UK FEUDAL NOBILITY TITLE - REGISTERED IN SCOTLAND
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Under Scots law, a Scottish Prescriptive Barony by Tenure is now "incorporeal feudal heritage", not attached to the land and remains the only genuine, prescriptive, degree of:
Title of UK Nobility capable of being bought and sold.
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A "Scottish Prescriptive Barony by Tenure" was, from 1660 until 2004, the feudal description of the only genuine degree of title of UK nobility capable of being bought and sold (along with the caput, or property), rather than passing strictly by blood inheritance.
Statutes of 1592 and the Baronetcy Warrants of King Charles I show the non-peerage Table of Precedence as: Baronets, Knights, Barons and Lairds, Esquire and Gentlemen.
A General Register of Sasines was set up by Statute in 1617, with entry in the Register giving the prescriptive right (right by normal or correct usage), after so many years, to the caput or essence of the barony. The individual who owned the said piece of land containing the caput was hence the baron or baroness. Uncertainty over armorial right was removed by the Lyon Register being set up by Statute in 1672, such that no arms were to be borne in Scotland unless validly entered in Lyon Register.
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Abolition of feudal tenure
The first Scottish Executive was committed to abolishing the feudal system. On 28 November 2004, the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 came into full force and effect, putting an end to Scotland's feudal system. Under Scots law, a Scottish Prescriptive Barony by Tenure is now "incorporeal feudal heritage", not attached to the land and remains the only genuine, prescriptive, degree of title of UK nobility capable of being bought and sold – since under Section 63(1) of the Act, the dignity of baron is preserved after the abolition of the feudal system.[6][7] However, the Abolition Act did end the ability to get feudal land privileges by inheriting or acquiring the caput (land or castle) in Scotland. In common law jurisdictions, land may still be owned and inherited through a barony if the land is titled in "the Baron of X" as baron rather than in the individual's name. In America, it passes with the barony as a fee simple appurtenance to an otherwise incorporeal hereditament, the barony being treated like a landowning corporation.[8] In Scotland, the practice has not been tested in a Court of Session case since the Act.
Fishing rights
The late Prince Philip had a passion for Salmon Fishing in Scotland.
The late prince Philip's favorite dish
Salmon coulibiac—a Russian dish in which salmon, seasoning, and veg are piled into a generous casing of puff pastry.
Fishing on the River Ugie which is famous for it's Salmon & Trout fishing. The Baron has the right to fish for Salmon & Trout with his friends (or appointed friends) on the river Ugie in Strichen.
Wild Scottish Salmon
At £300 for a line caught wild salmon, this is a valuable right.
Wild Salmon Caviar per fish = £50.
Salmon Fishing Lease
10 lines 1 days fishing during season is worth £3,000-£6,000 a Day.
120 Days of salmon fishing a year is a minimum £360,000 potential PROFIT???
Forms of Address
In a heterosexual married couple, if the husband is the holder of the Barony, the wife receives a courtesy title. Therefore, they may be styled "The Baron and Baroness of Strichen", "Strichen and Madam Smith of Strichen", "Strichen and Lady of Strichen", or "The Baron of Strichen and Lady of Strichen."[13] The oldest son of a feudal baron/baroness may be known by the territorial designation with the addition of "yr" (abbreviation for "younger"), e.g. "John Smith of Strichen, yr". The eldest daughter is may be known as "Maid of Strichen" at the end of her name, e.g. "Sandra Smith, Maid of Strichen".
The River Ugie is formed from the North Ugie and the South Ugie, which is impounded in its upper course to form Fedderate Reservoir. The two streams meat east of Longside and enter the sea at Peterhead. The River Ugie is a worthwhile sea trout river with a good number of salmon caught too. The Title has rights to fish in this river included.
