Earl of Selkirk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, used since 1646. It has rules of inheritance subject to unusual and unique provisions.
History
The title was created on 14 August 1646 for Lord William Douglas, third son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, along with the title Lord Daer and Shortcleuch.[1] On 29 April 1656, the first earl married Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton. In 1660, after the birth of two sons, he changed his surname from Douglas to "Hamilton", and was created Duke of Hamilton for life, as was then a not uncommon practice in Scotland when a peeress in her own right married someone of lesser degree.[2]
Second earl's surrender and novodamus
On 6 October 1688, during the reign of James VII, the new Duke of Hamilton surrendered his previous titles to the Crown (except Hamilton). They were reconferred on his third (but second surviving) son Charles, who thereby became second Earl of Selkirk, and who also reverted to his original surname of "Douglas". Thus, while the eldest son was to inherit the title of Duke of Hamilton and have his mother's maiden name for surname, the younger son was to inherit his father's dignities and perpetuate the name of Douglas.
This novodamus for this arrangement embodied a unique remainder, the effect of which was that:
the titles would pass to the heirs male of the 1st earl's younger sons before the heirs male of his eldest son (who was heir apparent to his mother's Dukedom of Hamilton);
if the person who would otherwise inherit the title was already duke of Hamilton (or would inherit that dukedom at the same time), the titles would pass instead to that duke's next surviving brother;
if the titles were ever held by a duke of Hamilton (either because an earl of Selkirk succeeded as duke of Hamilton, or because provision 2 was unable to operate because the heir was a duke of Hamilton who had no surviving younger brothers), the titles would pass on that duke's death to his second surviving son;
if the titles had passed to a younger brother or younger son under provisions 2 or 3, they would then pass to his heirs male on his death; but
if such a younger son or younger brother's heirs male died out, the title would not pass to his own younger brothers and their heirs male, but would instead revert to the senior male line, with provisions 2 and 3 operating as before.[3]
This remainder is so unusual that "Hamilton House", a Scottish country dance, reputedly was created around it.[4]
The earldom of Selkirk and its subsidiary title, being limited to male heirs, passed to Dunbar Hamilton, grandson of Lord Basil Hamilton, sixth son of the first earl. Upon succeeding as fourth earl, he, like the second earl, changed his surname to "Douglas".
On the fourth earl's death in 1799, he was succeeded by his only surviving son, Thomas, as fifth earl, who was then succeeded on his own death in 1820 by his only son, Dunbar, as sixth earl.
Seventh earl
On his death in 1885, the heirs male of the younger sons of the first earl expired. The heir male of the first earl's eldest son was William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, but under the special remainder (provision 2 above) the titles passed instead to his younger brother, Lord Charles Hamilton, who succeeded as seventh earl.
Eighth earl
When the seventh earl died unmarried in 1886, the titles reverted to his elder brother, who had no further brothers to whom they could pass, and who accordingly succeeded as eighth earl.
Ninth earl
When the eighth earl died without a son in 1895, the dukedom passed to his fourth cousin, Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, who succeeded as 13th duke of Hamilton. As he also had no brothers, he also succeeded as ninth earl of Selkirk.
Tenth earl
When the ninth earl died in 1940, his eldest son, Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, inherited the dukedom, but the earldom of Selkirk and its subsidiary title passed under the special remainder (provision 3 above) to his second son, Lord George Douglas-Hamilton, who succeeded as 10th earl.
Eleventh earl
Upon the death of the 10th earl in 1994, married but childless, the titles passed (under provision 5 above) to his nephew, Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, second son of the 14th Duke of Hamilton and next brother of Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, who succeeded as 11th earl. This succession was unsuccessfully challenged in the Court of the Lord Lyon by Alasdair Douglas-Hamilton, son of Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, next brother of the 10th Earl. Lord Malcolm had died in 1969 as heir presumptive to the 10th earl and his son was listed thereafter in that position by reference works such as Whitaker's Almanack[a] and Debrett's[b] but it was the ruling of the court that the death of the 14th duke in 1973 had placed the younger sons of the 14th duke ahead of the younger sons of the 13th duke and their issue in line to the earldom.
The heir presumptive is the present earl's younger brother Charles Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (b. 1979).
