 | 'The man who invented the zip fastener was today honoured with a lifetime peerage. He will now be known as the Lord of the Flies.' The late Ronnie Barker. |  |
| 'The man who invented the zip fastener was today honoured with a lifetime peerage. He will now be known as the Lord of the Flies.' The late Ronnie Barker. | |
Scotland has traditionally had more aristocrats per head of population than other countries. This does not mean that the 'nobility' has necessarily been considered to be particularily 'noble' by the rest of the population. Indeed, the Scottish aristocracy has a long established track record of betraying Scotland and ordinary Scots for their own selfish interests. As far back as the Wars of Independence, many of the Scots nobility held territory in England and even those who did not felt they had more in common with the English nobility than Scots peasants. William Wallace's victories were in spite of, rather than thanks to, the Scots nobility. Wallace was abandoned by them at the battle of Falkirk and eventually betrayed to the English by a relative of the Earl of Menteith. The Union of the Parliaments in 1707 is still notorious as a sell out by the 'Parcel of Rogues' who were 'bought and sold for English gold' against the wishes of the vast majority of the Scots people.
Today, a title is still seen by many Scots as a badge of shame and disgrace rather than any sort of honour. In August 1997, Alex Salmond commented 'There is no place less fit to have power over Scotland than the Palace of Ignorance that is the House of Lords.' while in July 1998, Jimmy Reid wrote in the Herald, 'The British Honours system stinks. It must be about the best honours system that money can buy. Knighthoods and life peerages are doled out to time-serving chancers, place-seeking chanty wrasslers, party hacks being put out to grass, and deep-pocketed donors to party funds. New Labour's Honours list keeps up this tradition. Substantial donors to New Labour funds were suddenly found to be such estimable citizens that knighthoods and peerages were the least a grateful Government could bestow.'
Possibly one of the most astute comments on the House of Lords came from the ex-Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, after he became the Earl of Stockton: 'If, like me, you are over 90, frail, on two sticks, half dead and half blind, you stick out like a sore thumb in most places, but not in the House of Lords.'
The following list includes some of the have-beens and never-beens who have ended up in the Palace of Ignorance. Three members of the House of Lords, Lord Steel of Aikwood, Lord Selkirk of Douglas and Lord Watson of Invergowrie were elected as Members of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, with Lord Foulkes of Cumnock being elected in 2007. Lord Selkirk is seen by most to be a true gentleman, but Lord Steel was caught out failing to declare his House of Lords expenses, Lord Watson attempted to set fire to the Prestonfield Hotel after a drunken binge, and Lord Foulkes is notorious for injuring a woman while pretending to be Batman after a drinks reception then assualting the police officer who arrested him for being drunk and disorderly.
The following list is far from exhaustive. Recently there have been very few creations of hereditory peerages, and none in Scotland, with only the Earl of Stockton (ex Prime Minister Harold Macmillan) Viscount Tonypandy (ex Speaker George Thomas) and Viscount Whitelaw (ex Deputy Prime Minister Willie Whitelaw) being granted herediary peerages. Viscount Tonypandy and Viscount Whitelaw died without direct heirs to their peerages.
