{{Short description|Title in the peerage of Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} '''Lord Innermeath''' is an extinct title in the [[Peerage of Scotland]] created c. 1471 for [[Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Innermeath]]. Stewart had previously been [[Lord of Lorne]], but resigned that title - which came with substantial [[regality|comital power]] - under pressure from [[James III of Scotland|James III]]; James wished to weaken the remaining power of the [[Earl of Douglas|Black Douglas]]es, who had been allies of Walter's uncle, [[James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn|The Black Knight of Lorn]]. Walter had in fact held the Lordship of Lorne for only a few days, following the murder of his brother, the former Lord of Lorne.
The creation of ''Lord Innermeath'' was designed as immediate compensation for Walter's loss of Lorne; he received it on the same day that Lorne was resigned. The title - ''Innermeath'' - refers to the family home of the Stewart Lords of Lorn - [[Invermay|Innermeath]] (now ''Invermay''). The Lordship of Lorn was subsequently awarded to [[Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll|Colin Campbell]], husband of Walter's niece (Isabel Stewart), who became [[Earl of Argyll]] soon after.
The Lords of Innermeath claimed rights to office in the Sherrifdom of Perthshire.<ref>David Masson, ''Register of the Privy Council of Scotland: 1578-1585'', vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1880), p. 491.</ref>
The sixth Lord Innermeath was further ennobled as the [[Earl of Atholl]] in 1596, but both titles became extinct upon the death of [[James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl|James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl and 7th Lord Innermeath]].
==Lords Innermeath== *[[Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Innermeath]] (d.c. 1489) *[[Thomas Stewart, 2nd Lord Innermeath]] (k. 1513 [[Battle of Flodden]]) *[[Richard Stewart, 3rd Lord Innermeath]] (d. 1532) *[[John Stewart, 4th Lord Innermeath]] (d. 1569) *[[James Stewart, 5th Lord Innermeath]] (d.1585) *[[John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (1566–1603)|John Stewart, 6th Lord Innermeath]] (d. 1603) created [[Earl of Atholl]] in 1596. *[[James Stewart, 7th Lord Innermeath]] (d. 1625)
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===Sources=== *[[James Balfour Paul|Balfour Paul, Sir James]]. [https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun05paul/page/n11/mode/2up ''The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom'', vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1904), pp. 1-8]
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