Earl of Forfar
Earl of Forfar is a hereditary British title of nobility , which was created once each in the Peerage of Scotland and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . The title is named after the town of Forfar or County Forfarshire in Scotland .
Awards
The title was first created on October 2, 1661 in the Peerage of Scotland for Archibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of Ormond , the younger son of Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormond . Along with the Earldom, he was given the subordinate title of Lord Wandell and Hartside . As early as 1655 he had inherited the titles Earl of Ormond and Lord Bothwell and Hartside from his father . When his son, the 3rd Earl Ormond, died in 1715 without heirs, all four titles became extinct.
In the second award, the title was recreated on March 10, 2019 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for Edward, Earl of Wessex , the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of his 55th birthday. He had already been elevated to Earl of Wessex and Viscount Severn on the occasion of his wedding to Sophie Rhys-Jones on June 19, 1999 . The title Earl of Forfar will be used by the prince from then on during stays in the Scottish part of the country.
List of the Earls of Forfar
Earls of Forfar, first bestowed (1661)
- Archibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of Ormond , 1st Earl of Forfar (1653-1712)
- Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Ormond , 2nd Earl of Forfar (1692–1715)
Earls of Forfar, second award (2019)
- Edward, 1st Earl of Wessex , 1st Earl of Forfar (* 1964)
The heir ( Heir Apparent ) is his son James Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn (* 2007).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ New title for the Earl of Wessex at royal.uk, March 10, 2019.
- ^ The Edinburgh Gazette : No. 24629, p. 1379 , June 29, 1999.