Earl of Loudoun
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Loudoun
Loudoun is an area of East Ayrshire, Scotland, east of Kilmarnock. The word Loudoun is a derivative of the Celtic Pagan God name Lugus.Loudoun is a parish and is named after the former village which stood north of Galston. The area is commonly referred to as the "Irvine Valley", for the River...
in Ayrshire, is a title 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...
. It was created in 1633 for John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun
John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun
John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun was a Scottish politician. He was the eldest son of James Campbell of LawersJohn Campbell married Margaret, the daughter of George Campbell around 1620. Margaret was heir to her grandfather Hugh Campbell, first Lord Loudoun, who resigned his peerage in John's...
, along with the subsidiary title Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchline.
The 6th Countess married the 2nd Earl of Moira
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings
Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings KG PC , styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762 and as The Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783 and known as The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Irish-British politician and military officer who served as...
, who was later created Marquess of Hastings
Marquess of Hastings
Marquess of Hastings was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 6 December 1816 for Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira. The Rawdon family descended from Francis Rawdon , of Rawdon, Yorkshire. His son George Rawdon settled in the village of Moira in Downshire, and...
. The next three Earls also held that Marquessate. However, with the death of the 4th Marquess, the Marquessate became extinct, but the Earldom passed to the elder daughter of the 2nd Marquess
George Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings
George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings , styled Lord Rawdon from birth until 1817 and Earl of Rawdon from 1817 to 1826, was a British peer and courtier.-Background:...
.
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
to the Earldom uses the courtesy title
Courtesy title
A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer. These styles are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the relatives do not themselves hold substantive titles...
Lord Mauchline.
Lords Campbell of Loudoun (1601)
- Hugh Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell of Loudoun (d. 1622) (resigned in favour of his grandson-in-law c. 1619)
- John Campbell, 2nd Lord Campbell of LoudounJohn Campbell, 1st Earl of LoudounJohn Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun was a Scottish politician. He was the eldest son of James Campbell of LawersJohn Campbell married Margaret, the daughter of George Campbell around 1620. Margaret was heir to her grandfather Hugh Campbell, first Lord Loudoun, who resigned his peerage in John's...
(1598–1662) (created Earl of Loudoun in 1633)
Earls of Loudoun (1633)
- John Campbell, 1st Earl of LoudounJohn Campbell, 1st Earl of LoudounJohn Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun was a Scottish politician. He was the eldest son of James Campbell of LawersJohn Campbell married Margaret, the daughter of George Campbell around 1620. Margaret was heir to her grandfather Hugh Campbell, first Lord Loudoun, who resigned his peerage in John's...
(1598–1662) - James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun (d. 1684)
- Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun (d. 1731)
- John Campbell, 4th Earl of LoudounJohn Campbell, 4th Earl of LoudounMajor-General John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun was a British nobleman and army officer.-Early career:Campbell inherited the peerage on the death of his father in 1731, becoming Lord Loudoun. The earl raised a regiment of infantry that took part in the Jacobite Rising of 1745 on the side of the...
(1705–1782) - James Mure-Campbell, 5th Earl of LoudounJames Mure-Campbell, 5th Earl of LoudounJames Mure-Campbell, 5th Earl of Loudoun was a Scottish aristocrat and soldier. He assumed the name of Mure on succeeding to the estate of his grandmother, the Countess of Glasgow, heiress of the family of Mure of Rowallan...
(1726–1786) - Flora Mure-Campbell, 6th Countess of Loudoun (1780–1840)
- George Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings, 7th Earl of LoudounGeorge Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of HastingsGeorge Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings , styled Lord Rawdon from birth until 1817 and Earl of Rawdon from 1817 to 1826, was a British peer and courtier.-Background:...
(1808–1844) - Paulyn Rawdon-Hastings, 3rd Marquess of Hastings, 8th Earl of Loudoun (1832–1851)
- Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings, 9th Earl of LoudounHenry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of HastingsHenry Weysford Charles Plantagenet, 4th Marquess of Hastings , styled Lord Henry Rawdon-Hastings from birth until 1851, was a British peer....
(1842–1868) - Edith Rawdon-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun (1833–1874)
- Charles Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 11th Earl of Loudoun (1855–1920)
- Edith Abney-Hastings, 12th Countess of LoudounEdith Abney-Hastings, 12th Countess of LoudounEdith Maud Abney-Hastings, 12th Countess of Loudoun was a British peeress.-Family:She was the first daughter and coheiress of Hon...
(1883–1960)- Ian Huddleston Abney-Hastings, Lord Mauchline (1918–1944)
- Barbara Huddleston Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of LoudounBarbara Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of LoudounBarbara Huddleston Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun , was a Scottish countess.Loudoun was the oldest daughter of Reginald Mowbray Chichester Huddleston and Edith Abney-Hastings, 12th Countess of Loudoun, great-great-great-granddaughter of Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of...
(1919–2002) - Michael Edward Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of LoudounMichael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of LoudounMichael Edward Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun is a British Australian, who is most noted due to the documentary Britain's Real Monarch, which alleges him to be the rightful monarch of England instead of Queen Elizabeth II...
(b. 1942)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is the present holder's son Simon Michael Abney-Hastings, Lord Mauchline (b. 1974).
See also
- Marquess of HastingsMarquess of HastingsMarquess of Hastings was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 6 December 1816 for Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira. The Rawdon family descended from Francis Rawdon , of Rawdon, Yorkshire. His son George Rawdon settled in the village of Moira in Downshire, and...
- Baron DoningtonBaron DoningtonBaron Donington, of Donington Park in the County of Leicester, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1880 for Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings. Born Charles Frederick Clifton, he was the widower of Edith Mary Abney-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun...
- Britain's Real MonarchBritain's Real MonarchBritain's Real Monarch was a historical documentary presented by Tony Robinson first shown on Channel 4 on 3 January 2004. It has also been broadcast in America and Australia...
- In the Channel 4 documentary Earls or Countesses from #7 to #14 are considered the real monarchs of EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.