Earl of Carrick (1628)
Stewart, a younger son of Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, was created Lord Kincleven' (in the Peerage of Scotland) on 10 August 1607 and then Earl of Carrick, in Orkney, on 22 July 1628. Having no legitimate male heirs, all his titles went extinct upon his death, which is said to have been between 22 June 1643 and 3 March 1646.
- John Stewart, 1st Earl of Carrick (d. 1652)
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