In the Peerage of Scotland the Kings of Scots have thrice created the title Earl of Buchan. Upon the extinction of the first creation, the re-created title went to Alexander Stewart, the "Wolf of Badenoch". In 1425, Murdoch Stewart, the third Earl of this line, also Duke of Albany, suffered execution for treason, and the title became forfeit to the Crown. Thereafter it was issued to James Stewart, whose descendants have held the title since. The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. ... Alexander Stewart or Stuart, nicknamed the Wolf (1343 - July 24, 1394), was a Scottish prince and the first Earl of Buchan of the second creation of the title, from 1382 to his death. ... Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (1362 – 24 May 1425) was a Scottish nobleman who inherited the Dukedom of Albany in 1420, but was convicted and executed for treason five years later. ...

The Earl holds the subsidiary titles of: Lord Auchterhouse (created 1469), Lord Cardross (1610) and Baron Erskine of Restormel Castle (1806). The former two of these titles form part of the Peerage of Scotland, while the barony belongs to the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Earls of Buchan sat in the House of Lords by virtue of the UK title until the passage of the Peerage Act 1963. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... The Peerage Act 1963 is a significant act in the history of the British Peerage. ...

The family seat is Newnham House, near Hook, North Hampshire. Hook is a village in north east Hampshire, UK. It is situated approximately six miles east of Basingstoke and west of Fleet. ...

Family histories

The early earls of Buchan included Alexander Comyn (died 1289), John Comyn (died circa 1313), both constables of Scotland, and Henry Beaumont (died 1340), who had married a Comyn. John Comyn's wife, Isabel, as Countess of Buchan, crowned Robert the Bruce king at Scone in 1306, and afterwards suffered imprisonment at Berwick; not, however, in a cage hung on the wall of the castle, as legend would have it. Buchan comprises a traditional area and earldom of north-eastern Scotland. ... Robert I, (Roibert a Briuis in medieval Gaelic, Raibeart Bruis in modern Scottish Gaelic and Robert de Brus in Norman French), usually known in modern English today as Robert the Bruce (July 11, 1274 – June 7, 1329), was King of Scotland (1306 – 1329). ... Scone is a large village, a mile north of Perth, Scotland. ... Events March 25 - Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland June 19 - Forces of Earl of Pembroke defeat Bruces Scottish rebels at the Battle of Methven Philip IV of France exiles all the Jews from France and confiscates their property In London, a city ordinance degrees that heating with... Map sources for Berwick-upon-Tweed at grid reference NT9952 Berwick-upon-Tweed from across the river Berwick-upon-Tweed, (pronounced Berrick) situated in the county of Northumberland, is the northernmost town in England, situated on the east coast on the mouth of the river Tweed. ...

About 1382 Sir Alexander Stewart (died circa 1404), "the Wolf of Badenoch", a son of King Robert II, became earl of Buchan, and Stewarts held the earldom for about a century and a half, although not in a direct line from Sir Alexander. The most celebrated of the Stewart earls included the Scottish regent, Robert, duke of Albany, and his son John Stewart, who became a constable of France and was killed at the Battle of Verneuil in 1424. Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Enyu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Emperor Go-Komatsu ascends to the throne of Japan John Wyclifs teachings are condemned by the Synod of London. ... Alexander Stewart or Stuart, nicknamed the Wolf (1343 - July 24, 1394), was a Scottish prince and the first Earl of Buchan of the second creation of the title, from 1382 to his death. ... Events June 14 - Owain Glyndwr of Wales allies with the French against the English and the Henry of Lancaster. ... Robert II (March 2, 1316 – April 19, 1390), king of Scotland, called the Steward, a title that gave the name to the House of Stewart (or Stuart). ... The House of Stuart or Stewart was a Scottish, and then British, Royal House of Breton origin. ... Robert Stewart or Stuart, 1st Duke of Albany (c. ... --- John Stewart John C. Stewart is an American singer/songwriter. ... The Battle of Verneuil (occasionally Vernuil) was a battle of the Hundred Years War, fought on 17 August 1423 near Verneuil in Normandy and was a significant English victory. ... Events August 17 - Battle of Verneuil - An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under the Duke of Alençon, John Stuart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas. ...

In 1617 the earldom came to James Erskine (died 1640), a son of John Erskine, 2nd or 7th Earl of Mar, whose wife Mary had inherited it from her father, James Douglas (died 1601); and from that time the Erskines have retained the title. Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ...

Among the most celebrated of the later earls of Buchan we find the eccentric David Steuart Erskine, 11th earl (1742 - 1829), a son of Henry David, 10th earl (died 1767), and brother of Henry Erskine (1746 - 1817) and of Thomas, Lord Erskine. His pertinacity helped in effecting a change in the method of electing Scottish representative peers, and in 1780 he succeeded in founding the Scottish Society of Antiquaries. His correspondents included Horace Walpole, and he produced an Essay on the Lives of Fletcher of Saltoun and the Poet Thomson (1792) and other writings. He died at his residence at Dryburgh in April 1829, leaving no legitimate children, and the earldom passed to his nephew Henry David (1783 - 1857), the 12th earl. David Stewart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan (1742 - 1829) was an Earl of Buchan (in the third creation) and a notable Scottish eccentric. ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Hon. ... Events January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings October 22 - The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896) October 28 - An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru Catharine de Ricci (born 1522... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (10 January 1750 - 17 November 1823), Lord Chancellor of England, was the third and youngest son of Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, and was born in Edinburgh. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is an archaeological learned society formed for the purpose of studying the history of Scotland. ... Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, more commonly known as Horace Walpole, (September 24, 1717 – March 2, 1797), was a politician, writer and forerunner of the Gothic revival. ... Dryburgh is a village in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, famous for Dryburgh Abbey. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

The 11th earl's natural son, Sir David Erskine (1772 - 1837), who inherited his father's unentailed estates, worked as an antiquary and a dramatist.

References

• This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain.

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Earls of Buchan, First Creation (1221)

• William Comyn, 1st Earl of Buchan (d. 1233)
• Alexander Comyn, 2nd Earl of Buchan (d. 1289)
• John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan (d. 1313)
• Henry Beaumont, 4th Earl of Buchan (d. 1340)

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Earls of Buchan, Second Creation (1374)

• Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan (d. 1404)
• John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan (d. 1424)
• Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (1362-1425) (forfeit 1425)

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Earls of Buchan, Third Creation (1469)

• James Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan (1442-1487)
• Alexander Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan (d. 1505)
• John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan (c. 1497-1551)
• Christina Stewart, 4th Countess of Buchan (d. 1580)
• James Douglas, 5th Earl of Buchan (d. 1601)
• Mary Douglas, 6th Countess of Buchan (d. 1628)
• James Erskine, 7th Earl of Buchan (d. 1664)
• William Erskine, 8th Earl of Buchan (d. 1695)
• David Erskine, 9th Earl of Buchan (d. 1745)
• Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan (1710-1767)
• David Stewart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan (1742-1829)
• Henry David Erskine, 12th Earl of Buchan (1783-1857)
• David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan (1815-1898)
• Shipley Gordon Stuart Erskine, 14th Earl of Buchan (1850-1934)
• Ronald Douglas Stewart Mar Erskine, 15th Earl of Buchan (1878-1960)
• Donald Cardross Flower Erskine, 16th Earl of Buchan (1899-1984)
• Malcolm Harry Erskine, 17th Earl of Buchan (b. 1930)

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