Lord Cramond
Lord Cramond was a hereditary British title ( Lordship of Parliament ) in the Peerage of Scotland . The title is named after the town of Cramond near Edinburgh .
Award and history of the title
The title was bestowed on February 29, 1628 by King Charles I on the English writer Elizabeth Richardson (nee Beaumont, widowed Ashburnham). She was a second marriage to the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas , Sir Thomas Richardson (1569-1635), married. The award was made with the rule that the title could be passed on to her stepson, Sir Thomas Richardson († 1643), and after him to his father and his male descendants. Her sons from her first marriage were excluded from the line of succession. Since she survived her husband and stepson, the title fell on her death in 1651 to the son of her stepson, Thomas Richardson (1627–1674) as 2nd Lord. The title expired on the childless death of his grandson, the 5th Lord, on July 28, 1735.
List of Lords Cramond (1628)
- Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond († 1651)
- Thomas Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond (1627–1674)
- Henry Richardson, 3rd Lord Cramond (1650–1701)
- William Richardson, 4th Lord Cramond (1654-1719)
- William Richardson, 5th Lord Cramond (1715-1735)
Web links
- Cramond, Lord (S, 1628–1735) at Cracroft's Peerage (English)