Talk:Baronage of Scotland

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I created this article for collecting feudal baronies. I doubt if there have been creations of such baronies after 1707, but I want to have the possibility to put in also such baronies. VM 17:33, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Better add some refs and an explanation of these peculiar left-overs. DGG 01:41, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Do you have an idea of what category this page should belong to? VM 15:47, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

This article is still very incomplete, since many Scottish baronies -- most -- are missing. Many are ancient subsidiary feudal titles held by Scottish hereditary peers. In addition, it mistakenly conflates feudal earldoms and dukedoms with baronies; they should be listed separately. The feudal earldom of Arran should not be listed among the baronies without clarifying that it is an earldom outranking all baronies. The feudal earldoms of Breadalbane and Crawfurd-Lindsay are simply missing, as is the feudal dukedom of Lenox (which in turn outranks all earldoms).24.227.153.54 (talk) 09:38, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

I believe that the current Baroness of Lag is Margaret Hamilton. The Baron of Mordington is Graham Senior-Milne. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hephaestos69 (talk • contribs) 23:17, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

I also concur with the comment respecting feudal earldoms (and lordships). Some lordships, though not all, are also baronies (ex. - Kilmarnock and Holydean), but others are not (ex. - lordship of the Garioch). If the titles which outrank baronies are to be included in this list, they should at least be denoted as what they are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hephaestos69 (talk • contribs) 23:26, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Need for individual histories
Each feudal barony ideally should have its own article, wikified from this list, as will soon the English feudal baronies, now all defunct. It is never too late to start such a history even where historical records are lacking. Where a current holder dies or sells, it would be desirable instead of simply deleting his name from the list and replacing it with the new holder, to start a new article titled "Scottish feudal barony of X", which will start the history as if at year 0 with a brief biography of the deceased holder, how he acquired the barony etc. I am not aware if there is any authoritative publication such as Debrett's Peerage which records the descent of these feudal baronies, or indeed whether any heraldic or other body exists which records them. (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 22:05, 28 January 2011 (UTC))

Rationalisation of feudal barony articles
I propose the following as a logical structure for the broad area of the feudal barony: I am pasting the above to talk pages of the other articles concerned. Your comments please. (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 21:26, 27 January 2011 (UTC))
 * "Feudal barony" (effectively an entry level disambiguation page, to be created by renaming Feudal baron and de-merging its constituent elements into the articles listed below. Feudal baron mainly concerns Scottish baronies and is 99% identical to Prescriptive barony. The latter needs to be merged into the former.)
 * English feudal barony- article to be renamed (done), and to receive merger from Barony (country subdivision)
 * Scottish feudal barony- article to be renamed and to receive demerged Scottish elements from Feudal baron
 * Irish feudal barony- new article, to be de-merged from Feudal baron. Done, text copied, but not demerged pending consultation.
 * Scottish feudal lordship - no changes needed, ideal format.
 * Marcher lordship to be renamed & merged from List of Marcher lordships

Role of Feudal Baronies Today
Altruists: The Baronies of Prestongrange & Dolphinston are active in the cultural and economic development of their territories. Conquerers: The Barony and Lordship of Halydean (Holydean) reincorporated in Delaware and is amassing land and grazing animals abroad in a corporate "mergers & acquisitions" manner with all of the conquering fervor of any ancient Norman raider. Historians: Other barons act as historical spokesmen for their territories. Genteels: Many feudal barons quite elegantly insist, "please, just call me John," and strive to downplay their status. Perhaps a section could be added to this article describing the role of feudal baronies today? Does anyone find this interesting? insightfullysaid, talk 10:18, 18 January 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.119.40.101 (talk)

