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and loyal follower of

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. He was made Lord Brechin and Navar at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. Both titles were forfeit by the

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of the 4th Earl in 1716 on account of his participation in the

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. The heirs apparent to the Earldom were styled Lord Maule. The seat of the Earldom was

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, built in the 17th century near

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, Angus. The Scottish titles of Earl of Panmure and Baron of Maule remain under attainder. However, in 1743, the title was revived (though without an "of") when William Maule, a grandson of the second Earl and heir and nephew of the attainted fourth Earl, was created Baron Maule, of Whitechurch in the County of Waterford, Viscount Maule, of Whitechurch in the County of Waterford, and Earl Panmure, of Forth in the County of Wexford, in the

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. Those titles became extinct in 1782. The greater portion of the Panmure estates passed to

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another great-nephew of the second Earl and the second son of the

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. His surname was changed from Ramsay to Maule in childhood and he became heir to the estates at 16 through his grandmother, Jean, daughter of the Honourable Harry Maule of Kellie. On 10 September 1831 he was created Baron Panmure of Brechin and Navar in the peerage of the United Kingdom. His son, Fox Maule, 2nd Baron Panmure, also inherited the title

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Earls of Panmure (1646)

* Patrick Maule, 1st Earl of Panmure (1585–1661) *George Maule, 2nd Earl of Panmure (1619–1671) *George Maule, 3rd Earl of Panmure (1650–1686) *

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(1658–1723) (forfeit by

in 1716)

Earls Panmure (1743)

* William Maule, 1st Earl Panmure (1700–1782)

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Earls of Panmure (1646)

Earls Panmure (1743)

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