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The Jacobite peerage includes those created by James II and VII, and the subsequent Jacobite pretenders, after James's deposition from the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland following the Glorious Revolution of 1688. These creations were not recognised in English, Scots or Irish law, but the titles were used in circles in Continental Europe and recognised by France, Spain and the .

Jacobite peerages ceased to be created after 1760 except for a title created by the "Young Pretender", Prince Charles Edward Stuart, for his illegitimate daughter in or before 1783. The following tables list the peerages and baronetcies created by the Stuart claimants in exile.


Sources
An authoritative list of the Jacobite peerage does not exist. The standard source relied on is The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Grants of Honour published in 1904 by Melville Henry Massue, who called himself 'Marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval'.
(1980). 9781898218203, Scottish Cultural Press. .
(2025). 9781843834236, Boydell & Brewer. .
However, as a source, it is unreliable. Peter Drummond-Murray of Mastrick noted in an article in Burke's Peerage that:


Dukes
James David Drummond, 16th Duke of Perth (b. 1965)
Margaret of Mar, 11th Duchess of Mar (b. 1940)
Bruce George Ronald Murray, 12th Duke of Rannoch (b. 1960)


Marquesses
subsidiary title of the Duke of Powis
for James Paynter, Cornish gentleman.
subsidiary title of the Duke of Northumberland
subsidiary title of the Duke of Albemarle
for Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth
subsidiary title of the Duke of Melfort
None – current Duke of Perth has no sons
for William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure
None – current Duchess of Mar has no sons
Michael Bruce John Murray, Marquess of Blair (b. 1985)
subsidiary title of the Duke of St Andrews and Castelblanco
subsidiary title of the
subsidiary title of the Duke of Tyrconnell


Earls
William Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey (b. 1976)
Lucius Cary, 10th Earl of Falkland (b. 1935)
Robert Francis Alan Erskine-Murray, 12th Earl of Westminster (b. 1964)
title for life, created for Donna Anna Victoria Davia Montecuculi, who accompanied the Queen on her escape from Whitehall on 9 December 1688
subsidiary title of the Marquess of Seaforth
subsidiary title of the Duke of Melfort
for Virgilio Davia, the husband of the Countess of Almond, above
N/A – current Duke of Perth has no sons
for John Baptist/Giovanni Battista Gualterio, brother of Cardinal Filippo Antonio Gualterio, of Scotland, as of 1706, and England, as of 1717, "to secure political support at Rome". 'The Stuart Court in Exile and the Jacobites', by Eveline Cruickshanks, p. xvii Giovanni Battista was also of Corgnolo, near (created 1723, Pope Innocent XIII), patrician of and Orvieto, noble of and Loreto; between 1713 and 1720, also of Cumia, near Messina (created by Philip V of Spain)
None – current Duchess of Mar has no male-line grandsons
N/A – current courtesy Marquess of Blair has no sons
subsidiary title of the Duke of St Andrews and Castelblanco
for John Hay of Cromlix, also Duke of Inverness from 4 April 1727
Alexander David Mungo Murray, 9th Earl of Dunbar (b. 1956)
Henry Benedict Charles Dillon, 14th Earl of Dillon (b. 1973)
Malcolm Murray, 12th Earl of Nairne (b. 1946)
subsidiary title of the Duke of Fraser
for , Jacobite Minister at Vienna and subsequently Secretary of State
for Patrick Sarsfield, Jacobite leader in the Williamite War in Ireland
also in the peerage of Ireland.
for , Jacobite agent who worked to restore James II and James Francis Edward Stuart
for General George Browne, also Count von Browne of the Holy Roman Empire.
for Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, general in the Jacobite rising of 1745
for , shipbuilder at .
for Daniel O'Brien, Jacobite envoy and Secretary of State.


