James Borthwick
Baron of Bothwick
Baron of Heriotmuir, Baron of Locherwart, Lord Bothwick (peerage), Chief of the Name
The Right Honourable The Lord Bothwick (James Henry Alexander Borthwick of that Ilk, 25th Lord Bothwick, Chief of the Name and Arms of Borthwick, 18th of Crookston, Baron of Bothwick, Locherwart, and Heriotmuir)
addressed as My Lord or Lord Bothwick
Credentials
- • Rolls of the Chiefs and Heads of Territorial Houses, Officially-Recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms 20th June 1985 (LXX 9), EDINBURGH GAZETTE
- • "Baron of Heriotmuir" Burke’s Peerage, 107ed. Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, p. 439 column 2
- • "Locherwart" debretts.com/directories/other-titles-2/the-feudal-baronies-of-scotland
- • brother died 2025 https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-24th-lord-borthwick-1940-2025.html
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 in the Baronage of Scotland); never “feudal baron”. Why the term is defunct →