Earl of Gowrie
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The title of Earl of Gowrie has been created twice in the Peerage of Scotland and oncein the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Donald Bane (c 1033 - 1099) is said to have been created Mormaer or Earl of Gowrie around 1060. He succeeded to the throne of Scotland in 1093 when the peerage merged with the Crown
On 23 Aug 1581 William Ruthven, Lord Ruthven was created Earl of Gowrie. He was executed for high treason, attainted and peerages forfeited on 28 May 1584. The 2nd Earl was restored to the Peerage in 1586, and the peerage was forfeited on the death of the 3rd Earl in 1586
The title of Earl of Gowrie was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1945 for Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie, a former Governor-General of Australia.
The Earl holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount Ruthven of Canberra (1945), Baron Ruthven of Gowrie (1919) and Baron Gowrie of Canberra (1934).
Earls of Gowrie (1581 - 1600)
- William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie (c 1545 -1584) forfeit 1584
- James Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie (1575-1588)
- John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie (1576-1600)