This is an incomplete index of leading Scottish noble family seats.
The Royal Family
NameResidencesThe KingHolyrood Palace, EdinburghBalmoral Castle, AberdeenshireDumfries House, AyrshireBirkhall, Aberdeenshire
Dukes
Primary TitleCurrent SeatFormer SeatsDuke of HamiltonLennoxlove House, East LothianHamilton Palace, Brodick Castle, Dungavel House, Kinneil House, Cadzow CastleDuke of Buccleuch and QueensberryDrumlanrig Castle, Dumfries and Galloway; Bowhill House, Selkirk and Boughton House, NorthamptonshireDalkeith Palace, Midlothian and Montagu House, LondonDuke of Lennox and Duke of GordonGoodwood House, West SussexGordon Castle, Huntly Castle, and Richmond House, LondonDuke of ArgyllInveraray Castle, ArgyllRosneath Castle, ArgyllDuke of AthollBlair Castle, Perth and KinrossDunkeld House, Perth and KinrossDuke of MontroseAuchmar, StirlingBuchanan Castle, StirlingDuke of RoxburgheFloors Castle, Scottish BordersDuke of SutherlandMertoun House, Scottish BordersDunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, Lancaster House, London.Duke of FifeElsick House, Kincardineshire and Kinnaird Castle, Brechin
Marquesses
Primary TitleCurrent SeatFormer SeatsMarquess of HuntlyAboyne Castle, AberdeenshireHuntly CastleMarquess of QueensberryLondonKinmount HouseMarquess of TweeddaleEdinburghYester House, East LothianMarquess of LothianMonteviot House and Ferniehirst Castle, RoxburghshireNewbattle Abbey and Blickling HallMarquess of Bute Mount Stuart House, ButeDumfries House, Cardiff Castle, Bute House, Luton Hoo, Lansdowne House.Marquess of LinlithgowHopetoun House, South Queensferry
Earls
Primary TitleCurrent SeatFormer SeatsEarl of SutherlandDunrobin Castle, Golspie, SutherlandForse Castle and Skibo Castle Earl of CrawfordBalcarres House, Colinsburgh, FifeCrawford CastleEarl of MarSt Michael's Farm, Great Witley, WorcestershireKildrummy Castle, Mar's Wark and Doune of InvernochtyEarl of ErrollWoodbury Hall, BedfordshireNew Slains CastleEarl of CaithnessLondonRavenscraig CastleEarl of MortonOld Mansion House, Dalmahoy near EdinburghAberdour Castle, Dalkeith House, Dalmahoy, Loch Leven Castle and Morton CastleEarl of RothesDorsetBallinbreich CastleEarl of BuchanNewnham House, HampshireAlmondell House, Midlothian and Lochindorb CastleEarl of EglintonMoffatEglinton Castle, Ardrossan Castle and Skelmorlie CastleEarl of CassilisCassillis House, AyrshireCulzean CastleEarl of MorayDarnaway Castle, ForresDoune Castle, Drumsheugh House and Moray HouseEarl of Mar and KellieHilton Farm, AlloaKellie Castle, FifeEarl of HomeThe Hirsel, Berwickshire and Castlemains, DouglasHume Castle, Fast Castle, Berwickshire, Douglas Castle, Bothwell CastleEarl of PerthStobhall, PerthshireDrummond CastleEarl of AbercornBaronscourt, County TyroneDuddingston House, EdinburghEarl of Strathmore and KinghorneGlamis Castle, AngusCastle Huntly, Gibside Hall, Streatlam Castle and St Paul's Walden BuryEarl of HaddingtonMellerstain House, BerwickshireTyninghame House in East LothianEarl of GallowayCumloden House, WigtownshireGalloway House, WigtownshireEarl of LauderdalePimlico, LondonThirlestane Castle, Ham House, London and Dunbar CastleEarl of LindsayLahill House, Fife, ScotlandCombermere Abbey, ShropshireEarl of LoudounJerilderie, New South WalesLoudoun CastleEarl of KinnoullDupplin Castle, PerthBalhousie CastleEarl of DumfriesMount Stuart House, ButeDumfries House, Cardiff Castle, Bute House, Luton Hoo and Lansdowne HouseEarl of ElginBroomhall House, FifeCulross Abbey HouseEarl of SoutheskElsick House, KincardineshireDuff House, BanffshireEarl of Wemyss and MarchGosford House, East Lothian, Stanway House in Gloucestershire, Neidpath Castle, Peebles and Elcho Castle near PerthWemyss CastleEarl of DalhousieBrechin CastleDalhousie CastleEarl of AirlieCortachy CastleAirlie Castle Earl of LevenGlenferness House NairnBalgonie CastleCountess of DysartRothiemurchus by AviemoreStobo Castle, Ham HouseEarl of SelkirkLondonBrodick CastleEarl of NortheskCambridgeEthie Castle Earl of NewburghMilan, ItalyGlentirran House, Stirlingshire, Slindon House, Sussex and Dilston Castle, NorthumberlandEarl of DundeeBirkhill House, FifeDudhope CastleEarl of AnnandaleRaehills, Dumfries and Galloway and Lochwood TowerLochmaben CastleEarl of DundonaldLochnell Castle, Argyll and Beacon Hall, KentAuchindoun CastleEarl of KintoreKeith Hall, AberdeenshireDunnottar CastleEarl of AberdeenHaddo House, AberdeenshireTolquhon Castle Earl of DunmoreTasmaniaAmhuinnsuidhe Castle and Dunmore Park, FalkirkEarl of OrkneyWinnipeg, ManitobaKirkwall CastleEarl of SeafieldOld Cullen, MorayCastle GrantEarl of StairLochinch Castle, WigtownshireOxenfoord CastleEarl of RoseberryDalmeny House and Barnbougle Castle, EdinburghMentmore Towers; Lansdowne House; The Durdans; Villa Rosebery, NaplesEarl of GlasgowKelburn Castle, AyrshireStanely CastleEarl of HopetounHopetoun House, West LothianNiddry Castle
