Earl of Galloway

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Coat of arms of the Earl of Galloway

Earl of Galloway is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland .

The Earls' family seat is Cumloden House near Cumloden in Wigtownshire , from the 1740s to 1908 it was Galloway House near Garlieston in Wigtownshire.

The Earls represent the oldest surviving legitimate agnatic lineage of the Stewart Clan .

Award and subordinate titles

The title was created on September 19, 1623 for Alexander Stewart, 1st Lord Garlies . He had already been awarded the title of Lord Garlies in the Peerage of Scotland on July 19, 1607 . His line of Stewart family was distantly related to the Scottish royal house of Stuart . The future 2nd Earl was appointed Baronet , of Corsewell in the County of Wigtown in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on April 18, 1627 . The 6th Earl inherited the title of Baronet, of Burray in the County of Orkney, from his relative Sir James Stewart, 3rd Baronet in 1756. This title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia was created on November 4, 1687 for his grandfather Archibald Stewart . The 7th Earl was awarded the title of Baron Stewart of Garlies , of Garlies in the County of Wigton, in the Peerage of Great Britain on June 6, 1796 , which was connected to a hereditary seat in the House of Lords until 1999 .

Earls of Galloway (1623)

Galloway House

Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder Alexander Patrick Stewart, Lord Garlies (* 1980).

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