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08. Captain Robert Moorsom

Admiral Sir Robert Moorsom, KCB ( 8 June 1760 – 14 April 1835 ) born in Whitby, Yorkshire was an officer of the Royal Navy.

09. Lieutenant John Pilfold

Captain John Pilfold , CB ( 1768 – 12 July 1834 )

Born on Effingham, East Court Manor, Sussex in 1768, was an officer of the Royal Navy. In October 1805 Lieutenant Pilfold was Acting Captain of the HMS Ajax, as her Captain had been called home to give evidence at a court martial.

10. the 7th Earl of Northesk

Rear Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, GCB (1756 -1831) was a distinguished Royal Navy Officer who served during the American Revolutionary War thru the Napoleonic Wars.

[01] The First Peers

Ever wonder who the Premier Peers were, who was the first peer
in each grade and when were they created ?

[02a] The Premier Duke of Scotland (Royal )

Arms: Or a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counter flory of the second charged with a label of three points Azure.

The Premier and first duke in Scotland was the Duke of Rothesay

[02b] The Premier Duke of Scotland

Arms: Quarterly:
1st and 4th grand quarters counterquartered,
1st and 4th Gules, three cinquefoils Ermine;
2nd and 3rd Argent a lymphad Sable sails furled Proper flagged Gules;
2nd and 3rd grand quarters, Argent a man’s heart Gules ensigned with an
Imperial crown Proper, on a chief Azure three Stars Argent

[03] The Premier Marquis of Scotland

George Gordon, 1st Marquis of Huntly born circa. 1562, was a minor at the time George Gordon, the 5th Earl of Huntly, his father, died in 1576, making our George the 6th Earl of Huntly.

[04] The Premier Earl of Scotland

Arms: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Gules a fess chequy Argent and Azure ( for Lindsay ),
2nd and 3rd , Or a lion rampant Gules debruised of a ribbon in bend Sable ( for Abernethy)