
Earl Haig is a title in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig.
During the First World War he was Commander of the British Expeditionary
Force in France and Belgium from 1915 to 1918. Haig was made Viscount
Dawick and Baron Haig, of Bemersyde in the County of Berwick, at the
same time he was given the earldom, also in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom. The viscountcy of Dawick is used as a courtesy title by the
Earl's son and heir apparent. As of 2009 the titles are held by Lord
Haig's grandson, the third Earl, who succeeded in 2009.
The family seat is Bemersyde House, near Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburghshire. |