Barony | County | Created | Baron | Succeeded |
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Abbotshall | Fife | Harold Peerenboom | ||
Abergeldie | Aberdeenshire | John Gordon | 1963 | |
Abernethy | Perthshire | Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz | 2008 | |
Aboyne | Aberdeenshire | 1660 | Granville, 13th Marquess of Huntly | |
Aden | Aberdeenshire | 1333 | Alexander Russell of Aden | 2015 |
Aiket | Ayrshire | |||
Alford | Kerry Alfred Hamer | |||
Alforshire | Charles A. Cogdill | |||
Anstruther & Balcaskie | Sir Ralph Anstruther | |||
Arbroath | Angus | Alan Bartlett of Arbroath | 1994 | |
Ardblair & Gask | Perthshire | Laurence Oliphant | 1979 | |
Ardgour | Argyllshire | Giancarlo Bonifazi | 1998 | |
Ardgowan | Renfrewshire | Professor Stephen Kerr | ||
Ardrossan | Ayrshire | 1357 | Hugh, 19th Earl of Eglinton, 7th Earl of Winton | 2018 |
Ardgrain[21] | Aberdeenshire | Pepijn Oscar Hendriks | 2013 | |
Ardoch | Dumbarton | Professor Thomas Mackay | 1987 | |
Arndilly | Morayshire | David Menzies of Arndilly | ||
Arnisdale | Ross and Cromarty | William Paterson of Arnisdale | ||
Arnot | Fife | 1507 | Willem C. G. Blanken | 2016 |
Arran | Ayrshire | Willi Ernst Sturzenegger | 1995 | |
Auchendarroch | Argyllshire | Keir Campbell of Auchendarroch | ||
Auchindoir | Aberdeenshire | Alisdair Barlas of Auchindoir | ||
Auchinleck | Ayrshire | Valentine Bennett of Auchinleck | ||
Auchmacoy | Aberdeenshire | David Buchan of Auchmacoy | ||
Auchtermunzie | Fife | 1437 | Fernando Gutierrez-Eddy of Auchtermunzie | 2002 |
Auchterutherstruther | Fife | Abigail Busch Reisinger[22] | 2004 | |
Auchinreoch | Perthshire | Andrew Bell | 2022 | |
Ayton | Berwickshire | Richard Syred[23] | 2011 | |
Badenscoth | Aberdeen | 1823 | Kevin Peng Xu | 2019 |
Balcaskie | Fife | Major Timothy Strange | ||
Baldoon | Wigtownshire | Christopher Busch Reisinger | ||
Balfluig | Aberdeenshire | Mark Tennant of Balfluig | ||
Ballencrieff | East Lothian | Moray James Nairn | 2011 | |
Ballencrieff | West Lothian | Junaid Abbas Bhatti | ||
Ballindalloch | Banffshire | Clare Russell, Lady of Ballindalloch | ||
Ballumbie | Angus | Robert Williamson of Ballumbie | 1997 | |
Balmachreuchie | Perthshire | 14th century | Dr Timothy Spaulding | 2011 |
Balmore (also known as Dalmore) | Dunbartonshire | 1478 | Leo Adriano Silighini | 2015 |
Balquhain | Aberdeenshire | Nelson Lee Len Ying | 1995 | |
Balvaird | Perthshire | 1624 | Brady Brim-DeForest[24] | 2017 |
Balvenie | Banffshire | Jeremy Nicholson of Balvenie | 2009 | |
Banchory | Kincardineshire | Kenneth Lumsden of Banchory | ||
Bannockburn | Stirlingshire | Early 14th century | Hope Vere Anderson of Bannockburn | 2016 |
Barnbarroch | James Vans of Barnbarroch | |||
Barnis Forbes | Aberdeenshire | Daphne Romy, Lady of Barnis Forbes | ||
Barnton | Edinburgh | Professor Markus Frank | 2016 | |
Barra | Invernessshire | Roderick MacNeil of Barra | 2010 | |
Bathgate | ||||
Bearcrofts | Stirling | 1697 | Charles A. Cree | 2011 |
Beauly | ||||
Belton | East Lothian | Before 1468 | Ian Graham Rennie | 2002 |
Bedrule | Berwickshire | Wallace Turnbull of Bedrule | 2015 | |
Biggar | Lanarkshire | Charles Ross of Biggar | ||
Benholm | Kincardine | Roderick Strachan of Benholm | ||
Blackburn | Professor Ranjit Chandra | |||
Blackford | Perthshire | Richard Welkowitz | 1999 | |
Blackhall | Renfrewshire | 1395 | Robert Gillespie OBE | 2002 |
Blair | Alfred Glenn of Blair | 1997 | ||
Blairbuis | Timothy Busch Reisinger | |||
Bognie, Mountblairy & Frendraught | Banffshire | Alexander Morison of Bognie | ||
