The Mt. Hon. Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, PC QC, MP, (born 7 July 1945), known as Michael (Earl of) Ancram, is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician. He is Member of Parliament for Devizes, and a former member of the Shadow Cabinet.

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612 - 21 May 1650), was a Scottish nobleman and soldier, who initially joined the Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but subsequently supported King Charles I as the English Civil War developed. From 1644 to 1646, and again in 1650 he fought a civil war in Scotland on behalf of the King.

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of Argyll, chief of Clan Campbell, (1607 - 27 May 1661) was the "de facto" head of government in Scotland during most of the conflict known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms). He was the most influential figure in the Covenanter movement that fought for the Presbyterian religion and what they saw as Scottish interests during the English Civil War of the 1640s and 1650s.

James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, 4th Earl of Arran KG PC (1589-2 March 1625), styled Lord Aven from 1599 to 1604, was a Scottish politician. He was the son of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton. He inherited his father's titles and estates in 1604. In 1608 he was created Lord Aberbrothwick, and the following year he inherited the earldom of Arran from his insane and childless uncle James Hamilton. He moved to England with King James VI, …

George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale (1753-9 August 1804) was a Scottish peer. Hay was a great-grandson of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale and in 1787, he inherited the titles of his first cousin once-removed, the 6th Marquess. He then became a Burgess of Edinburgh a year later and then Lord Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire in 1794 and a Scottish representative peer in 1796.

John Murray, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl of Atholl, Viscount Glenalmond, KT (May 2 1631-May 6 1703) was a leading Scottish royalist and defender of the Stuarts during the English Civil War of the 1640s, until after the rise to power of William and Mary in 1689. He succeeded as Earl of Atholl on his father's demise in June 1642.

Field Marshal George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, KT, GCB (February 1, 1787 - October 10, 1876) was a Scottish soldier and administrator who rose to the rank of Field Marshal in the British Army. Hay was born in Bonnington, Angus in 1787. He succeeded his father (who had been imprisoned until his death by Napoleon in France) as Marquess of Tweeddale in 1804 and fought in the Anglo-American War of 1812. On 28 March 1816, Lord Hay married Lady Susan Montagu, …

Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian KT CH PC (1882-1940) was a British politician and diplomat. Philip Kerr was the son of Lord Ralph Drury Kerr, the third son of John Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian. He was born in London and educated at the The Oratory School and New College, Oxford. He served in the South African government from 1905-10 after which he returned to England to found and edit the "Round Table".

John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (20 July 1844 - 31 January 1900) GCVO was a Scottish nobleman, remembered for lending his name to the "Marquess of Queensberry rules" that formed the basis of modern boxing, and for his role in the downfall of author and playwright Oscar Wilde.

John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton (c. 1535- 26 April 1604) was the third son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran and older brother of Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley. After his death he was succeeded by his eldest surviving son James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton.

Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly was a Scottish peer and Tory (1818-30) then Whig (1830 onwards) politician, styled Lord Strathavon from 1794-1836, then Earl of Aboyne from 1836-53. Huntly was the eldest son of the 5th Earl of Aboyne (later Marquess of Huntly) and his wife, Catherine.

William Henry Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian KT (1710-12 April 1775) was a Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician. He was a Captain in the 1st regiment of Foot Guards from 1741 and present at the Battle of Fontenoy (1745) and at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, as an aide-de-camp to the Duke of Cumberland. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in 1758 and to General in 1770. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond from 1747 to 1763.

Schomberg Henry Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian KT PC (2 December 1833-17 January 1900) was a British diplomat and politician. Educated at New College, Oxford, he was attaché at Lisbon and Tehran in 1854, Baghdad in 1855 and Athens from 1857, then second secretary at Frankfurt from 1862 and Madrid from 1865 and Vienna from 1865. He succeeded as Marquess of Lothian and fourth Baron Ker of Kersheugh in 1870. He was Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland from 1874 to 1900.

Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale (9 November 1824-29 December 1878), known before 1862 as Lord Arthur Hay and between 1862 and 1876 as Viscount Walden, was a Scottish soldier and ornithologist. He was born at Yester, Gifford, East Lothian. He served as a soldier in India and the Crimea. He succeeded his father to the Marquessate in 1876. He died at Chislehurst, and was succeeded by his brother.

Peter Francis Walter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, KCVO (8 September 1922-11 October 2004) was a British peer, politician and landowner. Kerr's father and grandfather were officers in the Royal Navy. He was educated at Ampleforth College and Christ Church, Oxford, and joined the Scots Guards. He succeeded his cousin, Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian, in 1940, and married Antonella Newland, daughter of Major General Sir Foster Newland, on 30 April 1943.