Counties
What is the definition of county in the list of baronies? Is it the “historic county”, and if so, in which era? See the articles Counties of Scotland, Barony and  Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The county name at the time the barony was created may have changed during its history, and counties and burghs were replaced by other units after 1975. Contributors have used various versions. Also, there is variation with “shire”, e.g. Ayr/Ayrshire. Although baronies are no longer tied to land, I think it’s useful to include county. I’m going to use the historic counties before 1890 for now in my own additions, since that's when the baronies were created, and add shire, but I’d like to see this clarified. Cataobh (talk) 18:38, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Well, it's obvious I'm a newbie. So un-Wikipedic to ask. I'm implementing my own standards as described above, starting with my own additions. Other viewpoints are welcome though, of course! Cataobh (talk) 21:53, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Finnart
The baronies of Finnart and Finnart-Stewart would appear to come into this category, but have since been merged into Greenock and Gourock respectively. Should they be listed? . . dave souza, talk 18:28, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Barony of Lochiel?
Here are two sources that say the lands of Lochiel were united into a Barony in the early sixteenth century:


 * 1) http://www.scotsoflou.com/public/images/pdfs/clanifo/clanpdf/C/Clan%20CAMERON.pdf
 * 2) http://www.rampantscotland.com/clans/blclancameron.htm

Is this adequate evidence that Lochiel should be added to the list of feudal baronies? Thanks GPS Pilot (talk) 04:07, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

New link
I have just linked a new article Barony of Preston and Prestonpans in the list - please feel free to take a look and improve it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:59, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

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Blackhall
We had some trouble with editors in getting the Barony of Blackhall page up, to which this page is linked; notabiity guidelines require that other knowledgeable sources, including you on this site, improve the article. Please feel free to add some constructive editing to advance the Blackhall site if necessary, including bringing it into line with the guidelines of this 'Barons in Scotland' site. Also, would it not be useful to get some exposure to the Convention of the Baronage? Your site here could really be useful for pulling the whole baronage together a bit tighter. Kind wishes and well done. Special:Contributions 15:13, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Baron Baillie?
Why does Baron baillie link here, but then there is no further mention of it? Kiltpin (talk) 19:57, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

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N.N. of X
In the list of present Barons there is a tendency to add the baronial land designation after the name. Why? The territorial designation in the left column should suffice. The purpose of the column of name is to know the name of the holder - should not first name and surname suffice for that? Not need to flaunt the territorial designation in that column... Jonar242 (talk) 17:10, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Technically, the territorial designation would be a part of the official name of the Baron, only if he is still in possession of the caput (i.e. the land that formerly was part of the legal barony). Being in possession of the caput allows the Lord Lyon to officially recognize the holder of the designation as: John Smith of XXX, Baron of XXX. If not In possession of the caput, the hold is simply: John Smith, Baron of XXX.

But I suspect you’re referring to the title “Baron/Lord of XXX”. I would agree that there’s no need to add that in the list of barons. But if we’re taking about John Smith of XXX, Baron of XXX (i.e. someone that is recognized as a baron and entitled to use the territorial designation in his name), then we might want to consider allowing the designation in the name of the holder. But only if there’s a reference citing his right to bear the designation as part of his name. Gillespk (talk) 02:07, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Barony of Earlshall
Although the family no longer owns Earlshall Castle, David Robert Baxter (Baron Earlshall) retained the title and coat of arms, presented to him by Lord Lyons of Arms. The Baron died in April 2018, whereupon his wife. Lorraine Earlshall assumed the title of Baroness Earlshall. The patents, scrolls and legal paperwork are currently held in her possession. ADM Baxter, son of the present Baroness. 2A00:23C5:6282:7D01:7D25:31E7:5F14:3D4 (talk) 16:40, 25 March 2024 (UTC)


