Earl of Hyndford was a title in the

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. It was created in 1701 for John Carmichael, 2nd Lord Carmichael, Secretary of State from 1696 to 1707. He was made Lord Carmichael and Viscount of Inglisberry and Nemphlar at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. He was the grandson of James Carmichael, who had been created a Baronet, of Westraw in the County of Lanark, in the

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in 1627, and raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Carmichael in 1647. The third Earl was a prominent diplomat. The titles became dormant on the death of the sixth Earl in 1817, and were later unsuccessfully claimed by James Carmichael Smyth and his great-grandson

James Morse Carmichael Sir James Morse Carmichael, 3rd Baronet (20 July 1844 – 31 May 1902) was a Scottish civil servant and Liberal politician. Background He was the only son of Sir James Carmichael, 2nd Baronet and his wife Louisa Charlotte Butler, daughter of S ...

Lords Carmichael (1647)

James Carmichael, 1st Lord Carmichael Earl of Hyndford was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1701 for John Carmichael, 2nd Lord Carmichael, Secretary of State from 1696 to 1707. He was made Lord Carmichael and Viscount of Inglisberry and Nemphlar at the same tim ...

(1579–1672) * John Carmichael, 2nd Lord Carmichael (1638–1710) (created Earl of Hyndford in 1701)

Earls of Hyndford (1701)

John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Carmichael (28 February 1638 – 20 September 1710), known as Lord Carmichael between 1672 and 1701, when he was created the 1st Earl of Hyndford, was a Scottish nobleman and politician. He succeeded his grandfather, J ...

(1638–1710) *Brig.-General James Carmichael, 2nd Earl of Hyndford (died 1737) *

John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford (15 March 1701 – 19 July 1767), styled Lord Carmichael between 1710 and 1737, was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat. Life He was son of James Carmichael, 2nd Earl of Hyndford and succeeded to the earldom i ...

(1701–1766) (succeeded by his uncle's son) *John Carmichael, 4th Earl of Hyndford (1710–1787) (succeeded by his uncle's grandson) *Thomas Carmichael, 5th Earl of Hyndford (–1811) (unmarried, succeeded by brother) *Andrew Carmichael, 6th Earl of Hyndford (1758–1817) (unmarried) File:James Carmichael, 2 Earl of Hyndford.JPG, 2nd Earl of Hyndford (by

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