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Peerage of Great Britain, holders of titles created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between 1707 and 1800. Peerage of Ireland, holders of Irish titles created by the Crown before 1920, until 1801 carrying a seat in the Irish House of Lords, some of whom later sat in the House of Lords at Westminster. Peerage of Scotland, holders of Scottish ...
In Scotland, a baron or baroness is the head of a feudal barony, also known as a prescriptive barony. This used to be attached to a particular piece of land on which was situated the caput ( Latin for "head") or essence of the barony, normally a building, such as a castle or manor house. Accordingly, the owner of the piece of land containing ...
The Peerage Act 1963 (c. 48) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that permits women peeresses and all Scottish hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords and allows newly inherited hereditary peerages to be disclaimed. A disclaimed peerage remains without a holder until the death of the disclaimer, and his heir succeeds to the ...
Sir William Borthwick, 3rd Lord Borthwick (died 20 May 1503) was a Scottish nobleman, ambassador, and Master of the King's Household in 1485. [1] [2] The son of William Borthwick, 2nd Lord Borthwick (died c. 1483), the 3rd Lord Borthwick was knighted before his father. As Sir William de Borthwick, Knt, he appeared as defender on behalf of his ...
Ranks. In the United Kingdom there are five ranks of the peerage: Baron is the lowest. In Scotland this is called a Lord, short for Lord in Parliament. Viscount. Earl - this is an old Saxon word. In Continental Europe this rank is called 'count', the lord in charge of a county. An earl's wife is called a countess.
Held by the Earl of Kintore in the Peerage of Scotland since 1974: John Baird, Bt. Former cabinet minister Baron Irwin: 22 December 1925 Earl of Halifax in the Peerage in the United Kingdom: Edward Wood: Former cabinet minister Baron Mereworth: 19 January 1926 Geoffrey Browne, Baron Oranmore and Browne — Baron Hanworth: 21 January 1926
The modern-day parliamentary peerage is a successor of the medieval baronage system which emerged in the English feudal era. Feudalism was introduced to England after 1066 by William the Conqueror and taken to Scotland by David I in 1124 when, after having lived in England as Earl of Huntingdon, he succeeded to the Scottish throne.
