Mathew WillsThe Baron of Prestoungrange
The Much Honoured Baron of Prestoungrange (Mathew Jonathan Clifford Wills, 15th Baron of Prestoungrange)
brother is Baron of Dolphinstoun and father Baron of Lochnaw
baron sergeant Sylvia Burgess
Credentials
- • Baron of Prestoungrange (dignity), acceded via Gordon Stanley Clifford Park Wills' matriculation, Rolls of the Chiefs, Edinburgh Gazette 15 August 2000, p.1734 (Gordon Stanley Clifford Park Wills, Baron of Prestoungrange, 22 Sep 1999, Lyon Reg. 83/68). Mathew Jonathan Clifford Wills, 15th Baron, succeeded his father
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 on the Roll” means →