The title Earl of Annandale and Hartfell was created in the Peerage of Scotland 1661 for James Johnstone. Previously, the title of Earl of Annandale had been created for John Murray, but it became extinct when his son James died without heirs. The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. ...
The first Earl of Annandale and Hartfell's successor, William, was made Marquess of Annandale. At the death of the third Marquess, no-one could prove a claim to the titles, so they became dormant. The earldom stayed dormant until Patrick Hope-Johnstone's claim was approved by the House of Lords in 1985. The marquessate, however, remains dormant. This article is about the British House of Lords. ...
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William Johnstone, 2nd Earl of Annandale and Hartfell, 1st Marquess of Annandale KT (d 1721) was a Scottish nobleman.
He succeeded to the Earldom of Annandale and Hartfell on the death of James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Annandale and Hartfell in 1672.
He was created Marquess of Annandale in 1701, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1701 and 1711, Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland in 1702, and president of the Privy Council of Scotland from 1692 to 1695, 1702-4 and 1705-6.
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