The title Earl Loreburn was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1911 for Robert Reid, 1st Baron Loreburn, the Lord Chancellor. The Peerage is a system of Titles of Nobility in the United Kingdom, part of the British honours system. 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 when Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Robert Threshie Reid 1st Earl Loreburn, GCMG, PC ( 3 April 1846 &ndash 30 November 1923) was a Liberal The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor is a senior and important functionary in the Government of the United Kingdom. The title became extinct upon his death in 1923. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Lord Loreburn held the subsidiary title Baron Loreburn, of Dumfries in the County of Dumfries (1906). Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting