Lord Torphichen
Lord Torphichen is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland .
The Lords' family seat has been Calder House , also known as Caldour Castle , in Mid Calder , West Lothian , since 1579 .
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The title was bestowed on January 25, 1564 by Queen Mary Queen of Scots on her sixth cousin Sir James Sandilands . He was previously the Preceptor of the eponymous Maltese Coming Torphichen Preceptory . As part of the Reformation , he transferred this and the associated lands to the Scottish Crown and received them back as a fief . Since he had no children himself, the title and fiefdom should be inheritable to any person ("to his heirs and assignees whatsoever"). Accordingly, his great-nephew followed him as 2nd Lord.
Today's title holder is his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson James Sandiland as 15th Lord.
List of Lords Torphichen (1564)
- James Sandilands, 1st Lord Torphichen (around 1511–1579)
- James Sandilands, 2nd Lord Torphichen (around 1574-1617)
- James Sandilands, 3rd Lord Torphichen (around 1597–1622)
- John Sandilands, 4th Lord Torphichen (around 1598–1637)
- John Sandilands, 5th Lord Torphichen (1625-1649)
- Walter Sandilands, 6th Lord Torphichen (1629–1696)
- James Sandilands, 7th Lord Torphichen († 1753)
- Walter Sandilands, 8th Lord Torphichen (1707–1765)
- James Sandilands, 9th Lord Torphichen (1759-1815)
- James Sandilands, 10th Lord Torphichen (1770–1862)
- Robert Sandilands, 11th Lord Torphichen (1807–1869)
- James Sandilands, 12th Lord Torphichen (1846–1915)
- John Sandilands, 13th Lord Torphichen (1886–1973)
- James Sandilands, 14th Lord Torphichen (1917–1975)
- James Sandilands, 15th Lord Torphichen (* 1946)
The heir ( heir presumptive ) is a great-uncle of the second degree of the current title holder, Robert Powell Sandilands, Master of Torphichen (* 1950).
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Torphichen, Lord (S, 1563/4) at Cracroft's Peerage