George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly (1562 - June 13, 1636), was a Scottish nobleman who took a leading role in politics at the time of the union with England. The son of the 5th Earl of Huntly, and of Anne, daughter of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran and Duke of Chatelherault, he was educated in France as a Roman Catholic. He took part in the plot which led to the execution of James Douglas, …

John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale PC (1695 - 9 December 1762) was a Scottish nobleman. Tweeddale was an able and accomplished statesman, and possessed considerable knowledge of law. He was appointed an Extraordinary Lord of Session in 1721, the last person to hold this office. He was one of the Scottish representative peers from 1722 to 1734 and from 1742 to 1762. On the downfall of Walpole in February 1742, Pulteney, …

William Johnstone, 2nd Earl of Annandale and Hartfell, 1st Marquess of Annandale KT (d. 1721) was a Scottish nobleman. He succeeded to the Earldom of Annandale and Hartfell on the death of James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Annandale and Hartfell in 1672. He was a friend of Monmouth and nominally supported Revolution, but joined "The Club" of Jacobite malcontents and was imprisoned in connection with Montgomery plot.

George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly and 5th Earl of Aboyne KT (28 June 1761-17 June 1853) was the son of Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne. On 4 April 1791, he married Catherine Cope and they had nine children: *Charles Gordon, …

George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly, eldest son of the 1st Marquess Huntly by Lady Henrietta, daughter of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, was brought up in England as a Protestant, and created earl of Enzie by James I. On succeeding to his father's title his influence in Scotland was employed by the king to balance that of Argyll in the dealings with the Covenanters, but without success. In the civil war he distinguished himself as a royalist, …

David Harrington Angus Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry (born 19 December 1929) is a Scottish nobleman. Son of the 11th Marquess, he succeeded his father in 1954. Educated at Eton College, he was Professor of Ceramics at the Royal College of Art from 1959 until 1983. He is a Member of the Council of the Crafts Council, was President of the Design and Industries Association from 1976 to 1978, …

Archibald William Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry PC (18 April, 1818 – 6 August, 1858) was the son of John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry. He had six children: *Lady Gertrude Georgiana Douglas (d. 1893), married Thomas Stock *John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (1844–1900) *Lord Francis William Bouverie Douglas (1847–1865), beaten by A. W. Moore and party by a day to first ascent of the Ober Gabelhorn, …

James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry, known until 1711 as James Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig was an insane British nobleman, eldest son to survive infancy (the second son) of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry. Described as an "imbecile", and violently insane, he was kept under lock and key from childhood at Queensberry House in Edinburgh, now part of the Scottish Parliament complex. When the Act of Union was signed in 1707, …

William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian KT (c. 1690-28 July 1767) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of Sir William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian and Lady Jane Campbell. He married Margaret Nicolson, daughter of Sir Thomas Nicolson, 1st Baronet and Margaret Nicolson, on 7 December 1711. He subsequently married Jean Janet Kerr, daughter of Charles Kerr, Lord of Cramond and Janet Murray, on 1 October 1760. He died in Lothian House, Canongate, Edinburgh.

John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale (1645 - 20 April 1713) was a Scottish nobleman. Hay was the eldest son of John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale. In 1666, at Highgate in London, he married Lady Mary Maitland, daughter of John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale (1616-82). However, Lauderdale set himself against Hay, who was forced to leave for the continent and did not regain his position until Lauderdale's death in 1682.

John Hay, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl of Tweeddale (c. 13 August 1625, Yester, East Lothian - 11 August 1697, Edinburgh) was Lord Chancellor of Scotland. During the English Civil War he repeatedly switched allegiance between the Royalist cause and the Parliamentarians. He fought for Charles I and joined him at Nottingham in 1642, then for Parliament at the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, on account of his attitude towards Covenanters, …

James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas (1646-1699) was the son of Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus and 1st Earl of Ormond and Lady Anne Stuart. His first wife was the Lady Barbara Erskine, daughter of John Erskine, 20th Earl of Mar and Jean Mackenzie. He later married Mary Kerr, daughter of Robert Kerr, 1st Marquess of Lothian and Lady Jean Campbell.

Robert Kerr (1636 - 1703), 4th Earl and 1st Marquess of Lothian was a Scottish nobleman. The eldest son of William Kerr, 3rd Earl of Lothian, he was born at New Battle, Midlothian. He left Scotland and was educated in Paris. Eventually, he would succeed his uncle Charles as Earl of Ancram. Kerr was a volunteer in the Dutch War of 1673. He succeeded his father to the earldom in 1675.

Edward Douglas John Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale (August 6, 1947 - February 1, 2005), a Scottish aristocrat best known for his speech in the House of Lords debate (1996) on the Bosnian civil war. Edward Douglas John Hay was born on 6 Aug 1947 the elder of twin sons. He was educated at Milton Abbey and Trinity College, Oxford (BA Hons). He became an insurance broker, before succeeding his father in the marquessate.

Charles David Montagu Hay (b. 1947) is a British peer. He is 14th Marquis of Tweeddale. He inherited the title from his brother, Edward, a twin, who is best remembered for his speech in the House of Lords on the Bosnian Civil War.