David CrichtonThe Baron of Monzie
Chief of Crichton
The Much Honoured Baron of Monzie (David Maitland Makgill Crichton of that Ilk, Baron of Monzie, Chief of Crichton)
spouse Alexandra Lady Monzie
heir Maitland The Younger of Monzie
Credentials
- • Previous holder-father: Rolls of the Chiefs and Heads of Territorial Houses, Officially-Recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms 5th Feb 1980 (64/49), EDINBURGH GAZETTE 6th March 1981 p2
- • "baron of monzie" Burke’s Peerage, 107ed. Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, p. 2465 column 2
- • "Minor baron per Edinburgh Gazette, 6 March 1981, p.292 (*†Crichton of that Ilk, Charles Maitland Makgill, matriculated 5 Feb 1980, Lyon Reg. 64/49; heir David Crichton of that Ilk per Burke's LGS (2001) p.1461). The Gazette entry, being pre-1988, names only the family style, not the barony; barony name Monzie confirmed in Burke's.
- • 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.
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 on the Roll” means →