Lord Polwarth
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Polwarth, Scottish Borders
Polwarth is a village and parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is located at , between Greenlaw and Duns, in the former county of Berwickshire....
in the County of Berwick, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland
Peerage of Scotland
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. It was created in 1690 for Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth, 2nd Baronet
Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont
Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont , known as Sir Patrick Hume, 1st Baronet from 1648 to 1690 and as Lord Polwarth from 1690 to 1697, was a Scottish statesman...
, Lord Chancellor of Scotland
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from 1696 to 1702 (the baronetcy had been created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1637 for his father and namesake Patrick Hume). In 1697 he was further created Lord Polwarth, of Polwarth, Redbraes and Greenlaw, Viscount of Blasonberrie and Earl of Marchmont, also 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...
. Upon the death of his grandson, the third Earl, the creations of 1697 became dormant (unclaimed).
The claim to the lordship of 1690 was vested in his granddaughter, Anne Anstruther-Paterson (de jure 4th Lady Polwarth), daughter of Lady Anne Hume-Campbell, eldest daughter of the third Earl. However, she died before any decision on her claim to the peerage had been reached. On her death the claim to the title passed to her aunt Diana Scott (de jure 5th Lady Polwarth), youngest daughter of the third Earl, and then to her son Hugh Hepburne-Scott. In 1835, Hugh's claim to the peerage was allowed by the House of Lords. His son, the seventh Lord, was a Scottish Representative Peer
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from 1843 to 1867, and like his son, the eighth Lord, served as Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire
Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire
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. The latter's great-grandson, the tenth Lord, was a Scottish Representative Peer from 1945 to 1963, Governor of the Bank of Scotland
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from 1966 to 1972, and served in the Conservative
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administration of Edward Heath
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, as a Minister of State at the Scottish Office
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, from 1972 to 1974. , the title is held by the latter's son, the eleventh Lord, who succeeded in 2005.
The Heirs Apparent to the Earls of Marchmont used the courtesy title Lord Polwarth.
The seat of the Lords Polwarth was Marchmont House
Marchmont House
Marchmont House lies on the east side of the small town of Greenlaw, and near the former village of Polwarth in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is about five miles south west of Duns, about west of Berwick-upon-Tweed and about south east of Edinburgh...
in Berwickshire
Berwickshire
Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a lieutenancy area of Scotland, on the border with England. The town after which it is named—Berwick-upon-Tweed—was lost by Scotland to England in 1482...
. However, the estate was sold in 1913.
Hume Baronets, of Polwarth (1637)
- Sir Patrick Hume, 1st Baronet (d. 1648)
- Sir Patrick Hume, 2nd BaronetPatrick Hume, 1st Earl of MarchmontPatrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont , known as Sir Patrick Hume, 1st Baronet from 1648 to 1690 and as Lord Polwarth from 1690 to 1697, was a Scottish statesman...
(1641–1724) (created Lord Polwarth in 1697)
Lords Polwarth (1690)
- Patrick Hume, 1st Lord PolwarthPatrick Hume, 1st Earl of MarchmontPatrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont , known as Sir Patrick Hume, 1st Baronet from 1648 to 1690 and as Lord Polwarth from 1690 to 1697, was a Scottish statesman...
(1641–1724) (created Earl of Marchmont in 1697)
Earls of Marchmont (1697)
- Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of MarchmontPatrick Hume, 1st Earl of MarchmontPatrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont , known as Sir Patrick Hume, 1st Baronet from 1648 to 1690 and as Lord Polwarth from 1690 to 1697, was a Scottish statesman...
(1641–1724) - Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of MarchmontAlexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of MarchmontAlexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont PC , was a Scottish nobleman, politician and judge.Third but eldest surviving son of Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont, by his spouse Grisel , daughter of Sir Thomas Ker of Cavers, he assumed the additional surname of Campbell upon his marriage in...
(1676–1740) - Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of MarchmontHugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of MarchmontHugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont PC FRS , styled Lord Polwarth between 1724 and 1740, was a Scottish politician....
(1708–1794) (earldom dormant on his death)
Lords Polwarth (1690) (continued)
- Anne Anstruther-Paterson, de jure 4th Lady Polwarth (d. 1822)
- Diana Scott, de jure 5th Lady Polwarth (1735–1827)
- Hugh Scott, de jure later de facto 6th Lord Polwarth (1758–1841) (confirmed in title July 1835)
- Henry Francis Hepburne-Scott, 7th Lord PolwarthHenry Hepburne-Scott, 7th Lord PolwarthHenry Francis Hepburne-Scott, 7th Lord Polwarth was firstly a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Roxburghshire, 1826–32, then a Representative Peer for Scotland in the House of Lords at Westminster...
(1800–1867) - Walter Hugh Hepburne-Scott, 8th Lord Polwarth (1838–1920)
- Walter George Hepburne-Scott, 9th Lord Polwarth (1864–1944)
- Henry Alexander Hepburne-Scott, 10th Lord PolwarthHenry Hepburne-Scott, 10th Lord PolwarthHenry Alexander Hepburne-Scott, 10th Lord Polwarth TD , was a Scottish chartered accountant, businessman and Conservative politician....
(1916–2005) - Andrew Walter Hepburne-Scott, 11th Lord Polwarth (b. 1947)
The Heir Apparent
Heir apparent
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is the present holder's son William Henry Hepburne-Scott, Master of Polwarth (b. 1973)