Earl of Irvine was a title in the

Peerage of Scotland The Peerage of 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 1707, Treaty of Union, the Kingdom of Scots and the ...

. It was created in 1642 for James Campbell, Lord Kintyre. He was the son of

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, by his second wife Anne Cornwallis.Campbell had already been created Lord Kintyre in 1627 and was made Lord Lundie at the same time as he was granted the earldom. These titles were also in the Peerage of Scotland. He served as colonel of the Garde Écossaise in France, on his death in 1645 and was succeeded by Sir Robert Moray. He died childless in 1645 when the creations of 1642 became extinct. The lordship of Kintyre devolved upon his elder half-brother

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Earls of Irvine (1642)

*James Campbell, 1st Earl of Irvine (1610–1645)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Irvine Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Scotland Irvine Noble titles created in 1642 1642 establishments in Scotland 1645 disestablishments in Scotland History of North Ayrshire Younger sons of earls

Earls of Irvine (1642)

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