Lord Polwarth, of Polwarth in the County of Berwick, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Polwarth is a hamlet and Parish in the Scottish Borders. It is located at, between Greenlaw and Duns, in the former county The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. It was created in 1690 for Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth, 2nd Baronet, Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1696 to 1702 (the Baronetcy had been created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1637 for his father and namesake Patrick Hume). Patrick Hume 1st Earl of Marchmont ( 13 January 1641 - 2 August 1724) known as Sir Patrick Hume 1st Baronet from 1648 to 1690 and The Lord Chancellor of Scotland was a Great Officer of State in pre- Union Scotland. Baronetage of England (1611-1705 King James I erected the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611 for the settlement of Ireland In 1697 he was further created Lord Polwarth, of Polwarth, Redbraes and Greenlaw, Viscount of Blasonberrie and Earl of Marchmont, also in the Peerage of Scotland. The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. Upon the death of his grandson, the 3rd Earl, the creations of 1697 became dormant (unclaimed). The Heirs Apparent to the Earls of Marchmont used the courtesy title Lord Polwarth.
The claim to the lordship of 1690 was vested in his granddaughter, Anne Anstruther-Paterson (de jure 4th Lady Polwarth), daughter of Lady Anne Hume-Campbell, eldest daughter of the 3rd Earl. However, she died before any decision on her claim to the peerage had been reached. On her death the claim to the title passed to her aunt Diana Scott (de jure 5th Lady Polwarth), youngest daughter of the 3rd Earl, and then to her son Hugh Hepburne-Scott. In 1835, Hugh's claim to the peerage was allowed by the House of Lords. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" His son, the 7th Lord, was a Scottish Representative Peer from 1843 to 1867, and like his son, the 8th Lord, served as Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire. In the United Kingdom, representative peers were individuals elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to represent them This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire. The latter's great-grandson, the 10th Lord, was a Scottish Representative Peer from 1945 to 1963, Governor of the Bank of Scotland from 1966 to 1972, and served in the Conservative administration of Edward Heath, as a Minister of State at the Scottish Office, from 1972 to 1974. The Bank of Scotland plc is a commercial and Clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG, MBE (9 July 1916 &ndash 17 July 2005 often known as Ted Heath, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Scottish Office was a department of the United Kingdom Government from 1885 until 1999 exercising a wide range of government functions in relation to Scotland As of 2007, the title is held by the latter's son, the 11th Lord.
The seat of the Lords Polwarth was Marchmont House in Berwickshire. Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a Registration county, a Committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a lieutenancy However, the estate was sold in 1913.
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Hume Baronets, of Polwarth (1637)
- Sir Patrick Hume, 1st Baronet (d. 1648)
- Sir Patrick Hume, 2nd Baronet (1641-1724) (created Lord Polwarth in 1697)
Lords Polwarth (1690)
- Patrick Hume, 1st Lord Polwarth (1641-1724) (created Earl of Marchmont in 1697)
Earls of Marchmont (1697)
- Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont (1641-1724)
- Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont (1676-1740)
- Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont (1708-1794) (Earldom dormant on his death)
Lords Polwarth (1690) (continued)
- Anne Anstruther-Paterson, de jure 4th Lady Polwarth (d. Patrick Hume 1st Earl of Marchmont ( 13 January 1641 - 2 August 1724) known as Sir Patrick Hume 1st Baronet from 1648 to 1690 and Patrick Hume 1st Earl of Marchmont ( 13 January 1641 - 2 August 1724) known as Sir Patrick Hume 1st Baronet from 1648 to 1690 and Patrick Hume 1st Earl of Marchmont ( 13 January 1641 - 2 August 1724) known as Sir Patrick Hume 1st Baronet from 1648 to 1690 and Alexander Hume Campbell (1657 - 1740 2nd Earl of Marchmont, 2nd Lord Polwarth, and Privy Councillor (from 1726 was a Scottish nobleman politician 1822)
- Diana Scott, de jure 5th Lady Polwarth (1735-1827)
- Hugh Scott, de jure later de facto 6th Lord Polwarth (1758-1841) (confirmed in title July 1835)
- Henry Francis Hepburne-Scott, 7th Lord Polwarth (1800-1867)
- Walter Hugh Hepburne-Scott, 8th Lord Polwarth (1838-1920)
- Walter George Hepburne-Scott, 9th Lord Polwarth (1864-1944)
- Henry Alexander Hepburne-Scott, 10th Lord Polwarth (1916-2005)
- Andrew Walter Hepburne-Scott, 11th Lord Polwarth (b. Henry Francis Hepburne-Scott 7th Lord Polwarth ( 1 January 1800 &ndash 16 August 1867) was firstly a Member of the Parliament of the United Henry Alexander Hepburne-Scott 10th Lord Polwarth TD ( 17 November 1916 - 4 January 2005) was a Scottish chartered accountant 1947)
Heir Apparent: William Henry Hepburne-Scott, Master of Polwarth (b. An heir apparent is an Heir who (short of a fundamental change in the situation cannot be displaced from inheriting the term is used in contrast to Heir presumptive 1973)
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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