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Marquess of Tweeddale is a title of the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1694 for the 2nd Earl of Tweeddale.

Lord Tweeddale holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Tweeddale (created 1646), Earl of Gifford (1694), Viscount of Walden (1694), Lord Hay of Yester (1488), and Baron Tweeddale, of Yester in the County of Haddington (1881), all but the last in the Peerage of Scotland. As Baron Tweeddale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, Lord Tweeddale sat between 1881 and 1963 in the House of Lords.

1 Lords Hay of Yester ( 1488)

2 Earls of Tweeddale ( 1646Events Ongoing events English Civil War ( 1642- 1649) Births April 15 King Christian V of Denmark April 26 King Peter II of Portugal July 1 Gottfried Leibniz, German philosopher, scientist, mathematician, diplomat and lawyer. Deaths 1646.)

3 Marquesses of Tweeddale ( 1694)

Heir Presumptive: The Lord Charles David Montagu Hay (brother of the present Marquess)

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