Earldom of Forfar held with Earldom of Wessex
Arms of Prince Edward, in Scotland, the present Earl of Forfar
Creation date	10 March 2019[1]
Creation	Second
Created by	Elizabeth II
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Lord Archibald Douglas
Present holder	Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
Heir apparent	James, Earl of Wessex
Remainder to	the 1st Earl'sheirs maleof the body lawfully begotten
Status	Extant
Seat	Bagshot Park

Earl of Forfar is a title that has been created twice, once in thePeerage of Scotland and once in thePeerage of the United Kingdom. The name of theearldom refers toForfar, the county town ofAngus, Scotland. The current holder isPrince Edward, son ofElizabeth II and brother ofCharles III.

The title was first created in 1661 in thePeerage of Scotland as asubsidiary title to theEarldom of Ormond. This first creation of the title became extinct in 1715.^[2]

The dignity of Earl of Forfar in thePeerage of the United Kingdom was granted in 2019 toPrince Edward, Earl of Wessex, on the occasion of his 55th birthday.^[1] This earldom was given in addition to the two titles (Earl of Wessex andViscount Severn)^[3] that he received onhis wedding day and afforded Prince Edward and his wifeSophie a Scottish title to use when in Scotland before Edward was granted theDukedom of Edinburgh.^[2] Unlike his brother (the thenPrince Andrew, Earl of Inverness) and nephews (Prince William, Earl of Strathearn andPrince Harry, Earl of Dumbarton), Prince Edward did not receive a Scottish title on the occasion of his marriage.^[a]

The County of Forfar, renamedAngus in 1928, containsGlamis Castle, the seat of theEarls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, from whom Prince Edward's grandmotherQueen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was descended.

In July 2019, the Earl and Countess visitedForfar on their first official visit to the town since the Queen granted the title in March 2019.^[4] He was presented with 'Earl of Forfar'tartan, to decorate the Earl and Countess, by a town firm – the Strathmore Woollen Company. The weave is based on the existing Forfar tartan, which it designed in 2004 on the colours from the Forfar coat of arms. The geometry remains virtually the same, but the colours have been strengthened, withAzure blue replaced by the St Andrew's blue of theScottish flag, and white yarns replaced by a brown to reflect the rich agriculture of the surrounds.^[5][6][7]

The couple visited Forfar again in the summer of 2021.^[8]

Subsidiary title wasLord Wandell and Hartside (Peerage of Scotland, 1661).

• Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Forfar and 2nd Earl of Ormond (1653–1712), younger son of the1st Earl of Ormond.
• Archibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of Forfar and 3rd Earl of Ormond (1692–1715), only son of the above. On his death without issue in 1715, both earldoms became extinct.

Earl	Portrait	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Prince Edward House of Windsor 2019–present also:Duke of Edinburgh (2023),Earl of Wessex (1999),Viscount Severn (1999)		10 March 1964 Buckingham Palace,London son ofQueen Elizabeth II andPrince Philip	19 June 1999 Sophie Rhys-Jones 2 children	– now 61 years, 344 days old

• Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
• 1661 establishments in Scotland
• Noble titles created in 1661
• 1715 disestablishments in Scotland
• 2019 establishments in the United Kingdom
• Noble titles created in 2019
• Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Scotland
• Earldoms in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Earls of Forfar

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