Earl of Glasgow

"Lord Boyle" redirects here. For other uses, see Lord Boyle (disambiguation).

Earldom of Glasgow
Quarterly, 1st and 4th: or a double headed eagle displayed gules, armed and beaked azure; 2nd and 3rd: parted per bend embattled argent and gules; over all an escutcheon or, charged with three stag's horns gules
Creation date	12 April 1703
Created by	Anne of Scotland
Peerage	Peerage of Scotland
First holder	David Boyle, Lord Boyle
Present holder	Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow
Heir apparent	David Boyle, Viscount Kelburn
Remainder to	Heirs male of the first earl's body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Viscount Kelburn Baron Fairlie Lord Boyle of Kelburn, Stewartoun, Cumbrae, Finnick, Largs and Dalry Lord Boyle of Stewartoun, Cumbraes, Fenwick, Largs and Dalry
Seat(s)	Kelburn Castle
Former seat(s)	Stanely Castle
Motto	Dominus providebit ("The Lord will provide")

Earl of Glasgow is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for David Boyle, Lord Boyle.

The first earl was subsequently one of the commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Union uniting the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain. He had already been created Lord Boyle of Kelburn, Stewartoun, Cumbrae, Finnick, Largs and Dalry in 1699, and was made Lord Boyle of Stewartoun, Cumbraes, Fenwick, Largs and Dalry and Viscount Kelburn at the same time as he was granted the earldom. These titles are also in the Peerage of Scotland.

The fourth Earl was in 1815 created Baron Ross, of Hawkhead in the County of Renfrew, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, a title which became extinct on the death of the sixth Earl in 1890. The seventh Earl served as Governor of New Zealand from 1892 to 1897 and was created Baron Fairlie, of Fairlie in the County of Ayr, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1897.

Brigadier Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae, and journalist Sir James Fergusson, 8th Baronet, were both grandsons of the 7th Earl.

The Earl of Glasgow is the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Boyle.

The family seat is Kelburn Castle in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Earl of Glasgow (1703)

• David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow (1666–1733)
• John Boyle, 2nd Earl of Glasgow (1688–1740)
• John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow (1714–1775)
• George Boyle, 4th Earl of Glasgow (1766–1843) (created Baron Ross [UK] in 1815)
  • John Boyle, Lord Boyle (1789–1818)
• James Carr-Boyle, 5th Earl of Glasgow (1792–1869)
• George Frederick Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow (1825–1890)
• David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow (1833–1915) (created Baron Fairlie [UK] in 1897)
• Patrick James Boyle, 8th Earl of Glasgow (1874–1963)
• David William Maurice Boyle, 9th Earl of Glasgow (1910–1984)
• Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow (born 1939)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, David Michael Douglas Boyle, Viscount Kelburn (born 1978).

Title succession chart

Title succession chart, Earls of Glasgow.

David Boyle 1st Earl of Glasgow 1666–1733 John Boyle 2nd Earl of Glasgow 1688–1740 John Boyle 3rd Earl of Glasgow 1714–1775 Rev. Patrick Boyle 1717–1798 Baron Ross (1815, UK) George Boyle 4th Earl of Glasgow 1766–1843 David Boyle Lord Boyle 1772–1853 John Boyle Lord Boyle 1789–1818 James Carr-Boyle 5th Earl of Glasgow 1792–1869 Hon. William Boyle 1802–1819 George Boyle 6th Earl of Glasgow 1825–1890 Patrick Boyle 1806–1874 Ross barony extinct Baron Fairlie (1897, UK) David Boyle 7th Earl of Glasgow 1833–1915 Patrick Boyle 8th Earl of Glasgow 1874–1963 David Boyle 9th Earl of Glasgow 1910–1984 Patrick Boyle 10th Earl of Glasgow born 1939 David Boyle Viscount Kelburn born 1978

See also

• Clan Boyle

References

Sources

• Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
• Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 402.