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Current Seat Former Seats Sir Henry Reid: Ellon Castle: Mr Donald Cameron: Achnacarry Castle: Fassiefern House and Tor Castle: Lady Antonia Dalrymple: Newhailes House, East Lothian: Dame Jean Maxwell-Scott: Abbotsford House, Scottish Borders: Mr James Montgomery: Kinross House, Perth and Kinross Mr Patrick Gordon-Duff-Pennington: Ardverikie ...
The Peerage of Scotland differs from those of England and Ireland in that its lowest rank is not that of baron. In Scotland, "baron" is a rank within the Baronage of Scotland, considered noble but not a peer, equivalent to a baron in some continental countries. The Scottish equivalent to the English or Irish baron is a Lord of Parliament.
Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time (Heritage Books, London, 1840) Charles Mosley (Ed.), Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: Clan Chiefs, Scottish Feudal Barons (107th Edition, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, 2003)
Clan map of Scotland The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs ) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans , mottoes , and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms ...
A family seat, sometimes just called seat, is the principal residence of the landed gentry and aristocracy. The residence usually denotes the social , economic , political , or historic connection of the family within a given area. [ 1 ]
14th-century Scottish nobility (1 C, 125 P) 15th-century Scottish nobility (1 C, 55 P) ... List of family seats of Scottish nobility This page was last ...
Duke of Rothesay – This title of the Scottish peerage was first conferred by Robert III, King of Scots, on his son David in 1398. An act of the Scottish Parliament in 1469 confirmed its ...
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, 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.