John Buchan of AuchmacoyThe Baron of Auchmacoy
Clan Chief of Buchan
The Much Honoured Baron of Auchmacoy (Charles "John" Augustus David Buchan of Auchmacoy, 19th Baron of Auchmacoy, Clan Chief of Buchan)
seat Auchmacoy 4000 acres
spouse Sharon The Madam Auchmacoy
heir William The Younger of Auchmacoy
Credentials
- • Previous holder-father: Rolls of the Chiefs and Heads of Territorial Houses, Officially-Recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms 6th Aug 1949 (XXXVII 105), EDINBURGH GAZETTE 16h Jan 1951
- • Rolls of the Chiefs and Heads of Territorial Houses, Officially-Recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms 28th June 1978, LXV 5, Edinburgh Gazette, 16 November 1979, Issue 20598, p.1276 (note: Burke's Landed Gentry Scotland, 19th ed., p.1461 misprints this as "64/5")
- • Burke’s Peerage, 107ed. Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, p. 570 column 2
- • 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 pledged upon the Roll” means →