Representative peers
Representative peers are nobles who formed a uniquely Scottish institution,
dating from the Treaty of Union of 1707 when Scotland's peers elected 16 of
their number to sit in the Lords. In recognition of this, the group were
entitled to use the post-nominal "RP" – until their offices were abolished in
the Peerage Act of 1963
Representative peers were elected from the
Peerage of Scotland to sit in the House of Lords after the Acts of Union 1707
abolished the Parliament of Scotland, where, as a unicameral legislature, all
Scottish Peers had been entitled to sit.
From 1707 to 1963 there were
sixteen Scottish representative peers, all elected from among the peerage of
Scotland to sit for one parliament. After each dissolution of parliament, a new
election of representative peers from Scotland took place, although the Irish
representative peers held their seats in parliament for life.
Under the
Peerage Act 1963 which came into effect in August that year, all Scottish peers
were given seats in the House of Lords as of right, thus after that date no
further Scottish representative peers were needed.
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| James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry |
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13 February 1707 |
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15 April 1708 |
| James Douglas, 4th Duke of Hamilton |
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17 June 1708 |
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15 November 1712 |
| Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk
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8 October 1713 |
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5 January 1715 |
| Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk
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21 April 1722 |
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13 March 1739 |
| George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton |
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17 November 1730 |
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4 January 1738 |
| James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton |
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12 May 1739 |
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12 October 1768 |
| William Douglas, 3rd Earl of March
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5 May 1761 |
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14 February 1787 |
| George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton |
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8 May 1784 |
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11 June 1790 |
| Dunbar Douglas, 4th
Earl of Selkirk |
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28 March 1787 |
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11 June 1790 |
| Dunbar Douglas, 4th
Earl of Selkirk |
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10 June 1793 |
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20 May 1796 |
| Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk |
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4 December 1806 |
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10 June 1818 |
| Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry |
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13 November 1812 |
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3 December 1832 |
| George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton |
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10 April 1828 |
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31 March 1858 |
| Dunbar Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk |
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3 June 1831 |
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11 April 1885 |
| Sholto Douglas, 18th Earl of Morton |
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10 May 1859 |
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24 December 1884 |
| John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry |
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7 March 1872 |
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24 March 1880 |
| Sholto Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton |
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25 March 1886 |
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8 October 1935 |
| Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry |
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16 November 1922 |
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10 May 1929 |
| George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk |
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6 July 1945 |
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31 July 1963 |
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