Earl of Nithsdale

Earl of Nithsdale

Earl of Nithsdale was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1620 for Robert Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell, with remainder to heirs male. He was made Lord Maxwell, Eskdale and Carlyle at the same time. The title of Lord Maxwell had been created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1445 for Herbert Maxwell. The third Lord was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. On the second Earl of Nithdale's death in 1667 the titles were inherited by John Maxwell, 7th Lord Herries of Terregles, who became the third Earl. He was the great-grandson of Sir John Maxwell, second son of Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell. His grandson, the fifth Earl, was involved in the Jacobite Rising of 1715 and attainted with his titles forfeited. However, Lord Nithsdale made a celebrated escape from the Tower of London by changing clothes with his wife the day before his execution. The titles are considered to have become extinct on the death of his son, except the Lordship of Herries of Terregles, which remains extant.

Lords Maxwell (1445)

*Herbert Maxwell, 1st Lord Maxwell (d. c.1454)
*Robert Maxwell, 2nd Lord Maxwell (d. c.1485)
*John Maxwell, 3rd Lord Maxwell (d. 1513)
*Robert Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell (c.1493-1546)
*Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell (d. 1552)
*Robert Maxwell, 6th Lord Maxwell (d. c.1554)
*John Maxwell, 7th Lord Maxwell (1552-1593), briefly the Earl of Morton, between 1581-1586
*John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell (d. 1613)
*Robert Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell (1586-1646) (created Earl of Nithsdale in 1620)

Earls of Nithsdale (1620)

*Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Nithsdale (1586-1646)
*Robert Maxwell, 2nd Earl of Nithsdale (1620-1667)
*John Maxwell, 3rd Earl of Nithsdale (d.1677)
*Robert Maxwell, 4th Earl of Nithsdale (1628-1696)
*William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale (1676-1744) (attainted 1716 and peerages forfeit)

ee also

*Lord Herries of Terregles
*Constable Maxwell-Scott Baronets


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