| Photo | Date of creation | Peer & MP | Party & Constituency |
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1911 created 1 st Baron Epsom, 1 st Viscount Mentmore, and 1 st Earl of Midlothian | Archibald Philip Primrose, 5 th Earl of Roseberry Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1886 and 1892 - 1894 Prime Minister 1894 - 1895 |
Liberal Peer. Sat in House of Lords as 2 nd Lord Rosebery |
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20 th February 1923. (12 th July 1919, 1 st Baronet of Leckie) |
Sir George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie Chief Whip Chairman of the Unionist Party Organisation Great-grandfather of George Younger, Lord Younger of Prestwick and 4 th Viscount Younger of Leckie |
Conservative &Unionist MP for Ayr 1906 - 1922. Brought down Lloyd-George's Tory-Liberal coalition in 1922 |
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9 th February 1925 | Herbert Henry Asquith, 1 st Viscount Asquith, 1 st Earl of Oxford & Asquith KG, PC Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Prime Minister 1908 - 1916 |
Liberal MP for East Fife 1886 - 1918 MP for Paisley 1920 (by) - 1924 |
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17 th February 1926 (9 th March 1905 created 1 st Lord Dunedin) |
Andrew Graham Murray, 1 st Viscount Dunedin of Stenton PC Solicitor General for Scotland, Lord Advocate, Secretary of State for Scotland 1903 - 1905, Lord Justice General, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary The titles became extinct upon his death in 1942 |
Conservative & Unionist MP for Buteshire 1891 - 1905 |
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27 th June 1934 (Judicial title Lord Alness in 1922) |
Robert Munro, 1 st Lord Alness, PC, KC Lord Advocate 1913 - 1916 Secretary for Scotland 1916 - 1922 |
Liberal MP for Wick Burghs January 1910 - 1918 Liberal MP for Roxburgh & Selkirk 1918 - 1922 |
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1935 | John Buchan, 1st Lord Tweedsmuir CH PC Author and Governor General of Candada 1935 - 1940 |
Conservative & Unionist MP for Scottish Universities 1927 - 1935 |
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1942 | William Wedgwood Benn, 1 st Viscount Stansgate PC Secretary of State for India, 1929 - 1931 father of Anthony Wedgwood Benn |
Liberal MP for Westminster St George's 1906 - 1918 Liberal MP for Edinburgh Leith 1918 - 1927 Labour MP for Aberdeen North 1928 (by-election) - 1931 Labour MP for Gorton 1937 - 1942 |
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1947 | David John Colville, 1 st Lord Clydesmuir PC Secretary of State for Scotland, Viceroy & Governor-General of India |
Conservative & Unionist MP for Midlothian & Peebles Northern 1929 - 1943 |
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1951 | David Kirkwood, 1 st Lord Kirkwood PC Red Clydesider |
Independent Labour Party/Labour MP for Dunbarton Burghs 1922 - 1950 MP for East Dunbartonshire 1950 - 1951 |
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1951 | George Mathers, 1 st Lord Mathers KT PC Deputy Chief Whip The title became extinct upon his death in 1965 |
Labour MP for Edinburgh West 1929 - 1931 MP for Linlithgowshire 1935 - 1945 MP for West Lothian 1945 - 1951 |
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1952 | Sir Archibald Sinclair, 1 st Viscount Thurso KT PC Bt Leader of the Liberal Party 1935 - 1945, Secretary of State for Scotland 1931 - 1932 |
Liberal MP for Caithness & Sutherland 1922 - 1945 |
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1954 | Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1 st Lord Cooper of Culross KC PC Solicitor General for Scotland, Lord Advocate, Lord Justice Clerk (granted judicial title of Lord Cooper), Lord Justice General & Lord President of the Court of Session The title became extinct upon his death in 1955 |
Conservative & Unionist MP for Edinburgh West 1935 - 1941 |
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4 th May 1955 | Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1 st Lord Strathclyde PC Scottish Office Minister of State He was succeded by his grandson, the second Lord, in 1985 |
Conservative & Unionist MP for Glasgow Pollok 1940 - 1955 |
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1959 | James Stuart, 1 st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn PC Secretary of State for Scotland 1951 - 1957 |
Conservative& Unionist MP for Moray & Nairn 1950 - 1959 |
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9 th November 1963 | Niall Malcolm Stewart MacPherson, 1 st Lord Drumalbyn PC The title became extinct upon his death in 1987 |
Conservative & Unionist MP for Dumfries 1945 - Nov 1963 |
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1964 | John Scott Maclay, 1 st Viscount Muirshiel KT PC Secretary of State for Scotland 1957 - 1962 The title became extinct upon his death in 1992 |
Conservative & Unionist MP for Renfrewshire West 1950 - 1964 |
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1964 | Lt Col Lord John Adrian Hope, 1 st Lord Glendevon PC Younger twin son of the 2 nd Marquis of Linlithgow |
Conservative &Unionist MP for Midlothian & Peebleshire Northern, 1945 - 1950 MP for Edinburgh Pentlands 1950 - 1964 |
Since the Life Peerages Act of 1958, there have been over 1,000 creations. We believe that the list below includes every Life Peerage conferred on a Scottish Member of Parliament since 1958. Strictly speaking, a Life Peer is a "Baron", however as Scottish Barons are not peers, but merely holders of feudal baronies, which can be bought and sold, in order to avoid confusion, we prefer to use the title "Lord" to describe Life Peers.
