17th Century
| Date inherited | Date of death |
Title | Name | Other titles |
Preceded in title by | Succeeded in title by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 October 1605 |
22 March 1676 | 14th Baroness de Clifford | Anne Clifford (Sackville) (Herbert) | Countess of Dorset Countess of Pembroke and Mongomery |
George Clifford, father | Nicholas Tufton, grandson |
| 14 October 1618 | 17 September 1637 | 2nd Baroness Clifton | Katherine Clifton (Stewart) (Hamilton) | Countess of March Duchess of Lennox Countess of Abercorn |
Gervase Clifton, father | James Stewart, son |
| 1632 | October 1649 | 19th Baroness de Ros | Katherine (Manners) Villiers (MacDonnell) | Duchess of Buckingham Countess of Antrim Marchioness of Antrim |
Francis Manners, father | George Villiers, son |
| 1651 | 24 May 1654 | 13th Baroness Furnivall | Alethea (Talbot) Howard | Countess of Arundel | Gilbert Talbot, father | Henry Howard, son |
| 12 September 1651 | 1698 |
3rd Duchess of Hamilton | Anne Hamilton (Douglas) | William Hamilton, uncle | James Hamilton, son | |
| 22 November 1651 | 11 March 1661 | 3rd Countess of Buccleuch | Mary Scott | Countess of Tarras | Francis Scott, father | Anne Scott, sister |
| 11 September 1653 | 5 June 1698 | 2nd Countess of Dysart 2nd Baroness Huntingtower |
Elizabeth (Murray) (Tollemache) Maitland | Duchess of Lauderdale | William Murray, father | Lionel Tollemache, son |
| 11 March 1661 | 6 February 1732 | 4th Countess of Buccleuch | Anne Scott | Duchess of Buccleuch |
Mary Scott, sister | Francis Scott, grandson |
| 25 March 1667 | 23 April 1686 | 6th Baroness Wentworth | Henrietta Wentworth | Thomas Wentworth, grandfather | Anne Lovelace, aunt | |
| July 1679 | 11 March 1705 | 3rd Countess of Wemyss | Margaret Wemyss (Mackenzie) | Lady Burntisland Countess of Cromartie |
David Wemyss, father | David Wemyss, son |
| 28 July 1685 | 7 February 1723 | 2nd Countess of Arlington | Isabella (Bennet) FitzRoy (Hanmer) | Duchess of Grafton | Henry Bennet, father | Charles FitzRoy, son |
| 23 April 1686 | 1697 | 7th Baroness Wentworth | Anne Lovelace | Baroness Lovelace | Henrietta Wentworth, niece | Martha Johnson, granddaughter |
| 19 June 1697 | 17 November 1705 | 7th Baroness Mordaunt | Mary Howard | Duchess of Norfolk | Henry Mordaunt, father | Charles Mordaunt, cousin |
| 1697 |
1745 | 7th Baroness Wentworth | Martha Johnson | Anne Lovelace, grandmother | Edward Noel, first cousin twice removed |
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