Knight Marischal

The office of Knight Marischal was first created for the Scottish coronation of Charles I in 1633, at Scone. Unlike the separate office of Marischal, the office of Knight Marischal is not heritable, and has continued to be filled up to the death of the 11th Duke of Hamilton in 1863. The office is vacant but has not been abolished.

Not to be confused with Marischal of Scotland or Knight Marshal.

At the time of the Jacobite rising of 1715, the Knight Marischal was a Keith, and with his kinsman George, the 10th Earl Marischal, was in rebellion. However, as the office is non-heritable, it could not be forfeited, although the holder was stripped of office.

The salary attached to the post was £400 in 1660.[1] The Public Offices (Scotland) Act 1817 provided that no person thereafter appointed as Knight Marshall should receive a salary.[2]

Knights Marischal

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• 1660–1714: John Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore
• 1714–1715: William Keith, 2nd Earl of Kintore[3]
• 1718–1732: Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning
• 1733–1758: John Keith, 3rd Earl of Kintore[4]
• 1758: James Erskine, Lord Barjarg[5]
• 1785: Sir Robert Laurie, Bt
• 1805: William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll[6]
• 1819–1832: Alexander Keith, later Sir Alexander[7][8]
• 1832–1846: William George Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll[9][10]
• 1846–1863: William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton[11]

References

1. Reid, John J., The Scottish Regalia, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, 9 December (1889)
2. Public Offices (Scotland) Act 1817, section 10.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-12. Retrieved 2010-12-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. Lodge, E. (1907). The Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Companionage of the British Empire. p. 1062. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
5. Anderson, W. (1877). The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland. A. Fullarton & Company. p. 114. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
6. Debrett, J. (1816). The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. F.C. and J. Rivington. p. 652. Retrieved 30 April 2019. ... and was appointed knight marischal of Scotland, Feb. 5, 1805.
7. The Scott Newsletter. Department of English, University of Aberdeen. 1982. p. 15. Retrieved 30 April 2019. ... refers directly to the appointment of Alexander Keith as Knight Marischal, which was gazetted on 22 July 1819, it seems reasonable ...
8. The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. E. Cave. 1833. p. 178. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
9. MacVeigh, J. (1889). Dal-Mac. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Historical and Genealogical Account of All Scottish Families and Surnames. p. 588. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
10. Cokayne, G.E. (1926). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant. The Complete Peerage of England. St. Catherine Press, Limited. p. 101. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
11. Doyle, J.E. (1886). Abercon-Fortescue. The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885, with Sixteen Hundred Illustrations (in Spanish). Longmans, Green, and Company. p. 217. Retrieved 30 April 2019.