NB, the Appellate Jurisdiction Act of 1876 allowed the creation of Life peers (Lords of Appeal in Ordinary) to exercise the House of Lord's judicial functions. The House of Lords currently has 28 peers created under this act compared to 588 created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 (November 2005). These include Lord Hope of Craighead, the Lord Justice General of Scotland and Lord President of the Court of Session from 1989 - 96, who was created a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1996. Lords of Appeal in Ordinary must retire at the age of 75 but continue to sit in the House of Lords.
| Photo | Date of creation | Peer & MP | Party & Constituency |
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22 nd August 1958 | Lord Boothby (Sir Robert Boothby MP) |
Conservative MP for: Aberdeenshire & Kincardine Eastern 1924 - 1950 Aberdeenshire East 1950 - 1958 |
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3 rd November 1959 | Lord Craigton (Jack Nixon Browne MP) |
Conservative MP for: Glasgow Govan 1950 - 1955 MP for Glasgow Craigton 1955 - 1959 |
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16 th December 1959 | Baroness Horsburgh (Rt Hon Florence Gertrude Horsburgh MP) |
Conservative MP for: Dundee 1931 - 1945 Manchester Moss-Side 1950 - 1959 |
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2 nd June 1966 | Lord Kilmany (Rt Hon Sir William John St.Clair Anstruther-Gray Bt MP) Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons |
Conservative MP for: Lanarkshire North 1931 - 1945 Berwick & East Lothian 1951 - 1966 |
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19 th June 1970 | Lord Shinwell (Rt Hon Emanuel (Manny) Shinwell MP) Minister of Mines 1924 Minister of Fuel & Power 1946 - 1947 Secretary of State for War 1947 - 1950 Minister for Defence 1950 - 1951 |
Labour MP for: Linlithgowshire 1922 - 1924 and 1928 - 1931 Seaham 1935 - 1950 Easington 1950 - 1970 |
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1 st July 1970 | Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie (Priscilla Jean Fortescue Thomson, later Lady Grant of Monymusk MP, later Lady Tweedsmuir MP (wife of 2 nd Lord Tweedsmuir)) |
Conservative MP for: Aberdeen South Nov 1946 (by) - 1966 |
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4 th July 1970 | Lord Hoy (James Hutchison Hoy MP) |
Labour MP for: Edinburgh Leith 1945 - 1970 |
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28 th July 1970 | Lord Wheatley of Shettleston (John Thomas Wheatley MP) Lord Advocate, Lord Justice Clerk (with judicial title of Lord Wheatley) |
Labour MP for: Edinburgh East November 1947 - 1954 |
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5 th November 1970 | Baroness Lee of Asheridge (Jennie Lee Asheridge Bevan MP) Minister for Arts 1965 - 1970 |
Labour MP for: North Lanarkshire 1929 - 1931 Cannock 1945 - 1970 |
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3 rd May 1974 | Lord Glenkinglas (Rt Hon Michael Anthony Christobal Noble MP) Secretary of State for Scotland 1962 - 1964 |
Conservative MP for: Argyll June 1958 (by) - Feb 1974 |
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10 th May 1974 | Lord Mackie of Benshie (George Yull Mackie MP) |
Liberal MP for: Caithness & Sutherland 1964 - 1966 |
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19 th December 1974 | Lord Home of the Hirsel (Rt Hon Sir Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home MP, earlier Lord Dunglass MP) Became 14 th Earl of Home upon the death of his grandfather, the 13 th Earl in 1951. Renounced peerage to fight Kinross & West Perthshire by-election in 1963. Prime Minister and MP as Sir Alec Douglas-Home 1963 - 1964. Foreign Secretary 1970 - 1974. In 1974 entered House of Lords as Lord Home of the Hirsel |
Conservative MP for: Lanark (as Lord Dunglass) 1931 - 1945, 1950 - 1951 Kinross & West Perthshire November (as Sir Alec Douglas-Home) 1963 (by) - October 1974 |
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9 th January 1975 | Lord Campbell of Croy (Rt Hon Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell MP) Secretary of State for Scotland 1970 - 1974 |