Viscounts
England
England
England
George Henry William Child-Villiers, Viscount Dartford (b. 2015) (courtesy peer)
England
England
Richard Harry Goring, 11th Viscount Goring
Scotland
Scotland
N/A – current Duke of Perth has no grandsons
Scotland
None – current Duchess of Mar has no male-line great-grandsons
N/A – current courtesy Marquess of Blair has no grandsons
Scotland
Scotland
William Philip David Mungo Murray, Viscount of Drumcairn (b. 1988) (courtesy peer)
Charles Benjimen Murray b.Feb 23 1982
Scotland
Scotland
Ireland
Ireland
Ireland
Ireland
Ireland
N/A – identical to earldom
Ireland
for Owen (or Audeonus or Eugenius) O'Rourke, Ambassador of James Francis Edward Stuart to the Imperial Court at "Count Owen O'Rourke ... married Catharine Diana de Beauveau, sister to the Prince of Craon, but left no issue" - The Case of Count O'Rourke, Presented to His Majesty, in June, 1784, Etc, page 9"Owen O'Rourke ... is son to Con O'Rourke, son to Con, son to Tiernan, son to Owen, etc., ancient heirs and possessors of the estate of Carha in Leitrim and to Dorothy O'Connor, daughter to Bryan, son to Charles, son to Charles, all hereditary chiefs of the house of O'Connor, Sligo" - Calendar of Stuart Papers, iv, 5"126. Owen: son of Brian Ballach. 127. Tiernan Bán: his son. By referring to the Annals of the Four Masters, A.D. 1590, it will be seen that this man was in alliance with his kinsman Brian Oge O'Rourke, in resisting the encroachments of Sir Richard Bingham, then the Queen's Governor of Connaught. Doubtless, he was among "wild Breffny's warlike band,"4 who, led "by gallant Brian Oge, turned the scale of victory"5 against Sir Conyers Clifford, at "Curlieu's Pass," near Boyle, on that memorable Feast of the Assumption, A.D. 1600. 128. Owen: son of Tiernan Bán; fought against Sir Frederick Hamilton. Had two sons: 1. Hugh; 2. Owen.6 This Owen had two brothers—1. Brian, 2. Con: the former slain during the events of 1641-9, and the latter executed during the same unhappy period. Tradition tells that this execution took place in the presence, or within view, of his brother Owen, and in front of, or convenient to their father's house." – O'ROURKE (No.3)Of Innismagrath, County Leitrim – From Irish Pedigrees; or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation by John O'Hart"Con of Castle Car, beside Manorhamilton ... was sheriff of Leitrim in 1641, but was afterwards captured and hanged by Sir Frederick Hamilton from the walls of his castle, on January 2nd, 1641." – Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1906, P139Ireland
Ireland
Ireland
Ireland


Barons and Lords of Parliament

Barons in the peerage of England
for Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston of Haddington in the peerage of Scotland (cr. 1681)
subsidiary title of the Earl of Dover
subsidiary title of the Earl of Dover
also Earl of Melfort in Scotland, Duke of Melfort from 17 April 1692 and Duke of Perth from 2 July 1800
subsidiary title of the
subsidiary title of the Duke of Albemarle
for John Caryll, poet, dramatist and diplomat
subsidiary title of the Earl of Jersey
for Francis Cottington of
for Theophilus Oglethorpe, Jr., former Member of Parliament for Haslemere under Anne, Queen of Great Britain
subsidiary title of the Earl of Bath
subsidiary title of the Duke of Albemarle
subsidiary title of the
also Earl of Inverness in Scotland, Duke of Inverness from 4 April 1727


Lords of Parliament in the peerage of Scotland
Ranald 'Og' Angus Macdonald of Clanranald, younger, Master of Clanranald (b. 1963)
Malcolm Lachlan Charles Maclean, Master of Maclean (b. 1972)
Somerled Alexander Bosville Macdonald, Master of Sleat (b. 1976)
Donald Andrew John Cameron, younger of Lochiel, Master of Lochiel (b. 1976)
Michael Patrick Grant of Grant, Master of Grant (b. 1953)
Jack Fraser, Master of Lovat and Fraser (b. 1984)


