The title Earl of Linlithgow 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 1600 for Alexander Livingston, 7th Lord Livingston, along with the subsidiary title Lord Livingston and Callendar. In 1695 the Earldom merged with the junior Earldom of Callendar

Earl of Callendar

The title Earl of Callendar was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1641 for James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston of Almond, a younger son of the 1st Earl of Linlithgow, along with the subsidiary title Lord Livingston and Almond. from his uncle, with which title the Earldom of Callendar was...

, created in 1641 for a younger son of the 1st Earl. The 5th Earl of Linlithgow (and 4th Earl of Callendar) was attainted in 1716 for his participation in the Fifteen and all his peerages were forfeit. The seat of the Earls of Linlithgow was Callendar House

Callendar House

Callendar House is a mansion set within the grounds of Callendar Park in Falkirk, central Scotland. Its present form, in the style of a French Renaissance château, dates from the 19th century, although at its core is a 14th-century tower house...

 in Falkirk

Falkirk

Falkirk is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies in the Forth Valley, almost midway between the two most populous cities of Scotland; north-west of Edinburgh and north-east of Glasgow....

, now a museum.

See also Marquess of Linlithgow

Marquess of Linlithgow

Marquess of Linlithgow, in the County of Linlithgow or West Lothian, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1902 for John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun....

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Lords Livingston (1458-1716)

• James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston (d. 1467)
• James Livingston, 2nd Lord Livingston (d. 1497)
• James Livingston, 3rd Lord Livingston (d. 1503)
• William Livingston, 4th Lord Livingston (d. 1518) {a lineal descendant was Rev. John Livingston, father of Robert Livingston the Elder
  Robert Livingston the Elder
  Robert Livingston the Elder was a New York colonial official, and first lord of Livingston Manor. He married Alida Schuyler in 1679. He was the father of nine children, including Philip, Robert and Gilbert...
  
   of New York.}
• Alexander Livingston, 5th Lord Livingston
  Alexander Livingston, 5th Lord Livingston
  Alexander Livingston, 5th Lord Livingston of Callandar was the guardian of Mary, Queen of Scots, during her childhood.Alexander Livingston succeeded his father to the title of Lord Livingston in about 1518. His first wife was Janet Stewart...
  
   (d. 1550)
• William Livingstone, 6th Lord Livingston (d. 1592)
• Alexander Livingston, 7th Lord Livingston (d. 1623) (created Earl of Linlithgow in 1600)

Earls of Linlithgow (1600-1716)

• Alexander Livingston, 1st Earl of Linlithgow (d. 1623)
• Alexander Livingston, 2nd Earl of Linlithgow (d. 1650)
• George Livingston, 3rd Earl of Linlithgow
  George Livingston, 3rd Earl of Linlithgow
  -Life:The eldest son of Alexander, second earl, by Lady Elizabeth Gordon, second daughter of George Gordon, first marquis of Huntly, was born in July 1616. He was appointed constable and keeper of the palace of Linlithgow on his father's resignation on 15 Dec 1642...
  
   (1616-1690)
• George Livingston, 4th Earl of Linlithgow (d. 1695)
• James Livingston, 5th Earl of Linlithgow, 4th Earl of Callendar (d. 1723) (attainted 1716) married Margaret Hay {d.1723}. Children: Lord Livingston {d.1715} and Anne Livingston {d.1747} married 4th Earl of Kilmarnock
  William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock
  William Boyd , 4th Earl of Kilmarnock, was a Scottish nobleman.William Boyd was educated at Glasgow. Like his father in the rebellion of 1715, William initially supported the Government side, but in the rebellion of 1745, owing either to a personal affront or to the influence of his wife or to his...
  
   (attainted/forfeit 1746) from whom are descended the Earls of Erroll
  Earl of Erroll
  The Earl of Erroll is an ancient title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1453 for Sir William Hay.The subsidiary titles held by the Earl of Erroll are Lord Hay and Lord Slains , both in the Peerage of Scotland. The Earls of Erroll also hold the hereditary office of Lord High Constable...