Lord Sempill
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Lord Sempill is a title in the Peerage of Scotland
. It was created in circa 1489 for Sir John Sempill
, founder of the collegiate Church of Lochwinnoch
. Sempill was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. His grandson, the third Lord, was known as "The Great Lord Sempill". His grandson, the fourth Lord, was Ambassador from King James VI of Scotland to Spain
in 1596. The male line failed on the death of his great-grandson, the eighth Lord, in 1684. He was succeeded by his sister Anne, wife of Robert Abercromby, who in 1685 was created Lord Glassford for life. In 1688 she obtained a new charter settling the lordship of Sempill in default of male issue, upon her daughters without division by her then and any future husband. Her younger son, the twelfth Lord, commanded the left wing of the government army at the Battle of Culloden
in 1746.
His great-grandson, the fifteenth Lord, died unmarried in 1835 and was succeeded by his younger sister Maria. She was the wife of Edward Chandler. In 1853 they were both allowed by Royal license to assume the name and arms of Sempill only. However, they had no children and Maria was succeeded by her first cousin once removed Sir William Forbes, 8th Baronet, of Craigievar, who became the seventeenth Lord Sempill (see Forbes Baronets of Craigievar
for earlier history of this title). He was the grandson of the Hon. Sarah Sempill, eldest daughter of the thirteenth Lord Sempill. In 1885 he assumed by Royal license the additional and principal surname of Sempill. His son, the eighteenth Lord, sat in the House of Lords
as a Scottish Representative Peer
from 1910 to 1934. His son, the nineteenth Lord, is known as an aviation pioneer and was also a Scottish Representative Peer between 1935 and 1963 (when all Scottish peers gained an automatic seat in the House of Lords). He fathered one daughter.
His father, the eighteenth Lord, had sired four children in total; the succeeding Lord and three daughters. The youngest daughter, Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill was born on 6 September 1912. On the death of her father, her brother, the new Lord and Baronet, entrusted the management of his Fintray and Craigievar estates into her hands. Elizabeth subsequently changed gender, becoming Ewan Forbes-Sempill in 1952. On the nineteenth Lord's death in 1965 the baronetcy and barony were separated; the lordship passed to his daughter Ann, the twentieth Lady Sempill, while his new younger brother, Ewan, succeeded in the baronetcy, which could only be inherited by male heirs, after a two-year legal dispute to determine if he was a legitimate male successor. After his death, the cousin born in 1927 became Sir John Alexander Cumnock Forbes-Sempill, bt. (For information about the further succession of the baronetcy, see Forbes Baronets of Craigievar
.) The twentieth Lady Sempill was the wife of, firstly, Eric Holt. They were later divorced and she then married secondly Stuart Whitemore Chant, who in 1966 by decree of the Lord Lyon assumed the additional surname of Sempill. the title is held by Lady Sempill's eldest son from her second marriage, the twenty-first Lord, who succeeded in 1995.
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 circa 1489 for Sir John Sempill
John Sempill, 1st Lord Sempill
John Sempill, 1st Lord Sempill of Eliotstoun was a Scottish peer.Sempill was the founder of the collegiate Church of Lochwinnoch and was created Lord Sempill in the Peerage of Scotland around 1489. He was killed at the Battle of Flodden in September 1513, along with many other Scottish peers...
, founder of the collegiate Church of Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch is a village in the council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Lying on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is chiefly a residential dormitory village serving nearby urban centres such as Glasgow and Paisley...
. Sempill was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. His grandson, the third Lord, was known as "The Great Lord Sempill". His grandson, the fourth Lord, was Ambassador from King James VI of Scotland to Spain
Spain
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in 1596. The male line failed on the death of his great-grandson, the eighth Lord, in 1684. He was succeeded by his sister Anne, wife of Robert Abercromby, who in 1685 was created Lord Glassford for life. In 1688 she obtained a new charter settling the lordship of Sempill in default of male issue, upon her daughters without division by her then and any future husband. Her younger son, the twelfth Lord, commanded the left wing of the government army at the Battle of Culloden
Battle of Culloden
The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising. Taking place on 16 April 1746, the battle pitted the Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart against an army commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, loyal to the British government...
in 1746.
