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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 introduced in which subsequent titles were granted.
After the Union, the old Scottish Peers elected 16 representative peers to sit in the House of Lords. The Peerage Act 1963 allowed all Scottish Peers to sit in the House of Lords, a right which was lost along with all other hereditary peers after the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999. Unlike most other peerage titles, many Scottish titles can pass through female lines, and in the case of daughters only, these pass to the eldest daughter rather than go into abeyance.
The ranks of the Scottish Peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Lord of Parliament. Scottish Viscounts are unique from the other Peerages in using "of" in their title, as in 'Viscount of Oxfuird'. Though this is the theoretical form, most Viscounts drop the "of". The Viscount of Arbuthnott and to a lesser extent the Viscount of Oxfuird, still actively use "of". Scottish Peers had the right to sit in the Parliament of Scotland. Scottish Barons rank below Lords of Parliament, and, while noble, are not conventionally considered peerage titles.
In the following table of extant Scottish peers, all higher or equal titles in the other peerages are listed. If a Scottish peer holds a lower title in the Peerages of England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom, and therefore sat (or, in the cases of Life peerages, sits) by virtue of such a peerage in the House of Lords, such a lower title is listed. A holder of multiple Scottish peerages is listed only under the highest one.

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Dukes in the Peerage of Scotland

Marquesses in the Peerage of Scotland

Earls and Countesses in the Peerage of Scotland

Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland

Lords of Parliament and Ladies in the Peerage of Scotland

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Dukes in the Peerage of Scotland

Title	Creation	Other titles
The Duke of Rothesay	1398	Duke of Cornwall in the Peerage of England
The Duke of Hamilton	1643	Duke of Brandon in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry	1663; 1684	Earl of Doncaster in the Peerage of England
The Duke of Lennox	1581	Duke of Richmond in the Peerage of England; Duke of Gordon in the Peerage of the UK
The Duke of Argyll	1701	Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of the UK
The Duke of Atholl	1703	Lord Percy in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Duke of Montrose	1707	Earl of Graham in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Duke of Roxburghe	1707	Earl Innes in the Peerage of the UK

Marquesses in the Peerage of Scotland

Title	Creation	Other titles
The Marquess of Huntly	1599	Lord Meldrum of Morvern in the Peerage of the UK
The Marquess of Queensberry	1682
The Marquess of Tweeddale	1694	Lord Tweeddale of Yester in the Peerage of the UK
The Marquess of Lothian	1701	Lord Ker of Kersehugh in the Peerage of the UK

Earls and Countesses in the Peerage of Scotland

Title	Creation	Other titles
The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres	1398; 1651	Lord Wigan of Haig Hall in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Ormonde	1445; 1651
The Earl of Erroll	1452
The Countess of Mar	1404
The Countess of Sutherland	1230
The Earl of Rothes	1457
The Earl of Morton	1458
The Earl of Buchan	1469	Lord Erskine of Restormel Castle in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Eglinton	1507	Earl of Winton in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Cassilis	1509	Marquess of Ailsa in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Caithness	1455
The Earl of Mar and Kellie	1565; 1619	Lord Erskine of Alloa Tower for Life in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Moray	1562	Lord Stuart of Castle Stuart in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Home	1605	Lord Douglas of Douglas in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Perth	1605
The Earl of Abercorn	1606	Duke of Abercorn in the Peerage of Ireland; Marquess of Abercorn in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne	1606	Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Haddington	1619
The Earl of Galloway	1623	Lord Stewart of Garlies in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Lauderdale	1624
The Earl of Lindsay	1633
The Earl of Loudoun	1633
The Earl of Kinnoull	1633	Lord Hay of Pedwardine in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Earl of Dumfries and Bute	1633; 1703	Marquess of Bute in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine	1633; 1647	Lord Elgin of Elgin in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Southesk	1633	Duke of Fife in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Wemyss and March	1633; 1697	Lord Wemyss of Wemyss in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Dalhousie	1633	Lord Ramsay in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Airlie	1639
The Earl of Leven and Melville	1641; 1690
The Countess of Dysart	1643
The Earl of Selkirk	1646
The Earl of Northesk	1647
The Earl of Dundee	1660
The Earl of Newburgh	1660
The Earl of Forfar	1661
The Earl of Annandale and Hartfell	1662
The Earl of Dundonald	1669
The Earl of Kintore	1677	Viscount Stonehaven of Ury in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Aberdeen	1682	Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Dunmore	1686	Lord Dunmore in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Orkney	1696
The Earl of Seafield	1701
The Earl of Stair	1703	Lord Oxenfoord of Cousland in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Rosebery	1703	Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Glasgow	1703	Lord Fairlie in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Hopetoun	1703	Marquess of Linlithgow in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl Of Lerwick	1733;2007	Not a member of the UK Peerage. Scottish title held currently by Rt.Hon George Sneddon

Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland

Title	Creation	Other titles
The Viscount (of) Falkland	1620
The Viscount (of) Stormont	1621	Earl of Mansfield in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Viscount of Arbuthnott	1641
The Viscount of Oxfuird	1651

Lords of Parliament and Ladies in the Peerage of Scotland

Title	Creation	Other titles
The Lord Forbes	1442
The Lord Gray	1445
The Lady Saltoun	1445
The Lord Sinclair	1449
The Lord Borthwick	1452
The Lord Cathcart	1452	Earl Cathcart in the Peerage of the UK
The Lord Lovat	1464	Lord Lovat in the Peerage of the UK
The Lord Sempill	1488
The Lady Herries	1490
The Lord Elphinstone	1510	Lord Elphinstone in the Peerage of the UK
The Lord Torphichen	1564
The Lady Kinloss	1602
The Lord Colville of Culross	1604	Viscount Colville of Culross in the Peerage of the UK
The Lord Balfour of Burleigh	1607
The Lord Dingwall	1609	Lord Lucas of Crudwell in the Peerage of England
The Lord Napier of Merchistoun	1627	Lord Ettrick in the Peerage of the UK
The Lord Fairfax of Cameron	1627
The Lord Reay	1628
The Lord Forrester	1633	Earl of Verulam in the Peerage of the UK
The Lord Elibank	1643
The Lord Belhaven and Stenton	1647
The Lord Rollo	1651	Lord Dunning in the Peerage of the UK
The Lord Ruthven of Freeland	1651	Earl of Carlisle in the Peerage of England
The Lord Nairne	1681	Viscount Mersey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Lord Polwarth	1690

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