 * There should really be a source to keep her on the list but I won't remove her name myself.
 * NB the correct form is "Baroness of Earshall" as the style "Baroness Earlshall" would imply that she is a life-peeress with different precedence and a seat in the House of Lords. Kaahukura (talk) 11:24, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

fantasy kings and earls
This edit, in the guise of reorganization, also slipped in an entry for an "Earl of Crawfurd-Lindsay" (distinct from the Earl of Crawford and the Earl of Lindsay), cited to the website of a fantasy kingdom – as well as attributing the coat of arms of a football club to a couple hundred of the barons. Does anyone have the energy to check whether it also introduced other nonsense, or shall we simply revert to immediately before it? —Tamfang (talk) 02:32, 14 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Agreed. It verges on vandalism. So much inaccurate, self styled pretence and fakery has been added in recent months. Notes on which Barons are related, or satanists, or self styled African "Kings" are not notable, not reliable and wholly irrelevant to the topic.
 * I haven't checked every link but can confirm a lot of nonsense on this and other linked pages. Not sure what to do about it but I'll flag here that the linked pages of several Barons have been edited to call them 'noble' when Scottish Barons do not meet the crown's (admittedly quite strict) definition of nobility.
 * I would vote to revert to before the page was moved. Barons in Scotland is a more neutral description, lacking the pretence of equivalence with historical baronages or the peerage. Kaahukura (talk) 11:12, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * just had another look at the arms column and most have nothing to do with the current holder of the Barony. Some also bear no relation to the history of the barony (the first two are an unrelated clan chief and a life-peeress). I think that's another argument for a major rollback Kaahukura (talk) 11:34, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Biffeche is selfpublished and does not reliably support that the persons mentioned are members of the baronage. I support the recent removal of them, until there are reliable sources.
 * On the other hand [https://www.registryofscotsnobility.com/baronage/ the Registry of Scots Nobility lists some of the titles and incumbents and can be used as source, removing the unreliable Biffeche source. We should avoid selfpublished sources, especially those that claim that someone is royalty since they tend to be exaggerated or outright fabricated.
 * Maybe a revert to June 11 is the best, and then the texts that the user wrote can be restored from the article history. Sjö (talk) 11:38, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sjö Fakery should not be tolerated I completely agree, but I disagree with reverting to June 11 as the old version formatting was terrible, the page needs to be improved upon further, not go backwards. I do agree we do need reliable referenced sources which we should all contribute to.
 * I support the page title staying as the Baronage of Scotland as per the official body The Convention of The Baronage of Scotland (https://www.scotsbarons.org/) which represents scottish barons originally being one of the former Three Estates of Scotland.
 * Regarding nobility — I've added 8 sources including institutional writers, the court of the Lord Lyon representing the monarch in Scotland, the Scottish Law Commission Government Website and UK Government Legislation Website and Scottish parliament -- all referring to the NOBLE title of a scottish baron and the noble quality and noble aspects of the barony title.
 * So to remove and ignore verified resources I do not agree with.
 * I agree we can remove http://kingdomofbiffeche.net/ but it's eccentric info about the baron which can be confirmed in his movies and other press articles. The titles can easily be confirmed and referenced by Burke's Peerage https://www.burkespeerage.com/search.php or if available Lord Lyon court documents which I'm now adding to the page. Kellycrak88 (talk) 17:31, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * regarding the baron that's a satanist, he says on his official page that he's a member of the church of Satan which is a recognised religion in the US military and he's a in the US military, it's eccentric info in the notes field I thought Kellycrak88 (talk) 17:33, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Regarding the Earldom of Crawfurd-Linsday: Court of the Lord Lyon: "In 2006 Lord Lyon Blair recognised three Petitioners who had similarly been granted lands traceable back to a royal erection in unum comitatum as “Feudal Countess of Crawfurd-Lindsay" https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181027/http://www.lyon-court.com/lordlyon/files/WES%20Note.pdf
 * Also listed as Earl of Crawfurd-Lindsay and Baron of Auchterutherstruther on https://www.burkespeerage.com/search.php
 * I agree that this is a page for baronial Baron titles and there is a separate page for baronial Earl titles.
 * However, if the holder's primary baronial title is an Earldom or has subsidiary titles the formatting of the page clearly states:
 * Titles in italics are subsidiary baronial titles held by the same baron. Titles linked and with The before the name is the holder's primary title. Kellycrak88 (talk) 17:47, 25 June 2024 (UTC)