Earl of Ruglen

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Earl of Ruglen was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland .

The title was given to Lord John Douglas-Hamilton on April 14, 1697 . He was the fourth son of William Douglas-Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Hamilton, 1st Earl of Selkirk and his wife Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton . Along with the earl title, he was given the subordinate titles Viscount of Riccartoun and Lord Hillhouse .

The 1st Earl of Ruglen followed his deceased older brother as 3rd Earl of Selkirk in 1739 . The oldest son and last remaining heir of the Earl of Selkirk and Ruglen, William Lord Daer, died in 1742. Two years later, his father also died. As a result, the Earldom of Selkirk went to his great-nephew Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk , while the county of Ruglen fell to his daughter Anne , who was married to William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March . After her death in 1748, the title went to her only child, William Douglas, 3rd Earl of March . This succeeded his uncle 2nd degree Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry in 1778 as 5th Marquess of Queensberry and 4th Duke of Queensberry .

With the death of William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, 3rd Earl of March and 3rd Earl of Ruglen in 1810, the title of Earl of Ruglen expired, while his other titles were inherited by the next of kin. His third-degree great-nephew ( Francis Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss ) became Earl of March , his fourth-degree nephew ( Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry ) became Marquess of Queensberry and his third-degree nephew ( Henry Scott, 3rd. Duke of Buccleuch ) Duke of Queensberry.

List of the Earls of Ruglen (1697)

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