Mark Harden

Baron of Cowdenknowes

aka Coldingknows

Authenticated Baron 🛡️ Hereditary Title

The Much Honoured Baron of Cowdenknowes (Mark John Harden of Cowdenknowes, Baron of Cowdenknowes)

spouse Elizabeth Lady Cowdenknowes

heir Ryan The Younger of Cowdenknowes

Credentials

• Previous-holder father: Rolls of the Chiefs and Heads of Territorial Houses, Officially-Recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms 2005, EDINBURGH GAZETTE 19th Aug 2005 /2
• genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/harden/978/
• shorturl.at/vjix8
• PLEDGED HEREDITARY TITLE, baronies held across generations are treated by the Roll, for its own purposes, as de facto hereditary and dynastic. The title becomes unrecognised by the Roll if the barony is later conveyed outside the family, in accordance with Roll policy.

Authentication

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A note on terminology: “Scottish feudal barony” 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 →