Lord Innermeath is an extinct title in the

Peerage of Scotland The Peerage of Scotland (; ) is one of the five divisions of peerages in the United Kingdom and for those peers created by the King of Scots before 1707. Following that year's Treaty of Union 1707, Treaty of Union, the Kingdom of Scots and the ...

created c. 1471 for

Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Innermeath Walter may refer to: People and fictional characters * Walter (name), including a list of people and fictional and mythical characters with the given name or surname * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–19 ...

. Stewart had previously been

Lord of Lorne ''For the Child ballad, see The Lord of Lorn and the False Steward.'' Lord of Lorne is a Scottish title of nobility that has been created twice. ;First Creation The title was first created for Robert Stewart of Durisdeer (died 1403), son of Jo ...

, 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, husband of Walter's niece (Isabel Stewart), who became

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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

(d.c. 1489) *

Thomas Stewart, 2nd Lord Innermeath Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

(k. 1513

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) *

Richard Stewart, 3rd Lord Innermeath Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and ...

(d. 1532) *

John Stewart, 4th Lord Innermeath John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Ep ...

(d. 1569) *

James Stewart, 5th Lord Innermeath James Stewart, 5th Lord Innermeath (died 1586) was a Scottish peer, courtier and landowner. He was the son of John Stewart, 4th Lord Innermeath and Elizabeth Beaton, daughter of David Betoun of Creich. She was a former mistress of James V of Sco ...

(d.1585) * John Stewart, 6th Lord Innermeath (d. 1603) created

in 1596. *

James Stewart, 7th Lord Innermeath James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (disambiguation), various kings named James * Prince Jame ...

(d. 1625)

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Sources

* 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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