Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald
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The Lordship of Parliament of Carlyle of Torthorwald (Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald) was created in the Peerage of Scotland
around 1473 for Sir John Carlyle. In 1638, the sixth lord resigned the lordship to the Earl of Queensberry.
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...
around 1473 for Sir John Carlyle. In 1638, the sixth lord resigned the lordship to the Earl of Queensberry.
Lords Carlyle of Torthorwald (c.1473–1638)
- John Carlyle, 1st Lord Carlyle (d. 1501)
- William Carlyle, 2nd Lord Carlyle (d. 1524)
- James Carlyle, 3rd Lord Carlyle (d. 1526)
- Michael Carlyle, 4th Lord Carlyle (d. 1575)
- Elizabeth Douglas, 5th Lady Carlyle née Carlyle(?) (d. c.1605)
- James Douglas, 6th Lord Carlyle, 2nd Earl of Queensberry (d. 1671) (surrendered 1638, succeeded as earl 1640)