The Lord TorphichenThe Baron of Calder
Baron of Torphichen, Lord Torphichen (peerage), Chief of Sandilands
The Right Honourable The Lord Torphichen (James Andrew Douglas Sandilands, 15th Lord Torphichen, Baron of Torphichen, Baron of Calder, Chief of Sandilands)
peer addressed as My Lord or Lord Torphichen
Credentials
- • Torphichen erection charter of 24 January 1563/4 (RMS iv, no. 1499). Calder is held by 1524 (RMS iii, no. 279) and was regranted within the family (RMS iv, no. 1798). Calder House remains the seat.
- • RMS iv, no. 1499, p. 343 (original register ref. "xxxii. 182" as printed) (24 January 1563-64 (Apud Edinburgh)) archive.org/…/1up
- • RMS iii, no. 279, p. 63 (original register ref. "xx. 114" as printed) (20 October 1524 (Apud Edinburgh), confirming a charter of James Sandilands of Calder dated Apud Calder, 17 October 1524) archive.org/…/1up
- • "of Calder" barony Burke’s Peerage, 107ed. Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, p. 3916 column 1
- • 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 pledged upon the Roll” means →