Earl Haig was given £100,000 by Parliament and an estate by public subscription, and his earldom has no heir in 2026

Field Marshal Douglas Haig commanded the British armies in France from 1915 to 1918. He turned down a viscountcy in November 1918, partly to press for state aid to demobilised soldiers^†. He was created Earl Haig on 18 October 1919. Parliament gave him thanks and a £100,000 grant^†. Bemersyde, a Scottish Borders estate held by Haigs for centuries, was in another branch's hands until 1921^†. That year it was bought for him by public subscription. He died on 29 January 1928 and was buried at Dryburgh Abbey. In the Second World War the house was used by the Edinburgh Asylum for the Blind and as a billet for the Women's Land Army. The 2nd Earl returned in the late 1940s, opened the grounds to the public, and died in 2009. Alexander, 3rd Earl, born 1961, succeeded on 9 July 2009. In 2026 he has no heir to the peerage^†.