The Countess of Mar | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 11 September 1975 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 30th Earl of Mar |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 1 May 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | The 9th Baron Londesborough |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Margaret Alison Lane 19 September 1940 |
| Political party | Crossbench |
| Spouses | Edwin Noel Artiss
(m. 1959; div. 1976)John Salton
(m. 1976; div. 1981)John Jenkin (m. 1982) |
| Children | Susan of Mar, Mistress of Mar |
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Margaret Alison of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar (born 19 September 1940), is a Scottish hereditary peer and politician. She was a crossbench member of the House of Lords from 1975 to 2020 and was one of 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the Lords in 1999. She is the holder of the original earldom of Mar, the oldest peerage title in the United Kingdom. She is the only suo jure countess and was the only female hereditary peer in the House of Lords from 2014 to 2020. She is also a farmer and former specialist goats cheesemaker in Great Witley, Worcestershire.