Bombie | Kirkcudbrightshire | Professor Barrie Pettman | ||
Botile (Buittle) | Kirkcudbrightshire | 1315 | James de Balliol-Cavendish of Buittle | 2020 |
Braemar | Royal Deeside | 10th century | John Sullivan of Braemar | 2004 |
Brechin | Forfarshire | |||
Brigton | Angus | 1761 | Marion Douglas, Lady of Brigton | 1938 |
Buchan Forest | Kirkcudbrightshire | Timothy Busch Reisinger | ||
Buncle and Preston | Berwickshire | Olivier Fuchs | ||
Buquhollie & Freswick | Caithness | Ivor John Spencer-Thomas of Buquhollie & Freswick | ||
Busbye | Wigtownshire | Early 16th century | ||
Byres | East Lothian | 1366 | Paul Kayley of Byres, Baron of Byres | 2003 |
Calder | West Lothian | 14th century | James, 15th Lord Torphichen | 1975 |
Cambusnethan | Lanarkshire | 1315 | Terence Alvis of Lee | 1988 |
Carmichael | Lanarkshire | Richard Carmichael | ||
Carnoustie | Angus | James Langan of Carnoustie | ||
Carnysmul Carnysmule Carnymul Carnesmole Carnysmolle (Kirkinner) | Wigtownshire | 1372 | ||
Carstairs | Lanarkshire | Christopher Busch Reisinger | ||
Cartsburn | Renfrewshire | 1669 | Dr. Pier Felice degli Uberti | 2010 |
Castlehill | Inverness | 1411 | Simon Frasier, Lord Lovat | 2018 |
Castle Stewart | 1638 | Charles Edward Stewart of Calcruchie | 2020 | |
Cavers, Scotland | Roxburgh | 16th century | Prof. Andre Douglas Nathaniel-Rock | 2004 |
Chirnside | Berwickshire | |||
Clackmannan | Clackmannanshire | 1334 | ||
Clary | Hope Reisinger Cobera | |||
Cleghorn | Lanarkshire | Andrew Macmillan of Cleghorn | ||
Clerkington | Haddington | 1369–1406[25] | George Everly | |
Closeburn | Dumfriesshire | Luis Kirkpatrick | ||
Clugstoun Clugistoun | Wigtownshire | Before 1471 | ||
Cluny | Aberdeenshire | Cosmo Linzee Gordon of Cluny | 2010 | |
Cluny | Fife | Stuart Crane of Cluny | 1997 | |
Cockburn | Berwickshire | 14th century | Olivier Fuchs | 2008 |
Cockenzie | Robert Garrison of Cockenzie | |||
Coigach[26] | Wester Ross | 1511 | Christopher Devonshire-Ellis | 2011 |
Coldingham[27] | Berwickshire | Dr Peter Leando | 2012 | |
Coldingknows (see Cowdenknowes) | Roxburgh | 1634 | Mark Harden of Coldingknows | |
Coll-Earn & Elphinstone | Stirlingshire | Bailey McCune | 1988 | |
Colstoun | East Lothian | Ludovic Broun-Lindsay | ||
Corrachree | Aberdeenshire | Alexander Barlas of Corrachree | ||
Corsewall | Timothy Busch Reisinger | |||
Cowdenknowes [1] | Roxburgh | 1634 | Mark Harden of Cowdenknowes | 2002 |
Cowie | Aberdeenshire | |||
Cowie | Stirlingshire | 12th century | Professor Alan Dennis | 2020 |
Coxton | Morayshire | 1618 | ||
Craichlaw Crachlew Crauchlew Crachlow Craichlew Craichlo | Wigtownshire | Before 1459 | ||
Craighall | Fife | Roger Alexander Lindsay | ||
Craigie | Angus (Forfar) | 1666 | Rabbi Robert Thomas | 2011 |
Craigievar | Aberdeenshire | Sir John Alexander Forbes | ||
Craigmillar | Edinburgh | 1511 | Captain Brian Lawrence Williamson | |
Cranshaws | Borders | Mr Paul Anderson | 2016 | |
Crawford | Fife | |||
Crichton | Midlothian | Henry Burn-Callander | ||
Crimond | Aberdeenshire | Raymond Carnegie of Crimond | ||
Cromar | Aberdeenshire | |||
Cromarty | Cromartyshire | John Nightingale of Cromarty | ||
Crommey | Banffshire | Michael Innes | 1978 | |
Cruggleton Crigitoun | Wigtownshire | Before 1325 | ||
Culbin | Morayshire | William Busch Reisinger | ||
Culcreuch | Stirlingshire | Before 1472 | Hercules William Michael Bullough | 2023 |
Cumbernauld | Lanarkshire | 1314 | Roland Zettel | |
Cushnie | Aberdeenshire | Alan Robertson of Cushnie | 2004 | |
