The office of Knight Marischal was first created for the
Scottish coronation
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of
Charles I Charles I may refer to:
Kings and emperors
* Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings
* Charles I of Anjou (1226–1285), also king of Albania, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily
* Charles I of ...
in 1633, at
Scone
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. Unlike the separate office of
Marischal, the office of Knight Marischal is not heritable, and has continued to be filled up to the death of the
11th Duke of Hamilton in 1863. The office is vacant but has not been abolished.
At the time of the
Jacobite rising of 1715
The Jacobite rising of 1715 ( gd, Bliadhna Sheumais ;
or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled Stuarts
The House of Stuart, ori ...
, the Knight Marischal was a Keith, and with his kinsman
George, the 10th Earl Marischal, was in rebellion. However, as the office is non-heritable, it could not be
forfeited, although the holder was stripped of office.
The salary attached to the post was £400 in 1660. The
Public Offices (Scotland) Act 1817
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provided that no person thereafter appointed as ''Knight Marshall'' should receive a salary.
Knights Marischal
* 1660–1714:
John Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
* 1714–1715:
William Keith, 2nd Earl of Kintore
William Keith, 2nd Earl of Kintore (1660 – 5 December 1718), was a Scottish nobleman.
Early life
He was the only son born to John Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore and the former Lady Margaret Hamilton. His two sisters were Lady Jean Keith (the wife o ...
* 1718–1732:
Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning
Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning (1697 – 27 December 1732), was a Scotland, Scottish nobleman, politician and poet.
Life
The son of Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington, and Helen Hope, he used the courtesy title Lord Binning from birth.
Lor ...
* 1733–1758:
John Keith, 3rd Earl of Kintore
Earl of Kintore is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1677 for Sir John Keith, third son of William Keith, 6th Hereditary Earl Marischal of Scotland (see Earl Marischal for earlier history of the family) and Chief of Clan ...
* 1758:
James Erskine, Lord Barjarg
* 1785: Sir Robert Laurie, Bt
* 1805:
William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll
William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll (12 March 1772 – 26 January 1819), known as Lord Hay until 1778, was a Scottish peer.
Early life
Erroll was the son of James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll and his second wife, Isabella Carr, the eldest daughter and ...
* 1819–1832: Alexander Keith, later Sir Alexander
* 1832–1846:
William George Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll
William George Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll, KT, GCH, PC (21 February 1801 – 19 April 1846), styled Lord Hay between 1815 and 1819, was a Scottish peer and politician.
Early life
Erroll was the son of William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll, and hi ...
* 1846–1863:
William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton
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References
Political office-holders in Scotland
Lists of office-holders in Scotland
Positions within the British Royal Household
Ceremonial officers in the United Kingdom
1633 establishments in Scotland
1863 disestablishments
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