Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2019 August 17

= August 17 =

Title of Scottish baron’s son
I have a question concerning Scottish nobility in the late 19th / early 20th century: A Scottish (prescriptive) baron by tenure is not a member of the peerage, and the title is not technically inherited. Would his (male) heir apparent have a courtesy title? Wikipedia is contradictory on the issue: Barons in Scotland says it would be X Y of Z, Yr., while Younger (title) claims this is only true for those barons who are also lairds. Would every baron who held the caput – which he’d do by definition, before the abolition of feudal tenure – automatically be a laird? Thx in advance for an explanation. The Great Zaganza (talk) 18:38, 17 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Is any help? The section "Mior nobility: d. Scottish fuedal barony" and "Caveat" right at the end seem to apply, but I'm not clever enough to deduce a clear answer to your question from it. Alansplodge (talk) 11:27, 18 August 2019 (UTC)