The office of Master of the Household is one of the Great Offices of the Royal Household of Scotland. It was held by various Earls of Argyll from the reign of

James IV James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James III, at the Battle of Sauchi ...

onwards. It was confirmed as a hereditary office to the 9th Earl by Crown charter of novodamus in 1667,Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, xi, no. 1105 and has remained with the

Dukes of Argyll Duke of Argyll ( gd, Diùc Earraghàidheil) is a title created in the peerage of Scotland in 1701 and in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1892. The earls, marquesses, and dukes of Argyll were for several centuries among the most powerful ...

to the present day.

Sources

Stair Memorial Encyclopedia of the Laws of Scotland, Vol 7, para 822

References

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