James Vans of BarnbarrochRepresenter of the Baronial House of Barnbarroch
Representer of the Baronial House of Vans of Barnbarroch (James Edward Vans of Barnbarroch)
known as The Baron of Barnbarroch
Credentials
- • Known as "The Baron of Barnbarroch"; family style, not a legal title: Burke’s Peerage, 107ed. Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, p. 262 column 2 " "Baron of Barnbarroch""
- • Lord Lyon recognised Patrick Alexander Vans of Barnbarroch as Representer of the Baronial House of Vans of Barnbarroch, matriculating arms with a blue chapeau at LO 48/109 on 14 July 1965 (Edinburgh Gazette, 15 March 1968, p. 213); Burke's Peerage, 107th ed., 2003, styles the present head James Edward Vans of Barnbarroch "Baron of Barnbarroch and Representer of the Baronial House of Vans of Barnbarroch". The blue chapeau marks the representer of a baronial family no longer in possession of the barony. It is not recognition as Baron of Barnbarroch, and the Roll does not style the representer as one. Sir Thomas Innes of Learney wrote that such a chapeau "descends to the 'heir and representative' of such 'baronial race'—who in the Continental sense is of course a 'Baron'" (Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 79, p. 155), though not a baron in Scots law, the barony having passed with the land. See the glossary entry "Representer (of a House)" at baronage.com/scottish-baronies-expla…. The barony of Barnbarroch itself is a separate dignity, not identified on the Roll.
- • Previous holder-father: Rolls of the Chiefs and Heads of Territorial Houses, Officially-Recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms 14th July 1965, XLVIII 109, Edinburgh Gazette, 15 March 1968, Issue 18650, p.213 (thegazette.co.uk/…/data.pdf)
Authentication
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