Lords Ruthven in the Peerage of Scotland (1488)
Earls of Gowrie in the Peerage of Scotland (1581, forfeit 1584)
Earls of Gowrie in the Peerage of Scotland
- William Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven (d. 1528)
- William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven (d. 1552)
- Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven (c. 1520–1566)
- William Ruthven, 4th Lord Ruthven (d. 1584)
- William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie (c. 1545–1584) (forfeit 1584)
- James Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie (1575–1588)
- John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie (1576–1600)
Lord Ruthven of Ettrick in the Peerage of Scotland (1639–1651)
Earl of Forth in the Peerage of Scotland (1642–1651)
Earl of Brentford in the Peerage of England (1644–1651)
Earl of Forth and Brentford
- Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Forth and 1st Earl of Brentford, 1st Lord Ruthven of Ettrick (c. 1573–1651) great-grandson of Sir William Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven.
Lords Ruthven of Freeland in the Peerage of Scotland (1651)
Barons Ruthven of Gowrie of Gowrie in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1919 to 1956)
Lords Ruthven of Freeland
- Thomas Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven of Freeland (d. 1673) only son and heir of William Ruthven of Freeland, 1st son and heir of The Hon. Alexander Ruthven of Freeland, 5th son of William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven.
- David Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven of Freeland (d. 1701)
- Jean Ruthven, 3rd Lady Ruthven of Freeland (d. 1722)
- Isobel Ruthven, 4th Lady Ruthven of Freeland (d. 1783) married Col James Johnstone of Graitney later Ruthven of Graitney. Daughter of the Hon. Elizabeth Ruthven, second daughter of 1st Lord Ruthven, by her marriage with Sir Francis Ruthven, 1st Baronet, of Redcastle.
- James Johnstone later Ruthven, 5th Lord Ruthven of Freeland (d. 1783)
- James Ruthven, 6th Lord Ruthven of Freeland (1733–1789)
- James Ruthven, 7th Lord Ruthven of Freeland (1777–1853)
- Mary Elizabeth Thornton Hore-Ruthven, 8th Lady Ruthven of Freeland (c. 1784–1864) married Walter Hore later Hore-Ruthven (1784- 1878)
- Walter James Hore-Ruthven, 9th Lord Ruthven of Freeland, 1st Baron Ruthven of Gowrie of Gowrie (1838–1921)
- Walter Patrick Hore-Ruthven, 10th Lord Ruthven of Freeland, 2nd Baron Ruthven of Gowrie (1870–1956)
11th Earl of Carlisle and 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland
- Bridget Helen Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland (1896–1982) married George Josslyn L'Estrange Howard, 11th Earl of Carlisle. See House of Howard (Cadets)
- Charles James Ruthven Howard, 12th Earl of Carlisle, 12th Lord Ruthven of Freeland (1923–1994)
- George William Beaumont Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle, 13th Lord Ruthven of Freeland (b. 1949)
Ruthven of Redcastle, Forfar in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1666-1700)
Ruthven of Redcastle
- Sir Francis Ruthven, 1st Baronet (c 1700) married the Hon. Elizabeth Ruthven, second daughter of 1st Lord Ruthven. Great-nephew of Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Forth and Brentford. See above
Barons Gowrie, of Canberra in the Commonwealth of Australia and of Dirleton in the County of East Lothian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1935)
Earls of Gowrie in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1945)
Barons Ruthven of Gowrie of Gowrie in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1919, from 1956)
Chief of the Name and Arms of Ruthven
Earls of Gowrie in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, Viscount Ruthven of Canberra, 1st Baron Gowrie of Canberra (1872–1955) 2nd son of Walter James Hore-Ruthven, 9th Lord Ruthven of Freeland and 1st Baron Ruthven of Gowrie
- (Alexander Patrick) Greysteil Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, 2nd Viscount Ruthven of Canberra, 3rd Baron Ruthven of Gowrie, 2nd Baron Gowrie, of Canberra (b. 1939) succeeded his great-uncle in 1956 as 3rd Baron Ruthven of Gowrie.