Opentopia Directory Encyclopedia Tools

Earl Marischal

Encyclopedia : E : EA : EAR : Earl Marischal


In Scotland, the office of Great Marischal of Scotland, which was granted to the Keith family as Knight Marischal and later on changed to Lord Marischal and later on again to Earl Marischal of Scotland, died out when a member of the family of Keith forfeited it by being part of the 1715 rebellion. It should be noted though that the role of regulation of heraldry carried out by the Earl Marshal in England is carried out by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Scotland.

The office of Knight Marischal was first created for the Scottish coronation of Charles I in 1633. Like the Earl Marischal, the Knight Marischal (William Keith, 2nd Earl of Kintore) was involved in the 1715 rising but, being non-heritable, the office itself continued to be filled up to the death of the 11th Duke of Hamilton in 1863.

Great Marischals of Scotland (Knights Marischal, Lords Marischal and Earls Marischal of Scotland) (1010-1778)

Lords Marischal

Earls Marischal

Some sources use different numbering, so that the final earl was the 9th Earl Marischal and not the 10th, and so forth.

 


From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.

Search Titles
0123456789
ABCDEFGHIJ
KLMNOPQRST
UVWXYZ?

E-mail this article to:

Personal Message: