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Extinct and Dormant Scottish Viscountcies

Aboyne, Viscount of (S, 1632 - 1649)

Annand, Viscount of (S, 1622 - 1658) - the viscountcy was held by the Earls of Annandale from 1625, when the 1st Viscount of Annand was created Earl of Annandale, until 1658, when on the death of the 2nd Earl of Annandale both titles became extinct

Annand, Viscount of (S, 1701 - 1792) - the viscountcy was held by the Marquesses of Annandale from 1701, when the 2nd Earl of Annandale and Hartfell was created Lord Johnstone of Lochwood, Lochmaben, Moffatdale and Evandale, Viscount of Annand, Earl of Hartfell and Marquess of Annandale, until 1792, when the Marquessate of Annandale and the other peerages created in 1701 became extinct

Belhaven, Viscount of (S, 1633 - 1639)

Blasonbury, Viscount (S, 1697 - dormant 1793) - see Earl of Marchmont

Canada, Viscount (S, 1633 - dormant 1739) - see Earl of Stirling

Dunbar, Viscount of (S, 1620 - dormant 1718)

Dundee, Viscount of (S, 1688 - forfeited 1690)

Forth, Viscount (S, 1686 - dormant 1902) - see Earl of Melfort

Frendraught, Viscount of (S, 1642 - forfeited 1690)

Haddington, Viscount (S, 1606 - 1626) - the viscountcy was held by the 1st Earl of Holderness from 1621, when the 1st Viscount Haddington was created Baron Kingston-upon-Thames and Earl of Holderness, until his death in 1626, when all his titles became extinct

Hermitage, Viscount of (S, 1706 - 1807) - the viscountcy was held by the Earls of Delorain from its creation in 1706, when Lord Henry Scott was created Lord Goldielands, Viscount of Hermitage and Earl of Delorain, until 1807, when on the death of the 4th Earl of Delorain all his titles became extinct

Ilay, Viscount of (S, 1706 - 1761) - see Duke of Argyll

Inglisberry and Nemphlar, Viscount of (S, 1701 - 1817) - the viscountcy was held by the Earls of Hyndford from 1701, when the 2nd Lord Carmichael was created Lord Carmichael of Carmichael, Viscount of Inglisberry and Nemphlar and Earl of Hyndford, until 1817, when on the death of the 6th Earl of Hyndford all his titles became extinct

Inverness, Viscount of (S, 1684 - 1836) - see Duke of Gordon

Irvine, Viscount of (S, 1661 - 1778)

Jedburgh Forest, Viscount of (S, 1703 - extinct 1761) - the viscountcy was held by the 1st and last Duke of Douglas from 1703, when the 3rd Marquess of Douglas was created Lord Douglas of Bonkill, Prestoun and Robertoun, Viscount of Jedburgh Forest, Marquess of Angus and Abernethy and Duke of Douglas, until 1761, when the Dukedom of Douglas and the other 1703 peerages became extinct and the Marquessate of Douglas passed to the 7th Duke of Hamilton

Kenmure, Viscount (S, 1633 - dormant 1847)

Kilsyth, Viscount of (S, 1661 - forfeited 1716)

Kingston, Viscount of (S, 1651 - forfeited 1716)

Lugtoun, Viscount of (S, 1680 - 1681) - the viscountcy was held by the 1st and last Duke of Rothes from 1680, when the 7th Earl of Rothes was created Lord Auchmotie and Caskieberrie, Viscount of Lugtoun, Earl of Leslie, Marquess of Ballinbreich and Duke of Rothes, until 1681, when he died without surviving male issue and the Dukedom of Rothes and the other peerages created in 1680 became extinct and the Earldom of Rothes passed to his elder daughter as heir of line

Melfort, Viscount of (S, 1685 - dormant 1902) - see Earl of Melfort

Melgum, Viscount of (S, 1627 - 1630)

Milsington, Viscount of (S, 1703 - 1835) - the viscountcy was held by the Earls of Portmore from 1703, when the 1st Lord Portmore and Blackness was created Lord Colyear, Viscount of Milsington and Earl of Portmore, until 1835, when on the death of the 4th Earl of Portmore all his titles became extinct

Newburgh, Viscount of (S, 1647 - 1694) - see Earl of Newburgh

Newhaven, Viscount of (S, 1681 - 1728)

Oseburne, Viscount (S, 1672 - 1964) - see Duke of Leeds

Preston, Viscount (S, 1681 - 1739)

Primrose, Viscount of (S, 1703 - 1741)

Riccartoun, Viscount of (S, 1697 - 1810) -  the viscountcy was held by the Earls of Ruglen from its creation in 1697, when Lord John Hamilton was created Lord Hillhouse, Viscount of Riccartoun and Earl of Ruglen, until 1810, when on the death of the 3rd Earl of Ruglen (also 4th Duke of Queensberry) all the titles created in 1697 became extinct

Tarbat, Viscount of (S, 1685 - forfeited 1746) - the viscountcy was held by the Earls of Cromarty from 1703, when the 1st Viscount of Tarbat was created Earl of Cromarty, until the attainder of the 3rd Earl of Cromarty in 1746, when all his titles were forfeited

Tay and Peintland, Viscount of (S, 1681 - dormant 1995) - the viscountcy was held by the Earls of Breadalbane and Holland from 1681, when the 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland was created Lord Glenorchy, Benederaloch, Ormelie and Weick, Viscount of Tay and Paintland, and Earl of Breadalbane and Holland;  all three titles became dormant in 1995

Teviot, Viscount of (S, 1665 - 1694)

Teviot, Viscount of (S, 1696 - 1711)

Tibbers, Viscount (S, 1706 - 1778) - the viscountcy was held by the 1st Earl of Solway from its creation in 1706, when Lord Charles Douglas was created Lord Douglas of Lockerby, Dalveen and Thornhill, Viscount Tibbers and Earl of Solway; he succeeded his father as 3rd Duke of Queensberry in 1711 and on his death in 1778 the Scottish titles created in 1706 became extinct

Last updated 15 Feb 2004

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