Viscounts
Primary TitleCurrent SeatFormer SeatsViscount of Falkland??Viscount of StormontScone Palace, PerthshireViscount of ArbuthnottArbuthnott House, KincardineshireViscount of OxfuirdBattersea, LondonOxenfoord Castle
Lords of Parliament
Primary TitleCurrent SeatFormer SeatsLord CathcartGateley Hall, NorfolkLord ForbesForbes CastleThe Lady SaltounInverey House, Braemar, AberdeenshireLord GrayAirds Bay House, Taynuilt, ArgyllshireLord BorthwickCrookston, HeriotBorthwick CastleLord LovatBalblair House, Beauly, Inverness-shireBeaufort CastleLord SemphillEdinburghThe Lady Herries of TerreglesArundel, West SussexLord ElphinstoneWhitberry House, Tyninghame, Dunbar, East LothianLord TorphichenCalder House, West LothianThe Lady KinlossNorth View House, Sheriff Hutton, YorkLord Balfour of BurleighEdinburghBurleigh CastleLord DingwallLondonPanshanger Park, HertfordshireLord Fairfax of CameronLondonDenton Hall, North YorkshireLord NapierThirlestane CastleMerchiston CastleLord ReayOphemert in Gelderland, Netherlands?Lord ForresterGorhambury House, HertfordshireLord ElibankThe Coach House, Charters Road, Sunningdale, BerkshireLord Belhaven and StentonPimlico, LondonWishaw HouseLord RolloPitcairns, Dunning, PerthshireLord Ruthven of FreelandEasington, Co. DurhamCastle Howard, Yorkshire and Naworth Castle, CumbriaLord NairneBignor Park, SussexLord PolwarthHardon, Hawick, RoxburghshireMarchmont House, Berwickshire
Barons in the Baronage of Scotland
Primary TitleCurrent SeatFormer Seats Baron of AbergeldieAbergeldie CastleBaron of BearcroftsCastle Stewart, Newton StewartBaroness of BallindallochBallindalloch CastleBaron of BalvairdBalvaird CastleBaron of BalvenieBalvenie CastleBaron of BenholmBenholm CastleBaron of BraemarBraemar Court, Braemar, and Everwise Hall (Palm Beach, Florida)Baron of BuittleBuittle CastleBaron of Carmichael, Chief of Clan CarmichaelCarmichaelBaron of CouparMountain Lake, Florida Coupar Angus AbbeyBaron of ColstounColstoun HouseBaron of Drum, Chief of Name of IrvineDrum CastleBaron of Ethie, Chief of Clan Forsyth Ethie CastleBaron of KilcoyKilcoy CastleBaron of Kilduthie, Chief of Clan BurnettCrathes CastleBaron of KinnairdyKinnairdy CastleBaroness of MiltonhavenLauriston Castle, AberdeenshireNewlands, DrumcowWay & Squire EncyclopaediaBaron of LeslieLeslie CastleBaron of LogiealmondLogiealmond EstateBaron of MidmurInverurie castleBaron of MyrtonLondonMyrton Castle, WigtownshireBaron of PitcaplePitcaple CastleBaron of PortlethenThornbury CastleBaron of RuscoRusco CastleBaron of SeabegsSeabegsFeddal HouseBaron of StrathlachlanNew Castle LachlanBaron of SwintonEdinburghSwinton House, SwintonBaron of WinchburghAvondale, Newfoundland, CanadaNiddry Castle, WinchburghBaroness of TraquairTraquair House
Baronets and Lairds
Primary TitleCurrent SeatFormer SeatsSir Henry ReidEllon CastleMr Donald CameronAchnacarry CastleFassiefern House and Tor CastleLady Antonia DalrympleNewhailes House, East LothianDame Jean Maxwell-ScottAbbotsford House, Scottish BordersMr James MontgomeryKinross House, Perth and KinrossMr Patrick Gordon-Duff-PenningtonArdverikie House, Scottish HighlandsMuncaster CastleMrs Althea Dundas-BeckerArniston House, MidlothianMajor-General Sir John Swinton of KimmerghameKimmerghame House, BerwickshireSir John Roderick Hugh McEwen of Marchmont and Bardrochat Bt, Commander of Clan MacEwenThe Steadings, PolwarthMarchmont HouseSir Roderick Duncan Hamilton Campbell of Barcaldine, 9th Bt.Mrs Sarah Anne Grierson of Lag, 25th Chief of Clan GriersonLondonLag Tower and Rockhall Tower
See also Scottish clan List of family seats of English nobility List of family seats of Irish nobility List of family seats of Welsh nobility
References
External links National Trust for Scotland Historic Scotland Historic Houses Association