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Mark Hopking, Baron of Balvill

Mark Hopking

Baron of Balvill

The Much Honoured Baron of Balvill (Mark Hopking, Baron of Balvill)

Credentials

  • • Scottish Barony Register, Dignity of the Barony of Balvill (County of Argyll) 9th Sep 2025 Vol 6 Folio 65-68

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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 →

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