Lords in the Baronage of Scotland

The holder of a lordship in the Baronage of Scotland, in similar fashion to the holder of a barony (e.g., "Lochaber"), has the title added to his existing name (e.g., "John Smith, Lord of Lochaber") or territorial designation added to his surname if they own the caput ("John Smith of Lochaber, Lord of Lochaber"). Lords are addressed as "Lord of Lochaber" or "Lord Lochaber" (noting that medieval feudal lords, that were not lords of parliament, but of higher dignity than baron were referred to with and without the of even in the most formal documents such as crown charters) or "His Lordship" or "My Lord" or interchangeably as "Baron of Lochaber" or just "Baron" or more intimately just "Lochaber". A female title holder or wife is "Lady Lochaber" or "My Lady" or "Baroness", but the husband of a Lady, who holds a lordship in her own right, is just plain "Mr Surname". The heir typically follows barons in Scotland "Younger of Lochaber" for a son, for a daughter "Maid of Lochaber'". It can be a tradition of the family or a personal style of the holder for Lordships to be styled Lord or Baron interchangeably, both uses are correct and will not cause offence, in some cases female holders have been referred to in official documents as "Baroness of Lochaber" as a preference while male predecessors (and successors) were Lord. Sometimes in the most formal of occasions (for example an envelope) the prefix honorific style The Much Hon. (The Much Honoured) is put before the name, this prefix honorific is used to distinguish Scottish Barons from honorifics attaching to peers. E.g. The Much Hon. The Lord of Lochaber / Much Hon. Lord of Lochaber / Much Hon. John Smith, Lord of Lochaber / Much Hon. John, Lord of Lochaber == Forms of address for Lords ==

• Written: The Much Hon Lord of Lochaber or The Lord of Lochaber • Salutation: Dear Lord Lochaber, or Dear My Lord, • In a speech: Lochaber or My Lord Lochaber or My Lords, Ladies and Gentleman • In conversation: Lochaber or Lord Lochaber or My Lord or Your Lordship • Third person: His Lordship or Lord X • For females replace Lord for Lady Placename == Order of precedence ==

Wallace states that in regards to Baronial titles: "Lordships, Earldoms, Marquessates and Dukedoms differ only in name from Baronies" but continues "one whose property was erected into a Lordship ranked before a simple Baron" and "A person to whom an Earldom belonged, would be superior to a person who had no more than a lordship ... One, whose lands were incorporated into a Marquessate, was superior to both ... A man, who owned a fief elevated into a Dukedom, was exhaulted above all three." The inference in terms of superiority from greater to lesser is thus: Duke, Marquess, Earl, Lord, Baron. (Note however that Lord Stair states that Lordships or Earldoms are "but more noble titles of a Barony".) ==List of Lordships in the Baronage of Scotland==

Below is an incomplete list of Lordships created in the baronage, you can help by suggesting edits on the Talk page with evidence links. Note that for Lords in the Baronage of Scotland a baron is a lord and a lord is a baron and can be used interchangeable or as per the preference of the holder. While a Scots baron - that is not a lord - is only ever called baron. Titles in italics are subsidiary baronial titles held by the same lord. Titles linked and with The before the name is the holder's primary title. a: The creation date is the earliest known date for the Lordship and subject to revision == List of Baronies in the Baronage of Scotland ==

The first degree of baronage nobility. Click here for a list of Baronies in the Baronage of Scotland == List of Earldoms in the Baronage of Scotland ==

Earl is the third degree of baronage nobility, nobler than Baron (first) and Lord (second). Click here for a list of Earldoms in the Baronage of Scotland == List of Marquisates and Dukedoms in the Baronage of Scotland ==

Fourth and fifth degrees of baronage nobility, the noblest forms in the hierarchy. Click here for a list of Marquisates and Dukedoms in the Baronage of Scotland == List of Lordships of Regality ==

Higher dignities compared to baronage titles, erected in liberam regalitatem. Click here for a list of Lordships of Regality ==See also==