Conservative MP for: Moray & Nairn 1959 - Feb 1974 |
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29th September 1976 | John Herbert McCluskey, Lord Mccluskey QC | Crossbencher/Labour Solicitor General for Scotland 1974 - 1979 |
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23 rd March 1977 | Lord Thomson of Monifieth KT (George Morgan Thomson MP) Joined the Liberal Democrats in 1989 |
Labour MP for: Dundee East 1952 (by) - December 1972 |
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10 th July 1979 | Lord Galpern (Sir Myer Galpern MP) |
Labour MP for: Glasgow Shettleston 1959 - 1979 |
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24 th July 1979 | Lord Ross of Marnock (Rt Hon Willie Ross MP) Secretary of State for Scotland 1964 - 1970, 1974 - 1976 |
Labour MP for: Kilmarnock 1946 (by) - 1979 |
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2 nd October 1979 | Baroness Skrimshire of Quarter (Margaret Elizabeth (Betty) Harvie Anderson MP) |
Conservative MP for: Renfrewshire East 1959 - 1979 |
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1 st June 1981 | Lord Stodart of Leaston (James Anthony Stodart MP) |
Conservative MP for: Edinburgh West 1959 - Oct 1974 |
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4 th July 1983 | Lord Gray of Contin (Rt Hon James Hector Northey (Hamish) Gray MP) Minister of State, Dept of Energy |
Conservative MP for: Ross & Cromarty 1970 - 1983 |
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7 th October 1983 | Lord Bruce-Gardyne (Jock Bruce-Gardyne MP) |
Conservative MP for: Angus South 1964 - Oct 1974 Knutsford March 1979 (by) - 1983 |
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10 th October 1983 | Lord Carmichael of Kelvingrove (Neil George Carmichael MP) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment 1974 - 1975 and Industry 1975 - 1976 |
Labour MP for: Glasgow Woodside 1962 (by-election) - Feb 1974 Glasgow Kelvingrove Feb 1974 - 1983 |
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12 th October 1983 | Lord Grimond (Rt Hon Jo Grimond MP) |
Liberal MP for: Orkney & Shetland 1950- 1983 |
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20 th November 1987 | Lord Jenkins of Hillhead (Rt Hon Roy Harris Jenkins MP) Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer, President of European Commission |
Labour MP for Southwark Central 1948 (by-election) - 1950 Labour MP for Birmingham Stechford 1950 - 1976 SDP MP for Glasgow Hillhead 1982 (by-election) - 1987 |
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8 th February 1988 | Baroness Hart of South Lanark (Dame Judith Constance Mary Hart MP) Secretary of State for Scotland 1964 - 1970, 1974 - 1976 |
Labour MP for: Lanark 1959 - 1983 Clydesdale 1983 - 1987 |
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10 th February 1989 | Lord Fraser of Carmyllie (Rt Hon Peter Lovat Fraser MP) Solicitor-General for Scotland |
Conservative MP for: Angus South 1979 - 1983 Angus East 1983 - 1987 |
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26 th June 1991 | Lord MacKay of Ardbrecknish (John Jackson MacKay MP) Under-Secretary, Scottish Office, Deputy Leader of Conservative Lords, Principal Deputy Speaker of House of Lords |
Conservative MP for: Argyll 1979 - 1983 Argyll & Bute 1983 - 1987 |
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7 th July 1992 | Lord Younger of Prestwick (Sir George Kenneth Hotson Younger MP, later 4 th Viscount Leckie) Secretary of State for Scotland 1979 - 1986, Secretary of State for Defence 1986 - 1992 Became 4 th Viscount Younger of Leckie in 1997 |
Conservative MP for: Ayr 1964 - 1992 |
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17 th July 1992 | Lord Ewing of Kirkford (Harry Ewing MP) Scottish Office Minister, Co-chair of Scottish Constitutional Convention |
Labour MP for: Stirling, Falkirk & Grangemouth September 1970 (by-election) - 1983 Falkirk West 1983 - 1987 |
