Earl of Wigtown

The title of Earl of Wigtown (or Wigton or Wigtoun) was created twice in the Peerage of Scotland. The first creation was in 1341 for Malcolm Fleming, and was surrendered in 1372, when the second Earl sold the Earldom and territory to Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway. The transfer was confirmed by Robert III later in the same year. The Douglas family, Earls of Douglas, held the Earldom of Wigtown for the next hundred years, until the attainder of the 9th Earl of Douglas in 1455.

The second creation was in 1606 for John Fleming, and survived until the death of the 7th earl in 1747, when it became dormant (or extinct). The earls of the second creation bore the subsidiary titles of Lord Fleming and Cumbernauld (1606) and of Lord Fleming (1451, Peerage of Scotland, extinct 1747).

Earl of Wigtown is also a separate feudal, non-peerage earldom in the Baronage of Scotland. In the Baronage, an earl is also always a Scots baron.

After the male line of the Wigtown earldom became extinct, the estates passed to Clementina, the daughter of the 6th Earl. Clementina had married Charles, the 10th Lord Elphinstone. The Wigtown estates were then held by Clementina's descendants over the subsequent generations. This continued until 1876, when the feudal Earldom of Wigtown was assigned to John William Burns of Kilmahew.

The current feudal earl is Dr. Roland Ladislaus Zettel, Earl of Wigtown.

Earls of Wigtown, First Creation (1341)

 * Malcolm Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown (d. c. 1363)
 * Thomas Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown (d. x 1382), title surrendered 1372

Douglas Earls

 * Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas
 * Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas
 * Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas
 * William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
 * James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
 * William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas
 * James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas

Lords Fleming (1451)

 * Robert Fleming, 1st Lord Fleming or Malcolm Fleming, 1st Lord Fleming (d. 1494)
 * John Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming (d.1524)
 * Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming (c.1494–1547)
 * James Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming (b.1538–1558)
 * John Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming (d. 1572)
 * John Fleming, 6th or 7th Lord Fleming (1567–1619) became Earl of Wigtown in 1606

Earls of Wigtown, Second Creation (1606)

 * John Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown (1567–1619)
 * John Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown (1589–1650)
 * John Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown (d.1665)
 * John Fleming, 4th Earl of Wigtown (d.1668)
 * William Fleming, 5th Earl of Wigtown (d.1681)
 * John Fleming, 6th Earl of Wigtown (1673–1744)
 * Charles Fleming, 7th Earl of Wigtown (1675–1747)