Lord Sempill is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in circa 1489 for Sir John Sempill, founder of the collegiate Church of Lochwinnoch. Sempill was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. His grandson, the third Lord, was known as "The Great Lord Sempill". His grandson, the fourth Lord, was Ambassador from King James VI of Scotland to Spain in 1596. The male line failed on the death of his great-grandson, the eighth Lord, in 1684. He was succeeded by his sister Anne, wife of Robert Abercromby, who in 1685 was created Lord Glassford for life. In 1688 she obtained a new charter settling the lordship of Sempill in default of male issue, upon her daughters without division by her then and any future husband. Her younger son, the twelfth Lord, commanded the left wing of the government army at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.
Robert Sempill, in all probability a cadet of illegitimate birth of the noble house of Sempill or Semple, was a Scottish ballad-writer and satirist.
Sir James Sempill (1566–1626) was a Scottish courtier and diplomat.
Robert Sempill, the younger (1595?–1663?), Scottish poet, son of James Sempill, was educated at the University of Glasgow, having matriculated in March 1613.
Sempill or Semple may refer to:
Mary Livingston was a Scottish noblewoman and childhood companion of Mary, Queen of Scots, one of the famous "Four Marys".
Alexander Livingston, 5th Lord Livingston of Callandar PC was the guardian of Mary, Queen of Scots, during her childhood.
Clan Sempill is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands.
Sir Robert Abercromby, 5th Baronet of Birkenbog and Forglen, FRSE KGCB DL was a Scottish politician.
James Ross, 4th Lord Ross of Halkhead was a Scottish nobleman and an adherent to the cause of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Robert Ross, 5th Lord Ross of Halkhead was a Scottish nobleman.
Robert Sempill, 3rd Lord Sempill was a Scottish lord of Parliament.
Robert Sempill, 4th Lord Sempill, (d.1611), Scottish Lord of Parliament.
Events from the year 1593 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
The Sheriff of Renfrew and Argyll was historically the royal official responsible for enforcing law and order and bringing criminals to justice in Renfrew and Argyll, Scotland.
Elizabeth Douglas, Countess of Erroll was a Scottish aristocrat.
John Sempill was a Scottish courtier and husband of Mary Livingston, one of the Four Maries who grew up with Mary, Queen of Scots.
Robert Sempill, styled Lord Sempill from 1712, was a Scottish Jacobite and soldier in French service.
Francis Sempill, styled 2nd Lord Sempill from 1737, was a Jacobite of Scottish descent who became a leading agent for James Francis Edward Stuart in Paris.
Lord Sempill of Dykehead was a title of the Jacobite peerage in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on 11 May 1712 by James Francis Edward Stuart for Robert Sempill, a grandson of Hugh Sempill, 5th Lord Sempill. James issued a "declaration of nobility" recognising Robert as the legitimate holder of the 1489 creation of Lord Sempill, despite that title being extant in the Peerage of Scotland. The Lords Sempill of Dykehead were never recognised by the British authorities, with the original creation remaining the only legal title. The Jacobite title became dormant on the death of the second holder.
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