Lord Cardross

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Lord Cardross is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland .

Award

King Charles I transferred the feudal barony of Cardross along with other lands by deed of March 27, 1604 to his loyal follower John Erskine, 19th Earl of Mar, 7th Lord Erskine . On July 9, 1606, the transfer was confirmed by the Act of Parliament , Cardross was raised to the Lordship of Parliament and John Erskine was awarded the title of Lord Cardross . The royal award deed requested at that time was finally issued on June 10, 1610, so that the title is formally considered to have been created at that time. The award document contained the special regulation that the earl was allowed to determine his male heir to the title himself. Accordingly, with a document dated January 31, 1617, he nominated his third-born son Henry Erskine as heir to this title, which was confirmed to him by a royal document dated March 13, 1617. Since Henry Erskine, Master of Cardross, died before his father in 1268, his son David finally inherited the title of 2nd Lord.

His grandson, the 4th Lord, inherited the title 9th Earl of Buchan from his cousin in 1695 . The lord title has since been a subordinate title of the respective Earl of Buchan and is used as a courtesy title by his eldest son and heir to the title .

Today's title holder has been Malcolm Erskine, 17th Earl of Buchan as 12th Lord Cardross , since 1984 .

List of Lords Cardross (1610)

Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder Henry Erskine, Lord Cardross (* 1960).

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