Dairsie | Fife | Christopher Ruffle of Dairsie | ||
Dalziel | Lanarkshire | |||
Danira and Comrie | ||||
Delvine | Perthshire | 15th century | Dr Lars J C Lindberg | 2008 |
Denboig | Fife | 1657 | Kenneth MacLean of Denboig | |
Denny | Stirlingshire | 16th century | Alessandro Pompili | 2011 |
Dinnet | Aberdeenshire | J. M. Marcus Humphrey | ||
Dirleton | East Lothian | 1220 | Camilo Agasim-Pereira of Fulwood & Dirleton | 2000 |
Dolphinstoun | East Lothian | Before 1700 | Dr Julian Wills | 2000 |
Drum | Kincardineshire | 1323 | Alexander Irvine of Drum[28][29] | 2019 |
Drylaw | Edinburgh | The Rt Hon Sir Douglas Middleton, KBE | 2022 | |
Duart & Morvern | Argyll | 1631 | Sir Lachlan MacLean | 1990 |
Dudhope | Angus | 1542 | ||
Dun | Lanarkshire | |||
Dunconnel | Argyll | 1400 | Sir Charles MacLean | |
Duncrub | Perthshire | Douglas Smith of Duncrub | ||
Dunure | Ayrshire | Brendan Clouston of Dunure | 1997 | |
Earlshall | Fife | Lt Col Paul Veenhuijzen | ||
Echlin | Edinburgh | Rainer Kensy | 2002 | |
Edingight | Banffshire | John Innes of Edingight | ||
Elie & St Monans | Fife | Mans Nicklas Lidgren | 2019 | |
Entwistle | Lshire | 1212 | Andrew Sharples | 2021 |
Esslemont | Aberdeenshire | Charles Wolrige-Gordon | 1976 | |
Eyemouth | Berwickshire | John Churchill of Eyemouth | 1682 | |
Fairholm & Kirkton | Lanarkshire | James Stevenson-Hamilton | ||
Fetternear | Aberdeenshire | Martin Thacker of Fetternear | 2001 | |
Fingalton | Renfrewshire | 1663 | James Hawley of Fingalton | 2017 |
Finlaystone Maxwell | Renfrewshire | Nicholas Frederic Papanicolaou | ||
Finzean | Kincardineshire | Donald Farquharson of Finzean | ||
Fithie | Forfarshire | |||
Fordell | Fife | 1511 | ||
Freuch | Wigtownshire | 1559 | ||
Fulwood | Renfrewshire | 1314 | Camilo Agasim-Pereira of Fulwood & Dirleton | 1999 |
Gala | Selkirkshire | John Scott of Gala | ||
Garioch | Aberdeenshire | 12th century | George David Menking | 2012 |
Garlies | Kirkcudbrightshire | 1263 | Timothy Busch Reisinger | |
Garrallan | Ayrshire | John Boswell of Garrallan | ||
Garthland | Wigtownshire | Before 1637 | ||
Gartly | Aberdeenshire | David James of Gartley | ||
Gartmore | Stirling | William Graham of Gartmore | 1996 | |
Giffen | Ayrshire | 1371 | Ryan Montgomery | 1987 |
Glasserton | Wigtownshire | 1542 | ||
Glencammon | Timothy Busch Reisinger | |||
Glencoe | Argyll | Forde | ||
Glendowachy (Glenquithle) |
Aberdeenshire | |||
Glenfalloch | Perthshire | Richard Andrew Leslie | ||
Glengarnock | Ayrshire | Robert MacGregor of Glengarnock | ||
Glenluce | Wigtownshire | Before 1628 | ||
Gogar | Midlothian | Godfrey Devlin of Gogar | ||
Gourdie | Perthshire | George Cox of Gourdie | ||
Gourock | Renfrewshire | Claire Darroch-Thompson, Lady of Gourock | 2011 | |
Gordon Easter or Gordoun | Berwickshire | 1150 | Morange Michel | |
Grandhome | Aberdeenshire | David Paton of Grandholme | ||
Grantully | Perthshire | Henry Fothringham | ||
Greenlaw | Berwickshire | 1451 | Andrew Walter Hepburne-Scott, 11th Lord Polwarth | 2005 |
Greenan | Ayrshire | Hope Reisinger Cobera | ||
Greenock | Renfrewshire | Harry Sandberg of Greenock[30] | ||
Greenock and Blackhall | Renfrewshire | Sir Ludovic Houston Shaw Stewart, 12th Baronet[citation needed] [NB not Baron of G and B] | ||
Grougar | Ayrshire | 1321 | David McLean of Grougar | |
Hailes | East Lothian | 1343 | S.A. Malin of Hailes[31] | 2008 |
Haliburton and Lambden | Berwickshire | 2023 | ||
Hallrule | Roxburghshire | Olivier Fuchs | ||
Hallyards | Edinburgh | |||
Halydean | Roxburghshire | 1128 | Taylor Moffitt of Halydean | 2006 |
