Earl of Selkirk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, used since 1646. It has rules of inheritance subject to unusual and unique provisions. The title...

(born 2012). Clan Hamilton Clan Douglas Earl of Angus Earl of Arran (Scotland) Earl of Orkney Earl of Selkirk Lord Abernethy Hamilton Palace and Hamilton...

Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk FRS FRSE (20 June 1771 – 8 April 1820) was a Scottish peer. He was noteworthy as a Scottish philanthropist who sponsored...

John Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Selkirk, 1st Earl of Ruglen (bapt. 26 January 1664/5 – 3 December 1744), known as Lord John Hamilton until 1697, was a Scottish...

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...

Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, KG, PC (24 December 1634 – 18 April 1694), also known as Lord William Douglas and the Earl of Selkirk, was a Scottish nobleman...

the centre of the 160,000-square-mile (410,000 km2) area purchased by the Earl of Selkirk from the Hudson's Bay Company. The first settlers of the Red River...

Sturzenegger of Arran, Earl of Arran in the territorial baronage of Scotland". He also requested a grant of arms reflecting his claimed title as "Earl of Arran...

portions of the mountain range. The Selkirks were named after Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk. In 1857 gold was discovered in the Selkirks. Coal, copper...

Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk (1722–1799) Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk (1771–1820) Dunbar Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk (1809–1885) Lord Archibald...

as a life peer. In 1994, he was briefly Earl of Selkirk, but disclaimed that peerage to remain in the House of Commons. James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton...

origin, and list of people with the surname Earl of Selkirk, a title in the Peerage of Scotland James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, Scottish...

Group Captain George Nigel "Geordie" Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, KT, GCMG, GBE, AFC, AE, PC, QC (4 January 1906 – 24 November 1994) was a...

Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn, challenged her right to succeed to the title. Anne married William Douglas, 1st Earl of Selkirk (later Duke of Hamilton)....

Duke of Atholl Lord Charles Hamilton (1664–1739), later 2nd Earl of Selkirk Lord John Hamilton (1665–1744), later 1st Earl of Ruglen and 3rd Earl of Selkirk...

July 1606 he was made Earl of Abercorn and Lord of Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick. His successor, the 2nd Earl of Abercorn, was additionally...

Colony (or Selkirk Settlement), also known as Assiniboia, was a colonization project set up in 1811 by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, on 300,000...

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...

of Winnipeg. Named for Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, founder of the Selkirk Settlement, the fort was in the immediate vicinity (down river) of...

family surname of the Dukes of Hamilton and Earls of Selkirk. The name originates from the marriage of Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton to William...

to 1821. It started after the establishment of the Red River Colony by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk in 1812, and ended in 1821 when the NWC was...

during winter 1815–1816.". Selkirk collection, Vol. 5 (MG19-E1, microfilm reel C-2). Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk. p. 1951. Retrieved 14 July...

Dunbar Hamilton Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk FRSE (1 December 1722 – 24 June 1799) was a Scottish peer. Born Dunbar Hamilton, he adopted the name Dunbar...

Private Secretary from 1957 to 1958, to the 10th Earl of Selkirk in the latter's capacity as First Lord of the Admiralty. He was Deputy British High Commissioner...

Cuthbert Grant’s brother-in-law. During this time, Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, sought to settle the Red River region, planning to bring Scottish...

Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton and 1st Earl of Selkirk (1635–1694) William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton and 8th Earl of Selkirk (1845–1895) David...

Governor Miles MacDonell, appointed by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk issued to the inhabitants of the Red River area a proclamation which became known...

This is a list of the 189 present earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It does not include extant...

James Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk FRS (22 April 1809 – 11 April 1885) was a Scottish peer. The son of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk and Joan Wedderburn-Colville...

Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk, PC (born Lord Charles Hamilton; 3 February 1663 – 13 March 1739) was a Scottish aristocrat and courtier. Hamilton...