hillary_nugent said:
Thanks for replying Iain and Aubisse wow...i never knew this its really amazing...so is there members of the Stuart house in Scotland that call themselves royals?
I don't think they dare. And in fact they don't have to : some are very rich and everyone there knows who they are.
Four families now
Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon
The titles
Duke of Richmond and
Duke of Lennox were created in the peerages of England and Scotland respectively in 1675 for Charles Lennox, llegitimate son of
Charles II of England. The Duke of Richmond and Lennox was created
Duke of Gordon in 1876. Thus, the Duke holds three dukedoms, more than any other person in the realm.
The subsidiary titles are:
Earl of March (created 1675),
Earl of Darnley (1675),
Earl of Kinrara (1876),
Lord Methuen (1675) and
Baron Settrington (1675). The titles
Earl Darnley and
Lord Methuen were created in the peerage of Scotland along with the Dukedom of Lennox. The titles
Earl of March,
Earl of Darnley and
Baron Settrington were created in the peerage of England along with the Dukedom of Richmond. Finally, the title
Earl of Kinrara was created in the peerage of the United Kingdom with the Dukedom of Gordon. The eldest son of the Duke uses the
courtesy title of
Earl of March, Darnley and Kinrara.
(For their coat of arms see :
http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org/Regions/Iles_Britanniques/Lennox_2.htm )
Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry
The title of
Duke of Buccleuch was created in the
Peerage of Scotland on
20 April 1663 for
James Crofts, eldest illegitimate son of
Charles II of England, who had married Anne Scott, Countess of Buccleuch. In
1666, Anne was created Duchess in her own right, so that the title was not affected by Monmouth's attainder in
1685. It passed on to his descendants, who have borne the surnames
Scott or
Montagu-Douglas-Scott. In
1810, the Duke of Buccleuch inherited the title of
Duke of Queensberry, also in the
Peerage of Scotland, thus separating that title from that of
Marquess of Queensberry. Thus, the holder is one of the only four people to hold two or more different dukedoms, the other being the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, the Duke of Argyll and the Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon.
The subsidiary titles associated with the Dukedom of Buccleuch are:
Earl of Buccleuch (1619),
Earl of Doncaster (1663),
Earl of Dalkeith (1663),
Lord Scott of Buccleuch (1606),
Lord Scott of Whitechester and Eskdale (1619), and
Baron Scott of Tyndale (1663). (All, except for the Earldom of Doncaster and the Barony of Scott of Tyndale, are in the
peerage of Scotland.) The
courtesy title used by the Duke's eldest son and heir is
Earl of Dalkeith.
Coat of arms :
http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org/Regions/Iles_Britanniques/Duche_Buccleuch.htm
Princess Alice, duchess of Gloucester was a Montaigu Douglas Scott.
Duke of Saint-Albans
Beauclerk:The title Duke of St Albans was created in 1684 for Charles Beauclerk when he was fourteen years old. King Charles II had accepted that Beauclerk was his illegitimate son by Eleanor Gwynn , an actress, and had awarded Beauclerk the dukedom, just as he had awarded the dukedoms of Richmond and Lennox , Buccleuch and Grafton on his other illegitimate sons.
The subsidiary titles of the Duke are: Earl of Burford (1676), Baron Heddington (1676) and Baron Vere of Hanworth (1750). The titles created in 1676 were in the peerage of England, while that created in 1750 was in the peerage of Great Britain. The eldest son and heir of the Duke of St Albans is known by the courtesy title of Earl of Burford. The present Earl of Burford became briefly prominent in 1999 when he ran from the steps of the throne to stand on the Woolsack in the House of Lords to denounce the House of Lords Bill which would remove hereditary peers from the House.
(coat of arms : http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org/Regions/Iles_Britanniques/Beauclerk.htm )
House : http://www.oldprints.co.uk/prints/cs/morris/93451.htm
Duke of Grafton
The title of Duke of Grafton was created in 1675 by Charles II of England for his 2nd illegitimate son by the Duchess of Cleveland, Henry Fitzroy .The most famous duke was probably Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton who served as prime minister in the 1760s.
The Duke of Grafton holds three subsidiary titles, all created in 1672 in the peerage of England: Earl of Euston, Viscount Ipswich, and Baron Sudbury of Sudbury. The Duke's eldest son and heir uses the courtesy title Earl of Euston.
Coat of arms : http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org/Regions/Iles_Britanniques/Duche_Grafton.htm