Hartsyde | Lanarckshire | 1345 | Jea-Guy Philip Boisserolles de Saint-Julien | |
Holmains | Dumfriesshire | 1542 | ||
Horsbrugh | Peeblesshire | Michael Chenery of Horsbrugh | 1995 | |
Houston | Renfrewshire | Before 1296 | Johnny Sei Hoe Hon | 2016 |
Inchdrewer | Banffshire | Olga Roh | 2014 | |
Inche | Wigtownshire | Before 1528 | ||
Innermessan or Invermessan | Wigtownshire | Before 1566 | ||
Innerwick | East Lothian | Before 1600 | Brooke Owen Thomas of Innerwick | |
Inneryne | Argyllshire | Ronald Busch Reisinger | 1998 | |
Innes | Morayshire | James Mitchell of Innes | 2004 | |
Jedburgh Forest | Roxburghshire | 1602 | Richard Miller of Jedburgh Forest | 2010 |
Kelly | Aberdeenshire | Bruce Kneller, Baron of Kelly | 2004 | |
Kemnay | Aberdeenshire | Susan Burnett, Lady of Kemnay | 1978 | |
Kersland | ||||
Kilbernie | ||||
Kilbride | Lanarkshire | |||
Kilcoy | Ross-shire | 16th century | Mark David Menking | 2012 |
Kilmarnock | Ayrshire | 1316 | David Ayre | |
Kilmichael | Argyll | 1541 | Brooke Owen-Thomas of Kilmichael | |
Kilmun | Argyll | Brooke Owen-Thomas of Kilmun | ||
Kilmaurs | ||||
Kilpunt | West Lothian | Morag Pauline Cadzow | ||
Kilravock | Morayshire | 1293 | David Rose, 26th Baron, Chief of Clan Rose | |
Kinblathmond | Forfarshire | |||
Kincaid | Heather Kincaid, Lady of Kincaid | |||
Kincraig | Fife | James Gourlay of Kincraig | ||
Kinedar (King Edward) |
Aberdeenshire | |||
Kinghilt Kinhilt Kenhilt Kilhilt | Wigtownshire | Before 1632 | ||
Kinnaber | Forfarshire | |||
Kinnairdy | Banffshire | Colin Innes of Kinnairdy | 1990 | |
Kinnear | Michael Pilette of Kinnear | |||
Kinnell | Forfarshire | |||
Kippenross | Stirlingshire | Susan Stirling-Aird, Lady of Kippenross | ||
Kirkbuddo | Angus | 1463 | Jean-Yves de Sainte-Croix de La Sabliere | 2011 |
Kirkdale | Wigtownshire | Ramsey Hannay of Kirkdale | ||
Kirkintilloch | East Dunbartonshire | 1184 | ||
Kirkliston | West Lothian | 1618 | Andor László Oleg Vilmos v. Jaross | 2002 |
Kirriemuir | Angus | 1390 | Gerhard Anderson | 2014 |
Kirknewton | Midlothian | Diana Hargreaves, Lady of Kirknewton | 1992 | |
Krawfort | Lanarkshire | 1576 | ||
Lag | Dumfriesshire | 1685 | Margaret Hamilton, Lady of Lag | 2004 |
Lambden (also known as Hassington) | Berwickshire | Col (Rt'd) Lance Miller | 2016 | |
Lamberton, Berwick | Berwickshire | Before 1236[32] | ||
Largo | Fife | Timothy Wood of Largo | 2011 | |
Lathallan | Fife | Jean Spens of Lathallan | 1995 | |
Lee | Lanarkshire | 1272 | Addison McElroy Fischer | 2004 |
Lenzie | East Dunbartonshire | 1170 | ||
Lescure | Ross McPherson-Smith | |||
Leslie | Aberdeenshire | John Andrea | 2019 | |
Lesmahagow | Lanarkshire | |||
Leswalt (now Lochnaw) | Wigtownshire | Before 1426 | Dr Gordon Prestoungrange | 2004 |
Lethendy | Perthshire | Charles Gairdner of Lethendy | ||
Lethington | East Lothian | Before 1166 | ||
Leys | Aberdeenshire | James Burnett of Leys | ||
Liberton (or Over Liberton) | Midlothian | Olivier Fuchs | 2009 | |
Little Pert | Forfarshire | |||
Lochfergus | Albert Gazeley of Lochfergus | |||
The Superiority of the Lands of Lochlands | Aberdeenshire | |||
Loch Mullion | Perthshire | Before 1700 | William Anderson of Loch Mullion | 2000 |
Lochnaw (see Leswalt) | Wigtownshire | 1699 | Dr Gordon Prestoungrange | 2004 |
Lochrounell | Wigtownshire | Before 1630 | ||
Logany | Kincardineshire | Before 1576 | Hunter Prater | 2000 |
Logie/Lexyn | Forfarshire | |||
Logiealmond | Perthshire | Sheila May Flavell CBE | 2019 | |
Loncastell | Wigtownshire | Before 1551 | ||
