Earl of Traquair
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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 Stewart, Lord Stewart of Traquair
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair was a Scottish statesman, the son of John Stewart, the younger, of Traquair in Peeblesshire, of a branch, originally illegitimate, of the house of Buchan, and was created Baron Stewart of Traquair in 1628 and earl of Traquair in 1633.He was appointed...
. He had already been created Lord Stewart of Traquair in 1628 and was made Lord Linton and Caberston at the same time as he was given the earldom. These titles were also in the Peerage of Scotland. The titles became extinct or dormant on the death of the eighth Earl on 2 August 1861.
The family seat was Traquair House
Traquair House
Traquair House, approximately 5 miles southeast of Peebles, is claimed to be the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. It is built in the style of a fortified mansion, and not strictly a castle...
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Earls of Traquair (1633)
- John Stewart, 1st Earl of TraquairJohn Stewart, 1st Earl of TraquairJohn Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair was a Scottish statesman, the son of John Stewart, the younger, of Traquair in Peeblesshire, of a branch, originally illegitimate, of the house of Buchan, and was created Baron Stewart of Traquair in 1628 and earl of Traquair in 1633.He was appointed...
(c. 1600–1659) - John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Traquair (1624–1666)
- William Stewart, 3rd Earl of Traquair (1657–1673) (succeeded by his brother)
- Charles Stewart, 4th Earl of Traquair (1659–1741)
- Charles Stewart, 5th Earl of Traquair (1697–1764) (succeeded by his brother)
- John Stewart, 6th Earl of Traquair (1699–1779)
- Charles Stewart, 7th Earl of Traquair (1746–1827)
- Charles Stewart, 8th Earl of Traquair (1781–1861)