Earl of Dumbarton

Earl of Dumbarton is a title of Scottish nobility, referring to Dumbarton in the area West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The title has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Scotland in 1675 and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 2018.

Earldom of Dumbarton
Arms of Prince Harry, the present Earl of Dumbarton
Creation date	9 March 1675[1]
Creation	Second
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Lord George Douglas
Present holder	Prince Harry
Heir apparent	Archie Mountbatten-Windsor
Remainder to	the 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten[2]
Status	Extant[3]

History

The title was first created in the Peerage of Scotland on 9 March 1675 for Lord George Douglas, son of the Marquess of Douglas and younger brother of the Earl of Selkirk, for services fighting in the Franco-Dutch War. Lord Dumbarton was also created Lord Douglas of Ettrick. He was married to Anne Douglas (née Wheatley), the first Countess of Dumbarton, who was the sister of Catherine Fitzroy, Duchess of Northumberland. Following the death of their only son, the unmarried second Earl, both titles became extinct on 7 January 1749.[1][4]

On 16 July 2018, the title was recreated in the Peerage of the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II as one of the two subsidiary titles for her grandson Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, on the occasion of his wedding, when he was also created Baron Kilkeel. The title was announced on 19 May 2018.[5][2] The heir to the earldom is his son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.

Earls of Dumbarton, first creation, 1710

Earl	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
George Douglas 1675—1692		1635 Douglas Castle son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, and Lady Mary Gordon	Anne Wheatley 1 child	1692 St-Germain-en-Laye, Paris, France aged 56–57 years
George Douglas 1692—1749		1687 son of George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton, and Anne Wheatley	Unmarried	1749 Douai, France aged 61–62 years

Earl of Dumbarton, second creation, 2018

Earl	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Prince Harry House of Windsor 2018–present also: Duke of Sussex and Baron Kilkeel (2018)		15 September 1984 St Mary's Hospital, London son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer	Meghan Markle 19 May 2018 1 child	– now 36 years, 140 days old

Line of succession

Heraldic banner of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Earl of Dumbarton

• Prince Harry, Earl of Dumbarton (b. 1984)
  • (1) Archie Mountbatten-Windsor (b. 2019)

References

1. Balfour Paul, James (1904). The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas. pp. 216–217. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
2. "No. 62358". The London Gazette. 20 July 2018. p. 12928.
3. Royal.UK — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: Announcement of Titles (Accessed 19 May 2018)
4. Emerson, Stephen (19 May 2018). "Prince Harry given Earl of Dumbarton title". The Scotsman. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
5. "Prince Harry to be Earl of Dumbarton". BBC News. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.