Lord Innermeath is an extinct 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 c. 1471 for

Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Innermeath Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...

. Stewart had previously been

Lord of Lorne ''For the Child ballad, see The Lord of Lorn and the False Steward.'' Lord of Lorne is a title in the Peerage of Scotland that has been created twice. ;First Creation The title was first created for Robert Stewart of Durisdeer (died 1403), son o ...

, but resigned that title - which came with substantial comital power - under pressure from James III; James wished to weaken the remaining power of the Black Douglases, who had been allies of Walter's uncle, The Black Knight of Lorn. Walter had in fact held the Lordship of Lorne for only a few days, following the murder of his brother, the former Lord of Lorne. The creation of ''Lord Innermeath'' was designed as immediate compensation for Walter's loss of Lorne; he received it on the same day that Lorne was resigned. The title - ''Innermeath'' - refers to the family home of the Stewart Lords of Lorn - Innermeath (now ''Invermay''). The Lordship of Lorn was subsequently awarded to

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, husband of Walter's niece (Isabel Stewart), who became

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soon after. The Lords of Innermeath claimed rights to office in the Sherrifdom of Perthshire.David Masson, ''Register of the Privy Council of Scotland: 1578-1585'', vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1880), p. 491. The sixth Lord Innermeath was further ennobled as the

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in 1596, but both title became extinct upon the death of James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl and 7th Lord Innermeath.

Lords Innermeath

(d.c. 1489) * Thomas Stewart, 2nd Lord Innermeath (k. 1513

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) * Richard Stewart, 3rd Lord Innermeath (d. 1532) *

John Stewart, 4th Lord Innermeath John is a common English name and surname: * 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 ...

(d. 1569) *

James Stewart, 5th Lord Innermeath James Stewart, 5th Lord Innermeath (died 1585) was a Scottish courtier and landowner. He was the son of John Stewart, 4th Lord Innermeath and Elizabeth Beaton, daughter of David Betoun of Creich. She was a former mistress of James V of Scotland ...

(d.1585) * John Stewart, 6th Lord Innermeath (d. 1603) created

in 1596. * James Stewart, 7th Lord Innermeath (d. 1625)

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Sources

* Balfour Paul, Sir James
''The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom'', vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1904), pp. 1-8
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