Earl of Panmure

Coat of arms of the Earls of Panmure

Earl of Panmure (or Earl Panmure ) was a hereditary British title of nobility , which was awarded once in the Peerage of Scotland and in the Peerage of Ireland .

Award

The title Earl of Panmure was created on August 3, 1646 in the Peerage of Scotland by King Charles I for the courtier Sir Patrick Maule . Along with the Earldom, he was given the subordinate title Lord Brechin and Navar . The Earls' family seat was Panmure House near Monikie in Angus . His grandson, the 4th Earl, took part in the Jacobite revolt of 1715, and was ostracized by Parliament on June 30, 1716 by the Bill of Attainder , which deprived him of all titles of nobility.

The nephew and heir of the 4th Earl, William Maule , was newly conferred the title Earl Panmure , of Forth in the County of Wexford , by King George II in the Peerage of Ireland on April 6, 1743 , along with the subordinate titles Viscount Maule , of Whitechurch in the County of Waterford , and Baron Maule , of Whitechurch in the County of Waterford. The award was made with the special addition that, in the absence of male descendants, the titles could also be inherited by his younger half-brother John Maule († 1781) and his male descendants, who however died childless before him. The Earl had bought Brechin Castle near Brechin in Angus as a family seat. The titles expired with the childless death of the 1st Earl on January 4, 1782.