Barons in the peerage of Ireland
also Earl of Clanricarde from 1702
for Thomas Nugent, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, holder also Earl of Westmeath from 1871
subsidiary title of the Viscount Mountcashell
for , re-creation of the title forfeit since 1645
for who was Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1687–1690
subsidiary title of the
subsidiary title of the Viscount Mount Leinster
subsidiary title of the Viscount Cahiravahilla
for Nicholas Purcell of Loughmoe, Colonel of a regiment of horse in James II's army – also Baron of Loughmoe (created 1328)
subsidiary title of the Earl of Lucan
for Colonel Nathaniel Hooke, special envoy of James Francis Edward Stuart and later of Louis XIV of France to prepare abortive in 1708
for , knight of the Order of Christ, created a 1717 (q.v.)
for Colonel Donald McMahon of
also Earl of Lismore from 11 October 1746
for Toby (Theobald) Bourke, diplomat, descended from the Bourkes of
for Richard Butler
for Owen (or Audeonus or Eugenius) O'Rourke of , Ambassador of James Francis Edward Stuart to the Imperial Court at in 1741 - also Viscount Breffney from 31 July 1731
for Matthew Crone
subsidiary title of the Viscount Breffney
subsidiary title of the Earl of Moenmoyne


Baronets

Baronets of England
for the son and heir of John Ashton (died 1691)
for Conte Giacomo (James) Ronchi, Almoner to Queen Mary at St Germain
also in the peerage of Ireland from 15 December 1721
for Joseph Ronchi
for William Connock, father of Sir Timon Connock, aide-de-camp to Philip V
for John Constable, for service to Henry Benedict Stuart


Baronets of Nova Scotia
for , Under Secretary of State, 1689–1713 (with intervals), Clerk of the King's Council, 1706–1713, Secretary of the Closet, 1713–1733
for Alexander Robertson of Struan, 13th Chief of and the only man to take part in all three Jacobite uprisings
for Alexander Robertson of Fascally
also Earl of Alford from 20 January 1760
 
for Andrew Michael Ramsay, known as the "Chevalier Ramsay", leading exponent of Scottish
for John Lumisden (or Lumsden), cousin of
for Alexander MacGregor Drummond of Balhaldie, elected Chief of and a distinguished
for Alexander Macdonald, 17th of Keppoch
 
for John Edgar of Keithock, nephew of James Edgar, Clerk of the Rolls, Register and Council in Scotland
for John Hay of Restalrig, Major-Domo of the Household of Charles Edward Stuart in Rome
for Sir John Stewart, Head of Charles's household. Stewart married Rosa Fiorani. Their son Charles Stewart, an officer in the Papal army, died in 1864 and is buried in San Lorenzo in Lucina


Baronets of Ireland
also Earl of Moenmoyne from 1746
for Sir Peter Sherlock, father of
for
for Dr John Higgins of Montoge
for Thomas Sheridan
for Oliver O'Gara
for Sir John Hely
for Patrick Worth
for Mark Forstal
for Richard Gaydon
for Piers Butler
for Colonel Richard Warren
for Walter Rutledge
for John William O'Sullivan


Knights of the Garter and Knights of the Thistle

Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
 
Succeeded as Sovereign of the Order, 16 September 1701
 
Created Knight of the Order of the Thistle, 1687
Duke and Peer of France, Marshal of France. At the Court of King James II, 1685–1688, accompanied Queen Mary Beatrice and the Prince of Wales to France, December 1688. With King James II in Ireland, 1689–1691. Confidant of Queen Mary Beatrice after 1701.
of the English Commandery of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
Created Knight of the Order of the Thistle, 1687
Nominated to succeed the Duke of Melfort (see above)
Created Knight of the Order of the Thistle by Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1706. Degraded 1715
Succeeded as Sovereign of the Order, 1 January 1766
Created Knight of the Order of the Thistle by George I, 1726
 
Succeeded as 2nd Duke of Berwick and 2nd Duque de Liria y Jérica, Grandee of Spain 1734
Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, 1747. Succeeded as Sovereign of the Order, 31 January 1788
 


Knights of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle
Succeeded as Sovereign of the Order, 16 September 1701
 
 
 
Succeeded his father as 2nd Duke of Perth, 11 May 1716
 
 
 
Created Knight of the Garter by King James II, 1688. Degraded 1715
 
 
 
Succeeded as Sovereign of the Order, 1 January 1766
 
 
 
 
 
Created Knight of the Garter, 1723 (see above)
Succeeded as Sovereign of the Order, 31 January 1788
Secretary of State of Charles Edward Stuart
Natural daughter of Charles Edward Stuart

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