Arms: Quarterly: 1st, Or a Fess chequy Argent and Azure (Stewart); 2nd, Azure three Garbs Or (Buchan); 3rd, Sable a Mullet Argent (Traquair); 4th, Argent an Orle Gules in chief three Martlets Sable beaked of the second (Rutherford).
Crests:On a Garb Or a Crow proper.
Supporters:On either side a Bear proper armed Argent
Creation date
23 Jun 1633
Creation
First
Created by
Charles I
Peerage
Peerage of Scotland
First holder
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair
Last holder
Charles Stewart, 8th Earl of Traquair
Remainder to
the 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles
Lord Stewart of Traquair Lord Linton and Caberston
Status
Extinct
Extinction date
2 August 1861
Seat(s)
Traquair House
Motto
JUDGE NOUGHT
Traquair House - geograph.org.uk - 1193717John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair.
Earl of Traquair (pronounced "Tra-quare") was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on 23 June 1633 for John Stewart, Lord Stewart of Traquair.
The family seat was Traquair House.
Stewart had been created Lord Stewart of Traquair in 1628, and was made Lord Linton and Caberston at the same time as he was given the earldom in 1633. These titles were also in the Peerage of Scotland. The titles became extinct or dormant on the death of the 8th Earl of Traquair, Charles Stewart (b. 1781), 2 August 1861.
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