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10 th January 1996 | Dr John Sewel, Lord Sewel of Gilcomstoun | Labour Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland with responsibility for Agriculture, environment, fisheries and forestry, social inclusion and Lords spokesman on Scottish affairs 1997 - 1999 |
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21st May 1997 | Andrew Rutherford Hardie, Lord Hardie | Labour Lord Advocate, 20 th May 1997 - 16 th February 2000 |
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6 th June 1997 | Lord Steel of Aikwood KT (Sir David Martin Scott Steel KBE MP) Presiding Officer of Scottish Parliament 1999 -2003 |
Liberal/Liberal Democrat MP for: Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles March 1965 (by-election) - 1983 Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale 1983 - 1997 MSP for the Lothians 1999 -2003 |
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21 st July 1997 | Lord Russell-Johnston of Minginish (Sir David Russell Johnston MP) |
Liberal/Liberal Democrat MP for: Inverness 1964 - 1983 Inverness, Nairn & Lochaber 1983 - 1997 |
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24 th September 1997 | Lord Hogg of Cumbernauld (Norman Hogg MP) |
Labour MP for: Dunbartonshire East 1979 - 1983 Cumbernauld & Kilsyth 1983 - 1997 |
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27 th September 1997 | Lord Hughes of Woodside (Robert Hughes MP) PUSS for Scotland |
Labour MP for: Aberdeen North 1970 - 1997 |
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29 th September 1997 | Lord Selkirk of Douglas (Rt Hon Lord James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton MP) Scottish Office Minister of State Renouced title of 11 th Earl of Selkirk in 1994 |
Conservative MP for Edinburgh West October 1974 - 1997 MSP for the Lothians 1999 - 2007 |
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29 th September 1997 | Lord Lang of Monkton (Rt Hon Ian Bruce Lang MP) Secretary of State for Scotland 1990 - 1994, President of the Board of Trade |
Conservative MP for: Galloway 1979 - 1983 Galloway & Upper Nithsdale 1983 - 1997 |
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6 th November 1997 | Lord Monro of Langholm (Sir Hector Seymore Peter Monro MP) |
Conservative MP for: Dumfries 1964 - 1997 |
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6 th November 1997 | Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Michael Goodall Watson MP) Scottish Minister for Culture & Sport |
Labour: MP for Glasgow Central June 1989 (by-election) - 1997 MSP for Glasgow Cathcart 1999 - 2005 |
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2 nd October 1998 | Gus Macdonald, Lord Macdonald of Tradeston | Labour Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland with responsibility for Business and Industry 1998 - 1999 |
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14 th July 1999 | Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Rt Hon Sir Michael Bruce Forsyth MP) Secretary of State for Scotland 1994 - 1997 |
Conservative MP for: Stirling 1983 - 1997 |
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24 th August 1999 | Lord Robertson of Port Ellen KT (Rt Hon George Islay McNeil Robertson MP) Secretary of State for Defence Secretary General of NATO |
Labour: Hamilton May 1978 (by-election) - 1997 Hamilton South 1997 - 1999 |
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14 th July 2001 | Baroness Michie of Gallanach (Janet Ray Michie MP) Daughter of Lord Bannerman of Kildonan |
Liberal Democrat MP for: Argyll & Bute 1987 - 2001 |
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19 th July 2001 | Lord Maclennan of Rogart (Robert Adam Ross Maclennan MP) Labour Parliamentary Under Secretary, Dept of Prices & Consumer Protection, 1974 - 1979 |
Labour MP for Caithness & Sutherland 1966 - 1981 Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness & Sutherland, 1981 - 1997 Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross, 1997 - 2001 |
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7 th July 2004 | Lord Maxton (John Maxton MP) |
Labour MP for: Glasgow Cathcart 1979 - 2001 |