Loudoun | Ayrshire | Ronald Glen Schneller | 2017 | |
Lundie | Angus | 1489 | Craig Ward | 2017 |
Marchmont | Berwickshire | Roland Eugen Staehli | 1996 | |
MacDonald | Skye | Godfrey Bosville-Macdonald | ||
MacDougall | Arglye | 1660 | George Dougall of MacDougall | 2006 |
MacDuff | Fife | 1039 | Eric Cotton Dexter of MacDuff | 2021 |
Martyn-Kennedy alias Frethrid | Wigtownshire | Before 1541 | ||
Mearns | Renfrewshire | 12th century | David Thorpe of Mearns | 2002 |
Melfort | Argyll | 1360s | Hugh Campbell-Gibson | |
Melgund | Forfarshire | |||
Menie | Aberdeenshire | 1317 | Michael Woodley of Menie | 1995 |
Mertoun | Wigtownshire | 1504 | ||
Midmar | Aberdeenshire | Richard Wharton of Midmar | ||
Miltonhaven (formerly Lauriston) | Kincardineshire | 1695 | Dorothy Newlands of Lauriston | 2017 |
Mochrum | Wigtownshire | Before 1472 | ||
Montgomeriestoun | Wigtownshire | Before 1636 | 1987 | |
Mordington | Berwickshire | 1124–53 | Graham Senior-Milne | 1998 |
Mouswald | Dumfriesshire | 1452 | ||
Moy | Argyll | Lorne MacLaine of Moy | ||
Mugdock | Stirlingshire | 1458 | Luciano Francesco Silighini Garagnani Lambertini | 2022 |
Muirton | Morayshire | 1532 | Dr Richard Culbert | 2019 |
Mullion | Perthshire | 1446 | Faith Seale QC | 2019 |
Mureth | Wigtownshire | Before 1514 | ||
Myrton | Wigtownshire | Before 1470 | Professor Mark Watson-Gandy | |
Newton | Stirlingshire | 1685 | Philip Pickering of Newton | |
Ochtercoull | ||||
Old Montrose | Forfarshire | |||
Ormiston | East Lothian | 1637 | Brian Parsons of Ormiston | 2003 |
Over Cowal | Argyll | Godfrey Devlin of Gogar | ||
Panbride | Forfarshire | |||
Panmure | Forfarshire | |||
Park | Aberdeenshire | 1563 | ||
Peaston (or Paistoun) | East Lothian | Robert Jackson of Paistoun | 2003 | |
Penicuik | Midlothian | Sir John Dutton Clerk | ||
Pentland | Midlothian | 1316 | Lt Cmdr Christopher Saint Victor de Pinho | 2018 |
Phantelane | Argyll | 1436 | Capt. David N. B. McCorquodale | 2010 |
Pitcaple | Aberdeenshire | Christopher Burges-Lumsden | ||
Pitcruivie | Fife | Douglas Wagland of Pitcruivie | 1996 | |
Pitmilly | Fife | Peter Gybbon-Monypenny | 1987 | |
Pittenweem | Fife | 1592[33] | Claes Zangenberg[34] | 2011 |
Plean | Stirlingshire | George Way | 1985 | |
Plenderleith | Roxburghshire | 1306 | Clifford Dewey Michael Paul Harmon II | 2007 |
Pluscarden | ||||
Porterfield | ||||
Portlethen | Kincardineshire | Maurice Taylor of Portlethen | ||
Portrie | Wigtownshire | Before 1636 | ||
Preston and Prestonpans | East Lothian | 1460 | Robert McLean of Preston & Prestonpans | |
Prestoungrange | East Lothian | 1189 | Mathew Wills of Prestoungrange | 2004 |
Primside and House Site | Roxburghshire | |||
Quhithorne or Whithorn | Wigtownshire | Before 1569 | ||
Rachane | Argyllshire | Michael Aquino | ||
Ramshead | Ayrshire | 1371 | Ryan Montgomery | 1987 |
Rannoch | Perthshire | 1502 | ||
Rattray | Perthshire | Philip Cumyn of Rattray | ||
Ravenstone | Wigtownshire | Frank Renwick of Ravenstone | 1983 | |
Remistoun | Wigtownshire | Before 1540 | ||
Renfrew | Renfrewshire | 1398 | HRH The Duke of Rothesay | 1952 |
Rescobie | Forfarshire | |||
Restalrig | Edinburgh | |||
Robertland | Ayrshire | 1539 | Brian Parsons of Robertland | 2005 |
Roberton | Lanarkshire | |||
Rossie | Fife | John Elephant of Rossie | ||
Ruchlaw | East Lothian | |||
Rusco | Kirkcudbrightshire | Robert Carson of Rusco | ||
Saint Monance / Monans | Fife | 1596 | Dr Robert Parviz Pirooz of Saint Monance QC | 2014 |
Sauchie | Stirlingshire | 1320 | Niklas Wallenberg | 2015[35] |
