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Earls of Ruglen (1697)

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'''Earl of Ruglen''' was a title in the [[Peerage of Scotland]]. Along with the subsidiary titles '''Viscount of Riccartoun''' and '''Lord Hillhouse''', it was created on 14 April 1697, for [[Lord John Douglas-Hamilton]], fourth (third surviving) son of [[William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton]], 1st [[Earl of Selkirk]], and his wife [[Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton]]. The 1st Earl of Ruglen succeeded as 3rd [[Earl of Selkirk]] on the death of his [[Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk|elder brother]] in 1739. The Earl's only son William, Lord Daer, died in 1742, so on the death of the Earl of Selkirk and Ruglen in 1744, the Earldom of Selkirk passed to his [[Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk|great-nephew]], while the Earldom of Ruglen passed to his daughter, Anne, who had married [[William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March|William Douglas]], 2nd [[Earl of March]]. On her death in 1748, the Earldom of Ruglen passed to her only child [[William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry|William, 3rd Earl of March]]. He succeeded his [[first cousin once removed]] [[Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry|Charles Douglas]] as 5th [[Marquess of Queensberry|Marquess]] and 4th [[Duke of Queensberry]] in 1778.<ref name="Scots">{{cite book |last1=Balfour Paul |first1=James |author1-link=James Balfour Paul |title=The Scots Peerage |date=1904 |publisher=D. Douglas |location=Edinburgh |pages=361-362 |url=https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun07paul/page/360/mode/2up |access-date=4 September 2024}}</ref>

The 3rd Earl died in 1810, and the Earldom of Ruglen became extinct, while other titles passed to the late Earl's relatives. His second cousin twice removed ([[Francis Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss]]) succeeded to the Earldom of March, his fourth (and also third) cousin once removed ([[Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry|Sir Charles Douglas, 5th Bt]]) succeeded to the Marquessate of Queensberry, and his second cousin once removed ([[Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch]]) succeeded to the Dukedom of Queensberry.

==Earls of Ruglen (1697) ==

*[[John Hamilton, 1st Earl of Ruglen, 3rd Earl of Selkirk]] (1664–1744)
*[[Anne Hamilton, 2nd Countess of Ruglen]] (1698–1748)
*[[William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry|William Douglas, 3rd Earl of March, 3rd Earl of Ruglen, 5th Marquess of Queensberry, 4th Duke of Queensberry]] (1725–1810)

== Family tree ==
{{Hamilton family tree}}

==References==
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[[Category:Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Scotland]]
[[Category:Noble titles created in 1697]]
[[Category:1697 establishments in Scotland]]
[[Category:1810 disestablishments in Scotland]]

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