Maurice TaylorThe Baron of Portlethen
The Much Honorued Baron of Portlethen (Maurice Charles Robert Taylor of Portlethen, Baron of Portlethen)
known as Bishop Emeritus of Galloway
died 2023 barony Vacant
Credentials
- • Rolls of the Chiefs and Heads of Territorial Houses, Officially-Recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms 2nd Jul 1991 (LXXIII 94), EDINBURGH GAZETTE
- • rcayr.org.uk/bishoptaylor
- • died 2023 thetimes.com/…/obituary-the-right-reve…
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 →