Lord Herries of Terregles (pronounced "''Heh''-reez of Ter-regulls'") is a

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in the

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. It was created in 1490 for Herbert Herries with remainder to his heirs general. On the death of his grandson, William, 3rd Lord Herries of Terregles, the male line failed. He was succeeded by his daughter Agnes, who married Sir John Maxwell, second son of Robert Maxwell, fifth

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. Their great-grandson, the 7th Lord Herries of Terregles, succeeded as third Earl of Nithsdale in 1667 on the death of his kinsman the second Earl. The earldom had been created in 1620 for Robert Maxwell, ninth Lord Maxwell. The third Earl's grandson, the fifth Earl, took part in the

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. He was

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in 1716, his peerages forfeited and sentenced to death. However, he managed to make a celebrated escape from the

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by changing clothes with his wife's maid the day before his execution. His granddaughter Winifred married William Haggerston-Constable, second son of Sir Carnaby Haggerston, 3rd Bart, of

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(see Constable-Maxwell-Scott baronets). Their son Marmaduke assumed the surname of Constable-Maxwell. In 1848 his son William Constable-Maxwell and the descendants of the fifth Earl of Nithsdale were restored by

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and in 1858 William Constable-Maxwell succeeded as 10th Lord Herries of Terregles. He was succeeded in 1876 by his son, Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell (married 1875 the Hon. Angela Fitzalan-Howard, daughter of the first Baron Howard of Glossop) as 11th Lord Herries of Terregles, who served as Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1880 and

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shire from 1885 until 1908 – he was created, in 1884, Baron Herries of Carleverock Castle in the County of Dumfries and of Everingham in the East Riding of the County of York, in the

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. This title became extinct upon his death in 1908, as he had no sons. He was succeeded in the Lordship by his daughter, the 12th Lady Herries of Terregles, who married her first cousin once removed Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk. On her death in 1945 the title was inherited by her only son Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, who became the 13th Lord Herries of Terregles. When he died in 1975 the

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dom passed to his second cousin once removed, the 17th Duke, while he was succeeded in the Lordship by the eldest of his four daughters, the 14th holder of the title. In 1985 Lady Herries of Terregles married the cricketer Colin Cowdrey, created a

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as Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge in 1997. Lady Herries died in 2014 when her sister, Lady Mary Mumford

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, heiress of the line, succeeded her as the 15th Lady Herries of Terregles. Following her death in 2017 the current and 16th holder of the title is her younger sister

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, wife of Conservative politician Michael Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian. The Lordship is named after

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, in Kirkcudbrightshire in south west

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Lords Herries of Terregles (1490)

Herbert Herries, 1st Lord Herries of Terregles Herbert Herries, 1st Lord Herries of Terregles (died c. 1505), was a Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family na ...

(d. 1505) *Andrew Herries, 2nd Lord Herries of Terregles (c. 1477–k. 1513 at

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) *William Herries, 3rd Lord Herries of Terregles (d. 1543) *Agnes Maxwell, 4th Lady Herries of Terregles (c. 1534–1594) *William Maxwell, 5th Lord Herries of Terregles (c. 1555–1604) *John Maxwell, 6th Lord Herries of Terregles (d. 1631) *John Maxwell, 3rd Earl of Nithsdale, 7th Lord Herries of Terregles (d. 1677) *Robert Maxwell, 4th Earl of Nithsdale, 8th Lord Herries of Terregles (d. 1696) * William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, 9th Lord Herries of Terregles (d. 1744); ''attainted'' 1716 *William Constable-Maxwell, 10th Lord Herries of Terregles (1804–1876); ''restored'' 1858 * Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell, 11th Lord Herries of Terregles, 1st Baron Herries (1837–1908) * Gwendolen Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, 12th Lady Herries of Terregles (1877–1945) * Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, 13th Lord Herries of Terregles (1908–1975) *

Anne Cowdrey, 14th Lady Herries of Terregles Anne Elizabeth Cowdrey, 14th Lady Herries of Terregles, Baroness Cowdrey of Tonbridge (''née'' Fitzalan-Howard; 12 June 1938 – 23 November 2014) was a British racehorse trainer and peeress. Early life and family Born Lady Anne Fitzalan-Howard ...

, Lady Cowdrey of Tonbridge, (1938–2014) * Mary Mumford, 15th Lady Herries of Terregles (1940–2017) *

, 16th Lady Herries of Terregles (born 1945) The

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is her elder daughter Lady Clare Therese Hurd, Mistress of Terregles (born 1979) who is married to former Conservative MP Nick Hurd.

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*Constable-Maxwell, Kit
The Maccus Maxwells

Constable-Maxwell family papers, and papers relating to the history of Everingham Park

''The DiCamillo Companion'': "Everingham Park (Everingham Hall)"

www.lyon-court.com
* {{Extant Lords of Parliament of Scotland Herries of Terregles 1490 establishments in Scotland Herries Herries of Terregles

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