Saulsait Saulset | Wigtownshire | Before 1629 | ||
Seybeggis or Seabegs | Stirlingshire | 15th century | Dr. George M. Burden | 2014 |
Seggieden | Perthshire | Consul a.h. Dr. Trond U. Hegle | ||
Smeaton Hepburn | East Lothian | George Gray of Smeaton Hepburn | ||
Stane | Ayrshire | 1371 | Ryan Montgomery | 1987 |
Stobo | Peeblesshire | 1577 | William Jolly | |
Stonehaven | Aberdeenshire | Fraser Angus Oliver Mearns of Stonehaven | ||
Stonehouse | Lanarkshire | |||
Stoneywood | Aberdeenshire | Charles Mack of Stoneywood | 2000 | |
Strathdee | Aberdeenshire | 1563 | ||
Strathlachlan | Argyll | Euan MacLachlan of Strathlachlan | ||
Strichen | Aberdeenshire | 1515 | (YOUR NAME) of Strichen | 2023 |
Struan | Perthshire | Alexander Robertson | 1983 | |
Swinton | Berwickshire | 1098 | James Swinton | |
Symington | Lanarkshire | 1329 | ||
Teallach | Dennistoun Teall of Teallach | |||
Thainstone | Aberdeenshire | 1488 | David Valentine | 2017 |
Thankerton | Lanarkshire | |||
Torboll | Highland | 1360 | ||
Tranent | East Lothian | Hugh, 19th Earl of Eglinton, 7th Earl of Winton | ||
Traquair | Peeblesshire | 1491 | Catherine Maxwell-Stuart, 21st Lady of Traquair | |
Trearne | Ayrshire | 1371 | Ryan Montgomery | 1987 |
Trent | Charles A. Cogdill | 2002 | ||
Troup | Banffshire | |||
Tulloch | Ross and Cromarty | 1542 | David Willien | |
Turin | Forfarshire | |||
Twynehame | Kirkcudbrightshire | Delyse Sharpe of Twynehame | 1992 | |
Urquhart | Inverness-shire | 1230 | ||
Urquhart | Morayshire | 1587 | Robert A. Cromartie | 2004 |
Wells | Roxburghshire | Bryce Lee West | 2009 | |
Westside | Gordon Kerr | |||
Wigtoun | Lanarkshire | 1606 | ||
Winchburgh | West Lothian | 15th century | Michael Chou-Leng Looi Lyons | 2022[36][37] |
Wiston | Lanarkshire | |||
Wormiston | Fife | Michael Spens | 1970 | |
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COMES WITH IT'S OWN STONE CIRCLE IN ABERDEEN.
History
The large central Buchan village of Strichen has a population of around 1,200 and lies on the east bank of the North Ugie Water in a sheltered valley, some eight miles south west of Fraserburgh. Regarded by many as the cultural capital of the area, it became one of the most successful of around 20 planned villages developed in Buchan.
The Strichen Stone Circle, which can be found three quarters of a mile south west of the village on the summit of a low hill, shows that a farming community has existed in this part of Buchan for at least four thousand years. Timothy Pont's map of the area, produced in about 1600, showed a tower house here, as well as two mills operating on the North Ugie Water. At the time Strichen formed part of a large parish centred on Rathen, more than half way to Fraserburgh. This changed in 1633 when Strichen was made a parish in its own right.
The combination of the water power offered by the North Ugie Water and the produce of the surrounding agricultural area led to the development of Strichen as a planned village in 1764, built as an expansion to the existing settlement of Mormond. In an advert placed in the Aberdeen Journal on 21 November 1763 its founder, Alexander Fraser, 7th Lord Strichen, offered "plenty of stone, lime and an inexhaustible supply of moss, a weekly market and four great fairs annually" and sought "all persons concerned in linen manufacture as there is plenty of yarn already spun in the [area]." As an incentive he is said to have offered £100 to the first person to finish building their house here, which was a great deal of money at the time.
