Lord Dunkeld

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Coat of arms of the Lords Dunkeld

Lord Dunkeld was a hereditary British title ( Lordship of Parliament ) in the Peerage of Scotland .

Award and history of the title

The title was bestowed on May 15, 1645 by King Charles I on Sir James Galloway , lord of Carnby in Fife .

His grandson, the 3rd Lord, joined the Jacobites during the Glorious Revolution . He fought under Bonnie Dundee in the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689 , after which he was ostracized by Parliament in 1690 and sentenced to death. His title of nobility was forfeited.

List of Lords Dunkeld (1645)

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