Lord Oliphant
Lord Oliphant was a hereditary British title of nobility awarded twice in the Peerage of Scotland .
Awards
The title was bestowed on Sir Laurence Oliphant . The exact date of the award of the title is unknown. It is documented that he already held the title on January 13, 1464. His great-great-grandson, the 5th Lord, renounced the title in 1630 in favor of the crown, but died before a renewed award with changed inheritance rules existed. With effect from June 2, 1633, the king finally raised his cousin Patrick Oliphant to Lord Oliphant in a second bestowal . The title eventually expired on the death of his descendant, the 5th Lord, in April 1748.
List of Lords Oliphant
Lords Oliphant (1464)
- Laurence Oliphant, 1st Lord Oliphant († 1499)
- John Oliphant, 2, Lord Oliphant († 1516)
- Laurence Oliphant, 3rd Lord Oliphant (1505–1566)
- Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant (1527–1593)
- Laurence Oliphant 5th Lord Oliphant (1583-1630) (title waiver 1630)
Lords Oliphant (1633)
- Patrick Oliphant, 1st Lord Oliphant († 1680)
- Charles Oliphant, 2nd Lord Oliphant († 1709)
- Patrick Oliphant, 3rd Lord Oliphant († 1721)
- William Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant († 1728)
- Francis Oliphant, 5th Lord Oliphant (1715-1748)
Web links
- Oliphant, Lord (S, 1464-1748) at Cracroft's Peerage