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| Earldom of Dumfries | |
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| Creation date | 12 June 1633 |
| Created by | Charles I |
| Peerage | Peerage of Scotland |
| First holder | William Crichton, 1st Earl of Dumfries |
| Present holder | John Crichton-Stuart, 8th Marquess of Bute, 13th Earl of Dumfries |
| Heir presumptive | Lady Caroline Crichton-Stuart |
| Remainder to | heirs male bearing the name and arms of Crichton and, through a novadamus (amendment) issued on 3 November 1690, with the former precedency by which, failing himself and his grandson and the heirs male of the body of the latter, the remainder was extended to Penelope, eldest daughter of his son Charles, Lord Crichton, and the heirs of her body, succeeding to the family estates, and similarly to his son's other daughters, whom failing, to his son's nearest heirs whatsoever. |
| Subsidiary titles | Lord Crichton of Sanquhar and Cumnock, Viscount of Ayr |
| Former seat(s) | Dumfries House, Sanquhar Castle |
| Currently the Earldom resides with the Marquesses of Bute. However, the title, can be inherited through the female line through an amendment to the original creation and the title could be separated from the Marquesses of Bute should heirs presumptive to the titles of Bute and Dumfries be male and female, respectively, inherit. | |
Earl of Dumfries is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was originally created for William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, in 1633, and stayed in the Crichton family until the death of the fourth countess in 1742, at which point the title passed to first the Dalrymple and then the MacDouall families before finally being inherited by the Marquesses of Bute, where it remains today.
The subsidiary titles of the Earl of Dumfries are: Viscount of Ayr and Lord Sanquhar (created 2 February 1622),[1] Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (1488), and Lord Crichton of Cumnock (12 June 1633),[2] all in the Peerage of Scotland.
- ^ Cokayne 1910, p. 68.
- ^ Cokayne 1910, p. 69.