By 1800, Strichen was home to a thriving textile industry including a bleachfield on the riverbank and mills to process locally-grown flax and produce linen. A new parish church was built in 1799 to replace the Mormond Parish Church built in the 1620s. The North Church which today serves as the parish church and stands in such a commanding position at the north west end of High Street Close was built as a Free Church in 1893.
Perhaps the most striking addition to the still young Strichen was the Town House, built in 1819. This has an imposing tower and spire which borrow from the design of Scottish tolbooths of earlier centuries. When originally built the arcaded ground floor had open sides, providing a covered market area. At the same time, the same architect, John Smith, and the same patron, Thomas Alexander Fraser, 10th Lord of Strichen and later the 12th Lord Lovat and 1st Baron Lovat, were busy building Strichen House, a mile to the south west. What emerged on its completion in 1821 was a grand granite mansion and accompanying farmstead.
In 1850 the estate, including the village and Strichen House, was sold to William Baird, who had made his fortune in iron and steel in Coatbridge. In 1865 Strichen gained a station on the railway line from Maud to Fraserburgh, and throughout the 1800s the population continued to grow despite serious setbacks for the village's textile industry. In the mid 1900s Strichen House fell out of use as a residence and was later gutted to serve as agricultural storage. Today it appears to be little more than a shell in which trees are growing.
The original name of the settlement here, Mormond, is also associated with Mormond Hill, which rises to a height of 750ft two and a half miles north east of Strichen. You can't miss it: the summit of the hill is clothed in a forest of dishes and aerials. Today these are mostly concerned with civilian communications. From the 1960s to the beginning of the 1990s, Mormond Hill formed part of a chain of NATO communications bases that extended from Canada across the Atlantic to the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System site at Fylingdales in Yorkshire.
Two other features of Mormond Hill are both older and subtler than the high-tech clutter on its summit. On its south west slopes, above Strichen, is a white horse laid out on the hillside in quartz, 162ft long by 126ft high. It is said to have been placed here to commemorate an incident during the Battle of Tourcoing (near Lille) on 18 May 1794, at which British and Austrian forces were beaten by the French. Alexander Fraser, 9th Lord of Strichen, was serving as a Captain in the 1st Dragoon Guards and had his horse killed underneath him during the retreat. A Sergeant by the name of Henderson offered to give Captain Fraser his horse, but was killed before he could do so. Captain Fraser escaped death on the sergeant's horse and, on returning to Strichen, built the white horse as a memorial to Sergeant Henderson. Meanwhile, the east end of Mormond Hill is home to a white stag made from quartz boulders. This measures 240ft in length and was constructed in 1870 by tenants to celebrate the laird's wedding.
Baron and Baroness Title – Higher in Rank than a Lord and Lady Title.
Masculine Feminine
English……...Baron Baroness
French………Baron Baronne
Italian……….Barone Baronessa
Polish……….Baron Baronowa
Portuguese….Baräo Baronesa
Romanian…..Baron Baroneasă
Russian……..Baron Baronessa
Spanish……..Barón Baronesa
Czech……….Baron Barónka
German…….Freiherr Freifrau
Swedish…….Friherre Friherrinna
Norwegian….Friherre Friherrinna
Dutch……….Vrijheer Vrijvrouw
Danish………Friherre Friherreinde
Most Lordships had a court that could deal with minor crimes, serious crimes were dealt with in the nearest Baron’s court called a “Court Baron”. The Baron’s Court was also a Tax collector on behalf of the crown in the feudal system. Baronial Courts (Baronial house for the Baron and Baroness) were generally far grander than a normal Manor house of Lords and Ladies, most Manor houses were no more than a farmhouse.
Barons and Baronesses would display their higher status to Lords and Ladies by holding banquets and offering their guests rare and expensive foods. They would wear expensive clothing often with gold or silver thread. The banqueting hall would have a grand large fireplace to keep their guest warm during the banquet. Wine was served in “Goat Skins” squeezed into wine jugs and served in pewter or wood tankers or silver goblets.
To be a Baron and Baroness in the medieval times was like being a celebrity in today’s society. Commoners, Lords and Ladies had to bow to Barons and Baronesses. They rode big shire horses (medieval Ferrari) as a display of their status, they had knights (bodyguards) to guard them when they travelled. They were high society of their time. Titled people in the 21st century are so rare, most titled people inherited their title; people will think that is the case when you use your title. We are governed by strict privacy laws in Europe which do not allow us to disclose to anyone that you bought it, so the sale is absolutely private and confidential.