Lord Nairne
Lord Nairne is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland named after the city of Nairn . The Lordship is currently being led as a subordinate title of the respective Viscount Mersey .
Award
The title was created on January 27, 1681 by King Charles II for Sir Robert Nairne of Strathord , who was one of his closest supporters. The title was given with the special addition that in the absence of a son, it can also be passed on to the husband of his daughter Margaret Nairne (1669–1747), as well as their male descendants and, in the absence of these, also in the female line.
Since at the death of the 1st Lord his only daughter Margaret was still unmarried, the title was suspended until she married Lord Lord William Murray , a younger son of the 1st Marquess of Atholl , in 1690 . He took part in the Jacobite revolt of 1715 , was captured at the Battle of Preston in 1715, ostracized for treason in 1716 and his land was stripped of his title. On June 17, 1824, the ostracism was revoked retrospectively by the Act of Parliament and the title of his great-grandson as 5th Lord was restored. The 3rd and 4th Lord are therefore counted de iure , even though they did not use the title during their lifetime.
Because the title can also be inherited in a female line, he changed families several times. From 1895 to 1944 it was led by the respective Marquess of Lansdowne as a subordinate title after the 5th Marquess inherited it from his mother. Since 1995 the dignity of the respective Viscount Mersey has been carried as a subordinate title. He came into this family through the mother of the 4th Viscount.
List of Lords Nairne (1681)
- Robert Nairne, 1st Lord Nairne (around 1620–1683)
- William Murray, 2nd Lord Nairne (1664–1726) (title revoked 1716)
- John Nairne, de iure 3rd Lord Nairne (1691-1770)
- John Nairne, de iure 4th Lord Nairne († 1782)
- William Murray Nairne, 5th Lord Nairne (1757–1830) (award renewed in 1824)
- William Murray Nairne, 6th Lord Nairne (1808–1837)
- Margaret Mercer Elphinstone, 7th Lady Nairne, 2nd Baroness Keith (1788–1867)
- Emily Jane Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne, 8th Lady Nairne (1819–1895)
- Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, 9th Lord Nairne (1845–1927)
- Henry William Edmund Petty-FitzMaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne, 10th Lord Nairne (1872–1936)
- Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 7th Marquess of Lansdowne, 11th Lord Nairne (1917–1944)
- Katherine Evelyn Constance Bigham, Viscountess Mersey, 12. Lady Nairne (1912–1995)
- Richard Maurice Clive Bigham, 4th Viscount Mersey, 13th Lord Nairne (1934-2006)
- Edward John Hallam Bigham, 5th Viscount Mersey, 14th Lord Nairne (born 1966)
The prospective title heiress ( Heiress Presumptive ) is the daughter of the current title holder, Hon. Flora Diana Joan Bigham, Mistress of Nairne (* 2003).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0992934826 .
- Nairne, Lord (S, 1681) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page