The Earl of MarThe Baron of Alloa
Regality of Alloa, Lord Cardross, (other titles are peerages), Clan Chief
The Rt Hon The Earl of Mar (James Thorne Erskine, 14th and 16th Earl of Mar and Kellie, Viscount of Fentoun, Lord Erskine, and Lord Erskine of Dirleton in the peerage - Baron of the Regality of Alloa and Lord Cardross in the baronage of Scotland - Chief of Clan Erskine)
peer addressed as My Lord or Lord Mar
Credentials
- • RMS ii, no. 1890, p. 397 (12 August 1489) archive.org/…/1up ; RMS ii, no. 2643, p. 561 (22 April 1502) archive.org/…/1up
- • Regality of Alloa: held "in liberis regalitate, baronia et foresta" (RMS ii, no. 2643, 1502); since 1748 a regality is "of the genus of barony" (Court of the Lord Lyon, Menking, 2015). courtofthelordlyon.scot/…/Menking.pdf
- • Lord Cardross (lordship and barony of Cardross) RPS, 1605/6/120 (9 July 1606 (ratifying a charter of 1604)) rps.ac.uk/trans/1605/6/120
- • HEREDITARY ON 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 pledged upon the Roll” means →