Lord Ruthven
# Lord Ruthven

Lord Ruthven may refer to:

## People

### Lord Ruthven

* Lord Ruthven, a title in the peerage of Scotland from 1488, used until 1581 on the creation of Earl of Gowrie
   * William Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven (d. 1528)
   * William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven (d. 1552)
   * Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven (c. 1520–1566)
   * William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord Ruthven, (d. 1584), created Earl of Gowrie in 1581

### Lord Ruthven of Freeland and Baron Ruthven of Gowrie

* Lord Ruthven of Freeland, a title in the peerage of Scotland since 1651
   * Thomas Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven of Freeland (died 1671), Scottish nobleman
   * David Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven of Freeland (died 1701), Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
   * James Ruthven, 7th Lord Ruthven of Freeland (1777–1853)
   * Walter Hore-Ruthven, 9th Lord Ruthven of Freeland (1838–1921), created Baron Ruthven of Gowrie in 1919
   * Walter Hore-Ruthven, 10th Lord Ruthven of Freeland, 2nd Baron Ruthven of Gowrie (1870–1956), British Major-General
   * Charles Howard, 12th Earl of Carlisle, 12th Lord Ruthven of Freeland (1923–1994)
   * George Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle, 13th Lord Ruthven of Freeland (born 1949)

### Lord Ruthven of Ettrick

* Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Forth (c. 1573–1651)

### Viscount Ruthven of Canberra

* Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, also created Viscount Ruthven of Canberra in 1944
* Viscount Ruthven of Canberra, now a courtesy title of the heir apparent of the Earl of Gowrie
   * Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie (born 1939), known as Lord Ruthven until 1955
      * Brer Ruthven, Viscount Ruthven of Canberra (b. 1964), his son

## Fictional characters

* Lord Ruthven (vampire), a fictional character
* Lord de Ruthven, a fictional character in the 1816 Gothic novel Glenarvon, by Lady Caroline Lamb
