The feudal barony of Drumlanrig was held by
Sir William Douglas, illegitimate son of
the 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar, some time before 1427, when he died. His descendant
William Douglas, 9th of Drumlanrig, was created the 1st Earl of Queensberry in 1633. The subsidiary titles of Lord Queensberry are:
Earl of Queensberry (created 1633),
Viscount Drumlanrig (1628) and
Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers (1628), all in the peerage of Scotland. He is also a Scottish
baronet, styled "of Kelhead", created 26 February 1668, so the 6th Marquess was the 5th Baronet. The
courtesy title used by Lord Queensberry's eldest son and heir is
Viscount Drumlanrig. There is no special courtesy title for Lord Drumlanrig's eldest son and heir. The family seat of the Marquesses of Queensberry was
Kinmount House in the parish of
Cummertrees, south
Scotland, which was sold by the
9th Marquess in 1896. The traditional burial place of the Marquesses of Queensberry is the Douglas family mausoleum at Cummertrees Parish Church. The
9th Marquess is particularly well known because of the rules of
boxing that were named after him (the
Marquess of Queensberry rules), and for his
litigious interaction with
Oscar Wilde. On 22 June 1893,
Queen Victoria raised
Francis Archibald, Viscount Drumlanrig, the heir of the 9th Marquess, to the
peerage of the United Kingdom as
Baron Kelhead. Francis, Lord Drumlanrig, died without descendants the following year and the title "Baron Kelhead" became extinct. ==Lairds of Drumlanrig==