The Lord LovatThe Baron of Lovat
Lord Lovat (peerage)
The Right Honourable The Lord Lovat (Simon Fraser, 16th Lord Lovat, Baron of Lovat, Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat)
peer addressed as My Lord or Lord Lovat
Credentials
- • The family's own barony is Lovat, erected 26 March 1539 (RMS iii, no. 1958). It was forfeited in 1747, the estates were restored in 1774
- • RMS iii, no. 1958, p. 437 (26 March 1539 (Linlithgow)) 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 pledged upon the Roll” means →