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The title Lord Bellenden, of Broughton, was a lordship of Parliament created in the Peerage of Scotland on 10 June 1661 for William Bellenden, who was Treasurer-depute of Scotland. Shortly before his death, he resigned his peerage in favour of his first cousin twice removed, John Ker (later Bellenden). In 1804, the seventh lord inherited the dukedom of Roxburghe from his cousin. On his death in 1805, the dukedom later passed to another cousin and the lordship of Parliament became extinct.

Lords Bellenden (1661–1805)

• William Bellenden, 1st Lord Bellenden (c.1604–1671)
• John Bellenden, 2nd Lord Bellenden (died 1707). Youngest son of William Ker, 2nd Earl of Roxburghe.
• John Bellenden, 3rd Lord Bellenden (1685–1741). Son of the 2nd Lord.
• Ker Bellenden, 4th Lord Bellenden (1725–1753). Son of the 3rd Lord.
• John Ker Bellenden, 5th Lord Bellenden (1751–1796). Son of the 4th Lord.
• Robert Bellenden, 6th Lord Bellenden (1734–1797). Son of the 3rd Lord, and younger brother of the 4th Lord.
• William Bellenden-Ker, 4th Duke of Roxburghe, 7th Lord Bellenden (1728–1805). Son of William Bellenden, and grandson of the 2nd Lord Bellenden. As the great-grandson of the 2nd Earl of Roxburghe, he became the Duke of Roxburghe upon the death of his cousin, John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe.

Family tree

Ker and Innes-Ker family tree: Earls of Roxburghe and Dukes of Roxburghe family tree

Lord Roxburghe, 1600 Earl of Roxburghe and Lord Ker of Cessford and Cavertoun, 1616 Robert Ker 1570–1650 1st Earl of Roxburghe, etc. Margaret Ker Lord Bellenden, of Broughton, 1661 William Ker d. 1643 styled Lord Ker Lady Jean Ker Henry Ker d. 1643 styled Lord Ker William Bellenden d. 1671 1st Lord Bellenden William Drummond (Ker) 1622–1675 2nd Earl of Roxburghe, etc. Jean Ker Margaret Ker d. 1681 James Innes 3rd Innes Baronet Robert Ker 1658–1682 3rd Earl of Roxburghe, etc. John Ker (Bellenden) d. 1707 2nd Lord Bellenden Henry Innes d. 1721 4th Innes Baronet Duke of Roxburghe, Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford, Earl of Kelso, Viscount Broxmouth, 1707 Robert Ker c. 1677–1696 4th Earl of Roxburghe, etc. John Ker 1680–1741 1st Duke of Roxburghe, etc., 5th Earl of Roxburghe, etc. John Bellenden 1685–1741 3rd Lord Bellenden William Bellenden 1702–1758 Henry Innes d. 1762 5th Innes Baronet Earl Ker, of Wakefield in the County of York, and Baron Ker, of Wakefield in the County of York, 1722 Duke of Roxburghe, 1707 (succession decided, 1812) Robert Ker c. 1709–1755 2nd Duke of Roxburghe, etc., 6th Earl of Roxburghe, etc., 1st Earl Ker, etc. Ker Bellenden 1725–1753 4th Lord Bellenden Robert Bellenden 1734–1797 6th Lord Bellenden William Bellenden-Ker 1728–1805 4th Duke of Roxburghe, etc., 8th Earl of Roxburghe, etc. 7th Lord Bellenden James Innes-Ker 1736–1823 5th Duke of Roxburghe, etc., 9th Earl of Roxburghe, etc. 6th Innes-Ker Baronet Lordship Bellenden extinct, 1805 Earl Innes, 1837 John Ker 1740–1804 3rd Duke of Roxburghe, etc., 7th Earl of Roxburghe, etc., 2nd Earl Ker, etc. John Ker Bellenden 1751–1796 5th Lord Bellenden James Henry Robert Innes-Ker 1816–1879 6th Duke of Roxburghe, etc., 10th Earl of Roxburghe, etc., 1st Earl Innes 7th Innes-Ker Baronet Dukedom dormant, Earldom Ker and Barony Ker extinct, 1804 James Henry Robert Innes-Ker 1839–1892 7th Duke of Roxburghe, etc., 11th Earl of Roxburghe, etc., 2nd Earl Innes 8th Innes-Ker Baronet Henry John Innes-Ker 1876–1932 8th Duke of Roxburghe, etc., 12th Earl of Roxburghe, etc., 3rd Earl Innes 9th Innes-Ker Baronet George Victor Robert John Innes-Ker 1913–1974 9th Duke of Roxburghe, etc., 13th Earl of Roxburghe, etc., 4th Earl Innes 10th Innes-Ker Baronet Guy David Innes-Ker 1954–2019 10th Duke of Roxburghe, etc., 14th Earl of Roxburghe, etc., 5th Earl Innes 11th Innes-Ker Baronet Charles Robert George Innes-Ker b. 1981 11th Duke of Roxburghe, etc., 15th Earl of Roxburghe, etc., 6th Earl Innes 12th Innes-Ker Baronet Frederick Charles Ian Innes-Ker b. 2024 styled Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford Heir apparent to the Dukedom of Roxburghe, etc.