There have been several peerage titles created with the name Avondale (or Avandale), referring to the dale (or valley) of the Avon Water in Scotland. The word strath also means valley, and the area is now better known as Strathaven.
The title Earl of Avondale, along with that of Lord Balveny, was created for James Douglas, known as "the Gross", in 1437. He was a younger son of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and succeeded to the Earldom of Douglas in 1440 following the deaths of his nephew and great-nephew. The titles were forfeit in 1455 on the attainder of his son James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas and 3rd Earl of Avondale.
The second creation was for Andrew Stuart, who was created Lord Avondale in 1459. He was a son of Sir Walter Stewart and therefore a grandson of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany. He served as Chancellor of Scotland between 1460 and 1482, and died in 1488, when the title became extinct.
The third creation was for another Andrew Stuart, who was created Lord Avondale in about 1499. He was a great-grandson of Sir Walter Stewart, and thus a great-nephew of the first Lord Avondale. On his death on 9 September 1513, he was succeeded by his son, also named Andrew. The second Lord Avondale exchanged his title for that of Lord Ochiltree on 15 March 1543.
The most recent creation was for Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). He was created Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of Athlone on 24 May 1890, but died on 14 January 1892, when the titles became extinct.
area is now better known as Strathaven. The title Earl of Avondale, along with that of Lord Balveny, was created for James Douglas, known as "the Gross"...
in 1513. The eldest son of LordAvondale (killed 1513), Andrew Stewart, 2nd LordAvondale, exchanged the Lordship of Avondale with Sir James Hamilton for...
Lord Ochiltree (or Ochiltrie) of Lord Stuart of Ochiltree was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. In 1542 Andrew Stewart, 2nd LordAvondale (see the Earl...
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a new attachment, this time to Henry Stewart, a younger brother of LordAvondale.[citation needed] Stewart was promoted to senior office, angering the...
husband, William Lamb (the 2nd Viscount Melbourne from 1828), called LordAvondale in the book, is more favourable, although he too is held to be partly...
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Perthshire. Henry Stewart was born around 1497, a younger son of the LordAvondale. He became the lover and eventual husband of Queen Margaret, widow of...
brother Walter (executed 1425) left a son, Andrew Stewart, 1st LordAvondale, who became Lord Chancellor of Scotland in 1459, and was one of the leading servants...
January 1805. The original cast included George Frederick Cooke as LordAvondale, Joseph Shepherd Munden as General Tarragan, John Emery as Tyke, Charles...
John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine James, Master of Ogilvy, son and heir of James Ogilvy, 4th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie The Master of Avondale, son and heir of...
grandson of Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany. Stewart, who later became LordAvondale, either rebuilt the earlier castle, or built a new castle on the same...
medicine at Glasgow. He frequented the house of the Earl of Arran and LordAvondale, and gathered his observations about the Scots and the "devellyshe dysposicion...
divorced her. In 1541 Ruairi married Barbara Stewart, daughter of Andrew LordAvondale, and by her had a son named Torquil Oighre ("Heir" to distinguish him...
Douglas, Marquess of Angus and Abernethy, Viscount of Jedburgh Forest, and Lord Douglas of Bonkill, Prestoun and Robertoun on 10 April 1703. He died without...
horse Budover passed LordAvondale to win the race, while Voltear gained ground from behind and placed second to LordAvondale's third place finish. The...
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