William Graham of GartmoreThe Baron of Gartmore
The Much Honoured Baron of Gartmore (William Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore, Baron of Gartmore)
Credentials
- • Previous holder-father: Rolls of the Chiefs and Heads of Territorial Houses, Officially-Recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms 17th Jan 1972 (LVII 13), EDINBURGH GAZETTE
- • 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.
- • Previous holder (father): Minor baron per Edinburgh Gazette, 16 March 1973, p.319 (†Graham of Gartmore, 17 Jan 1972, Lyon Reg. 57/13); Burke's LGS (2001), p.1461.
Authentication
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 →