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SCOTTISH BARONY REGISTER

The Scottish Barony Register is a non-statutory register created for the registration of the dignity of a Scottish Baronial title following the abolition of Feudal Law in Scotland in terms of the Feudal Tenure etc (Scotland) Act 2000 ("the 2000 Act").

HISTORY

Until the Appointed Day under the 2000 Act (28 November 2004) Scottish Barony titles were recorded in the General Register of Sasines or the Land Register of Scotland, ass until the Appointed Day the Dignity of Baron had to be accomponied by ownership of a portion of land - the "Caput" of the Barony. After the Appointed Day, on the abolition of Scotland's Feudal system, the Dignity of Baron could no longer be recorded or registered in either of the Scottish Land Registers, although in terms of S63 of the 2000 Act the Dignity of Baron is specifically preserved. The Scottish Barony Register was created by members of the Scottish legal profession who felt that, in the absence of any statutory register, that a private register should be created to maintain order and legal rigour in the registration process. Accordingly the Scottish Barony Register was itself registered at HM Companies House as a private Limited Company (No 276349) on 22 November 2004. The Scottish Barony Register is limited by guarantee and has no shareholders or share capital.

DIRECTORS AND CUSTODIANS

The original 2004 directors were Adele Jeanne Nicol (Solicitor), Brian Gregory Hamilton ( Barony Title Broker) and Alistair Gillies Rennie (Land Registration Consultant). The current directors are Professor Stewart Brymer, Professor Roderick Paisley, Alistair Gillies Rennie, and Alastair Kennedy Shewpherd ( Writer to the Signet). The directors appointed Alistair Gillies Rennie as the initial Custodian of the Register. Mr Rennie served from 28 November 2004 to 1 December 2021. He was succeeded by Alastair Kennedy Shepherd WS on 1 December 2021.

THE REGISTER

The Scottish Barony Register has in the period from November 2004 to December 2021 registered 205 Baronies. Most of these have been registered following a sale; some have been registered by the current proprietor; and a few have been registered on being transferred to a beneficiary following the death of the incumbent proprietor. The Register charges a fee for registration, details of which are published on the Register's website. The Register will only accept a registration form signed by a practising Scottish Solicitor, and will only enter into correspondence with a Scottish Solicitor. If the Custodian is content with the evidence provided to him, he will register the assignation of the Barony and return the sealed and stamped assignation and form to the presenting Solicitor. The Barony assignation will be entered into the Register with a unique registration number ( for example SBR 2021/15 would be the 15th registration in the calendar year 2021).