Michael Woodley of MenieThe Baron of Menie
The Much Honoured Baron of Menie (Michael Woodley of Menie, 28th Baron of Menie)
spouse Caroline Lady Menie
heir Michael The Younger of Menie
Credentials
- • "Woodley, Baron of Menie" Rolls of the Chiefs and Heads of Territorial Houses, Officially-Recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms 25th June 1996 (vol 77 p.104), EDINBURGH GAZETTE and recognised as "Michael Woodley of Menie, Baron of Menie" and matriculated a badge and standard at the Lyon Court on 27th January 1998 (vol 78 p. 114).
- • Burke’s Landed Gentry Scotland, 19ed vol 1, Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain Limited, 2001, p. 1454
- • Scottish Barony Register, Dignity of the Barony of Menie 11th Oct 2018 Vol 4 Folio 63-64
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 →
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