Lord Colvill of Ochiltree was a title in the
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland ( gd, Moraireachd na h-Alba, sco, Peerage o Scotland) is one of the five divisions of peerages in the United Kingdom and for those peers created by the King of Scots before 1707. Following that year's Treaty of Union, ...
, created by the exiled King
Charles II on 4 January 1651.
Lords Colvill of Ochiltree
*Robert Colvill, 1st Lord Colvill of Ochiltree (died 1662)
*Robert Colvill, 2nd Lord Colvill of Ochiltree (died 1671; nephew of the 1st Lord)
*Robert Colvill, 3rd Lord Colvill of Ochiltree (died 1728; son of the 2nd Lord)
On the death of the third Lord, the title probably became extinct. However, it was assumed by
*David Colvill (died 1782; claimed descent from a brother of the 2nd Lord)
*Robert Colvill, cousin of the preceding. He voted at the
elections of Scottish representative peers
This is a list of the elections of Scottish representative peers. After the Acts of Union 1707, the peerage of Scotland elected sixteen of their number to sit in the House of Lords at Westminster. General elections were held with each Parliament ...
in 1784 and 1787, but his vote in 1788 was disallowed after his supposed descent from the brother of the 2nd Lord was disproved. No claim to the lordship has been made since.
See also
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Ochiltree Castle, East Ayrshire
Ochiltree Castle (meaning: "the lofty dwelling-place") was a castle built on a promontory by the Lugar Water, East Ayrshire, Scotland across from Auchinleck Castle. Built by the de Colville family in the 12th century, it was destroyed in 1449, b ...
References
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Francis J. Grant
Sir Francis James Grant (1863–1953) was a Scotland, Scottish Officer of Arms, officer of arms who eventually rose to the office of Lord Lyon King of Arms. Grant served in the Court of the Lord Lyon as Carrick Pursuivant, Carrick Pursuivant of A ...
, "Colvill, Lord Colvill of Ochiltree" in Sir
James Balfour Paul
Sir James Balfour Paul (16 November 1846 – 15 September 1931) was the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the officer responsible for heraldry in Scotland, from 1890 until the end of 1926.
Life
Paul was born in Edinburgh, the second son of the Rev J ...
ed., ''
The Scots Peerage
''The Scots Peerage'' is a nine-volume book series of the Scottish nobility compiled and edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, published in Edinburgh from 1904 to 1914. The full title is ''The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert ...
'', vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1905) pp
569€“575.
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Extinct lordships of Parliament
Noble titles created in 1651