Earl of Callendar

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Earl of Callendar was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland .

The Earls' family seat was Callendar House near Falkirk in Stirlingshire .

Award and history of the title

The title was created on October 6, 1641 for James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston of Almond . He was the third son of Alexander Livingston, 1st Earl of Linlithgow . Along with the earliest dignity he was given the subordinate title of Lord Livingston and Almond . Already on June 19, 1633 he had been awarded the title of Lord Livingston of Almond . The award was made with a special addition, so that the title could be transferred to his nephew as 2nd Earl in the event of his childless death and to his nephew as 3rd Earl in the event of his childless death.

The son of the latter, the 4th Earl, inherited the titles 5th Earl of Linlithgow (created 1600), 5th Lord Livingston and Callendar (created 1600) from his uncle George Livingston, 4th Earl of Linlithgow on August 7, 1695 and 11. Lord Livingston (created 1458). All of his titles belonged to the Peerage of Scotland. As a staunch Jacobite , he took part in the 1715 uprising and led a cavalry squadron into the battle of Sheriffmuir . Although he surrendered to the Duke of Argyll after the battle , he was convicted and ostracized for high treason on February 17, 1716 , all of his titles were stripped from him and his possessions and lands were confiscated from the Crown. He himself escaped to the continent in 1716 and joined the titular king James III. in exile in Urbino .

List of the Earls of Callendar (1641)

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