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Earl of Dumfries is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was originally created for William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar , in 1633, and stayed in the Crichton family until the death of the fourth earl in 1758, at which point the title passed to first the Dalrymple and then the McDouall families before finally being inherited by the Marquesses of Bute, where it remains today.The subsidiary titles of the Earl of Dumfries are: Viscount of Air (created 1622), Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (1488), and Lord Crichton of Cumnock (1633), all in the Peerage of Scotland.
1 Lords Crichton of Sanquhar ( 1488)
- Robert Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1494)
- Robert Crichton, 2nd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1513)
- Robert Crichton, 3rd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (?)
- Robert Crichton, 4th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (?)
- William Crichton, 5th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1550)
- Robert Crichton, 6th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (?)
- Edward Crichton, 7th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1569)
- Robert Crichton, 8th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (d. 1612)
- William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar ( 1578- 1643) (became Earl of Dumfries in 1633)
2 Earls of Dumfries ( 1633)
- William Crichton, 1st Earl of Dumfries ( 1578- 1643)
- William Crichton, 2nd Earl of Dumfries ( 1598- 1691)
- William Crichton, 3rd Earl of Dumfries (d. 1694)
- Penelope Crichton, Countess of Dumfries (d. 1742)
- William Dalrymple-Crichton, 4th Earl of Stair ( 1699Events January 26 Treaty of Karlowitz signed March 30 the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa. May 1 Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville founds the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley Births February 17 Georg Wenzeslaus v- 1769Events Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen exhibits the " Mechanical Turk", a chess-playing machine May 14 Charles III of Spain sends Spanish missionaries, who found California missions in San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Monterey and begin the settlem)
- Patrick McDouall, 6th Earl of Dumfries ( 1726Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. Jonathan Swift publishes Gulliver's Travels. The city of Montevideo was established. Mary Toft allegedly gives birth to 16 rabbits in England, later revealed to be a hoax. The Gujin tushu jicheng,- 1803Events January 30 Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to discuss, and possibly buy, New Orleans. They end completing the Louisiana Purchase. February 24 The Supreme Court of the United States, in Marbury v. Madison establishes the principle of judicial r)
- John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute ( 1793Events January 2 Russia and Prussia partition Poland January 9 Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States. January 21 After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, "Citizen Capet" ie. Louis XVI of Fran- 1848)
- John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute ( 1847- 1900)
- John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute ( 1881- 1947)
- John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute ( 1907- 1956)
- John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute ( 1933- 1993)
- John Colum Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute (b. 1958)
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