The title Earl of Traquair (pronounced "Tra-quare") was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1633 for Sir John Stewart, Lord Stewart of Traquair, together with the subsidiary title Lord Linton and Caberston. The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. The titles became extinct or dormant on the death of the 8th Earl on 2 August 1861. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Earls of Traquair (1633)
- John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair (c 1600 - 27 March 1659)
- John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Traquair (1624 - April 1666)
- William Stewart, 3rd Earl of Traquair (18 June 1657 - d unmarried 1673) succeeded by his brother
- Charles Stewart, 4th Earl of Traquair (1659 - 13 June 1741)
- Charles Stewart, 5th Earl of Traquair (1697 - dsp 24 April 1764) succeeded by his brother
- John Stewart, 6th Earl of Traquair (1699 - 28 March 1779)
- Charles Stewart, 7th Earl of Traquair (1746 - 14 October 1827)
- Charles Stewart, 8th Earl of Traquair (31 January 1781 - d unmarried 2 August 1861)
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John Stewart 1st Earl of Traquair (d 1659 was a Scottish statesman the son of John Stewart the younger of Traquair in Peeblesshire, of a branch originally illegitimate
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