THE 18th LORD (BARON OF) PITTENWEEM (Claes Michel Simonsen Zangenberg) [Much Hon The Lord of Pitteenweem, London and Carlton Club] addressed as LORD PITTENWEEM or MY LORD born in Copenhagen, Denmark 3 May 1976, educated at University of Oslo.

Wife

Yasar Jawda Lady Pittenweem married 1 March 2010, and had two children.

Heir

Olivia Zangenberg The Maiden of Pittenweem born at Sliema, Malta 21 September 2011.

Lordship of Pittenweem (1609)

The Lordship and Barony of Pittenweem was established in 1609 by King James VI for Frederick Stewart, son of William Stewart, Commendator of Pittenweem. The creation of the title marked a continuation of the Crown’s practice of rewarding loyal service through territorial dignities. In 1614, Frederick Stewart conveyed the barony by assignation to Thomas Erskine, Viscount Fenton, a trusted royal confidant who would later become the 1st Earl of Kellie.

Between 1631 and 1672, the Lordship and Barony returned to Crown possession, described in the records as being held "in place of the late lords". This custodial period ensured the barony’s continuity, and when it later passed to the 3rd Earl of Kellie, it was not by new creation, but as a lawful succession through assignation.

The title was thereafter treated as a courtesy title for the eldest sons of the Earls of Kellie, reflecting its prestige within the Erskine family line. In the 19th century, Thomas Alexander Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie and 6th Lord Pittenweem, conveyed the barony to Sir John Anstruther, initiating a new chapter of proprietorship. The title then passed to Sir Windham Carmichael-Anstruther, 7th Baronet and 12th Baron of Pittenweem, who succeeded in breaking the entail on the Anstruther estates. In 1856, he sold both the estates and the barony to William Baird of Elie, who became the 13th Lord Pittenweem.

The Lordship remained in the Baird family until 1961, when it passed to Lady Lavinia Enid Muriel Baird, and was subsequently conveyed in 1978 to William Ronald Crawford Miller, a distinguished Writer to the Signet, who held the dignity as 17th Baron of Pittenweem.

Following the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000, the Lordship became a personal incorporeal hereditament, no longer attached to territorial land, but preserved in Scots law as a dignity of honour.

After the passing of William Ronald Crawford Miller in 2011, the Lordship was succeeded by Claes Zangenberg, who was formally recognised as the 18th Lord of Pittenweem by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Letters Patent dated 27 June 2017.

Today, the Lordship and Barony of Pittenweem stands as a significant and continuous title within the Baronage of Scotland, reflecting a legacy of royal patronage, noble succession, and the enduring dignity of Scotland’s territorial honours.