Lord Innermeath is an extinct title in the
Peerage of Scotland created c. 1471 for
Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Innermeath
Walter may refer to:
People
* Walter (name), both a surname and a given name
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968)
* Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born ...
. Stewart had previously been
Lord of Lorne, but resigned that title - which came with substantial
comital power - under pressure from
James III; James wished to weaken the remaining power of the
Black Douglases, who had been allies of Walter's uncle,
The Black Knight of Lorn. Walter had in fact held the Lordship of Lorne for only a few days, following the murder of his brother, the former Lord of Lorne.
The creation of ''Lord Innermeath'' was designed as immediate compensation for Walter's loss of Lorne; he received it on the same day that Lorne was resigned. The title - ''Innermeath'' - refers to the family home of the Stewart Lords of Lorn -
Innermeath (now ''Invermay''). The Lordship of Lorn was subsequently awarded to
Colin Campbell Colin may refer to:
* Colin (given name)
* Colin (surname)
* ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie
* Colin (horse) (1905–1932), thoroughbred racehorse
* Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned north of Sydney ...
, husband of Walter's niece (Isabel Stewart), who became
Earl of Argyll
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form '' jarl'', and meant " chieftain", particul ...
soon after.
The Lords of Innermeath claimed rights to office in the Sherrifdom of Perthshire.
[David Masson, ''Register of the Privy Council of Scotland: 1578-1585'', vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1880), p. 491.]
The sixth Lord Innermeath was further ennobled as the
Earl of Atholl
The Mormaer or Earl of Atholl was the title of the holder of a medieval comital lordship straddling the highland province of Atholl (''Ath Fodhla''), now in northern Perthshire. Atholl is a special Mormaerdom, because a King of Atholl is repor ...
in 1596, but both title became extinct upon the death of
James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl and 7th Lord Innermeath.
Lords Innermeath
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Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Innermeath
Walter may refer to:
People
* Walter (name), both a surname and a given name
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968)
* Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born ...
(d.c. 1489)
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Thomas Stewart, 2nd Lord Innermeath (k. 1513
Battle of Flodden
The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton, (Brainston Moor) was a battle fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, resulting in an English ...
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Richard Stewart, 3rd Lord Innermeath (d. 1532)
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John Stewart, 4th Lord Innermeath (d. 1569)
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James Stewart, 5th Lord Innermeath (d.1585)
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John Stewart, 6th Lord Innermeath (d. 1603) created
Earl of Atholl
The Mormaer or Earl of Atholl was the title of the holder of a medieval comital lordship straddling the highland province of Atholl (''Ath Fodhla''), now in northern Perthshire. Atholl is a special Mormaerdom, because a King of Atholl is repor ...
in 1596.
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James Stewart, 7th Lord Innermeath (d. 1625)
References
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Sources
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Balfour Paul, Sir James''The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom'', vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1904), pp. 1-8
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