His great-grandson, the fifteenth Lord, died unmarried in 1835 and was succeeded by his younger sister Maria. She was the wife of Edward Chandler. In 1853 they were both allowed by Royal license to assume the name and arms of Sempill only. However, they had no children and Maria was succeeded by her first cousin once removed Sir William Forbes, 8th Baronet, of Craigievar, who became the seventeenth Lord Sempill (see Forbes Baronets of Craigievar
Forbes Baronets
There have been five Baronetcies created for people with the surname Forbes, four in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...
for earlier history of this title). He was the grandson of the Hon. Sarah Sempill, eldest daughter of the thirteenth Lord Sempill. In 1885 he assumed by Royal license the additional and principal surname of Sempill. His son, the eighteenth Lord, sat in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
as a Scottish Representative Peer
Representative peer
In the United Kingdom, representative peers were those peers elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords...
from 1910 to 1934. His son, the nineteenth Lord, is known as an aviation pioneer and was also a Scottish Representative Peer between 1935 and 1963 (when all Scottish peers gained an automatic seat in the House of Lords). He fathered one daughter.
His father, the eighteenth Lord, had sired four children in total; the succeeding Lord and three daughters. The youngest daughter, Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill was born on 6 September 1912. On the death of her father, her brother, the new Lord and Baronet, entrusted the management of his Fintray and Craigievar estates into her hands. Elizabeth subsequently changed gender, becoming Ewan Forbes-Sempill in 1952. On the nineteenth Lord's death in 1965 the baronetcy and barony were separated; the lordship passed to his daughter Ann, the twentieth Lady Sempill, while his new younger brother, Ewan, succeeded in the baronetcy, which could only be inherited by male heirs, after a two-year legal dispute to determine if he was a legitimate male successor. After his death, the cousin born in 1927 became Sir John Alexander Cumnock Forbes-Sempill, bt. (For information about the further succession of the baronetcy, see Forbes Baronets of Craigievar
Forbes Baronets
There have been five Baronetcies created for people with the surname Forbes, four in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...
.) The twentieth Lady Sempill was the wife of, firstly, Eric Holt. They were later divorced and she then married secondly Stuart Whitemore Chant, who in 1966 by decree of the Lord Lyon assumed the additional surname of Sempill. the title is held by Lady Sempill's eldest son from her second marriage, the twenty-first Lord, who succeeded in 1995.
Lords Sempill (c. 1489)
- John Sempill, 1st Lord SempillJohn Sempill, 1st Lord SempillJohn Sempill, 1st Lord Sempill of Eliotstoun was a Scottish peer.Sempill was the founder of the collegiate Church of Lochwinnoch and was created Lord Sempill in the Peerage of Scotland around 1489. He was killed at the Battle of Flodden in September 1513, along with many other Scottish peers...
(d. 1513) - William Sempill, 2nd Lord Sempill (d. 1552)
- Robert Sempill, 3rd Lord Sempill (c. 1505–1576)
- Robert Sempill, 4th Lord Sempill (d. 1611)
- Hugh Sempill, 5th Lord Sempill (d. 1639)
- Francis Sempill, 6th Lord Sempill (c. 1622–1644)
- Robert Sempill, 7th Lord Sempill (d. 1675)
- Francis Sempill, 8th Lord Sempill (c. 1660–1684)
- Anne Abercromby, 9th Lady Sempill (d. 1695)
- Francis Sempill, 10th Lord Sempill (c. 1685–1716)
- John Sempill, 11th Lord Sempill (d. 1727)
- Hugh Sempill, 12th Lord Sempill (1688–1746)
- John Sempill, 13th Lord Sempill (d. 1782)
- Hugh Sempill, 14th Lord Sempill (1758–1830)
- Selkirk Sempill, 15th Lord Sempill (1788–1835)
- Maria Jane Sempill, 16th Lady Sempill (1790–1884)
- William Forbes-Sempill, 17th Lord SempillWilliam Forbes-Sempill, 17th Lord SempillWilliam Forbes-Sempill, 17th Lord Sempill , born William Forbes, was a Scottish peer, the 17th Lord Sempill and 8th Baronet of Craigievar....
(1836–1905) - John Forbes-Sempill, 18th Lord SempillJohn Forbes-Sempill, 18th Lord SempillJohn Forbes-Sempill, 18th Lord Sempill was a Scottish peer, the 18th Lord Sempill and 9th Baronet of Craigievar....
(1863–1934) - William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord SempillWilliam Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord SempillWilliam Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill was a British engineer. Before succeeding his father to the titles of Lord Sempill and Baronet of Craigevar in 1934, he was known by the title Master of Sempill....
(1893–1965) - Ann Moira Forbes-Sempill, 20th Lady Sempill (1920–1995)
- James William Stuart Whitemore Sempill, 21st Lord Sempill (b. 1949)