Torquil Donald Macleod
Baron of the Lewes
Clan Chief
The Much Honoured Baron of Lewes (Torquil Donald Macleod of the Lewes, Baron of the Lewes, Chief of the Macleods of the Lewes)
spouse Heather Lady Lewes
heir James The Younger of Lewes
Credentials
- • Previous holder-father: Rolls of the Chiefs and Heads of Territorial Houses, Officially-Recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms 11th Sep 1988 (LXVII 119), EDINBURGH GAZETTE
- • Burke's Landed Gentry Scotland 19th Edition, 2010, p. 945 column 2
- • greatscottishclans.com/…/macleod.php
- • PLEDGED HEREDITARY TITLE, baronies held across generations are treated by the Roll, for its own purposes, as de facto hereditary and dynastic. 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 note on pledged baronies on the Roll of Scottish Barons: Pledged baronies descend by blood, they are not in commercio. What the Hereditary Title means →