1st Duke of Dover and 2nd Duke of Queensberry KG
Lords Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers in the Peerage of Scotland (1628)
Viscounts Drumlanrig in the Peerage of Scotland (1628)
Earls of Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland (1633)
Marquesses of Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland (1682)
Dukes of Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland (1684)
Duke of Dover in the Peerage of Great Britain (1708 to extinct 1778)
Earl of Solway in the Peerage of Scotland (1706 to extinct 1778)
Earls of March in the Peerage of Scotland (1697, from 1778 to 1810)
Earls of Ruglen in the Peerage of Scotland (1697, from 1778 to extinct 1810)
Baron Douglas of Amesbury in the Peerage of Great Britain (1768 to extinct 1810)
Earls of Queensberry
- William Douglas, 1st of Drumlanrig (died 1427) illegitimate son of 2nd Earl of Douglas.
- William Douglas, 2nd of Drumlanrig (died 1458)
- William Douglas, 3rd of Drumlanrig (died 1464)
- William Douglas, 4th of Drumlanrig (died 1484)
- James Douglas, 5th of Drumlanrig (died 1498)
- William Douglas, 6th of Drumlanrig (died 1513)
- James Douglas, 7th of Drumlanrig (died 1578)
- James Douglas, 8th of Drumlanrig (died 1615)
- William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry, 1st Viscount Drumlanrig, 1st Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers, 9th Baron Drumlanrig (died 1640)
Dukes of Queensberry
- William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry and Marquess of Dumfriesshire, 1st Marquess of Queensberry, Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, Viscount of Nith, Torthorwald and Ross and Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock, 3rd Earl of Queensberry (1637–1695)
- Marquessate of Queensberry, with remainder ot his heirs male whatsoever
Dukedom of Queensberry, with remainder to the heirs male of his body, but with a provision that this grant should in no way prejudice the limitation of the Marquessate and the other titles granted in 1681/2
- James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, 1st Duke of Dover and Marquess of Beverley and Baron Ripon KG (1662–1711)
Surrendered the titles conferred on his father with the exception of the Marquessate of Queensberry to the Crown and obtained a new grant in 1706 with a special remainder to his third son, Charles Douglas, 1st Earl of Solway, and extending the remainder to heirs male or female descended from William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry
- James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry (1697–1715) second son of the 2nd Duke, was excluded from the succession and then died without issue. A homicidal maniac.
Earl of Solway
- Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 2nd Duke of Dover, 1st Earl of Solway, Viscount Tibbers and Lord Douglas of Lockerby, Dalveen and Thornhill (1698–1778) third son of the 2nd Duke.
- William Douglas, 3rd Earl of March, 3rd Earl of Ruglen, 5th Marquess of Queensberry, 4th Duke of Queensberry, 1st Baron Douglas of Amesbury (1725–1810)
The Queensberry Inheritance
When William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry (1725–1810) died his 24 peerages were distributed as follows depending on their original grant:
Extinct:
Earldom of Ruglen
Viscountcy of Riccartoun
Lordship Hillhouse
Baron Douglas of Amesbury
Henry, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch in right of his grandmother, Jean, sister and heir-of- line of Charles, 3rd Duke of Queensberry:
Dukedom of Queensberry
Marquessate of Dumfriesshire
Earldoms of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar
Viscountcies of Nith, Torthorwald and Ross
Lordships of Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock
See House of Montagu-Douglas-Scott
Francis, 8th Earl of Wemyss in right of his great-grandmother, Anne, wife of 4th Earl of Wemyss and sister and heir-of- line of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March:
Earldom of March
Viscountcy of Peebles
Lordships of Douglas of Neidpath, Lyne and Munard
See below
Sir Charles Douglas, 5th Baronet, of Kelhead heir male of Douglas of Drumlanrig:
Marquessate of Queensberry
Earldom of Queensberry
Viscountcy of Drumlanrig
Lordships of Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers
See below
Douglas of Kelhead in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1668)
Lords Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers in the Peerage of Scotland (1628 from 1810)
Viscounts Drumlanrig in the Peerage of Scotland (1628 from 1810)
Earls of Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland (1633 from 1810)
Marquesses of Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland (1682 from 1810)
Barons Solway of Kinmount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1833)
Douglas of Kelhead
- Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet (1639 – c. 1707) grandson of 1st Earl of Queensberry.
