Earl of Arran

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Earl of Arran is a hereditary British title of nobility awarded four times in the Peerage of Scotland and three times in the Peerage of Ireland .

The Scottish titles are named after the Isle of Arran in Scotland , the Irish after the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland .

Scottish awards

Original coat of arms of the Scottish Earldom of Arran

The title was first awarded to Thomas Boyd in the Peerage of Scotland on April 26, 1467 , but was revoked and expired in 1469 because of high treason.

In the second award, the title was newly created on August 11, 1503 for James Hamilton, 2nd Lord Hamilton . Already in 1479 he inherited the title of Lord Hamilton , which was given to his father in 1445. His grandson, the 3rd Earl, was stripped of his title for high treason in 1581 and his lands were confiscated by the Crown. On October 28, 1581 the title was bestowed in the third bestowal on James Stewart , along with the subordinate title of Lord of Avane and Hamilton . He, too, forfeited his title in 1585 due to high treason, whereupon the third Earl, second bestowal, had his title and lands returned. This was followed as 4th Earl in 1609 by his nephew James Hamilton , who in 1604 had inherited the title of Marquess of Hamilton awarded to his father in 1599 and was also elevated to Earl of Cambridge in 1619 in the Peerage of England .

His son, the 2nd Marquess , was raised to Duke of Hamilton in 1643 . Together with the Dukedom he was awarded the subordinate titles Marquess of Clydesdale , Lord Aven and Innerdale and, in the fourth award, the title Earl of Arran again. The award was made with the special rule that the titles, in the absence of male descendants, can also be inherited by his brother and male descendants, as well as in the female line in their absence. Since the 1st Duke had no sons, all his titles fell to his brother William Hamilton as 2nd Duke in 1649 . When he died without descendants, all of his titles have expired or have been suspended since then, with the exception of the four titles of the award of 1643, which fell to his niece Anne , the daughter of the 1st duke, due to the special inheritance regulation . Her son, James Douglas-Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton , was also promoted to Duke of Brandon in 1711 . The Earldom Arran (fourth award) has since been a subsidiary title of the respective Duke of Hamilton and Duke of Brandon.

Irish awards

Coat of arms of the Earl of Arran (1762)

In the Peerage of Ireland, the earl title was first bestowed on May 13, 1662, to Lord Richard Butler , a younger son of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde , along with the subordinate titles Viscount Tullogh and Baron Butler of Cloughgrenan . On August 27, 1673 he was also raised to Baron Butler of Weston in the Peerage of England . The titles expired when he died on January 25, 1686 without a male heir.

In the second award of the title on March 8, 1693, his nephew Charles Butler bestowed, along with the subordinate titles Viscount of Tullogh and Baron Butler of Cloughgrenan . On January 23, 1694, he was also awarded the title of Baron Butler of Weston . In 1745 he also inherited the titles of 3rd Duke of Ormonde and 7th Earl of Ormonde . All of his titles expired when he died on December 17, 1758, also without an heir.

A third time the honor was bestowed on April 12, 1762, now to Arthur Gore, 1st Viscount Sudley . This was an Irish politician who had already been raised to Viscount Sudley , of Castle Gore in the County of Mayo , and Baron Saunders , of Deeps in the County of Wexford on August 15, 1758 . He had inherited the title of Baronet , of Newton Gore in the County of Mayo, from his father Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Baronet (around 1685–1741) , who passed on to his great-grandfather Sir Arthur Gore, 1st in 1662 in the Baronage of Ireland . Baronet († 1697) was awarded. His great-grandson, the 5th Earl, was raised on November 7, 1884 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom to Baron Sudley , of Castle Gore in the County of Mayo, which was connected to a seat in the British House of Lords until 1999 . The eldest son of the respective earl carries the courtesy title Viscount Sudley as heir apparent .

List of Earls of Arran (Peerage of Scotland)

Earls of Arran, first bestowal (1467)

Earls of Arran, second bestowal (1503)

Earls of Arran, third bestowal (1581)

Earls of Arran, fourth bestowal (1643)

Probable heir apparent is the son of the current owner, Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale (* 2012).

List of Earls of Arran (Peerage of Ireland)

Earls of Arran, first bestowed (1662)

Earls of Arran, second bestowal (1693)

Earls of Arran, third bestowal (1762)

Presumed title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is a descendant of the second Earl, William Henry Gore (* 1950), son of Paul Annesley Gore (1921–2012). There is no inheritance to the Barony of Sudley.

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