Viscount Colville of Culross


Viscount Colville of Culross, in the County of Perth, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 15 July 1902 for the politician and courtier, Charles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross. He had already been created Baron Colville of Culross, in the County of Perth, in 1885, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom., the titles are held by his great-great-grandson, the fifth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 2010. The fourth Viscount was a judge and politician. Lord Colville of Culross was one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remained in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sat as a crossbencher.
The title of Lord Colville of Culross was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1604 for Sir James Colville, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever. The title descended among his male heirs until the death of his grandson, the fourth Lord, in c. 1680. He was succeeded by his fourth cousin Alexander Colville, the fifth Lord. His grandson, the seventh Lord, was a distinguished naval commander. His nephew, the ninth Lord, was an Admiral of the White and also sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish representative peer from 1818 to 1849. He was succeeded by his nephew, the aforementioned tenth Lord, who was elevated to a viscountcy in 1902.
Admiral Sir Stanley Colville was the second son of the 1st Viscount. The diarist Sir John "Jock" Colville was the third son of the third son of the 1st Viscount.
"Culross" is pronounced Coo-ros. It is a historic village on the Firth of Forth; it was transferred to in Fife in 1891, and some of its buildings are maintained by the National Trust for Scotland. The titles emanate from an historic Colville connection to Culross Abbey and the Abbot of Culross. The first Lord Colville was awarded the lands of Culross Abbey in June 1592 and its title by James VI, rewarded for services to the Crown especially as a diplomat abroad in religious causes.
The family seat was Worlingham Hall, near Beccles, Suffolk.

Lord Colville of Culross (1604)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother, the Hon. Richmond James Innys Colville
The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son, Alexander Richmond Philip Colville

Title succession chart

Line of succession

  • Charles John Colville, 1st Viscount Colville of Culross
  • * Charles Robert William Colville, 2nd Viscount Colville of Culross
  • ** Charles Alexander Colville, 3rd Viscount Colville of Culross
  • *** Mark Alexander Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross
  • **** Charles Mark Townshend Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross
  • **** ' Hon. Richmond James Innys Colville, Master of Colville
  • ***** ' Alexander Colville
  • ***** ' Oliver Colville
  • **** ' Hon. Alexander Fergus Gale Colville
  • **** ' Hon. Rupert George Streatfeild Colville
  • **** ' Hon. Edmund Carleton Colville
  • *** ' Hon. Charles Anthony Colville
  • **** ' Robert Quintin Oxnam Colville
  • **** ' Charles Alexander Colville
  • * Adm. Hon. Sir Stanley Cecil James Colville
  • ** Cdr. Sir Richard Colville
  • *** Peter Alan Colville
  • **** ' James Richard Colville
  • * Hon. George Charles Colville
  • ** David Richard Colville
  • *** ' Robert John Colville
  • *** ' James Richard Charles Colville
  • **** ' Charles David James Colville
  • **** ' Edward Timothy George Colville
  • ** Sir John Rupert "Jock" Colville
  • *** Rupert Charles Colville

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