Everything about Earl Of Gowrie totally explained
The title of
Earl of Gowrie has been created twice in the
Peerage of Scotland and once in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom.
On 23 August 1581 William Ruthven, Lord Ruthven was created Earl of Gowrie. He was executed for high treason, attainted and peerages forfeited on 28 May 1584. The 2nd Earl was restored to the Peerage in 1586, and the peerage was forfeited on the death of the 3rd Earl in 1586.
The title of
Earl of Gowrie was created in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom in
1945 for
Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie, a former
Governor-General of Australia.
Lord Gowrie holds the subsidiary titles
Viscount Ruthven of Canberra, of Dirleton in the County of East Lothian (
1945),
Baron Ruthven of Gowrie, of Gowrie in the County of Perth (
1919) and
Baron Gowrie, of Canberra in the Commonwealth of Australia and of Dirleton in the County of East Lothian (
1935). He is also
Chief of the Name and Arms of Ruthven.
While the other titles were inherited from the 1st Earl in 1955, the barony
Ruthven of Gowrie was inherited in 1956 from Gowrie's great uncle the 10th
Lord Ruthven of Freeland and 2nd Baron Ruthven of Gowrie.
Earls of Gowrie (1581)
Heir Apparent:
Patrick Leo Brer Ruthven, Viscount Ruthven of Canberra (b.
1964)
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