Earl of Loudoun Earl of Loudoun Earl of Loudoun (pronounced ), named after Loudoun in Ayrshire, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Campbell, 2nd Lord Campbell of Loudoun, along with the subsidiary title Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchline. The 1st Earl's wife Margaret was the granddaughter and heiress of Hugh Campbell, who had been created Lord Campbell of Loudoun; he resigned the peerage in favour of his grandson-in-law, who was later created an earl. The 6th Countess married the 2nd Earl of Moira, who was later created Marquess of Hastings. The next three Earls also
John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun pounds). He died at Edinburgh on 15 March 1663, and was buried in the Loudoun Kirk, in what is now East Ayrshire. Several of his speeches were printed in the form of pamphlets, and will be found among the political tracts in the British Museum. With his wife, Margaret, who survived him, Loudoun had two sons and two daughters. His eldest son, James, succeeded to the title, and died at Leyden. On the death of James, the fifth earl (a grandson of the second earl), the title descended to his only daughter, Flora, who married Francis, 2nd Earl of Moira,