of Lauderdale, and by the 1st and last Duke of Lauderdale between 1672, when the 2nd Earl of Lauderdale was created Lord Thirlestane, Musselburgh and Boultoun, Viscount Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale, Marquess of March and Duke of Lauderdale, and 1682, when he died without male heirs of his body and the Earldom of Lauderdale was inherited by his brother

Nith, Tortholwald and Ross, Viscount (S, 1682) - the viscountcy 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

Oxfuird, Viscount of (S, 1651)

Peebles, Viscount of (S, 1697) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of March since 1697, when the 1st Earl of March was created Lord Douglas of Neidpath, Lyne and Munard, Viscount of Peebles and Earl of March, by the Dukes of Queensberry since 1748, when the 3rd Earl of March inherited the Dukedom of Queensberry, and by the Earls of Wemyss since 1810, when the 4th Duke of Queensberry died childless and the 8th Earl of Wemyss inherited the Earldom of March

Reidhaven, Viscount (S, 1701) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Seafield since 1701, when the 1st Viscount Seafield was created Lord Ogilvy of Deskford and Cullen, Viscount Reidhaven, and Earl of Seafield, and also by the Earls of Findlater from 1711, when the 1st Earl of Seafield inherited the more senior Earldom of Findlater, until 1811, when the Earldom of Findlater became extinct on the death without issue of the 7th Earl of Findlater and the Earldom of Seafield passed to the heir of line

Rosebery, Viscount of (S, 1700) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Rosebery since 1703, when the 1st Viscount of Rosebery was created Lord Dalmeney and Primrose, Viscount of Inverkeithing and Earl of Rosebery

Seafield, Viscount (S, 1698) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Seafield since 1701, when the 1st Viscount Seafield was created Lord Ogilvy of Deskford and Cullen, Viscount Reidhaven, and Earl of Seafield, and also by the Earls of Findlater from 1711, when the 1st Earl of Seafield inherited the more senior Earldom of Findlater, until 1811, when the Earldom of Findlater became extinct on the death without issue of the 7th Earl of Findlater and the Earldom of Seafield passed to the heir of line

Stair, Viscount of (S, 1690) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Stair since 1703, when the 2nd Viscount of Stair was created Lord Newliston, Glenluce and Stranraer, Viscount Dalrymple and Earl of Stair

Stormont, Viscount of (S, 1621) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Mansfield (cr. 1792) since 1793, when the 7th Viscount Stormont inherited the Earldom of Mansfield (cr. 1792)

Strathallan, Viscount of (S, 1686) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Perth since 1902, when the 9th Viscount of Strathallan inherited the Earldom of Perth

Walden, Viscount of (S, 1694) - the viscountcy 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

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