Viscount of Oxfuird
Viscount of Oxfuird is a hereditary British noble title of the Peerage of Scotland .
The title relates territorially to Oxenfoord Castle in Midlothian , the original ancestral seat of the Viscounts.
The Viscount is also the hereditary chief of Clan Makgill .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created on April 19, 1651 for Sir James Makgill, 1st Baronet , along with the subordinate title Lord Makgill of Cousland . As early as July 19, 1627, he had been raised in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia to Makgill Baronet , of Cranston Riddle.
Viscountcy and Lordship were given to him with the special addition that in the absence of his own male descendants, he was hereditary male descendants of his ancestors in the male line. Nevertheless, after the death of his son, the 2nd Viscount, the title was claimed in 1706 by his daughter Christian and, after her, by her son Robert Maitland Makgill. In 1977 the House of Lords decided that the title de iure had been granted to his distant relative David Makgill as 3rd Viscount of Oxfuird and awarded them by Writ of Summons to his descendants Donald Makgill as 12th Viscount of Oxfuird. In May 1907, his father had already been awarded the title of baronet.
List of Viscounts of Oxfuird (1651)
- James Makgill, 1st Viscount of Oxfuird († 1663)
- Robert Makgill, 2nd Viscount of Oxfuird (1651–1706) (title dormant 1706)
- David Makgill, de iure 3rd Viscount of Oxfuird († 1717)
- James Makgill, de iure 4th Viscount of Oxfuird († 1747)
- John Makgill, de iure 5th Viscount of Oxfuird (1676–1762)
- Arthur Makgill, de iure 6. Viscount of Oxfuird (1709–1777)
- George Makgill, de iure 7th Viscount of Oxfuird (1723–1797)
- John Makgill, de iure 8. Viscount of Oxfuird (around 1790-1817)
- George Makgill, de iure 9. Viscount of Oxfuird (1812–1878)
- John Makgill, de iure 10. Viscount of Oxfuird (1836-1906)
- George Makgill, de iure 11th Viscount of Oxfuird, 11th Baronet (1868–1926) (Baronet title restored in 1906)
- Donald Makgill, 12th Viscount of Oxfuird (1899–1986) (Viscount and Lord titles restored in 1977)
- George Makgill, 13th Viscount of Oxfuird (1934-2003)
- Ian Makgill, 14th Viscount of Oxfuird (* 1969)
Estimated heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder Max Makgill (* 2012).
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Oxfuird, Viscount of (S, 1651) at Cracroft's Peerage