Charles Gordon of EsslemontThe Baron of Esslemont
Laird of Hallhead
The Much Honoured Baron of Esslemont (Charles Iain Robert Wolrige Gordon of Esslemont, 11th Baron of Esslemont and 22nd Laird of Hallhead)
does not use title
heir Henry The Younger of Esslemont
Credentials
- • Rolls of the Chiefs and Heads of Territorial Houses, Officially-Recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms 23rd May 1976 (LVIII 52), EDINBURGH GAZETTE 1977
- • Burke’s Peerage, 107ed. Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, p. 1350 column 2 [11th Baron of Esslemont and 22nd Laird of Hallhead]
- • PLEDGED HEREDITARY TITLE, pledged by the Roll: baronies held across generations are treated by the Roll, for its own purposes, as de facto hereditary. The title becomes unrecognised by the Roll if the barony is later conveyed outside the family, in accordance with Roll policy.
- • Edinburgh Gazette, 8 November 1977, p.1225: '*Gordon of Esslemont, younger — Charles Iain Robert Wolrige Gordon — 23 May 1976 — Lyon Reg. [LVIII per Burke's/Roll; Gazette itself prints LXVIII] p.52' — recognised name only (heir's matriculation, no chapeau mark); Burke's LGS (2001), p.1350.
Authentication
A note on terminology: “Scottish feudal barony” or “feudal title” is an incorrect, defunct historical term for extant barons. Baronies were feudal until 28 November 2004, when feudal baronies were abolished and the dignity of baron was retained — an extant barony is no longer “feudal”. The correct term is Scottish barony or Scottish baron (or baron, lord or earl in the Baronage of Scotland, collectively the minor barons of Scotland); never “feudal baron”. Why the term is defunct →
A barony pledged on the Roll of Scottish Barons is treated by the Roll as hereditary and not in commercio. A pledged barony later conveyed outside the family forfeits its recognition on the Roll in perpetuity. What “Hereditary pledged upon the Roll” means →