The Duke of SutherlandThe Baron of Farr
(other titles are peerages)
His Grace The Duke of Sutherland (Francis Ronald Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland, Marquis of Stafford, Earl Gower, Earl of Ellesmere, Viscount Trentham, Viscount Brackley, and Baron Gower in the peerage - Baron of Farr in the baronage of Scotland)
peer addressed as Your Grace or The Duke
Credentials
- • RMS vi, no. 1170, pp. 406–407 (29 April 1601 (34 Jac. VI)) archive.org/…/1up ; RMS viii, no. 1941, p. 661 (10 March 1632) archive.org/…/1up
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 →