Lord Carlyle of Torthorwood
Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland .
The family seat of the Lords was Torthorwald Castle in Torthorwald in Dumfries and Galloway .
Award
The title was created around 1473 for Chief Justice south of the Forth John Carlyle .
At the death of his great-grandson, the 4th Lord, in June 1575, the title fell to his granddaughter Elizabeth Carlyle, who married Sir James Douglas of Parkhead for the first time. Their son, the 6th Lord, was in debt and in 1622 sold his property in Torthorwald to William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry , and finally gave up his title in 1638, which thus became extinct.
List of Lords Carlyle of Torthorwald (1473)
- John Carlyle, 1st Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald († 1501)
- William Carlyle, 2nd Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald († 1524)
- James Carlyle, 3rd Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald († 1526)
- Michael Carlyle, 4th Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald († 1575)
- Elizabeth Douglas, 5th Lady Carlyle of Torthorwald († around 1605)
- James Douglas, 6th Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald († 1671) (title given up in 1638)