Viscount of Oxfuird
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The title Viscount of Oxfuird was created in 1651 for Sir James Makgill, Baronet, along with the subsidiary title of Lord Makgill of Cousland,with remainder to heirs male whomsoever, a Scottish concept that permitted inheritance by persons not descended from the original grantee,but descended in the male line from male-line ancestors of the grantee.
At the death of the second Viscount, no-one claimed the titles, including the baronetcy, so they all became dormant. The person who should have been fourth Viscount attempted to prove his claim, but was unsuccessful. Thereafter, the matter was generally left alone, until the de jure tenth Viscount actively pressed his claim to the viscountcy and baronetcy. Shortly after his death, litigation was resolved in his favour in regards to the baronetcy, but the viscountcy still remained dormant. John Makgill's successors also petitioned to revive the viscountcy, but their claims were not admitted until 1977, when Sir John Donald Arthur Alexander Makgill was declared 12th Viscount of Oxfuird.
Viscounts of Oxfuird (1651)
- James Makgill, 1st Viscount of Oxfuird (d. 1663)
- Robert Makgill, 2nd Viscount of Oxfuird (1651-1706) (dormant 1706)
- David Makgill, 3rd Viscount of Oxfuird (d. 1717)
- James Makgill, 4th Viscount of Oxfuird (d. 1747)
- John Makgill, 5th Viscount of Oxfuird (1676-1762)
- Arthur Makgill, 6th Viscount of Oxfuird (1709-1777)
- George Makgill, 7th Viscount of Oxfuird (1723-1797)
- John Makgill, 8th Viscount of Oxfuird (c. 1790-1817)
- George Makgill, 9th Viscount of Oxfuird (1812-1878)
- John Makgill, 10th Viscount of Oxfuird (1836-1906)
- George Makgill, 11th Viscount of Oxfuird (1868-1926)
- John Donald Arthur Alexander Makgill, 12th Viscount of Oxfuird (1899-1986) (revived 1977)
- George Hubbard Makgill, 13th Viscount of Oxfuird (1934-2003)
- Ian Alexander Arthur Makgill, 14th Viscount of Oxfuird (b. 1969)