Line of succession
Everyone in the line of succession to the Duke of Hamilton is eligible to succeed to the Earldom, but in the order dictated by its special remainder:
the sons of Lord Selkirk of Douglas, starting with the present earl, come first (with potential male issue of any of them preceding younger brothers of that son), but should any future Earl of Selkirk die without a direct heir, the death of the 15th Duke of Hamilton in 2010 means that the younger son of the 15th Duke would rank ahead of lines from younger sons of the 14th Duke and the death of the 16th Duke would likewise move his younger sons to the head of the line.[5][6][7]
Current line of succession (simplified)
Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton, 10th Duke of Brandon, 9th Earl of Selkirk (1862–1940)
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, 11th Duke of Brandon (1903–1973)
Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, 12th Duke of Brandon (1938–2010)
Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton, 13th Duke of Brandon (b. 1978)
Douglas Charles Douglas-Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale (b. 2012)
James Hamilton 1589–1625 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, 4th Earl of Arran, 1st Earl of Cambridge and Baron of Innerdale, 5th Lord Hamilton, Lord Aberbrothwick/Arbroath
James Hamilton 1575–1618 1st Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn
James Hamilton 1606–1649 1st Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 3rd Marquess of Hamilton, 5th Earl of Arran, 2nd Earl of Cambridge and Baron of Innerdale
William Hamilton 1616–1651 2nd Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 1st Earl of Lanark, 6th Earl of Arran, 3rd Earl of Cambridge and Baron of Innerdale
James Hamilton c. 1604 – c. 1670 2nd Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 2nd Lord Paisley, 1st Lord Hamilton of Strabane
Claud Hamilton c. 1606–1638 2nd Lord Hamilton of Strabane
William Douglas (Hamilton) 1634–1694 jure uxoris Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, suo jure 1st Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch
Anne Hamilton 1631–1716 suo jure 3rd Duchess of Hamilton, Marchioness of Clydesdale, Countess of Arran and Cambridge, and Lady Aven and Innerdale, 2nd Countess of Lanark
George Hamilton c. 1636 – c. 1680 3rd Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn
James Hamilton 1658–1712 4th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 1st Duke of Brandon and Baron Dutton, 3rd Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont
Charles Douglas 1663–1739 2nd Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch
John Douglas-Hamilton 1664–1744 3rd Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch, 1st Earl of Ruglen
James Hamilton 1703–1743 5th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 2nd Duke of Brandon and Baron Dutton, 4th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont
James Hamilton 1724–1758 6th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 3rd Duke of Brandon and Baron Dutton, 5th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont
Archibald Hamilton 1740–1819 9th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 6th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, and Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, 8th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont
John Hamilton 1756–1818 9th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 1st Marquess of Abercorn, 10th Lord Hamilton of Strabane
James Hamilton 1755–1769 7th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 4th Duke of Brandon and Baron Dutton, Marquess of Angus and Abernethy, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, and Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, 6th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont
Douglas Hamilton 1756–1799 8th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 5th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 7th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont, 2nd Baron Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton 1767–1852 10th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 7th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, and Baron Dutton, Earl of Angus, and Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, 9th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont
Augustus Barrington Price Anne Powell Douglas-Hamilton 1781–1849
Thomas Douglas 1771–1820 5th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch
William Alexander Anthony Archibald Hamilton 1811–1863 11th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 8th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton10th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont
Charles Douglas-Hamilton 1808–1873
Dunbar James Douglas 1809–1885 6th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch
James Hamilton 1811–1885 2nd Marquess of Abercorn, 10th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 1st Duke of Abercorn, 11th Lord Hamilton of Strabane
William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton 1845–1895 12th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 9th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest and Baron Dutton, 2nd Duke of Châtellerault, 8th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch, 11th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont
James Hamilton 1838–1913 2nd Duke of Abercorn, 3rd Marquess of Abercorn, 11th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 12th Lord Hamilton of Strabane
Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton 1862–1940 13th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 10th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 20th Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 9th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch, 12th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont
James Albert Edward Hamilton 1869–1953 3rd Duke of Abercorn, 4th Marquess of Abercorn, 12th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 13th Lord Hamilton of Strabane
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton 1903–1973 14th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 11th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 21st Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 13rd Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont
George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton 1906–1994 10th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch, 10th Lord Daer and Shortcleuch
Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton 1909–1964
James Edward Hamilton 1904–1979 4th Duke of Abercorn, 5th Marquess of Abercorn, 13th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 14th Lord Hamilton of Strabane
Baron Selkirk of Douglas, 1997
Angus Douglas-Hamilton 1938–2010 15th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 12th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 22nd Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 14th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont
James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton 1942–2023 11th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch, Earldom disclaimed, 1994, Baron Selkirk of Douglas
Alasdair Douglas-Hamilton b. 1939
James Hamilton b. 1934 5th Duke of Abercorn, 6th Marquess of Abercorn, 14th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 15th Lord Hamilton of Strabane
Barony Selkirk of Douglas expired as a life peerage, 2023
Alexander Douglas-Hamilton b. 1978 16th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 13th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 23rd Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 15th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machanshyre and Polmont
^Mosley, Charles, ed. (1999). "Hamilton and Brandon". Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Vol. 1 (106th ed.). Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books). pp. 1281–1286. ISBN2-940085-02-1.
^Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Hamilton and Brandon, Duke of". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 1 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's. pp. 1680–1686. ISBN978-1-999767-0-5-1.
^Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Selkirk of Douglas, Baron". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 1 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's. pp. 3133–3135. ISBN978-1-999767-0-5-1.
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