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Baron is the third lowest title within the nobility system above knight (French: chevalier, Dutch: ridder) and below viscount. There are still a number of families in Belgium that bear the title of baron. Luxembourg's monarch retains the right to confer the baronial title.
A Lord in the Baronage of Scotland is an ancient title of nobility, held in baroneum, which Latin term means that its holder, who is a lord, is also always a baron.The holder may or may not be a Lord of Regality, which meant that the holder was appointed by the Crown and had the power of "pit and gallows", meaning the power to authorise the death sentence.
In Scotland, "baron" or "baroness" is a rank of the ancient nobility of the Baronage of Scotland, a hereditary title of honour, and refers to the holder of a barony, formerly a feudal superiority (dominium directum) attached to land erected into a free barony by Crown Charter, this being the status of a minor baron, recognised by the crown as noble, but not a peer.
Barony (Ireland), a former unit of administration in Ireland, below the level of the counties and latterly not usually associated with any baronial title; today lacking any administrative function but in active use as cadastral divisions for land registration and planning permission purposes.
Sir Thomas Scott of Abbotshall: The first known holder of the barony, established the Scott family's influence in Fife.He was the son of Thomas Scott of Abbotshall (and Agnes Moncreiffe) who received the lands by disposition (a legal transfer of property) in the 16th century, the lands were later raised to a barony for his son by royal charter signed by King James VI of Scotland.
In 2014 the Lord Lyon King of Arms issued the "Note on the Petition of George Menking", under which he determined to accept petitions for the grant arms for baronage dignities including Earldoms, Marquisates and Dukedoms since such dignities have historically always been of the genus of a barony and as such represent a higher form of barony and fall within the jurisdiction of the King of Arms.
Subsidiary title of the Earl of Nottingham 1377-1397 Subsidiary title of the Duke of Norfolk 1397-1399, 1425-1476, 1483-1485, 1554-1572, 1660-1777 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Norfolk 1399-1425, 1476-1481 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Arundel 1604-1660 Baron Braose: 1290 [5] de Braose: abeyant 1326 Baron Hastings: 1290 [6] Hastings, Astley ...
An Earl, at the time, was the highest executive office concerned with shire administration, holding higher responsibilities than the sheriff, whose title would later evolve into a Viscount. The privilege attached was the right, indeed the obligation, to attend the king in his feudal court, termed the Council de Baronage , [ 2 ] a precursor to ...