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10 th June 2005 | Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (Sir Archibald Johnstone Kirkwood MP) |
Liberal Democrat MP for: Roxburgh & Berwickshire 1983 - 2005 |
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14 th June 2005 | Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan (Martin John O'Neill MP) |
Labour MP for: Stirlingshire East & Clackmannan 1979 - 1983 Clackmannan 1983-1997 Ochil 1997-2005 |
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16 th June 2005 | Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Rt Hon George Foulkes JP MP) Deputy Secretary of State for Scotland |
Labour MP for: South Ayrshire 1979 - 1983 Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley 1983 - 2005 |
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21 st June 2005 | Baroness Clark of Calton (Dr Lynda Margaret Clark QC MP) Advocate General for Scotland |
Labour MP for: Edinburgh Pentlands 1997 - 2005 |
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22 nd June 2005 | Lord Moonie (Dr Lewis George Moonie MP) |
Labour MP for: Kirkcaldy 1987 - 2005 |
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28 th June 2005 | Baroness Adams of Cragielea (Katherine Patricia Irene Adams JP MP) |
Labour MP for: Paisley North 1990 (by) - 2005 |
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22 nd March 2006 | Neil Davidson, Lord Davidson of Glen Clova QC | Labour Advocate General for Scotland, 21 st March 2006 - |
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14 th June 2006 | Colin Boyd, Lord Boyd of Duncansby QC | Labour Lord Advocate, 24 th February 2000 - 4 th October 2006 |
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21 st October 2007 | Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness (Jim Wallace QC MP) Deputy First Minister of Scotland, 1999 - 2005 |
Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney & Shetland, 1983 - 2001 Liberal Democrat MSP for Orkney, 1999 - 2007 |
| Photo | Date of creation | Peer & MP | Party & Constituency |
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19 th December 1974 | Lord Home of the Hirsel (Rt Hon Sir Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home MP, earlier Lord Dunglass MP) Became 14 th Earl of Home upon the death of his grandfather, the 13 th Earl in 1951. Renounced peerage to fight Kinross & West Perthshire by-election in 1963. Prime Minister and MP as Sir Alec Douglas-Home 1963 - 1964. Foreign Secretary 1970 - 1974. In 1974 entered House of Lords as Lord Home of the Hirsel |
Conservative MP for: Lanark (as Lord Dunglass) 1931 - 1945, 1950 - 1951 Kinross & West Perthshire November (as Sir Alec Douglas-Home) 1963 (by) - October 1974 |
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24 th January 1975 | Lord Balniel (Robert Alexander Lindsay, Lord Balniel, later 29 th Earl of Crawford & 12 th Earl of Balcarres) The Earl of Crawford was known by the courtesy title of Lord Balniel until the death of his father in late 1975. He was granted a Life Peerage (also using the title Lord Balniel) after he was defeated as an MP in October 1974, thus allowing him to sit in the Lords. |
Conservative & Unionist MP for Hertford 1955 - 1974 MP for Welwyn & Hatfield from February 1974 - October 1974 |
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29 th September 1997 | Lord Selkirk of Douglas (Rt Hon Lord James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton MP) Scottish Office Minister of State Renouced title of 11 th Earl of Selkirk in 1994 |
Conservative MP for Edinburgh West October 1974 - 1997 MSP for the Lothians 1999 - 2007 |
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19 th April 2000 | Lord Erskine of Alloa Tower James Thorne Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar & 16th Earl of Kellie |
Liberal Democrat Peer Hereditrary peer granted Life Peerage. |
The Judges of the higher civil court (the Court of Session) and criminal courts (the High Court of Justiciary) have the courtesy title of "Lord" or "Lady", even if they are not Peers.
