Earl of Carnwath
Encyclopedia
The title Earl of Carnwath
was created in the Peerage of Scotland
in 1639 for the 2nd Lord Dalzell. His father, Sir Robert Dalzell
, had been created Lord Dalzell in 1628. The 5th Earl was attainted and the peerage forfeit in 1716, due to the Lord Carnwath's Jacobitism
and support for the Fifteen, but the attainder
was reversed in 1826. The Earldom and Lordship became extinct upon the death of the 13th Earl in 1941.
Carnwath
Carnwath is a moorland village on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies about south of both Edinburgh and Glasgow...
was created in the Peerage of Scotland
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
in 1639 for the 2nd Lord Dalzell. His father, Sir Robert Dalzell
Robert Dalzell, 1st Lord Dalzell
Robert Dalzell, 1st Lord Dalzell was created a Lord in 1628, by King Charles I of England. He was the son of Robert Dalzell of that Ilk and Janet Hamilton....
, had been created Lord Dalzell in 1628. The 5th Earl was attainted and the peerage forfeit in 1716, due to the Lord Carnwath's Jacobitism
Jacobitism
Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...
and support for the Fifteen, but the attainder
Attainder
In English criminal law, attainder or attinctura is the metaphorical 'stain' or 'corruption of blood' which arises from being condemned for a serious capital crime . It entails losing not only one's property and hereditary titles, but typically also the right to pass them on to one's heirs...
was reversed in 1826. The Earldom and Lordship became extinct upon the death of the 13th Earl in 1941.
Lords Dalzell (1628)
- Robert Dalzell, 1st Lord DalzellRobert Dalzell, 1st Lord DalzellRobert Dalzell, 1st Lord Dalzell was created a Lord in 1628, by King Charles I of England. He was the son of Robert Dalzell of that Ilk and Janet Hamilton....
(d. 1635 or 1636) - Robert Dalzell, 2nd Lord Dalzell (d. 1654) (created Earl of Carnwath in 1639)
Earls of Carnwath (1639)
- Robert Dalzell, 1st Earl of Carnwath (d. 1654)
- Gavin Dalzell, 2nd Earl of Carnwath (d. 1674)
- James Dalzell, 3rd Earl of Carnwath (d. 1683)
- John Dalzell, 4th Earl of Carnwath (d. 1702)
- Robert Dalzell, 5th Earl of Carnwath (1687–1737) (forfeit 1716)
- Robert Alexander Dalzell, 6th Earl of Carnwath (1768–1839) (restored 1826)
- Thomas Henry Dalzell, 7th Earl of Carnwath (1797–1867)
- Henry Arthur Hew Dalzell, 8th Earl of CarnwathHenry Dalzell, 8th Earl of CarnwathHenry Dalzell, 8th Earl of Carnwath was born 12 April 1858 in Baden-Wurttemberg, the only child of Thomas Henry Dalzell, 7th Earl of Carnwath and Isabella Eliza Wilmot. He succeeded to his father's title upon the latter's death in 1867. In January 1873, it was reported that fourteen years of age...
(1858–1873) - Arthur Alexander Dalzell, 9th Earl of Carnwath (1799–1875)
- Harry Burrard Dalzell, 10th Earl of Carnwath (1804–1887)
- Robert Harris Carnwath Dalzell, 11th Earl of CarnwathRobert Dalzell, 11th Earl of CarnwathRobert Harris Carnwath Dalzell, 11th Earl of Carnwath was a Scottish nobleman and soldier.He was the eldest of five children born to Colonel Robert Alexander George Dalzell and Sarah Bushby Harris .His mother was the daughter of John Harris RN , Treasurer of the London District of Upper Canada, and...
(1847–1910) - Ronald Arthur Dalzell, 12th Earl of CarnwathRonald Dalzell, 12th Earl of CarnwathRonald Arthur Dalzell, 12th Earl of Carnwath was the fourth child and second son of Robert Dalzell, 11th Earl of Carnwath and Sarah Bushby Harris. Sarah was the eldest daughter of Capt. John Harris, R.N., of Eldon House London, Ontario, and his wife, Amelia, daughter of Colonel Samuel Ryerse. She...
(1883–1931) - Arthur Edward Dalzell, 13th Earl of CarnwathArthur Dalzell, 13th Earl of CarnwathArthur Edward Dalzell, 13th Earl of Carnwath CB was a British Army officer and a Representative Peer of Scotland....
(1851–1941)