Lord Mordington
Lord Mordington was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland .
Award and history of the title
The title was created on November 14, 1641 for James Douglas , the second son of William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus . He was married to Anne Oliphant, the daughter of Laurence Oliphant, 5th Lord Oliphant . After his father-in-law died in 1630 and had left no sons, he led a lawsuit against his cousin and next male heir Patrick Oliphant († 1680) over his estate and the title of Lord Oliphant , which he claimed from the rights of his wife. The dispute ended in 1633 with a judgment by the Court of Sessionsin favor of Patrick Oliphant, who was then newly awarded the title of Lord Oliphant. The award of the title of Lord Mordington to James Douglas in 1641 can be understood as compensation in this context.
His great-grandson, the 4th Lord, left no sons, whereupon the title was given to his daughter Mary, wife of the cavalry officer William Weaver († 1796). Since she died childless on July 22, 1791, the title has been suspended.
List of Lords Mordington (1641)
- James Douglas, 1st Lord Mordington (around 1591–1656)
- William Douglas, 2nd Lord Mordington (1626 – around 1690)
- James Douglas, 3rd Lord Mordington (1651 – around 1706)
- George Douglas, 4th Lord Mordington († 1741)
- Mary Weaver, 5th Baroness Mordington († 1791)
Individual evidence
- ^ Oliphant, Lord (pp. 1464-1748) at Cracroft's Peerage