Earl of Haddington

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The Earl of Haddington is a Scottish noble title in the Peerage of Scotland historically associated with influential aristocratic landowners and patrons of notable country houses.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Earl of Haddington canonical 3
Viscount of Haddington 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish earldom ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ
country house ⓘ
country house ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
peerage title ⓘ
associatedWith House of Lords ⓘ
Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Scottish aristocracy ⓘ
associatedWithRegion East Lothian ⓘ
associatedWithTerritory Haddington ⓘ
category Noble titles created in the 17th century ⓘ
Scottish earls ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
creationDate 1627 ⓘ
firstHolder Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms true ⓘ
heldTitle Earl of Haddington ⓘ
hereditary true ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Mellerstain House ⓘ
Tyninghame House ⓘ
historicalRole landed magnate in Scotland ⓘ
political influence in Scottish affairs ⓘ
jurisdiction Scotland ⓘ
linkedTo Haddingtonshire ⓘ
linked to: East Lothian
locatedIn East Lothian ⓘ
Scottish Borders ⓘ
monarchWhoCreatedTitle James VI of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I
nobleFamily Baillie-Hamilton family ⓘ
Hamilton family ⓘ
notableFor aristocratic landownership ⓘ
patronage of country houses ⓘ
partOf Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
peerage Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
previousTitle Lord Binning ⓘ
rankInScottishPeerage earl ⓘ
status extant ⓘ
styleOfAddress Lord Haddington ⓘ
subsidiaryTitle Lord Binning ⓘ
Viscount of Haddington ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Haddington
succession male-preference primogeniture ⓘ
titleHolderStyle Earl ⓘ
titleLanguage English ⓘ
traditionalSeat Tyninghame House ⓘ
typeOfNobility hereditary peer ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mellerstain House interiors → commissionedBy → Earl of Haddington ⓘ
Mellerstain House interiors → associatedWith → Earl of Haddington ⓘ
Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington → heldTitle → Earl of Haddington ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Haddington
Earl of Haddington → subsidiaryTitle → Viscount of Haddington ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Haddington