The Earl of LevenThe Baron of Balwearie
(other titles are peerages)
The Rt Hon The Earl of Leven (Alexander Ian Leslie-Melville, 15th and 14th Earl of Leven and Melville, Viscount of Kirkaldie, Lord Melville of Monymaill, Lord Balgonie, Lord Raith, Monymaill and Balwearie in the peerage - Baron of Balwearie in the baronage of Scotland)
peer addressed as My Lord or Lord Leven
Credentials
- • Balwearie RPS, 1690/4/178 (22 July 1690) rps.ac.uk/trans/1690/4/178
- • PLEDGED HEREDITARY TITLE, pledged by the Roll: baronies held across generations are treated by the Roll, for its own purposes, as de facto hereditary. The title becomes unrecognised by the Roll if the barony is later conveyed outside the family, in accordance with Roll policy.
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 →