- Sir William Douglas, 2nd Baronet of Kelhead, (c. 1675 –1733), son of the 1st Baronet and Catherine Douglas, a sister of the 3rd Earl of Queensbury (later the Duke of Queensbury).
- Sir John Douglas, 3rd Baronet (c 1708 –1778)
- Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet (c 1731 –1783)
Marquesses of Queensberry
- Sir Charles Douglas, 5th Baronet, 6th Marquess of Queensberry, 1st Baron Solway of Kinmount KT (1777–1837)
- John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry (1779–1856)
- Archibald William Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry (1818–1858)
- John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (1844–1900)
- Percy Sholto Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry (1868–1920)
- Francis Archibald Kelhead Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry (1896–1954)
- David Harrington Angus Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry (b. 1929)
Earls of March in the Peerage of Scotland (1697)
Earls of Ruglen in the Peerage of Scotland (1697 to 1810)
Baron Douglas of Amesbury in the Peerage of Great Britain (1768 to extinct 1810)
Duke of Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland (1684, from 1778 to 1810)
Earls of Wemyss in the Peerage of Scotland (1633 from 1826)
Barons Wemyss of Wemyss in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1821)
Earls of March
- William Douglas, 1st Earl of March, Viscount of Peebles and Lord Douglas of Neidpath, Lyne and Munard (c. 1665–1705), second son of William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry and married Anne Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Countess of Ruglen (1698–1748).
- William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March (c. 1696–1731)
3rd Earl of March and Ruglen before his elevation to the Dukdom of Queensberry
- William Douglas, 3rd Earl of March, 3rd Earl of Ruglen, 5th Marquess of Queensberry, 4th Duke of Queensberry, 1st Baron Douglas of Amesbury (1725–1810)
8th Earl of Wemyss and 4th Earl of March
- Francis Wemyss Charteris Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss, 4th Earl of March, 1st Baron Wemyss of Wemyss (1772–1853) (Earldom of Wemyss restored 1826)
- Francis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of Wemyss, 5th Earl of March (1796–1883)
- Francis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss, 6th Earl of March (1818–1914)
- Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss, 7th Earl of March (1857–1937)
- (Francis) David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss, 8th Earl of March KT (1912–2008)
- James Donald Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss, 9th Earl of March (b. 1948)
Wemyss of Wemyss in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625, dormant 1679)
Lord Wemyss of Elcho in the Peerage of Scotland (1628, attainted from 1746-1826)
Earls of Wemyss in the Peerage of Scotland (1633 attainted from 1746-1826)
1st and 2nd Earl of Wemyss
- John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss and Lord Elcho and Methel, 1st Lord Wemyss of Elcho, 1st Baronet (d. 1649)
- David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss (1610–1679)
He resigned his titles to the Crown and received a novadamus in 1672 making the remainder to the titles in favour of his youngest daughter Lady Margaret Wemyss, and the heirs male of her body; on his death the Baronetcy became dormant
Lord Burntisland
- Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss (1659–1705) Married her kinsman Sir James Wemyss of Caskieberran, co. Fife (created in 1672 Lord Burntisland for life; d. 1682)
4th Earl of Wemyss
- David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss (c. 1678–1720) married Lady Anne Douglas, daughter of William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry and sister of William Douglas, 1st Earl of March.
5th Earl of Wemyss
- David Wemyss, soi disant 6th Earl of Wemyss (1721–1787) (attainted 1746)
- Francis Wemyss Charteris, soi disant 7th Earl of Wemyss (1723–1808) assumed the surname of Charteris in lieu of Wemyss.
- Francis Wemyss Charteris Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss, 4th Earl of March, 1st Baron Wemyss of Wemyss (1772–1853) (Earldom of Wemyss restored 1826)
See above
Earls of Wemyss
Baron Wester Wemyss in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1919-1933)
Baron Wester Wemyss
- Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss (1864 –1933) descended from 5th Earl of Wemyss