In Scotland the title is an ancient one, having been first created in 1157 for Malcolm MacHeth. This creation became extinct on his death in 1168. It was next created in 1215 for Farquhard Macantagart, which creation was surrendered to the crown in 1476. The third and final creation in the peerage of Scotland was in 1481 for James Stuart, the second son of King James II, and was later created Duke of Ross.
The title Earl of Ross was created once in the peerage of Ireland for Sir Ralph Gore, who had previously been created Baron Gore (1764) and Viscount Belleisle (1768). All of these titles became extinct on his death.
On the death of the Earl of Buchan and Ross, at the battle of Verneuil in France in 1424, the earldom of Ross reverted to the crown.
On the forfeiture of the Lord of the Isles in 1476, the earldom of Ross became vested in the crown.
In this way the earldom of Ross became separated from the chiefship of the clan, and it ultimately, after the forfeiture of John, Lord of the Isles and Earl of Ross, at the end of the fifteenth century, was conferred upon the second son of James III.
The Battle of Inverlochy (1431) was fought after Alexander, Earl of Ross (Lord of the Isles), had been imprisoned by King James I.
A force of Highlanders led by Donald Balloch, Alexander's cousin, defeated Royalist forces led by the Earls of Mar and Caithness at Inverlochy, near present-day Fort William.
The Earldom of Mar is one of the ancient peerage titles of in the Peerage of Scotland.
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