Lord Nairne

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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 .

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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 On June 17, 1824, the ostracism was revoked retrospectively by the Act of Parliament and the title of his great-grandson as 5th Lord was restored.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)

The prospective title heiress ( Heiress Presumptive ) is the daughter of the current title holder, Hon. Flora Diana Joan Bigham, Mistress of Nairne (* 2003).

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