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Jacobite peerage

Title page of The Jacobite Peerage, 1904, by Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval

The Jacobite peerage includes those peerages created by James II and VII, and the subsequent Jacobite pretenders, after James's deposition from the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland following the Glorious Revolution of 1688. These creations were not recognised in English, Scots or Irish law, but the titles were used in Jacobite circles in Continental Europe and recognised by France, Spain and the Papacy.

Jacobite peerages ceased to be created after 1760 except for a title created by the "Young Pretender", Prince Charles Edward Stuart, for his illegitimate daughter in or before 1783. The following tables list the peerages and baronetcies created by the Stuart claimants in exile.

Sources

An authoritative list of the Jacobite peerage does not exist. The standard source relied on is The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Grants of Honour published in 1904 by Melville Henry Massue, who called himself 'Marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval'.[1][2] However, as a source, it is unreliable. Peter Drummond-Murray of Mastrick noted in an article in Burke's Peerage that:

[Ruvigny's] own pedigree was false, as was his claim to the French titles he used. This lack of integrity, unhappily, destroys much of the authority of one who was a gifted, if eccentric, genealogist. Much work still needs to be done on the Jacobite peerages, baronetcies, knighthoods and Lettres de Noblesse.[3]

Dukes

Marquesses

Earls

Viscounts

Barons and Lords of Parliament

Barons in the peerage of England

Lords of Parliament in the peerage of Scotland

Barons in the peerage of Ireland

Baronets

Baronets of England

Baronets of Nova Scotia

Baronets of Ireland

Knights of the Garter and Knights of the Thistle

Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

Knights of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle

References

  1. ^ Lenman, Bruce (1980). The Jacobite risings in Britain, 1689-1746. Scottish Cultural Press. p. 296, note18. ISBN 978-1898218203.
  2. ^ Matikkala, Antti (2008). The Orders of Knighthood and the Formation of the British Honours System, 1660-1760. Boydell & Brewer. p. 213. ISBN 978-1843834236.
  3. ^ Drummond-Murray, Peter (2003). "Jacobite Titles". In Mosley, Charles (ed.). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, Clan Chiefs, Scottish Feudal Barons, 107th edn. Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1, lv. ISBN 978-0971196629.
  4. ^ Ruvigny,P 149, entry 'Duke of Perth'
  5. ^ Complete Peerage, 2nd edition, vol.IV , p 525
  6. ^ 'The Stuart Court in Exile and the Jacobites', by Eveline Cruickshanks, p. xvii
  7. ^ General Philipp Browne, son of Maximilian Ulysses Browne, who in turn was the son of a cousin of the grantee. George Browne (soldier) was, according to his DNB article, an illegitimate son of the grantee. Ruvigny's Jacobite Peerage says that the grantee was "apparently" the father of the subject of that article.
  8. ^ "Count Owen O'Rourke ... married Catharine Diana de Beauveau, sister to the Prince of Craon, but left no issue" - The Case of Count O'Rourke, Presented to His Majesty, in June, 1784, Etc, page 9
  9. ^ "Owen O'Rourke ... is son to Con O'Rourke, son to Con, son to Tiernan, son to Owen, etc., ancient heirs and possessors of the estate of Carha in Leitrim and to Dorothy O'Connor, daughter to Bryan, son to Charles, son to Charles, all hereditary chiefs of the house of O'Connor, Sligo" - Calendar of Stuart Papers, iv, 5
  10. ^ "126. Owen: son of Brian Ballach. 127. Tiernan Bán: his son. By referring to the Annals of the Four Masters, A.D. 1590, it will be seen that this man was in alliance with his kinsman Brian Oge O'Rourke, in resisting the encroachments of Sir Richard Bingham, then the Queen's Governor of Connaught. Doubtless, he was among "wild Breffny's warlike band,"[4] who, led "by gallant Brian Oge, turned the scale of victory"[5] against Sir Conyers Clifford, at "Curlieu's Pass," near Boyle, on that memorable Feast of the Assumption, A.D. 1600. 128. Owen: son of Tiernan Bán; fought against Sir Frederick Hamilton. Had two sons: 1. Hugh; 2. Owen.[6] This Owen had two brothers—1. Brian, 2. Con: the former slain during the events of 1641-9, and the latter executed during the same unhappy period. Tradition tells that this execution took place in the presence, or within view, of his brother Owen, and in front of, or convenient to their father's house." – O'ROURKE (No.3)Of Innismagrath, County Leitrim – From Irish Pedigrees; or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation by John O'Hart
  11. ^ "Con of Castle Car, beside Manorhamilton ... was sheriff of Leitrim in 1641, but was afterwards captured and hanged by Sir Frederick Hamilton from the walls of his castle, on January 2nd, 1641." – Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1906, P139
  12. ^ Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1987). Crowley, D.A. (ed.). "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 13 pp155-169 – Fonthill Gifford". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  13. ^ "The Captain and Chief of Clanranald". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  14. ^ Clan MacDonald of Clanranald History
  15. ^ MacDonnell of Glengarry
  16. ^ Clan Maclean Heritage Trust - Trustees
  17. ^ Biography - Donald Cameron of Lochiel
  18. ^ "Clan Grant - Chief". Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  19. ^ From the Jacobite perspective, the attainder of Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat is not recognised and his sons Simon Fraser of Lovat and Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat are counted in the list of Lords Lovat.