William Newlands of LauristonThe Baron of Miltonhaven
The Much Honoured Baron of Miltonhaven (William Alexander Newlands of Lauriston, Baron of Miltonhaven)
known as The Baron of Lauriston-Miltonhaven
spouse Dorothy Lady Lauriston
heir Hamish The Younger of Lauriston-Miltonhaven
Credentials
- • Combining baron of TD-barony has precedent from Innes of Learney in feudal robes:
- • Known socially as Baron of Lauriston-Miltonhaven, on the usage of Lord Lyon Innes of Learney. In the Esslemont petition of 1934 the petitioner, Gordon of Hallhead, whose barony was Esslemont, was recorded in the Lyon Register as "Baron of Esslemont" (vol. xxxi, p. 20); Innes, writing as Lord Lyon in 1945, referred to him as "The Baron of Hallhead-Esslemont", who "duly received both chapeau and designation, consistently with the statute and the ancient precedents of Lyon Court" (The Robes of the Feudal Baronage of Scotland, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 79 (1944–45), p. 160 n. 1 and p. 163). The joined form is a social style; the recorded title remains Baron of the barony. The wife of a baron with a territorial designation is known by it: Lady Lauriston. See baronage.com/proper-address.
- • Rolls of the Chiefs, and Heads of Territorial Houses, Officially Recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms: "William Alexander Newlands of Lauriston, Baron of Miltonhaven", matriculated 6th October 2003, Lyon Register 85/36; The Edinburgh Gazette, 19th August 2005 (thegazette.co.uk/…/E-25893-1107-293). The Gazette prints the territorial designation and the barony together where they differ. The recognised title is Baron of Miltonhaven.
- • Burke's Peerage, 107th ed. (Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), p. 2256, col. 1, "baron of milthaven" (Burke's spelling); Burke's states that Lauriston was the older name of the barony, changed in 1692.
- • wife known as Lady Lauriston scotlandscastles.org/…/council-members
Authentication
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