Earl of Dumfries is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was originally created for William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, in 1633, and stayed in the Crichton family until the death of the fourth earl in 1758, at which point the title passed to first the Dalrymple and then the McDouall families before finally being inherited by the Marquesses of Bute, where it remains today.
The subsidiary titles of the Earl of Dumfries are: Viscount of Air (created 1622), Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (1488), and Lord Crichton of Cumnock (1633), all in the Peerage of Scotland.
The subsidiary titles of the Earl of Dumfries are: Viscount of Air (created 1622), Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (1488), Lord Sanquhar (1622), and Lord Crichton of Cumnock (1633), all in the Peerage of Scotland.
William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (1578-1643) (became Viscount of Ayr in 1622 and Earl of Dumfries in 1633)
The Earl of March, who had acquired the lordship of Annandale, having fallen into disfavour with King David, it was taken from him, and conferred upon Archibald Tyneman, who thus experienced a share of good luck to make up for his failures in the field.
Whilst Earl William was away in the north, playing out his perilous game of chess in real life for the possession of the King, the English (to continue the figure) captured some of the pawns which he should have done his best to defend.
Dumfries was once more destined to pass through the fiery ordeal to which it was subjected only thirty-three years before, and from which it had several times previously suffered.
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