| Photo | Title | MP | Party & Constituency |
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Lord Wylie QC | Norman Russell Wylie | Conservative & Unionist MP for Edinburgh Pentlands 1964 - Feb 1974 |
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Lord Cooper, later 1 st Lord Cooper of Culross QC | Thomas Mackay Cooper | Conservative & Unionist MP for Edinburgh West 1935 - 1941 |
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Wilfrid Guild Normand, Lord Normand KC Solicitor General for Scotland, Lord Advocate, Lord Justice General, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary |
Conservative & Unionist MP for Edinburgh West 1931 - 1935 |
| Photo | Aristocrat | Party & Constituency | Notes |
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Katharine Murray, Duchess of Atholl DBE MP | Conservative & Unionist MP for Kinross & Western Perthshire 1923 - 1938 | Known as 'The Red Duchess', she was the first Scottish female MP and first Scottish female Minister. The Duchess joined forces with the anti-fascist Popular Front, resigning her seat at a by-election in 1938 where she stood as an anti-appeasement candidate and was narrowly defeated by the official Conservative candidate. |
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Alex Douglas-Home, 14 th Earl of Home PC | Conservative & Unionist MP for Lanark (as Lord Dunglass) 1931 - 1945, 1950 - 1951, MP for Kinross & West Perthshire November 1963 (by) - February 1974 (As Sir Alex Douglas Hume) |
Became 14 th Earl of Home upon the death of his grandfather, the 13 th Earl in 1951. Renounced peerage to fight Kinross & West Perthshire by-election in 1963. Prime Minister and MP as Sir Alec Douglas-Home 1963 - 1964. Foreign Secretary 1970 - 1974. In 1974 entered House of Lords with a Life Peerage as Lord Home of the Hirsel |
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Lord James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton MP PC, second son of the 14 th Duke of Hamilton | Conservative & Unionist MP for Edinburgh West October 1974 - 1997 MSP for the Lothians 1999 - 2007 |
In 1994 he renounced the Earldom of Selkirk which fallen vacant at his uncle's death, so as not to cause a by-election. Later made a life peer as Lord Selkirk of Douglas |
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Lord Malcolm Avendale Douglas-Hamilton, third son of the 13 th Duke of Hamilton | Conservative &Unionist MP for Inverness 1950 - 1954 | Heir presumptive to Earldom of Selkirk. Presumed dead when his aircraft disappeared in July 1964 |
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Lt Col Lord John Adrian Hope, 1 st Lord Glendevon PC | Conservative &Unionist MP for Midlothian & Peebleshire Northern, 1945 - 1950 MP for Edinburgh Pentlands 1950 - 1964 |
Younger twin son of the 2 nd Marquis of Linlithgow |
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Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13 th Marquis of Lothian PC QC (Earl of Ancram until 2004) | Conservative & Unionist MP for Berwick & East Lothian February - October 1974 MP for Edinburgh South 1979 - 1987 MP for Devises 1992 - |
After two election defeats in Scotland, moved south to safer Tory country in England. Succeeded his father as 13 th Marquis of Lothian on the 11 th October 2004. |
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William Henry Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith | Conservative & Unionist MP for Midlothian 1853 - 1868 & 1874 -1880 | The Earl of Dalkeith succeeded his father as 6 th Duke of Buccleuch and 8 th Duke of Queensberry in 1884 |
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Walter John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith | Conservative & Unionist MP for Roxburghshire 1923 - 1935 | The Earl of Dalkeith succeeded his father as 8 th Duke of Buccleuch & 10 th Duke of Queensberry in 1935 |
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John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith | Conservative & Unionist MP for Edinburgh North May 1960 (by-election) - 1973 | The Earl of Dalkeith's succession to his father as 9 th Duke of Buccleuch &, 11 th Duke Queensberry led to a by-election in Edinburgh North in 1973 |
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Lt Col Lord William Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott | Conservative & Unionist MP for Roxburgh & Selkirkshire, 1935 - 1950 | Second son of the 7 th Duke of Buccleuch. Succeeded his elder brother, the Earl of Dalkeith, later 8 th Duke of Buccleuch, as MP. |
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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5 th Earl of Roseberry | Sat in House of Lords as 2 nd Lord Rosebery Created 1 st Baron Epsom, 1 st Viscount Mentmore, and 1 st Earl of Midlothian in 1911 |
Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1886 and 1892 - 1894 Prime Minister 1894 - 1895 |
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Albert Edward Harry Mayer Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmaney MP | Liberal MP for Edinburgh 1906 - 1910 | He succeeded his father as 6 th Earl of Rosebery on the 21 st May 1929 Secretary of State for Scotland and Privy Counsellor in 1945 |
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John Sinclair, 3 rd Viscount Thurso | Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross 2001 - | Grandson of Sir Archibald Sinclair MP, 1 st Viscount Thurso, Leader of the Liberal Party |
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