Viscount of Belhaven
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Viscount of Belhaven, in the County of Haddington, was a title in the Peerage of Scotland
. It was created on 24 June 1633 for Sir Robert Douglas, Master of the Household
to Charles I
. He had no sons and the title became extinct on his death in 1639.
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 on 24 June 1633 for Sir Robert Douglas, Master of the Household
Master of the Household
The Master of the Household is the operational head of the "below stairs" elements of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom...
to Charles I
Charles I of England
Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...
. He had no sons and the title became extinct on his death in 1639.
Viscount of Belhaven (1633)
- Robert Douglas, 1st Viscount of Belhaven (1573–1639)