The Earl of MortonThe Baron of Aberdour
Baron of Morton, Baron of Edmonston, Baron of Dalmahoy, (other titles are peeerages)
The Rt Hon The Earl of Morton (John Stewart Sholto Douglas, 22nd Earl of Morton, and Lord Aberdour in the peerage - Baron of Aberdour, Morton, Edmonston, and Dalmahoy in the baronage of Scotland)
spouse The Countess of Morton [Lady Morton] (Amanda)
peer addressed as My Lord or Lord Morton
Credentials
- • Aberdour RMS i (1814 folio ed., Registrum Davidis Secundi), no. 156, p. 52 (private charter 7 April 1351, at Dalkeith; crown confirmation internally dated 14 December in the 37th regnal year of David II (i.e. c. 1365)
- • Morton RMS ii, no. 224, p. 53 (28 February [1439/40] (4th regnal year of James II)) archive.org/…/1up ; RPS, 1705/6/144 (crown charter 31 March 1704; ratified 14 September 1705)
- • Edmonston RPS, 1705/6/144 (crown charter 31 March 1704; ratified 14 September 1705) rps.ac.uk/trans/1705/6/144 ; RMS iii, no. 2901, p. 679 (confirmation dated 22 April 1543 (of a contract/charter dated 18 March 1542/3), reign of Queen Mary — not c.1540/James V)
- • Dalmahoy RMS vi, no. 773, p. 254 (10 August 1598) archive.org/…/1up
- • 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 →