Jeremy NicholsonThe Baron of Balvenie
Chieftain Clan MacNicol
The Much Honoured Baron of Balvenie (Jeremy Nicholson of Balvenie, Baron of Balvenie, Chieftain Clan MacNicol)
died 2024 barony Vacant / seat Balvenie Castle
Credentials
- • Previous holder-uncle: Rolls of the Chiefs and Heads of Territorial Houses, Officially-Recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms 25th Sep 1995, LXXVIII 51, Edinburgh Gazette, 4 April 1997, Issue 24169, p.777 (Hammond Burke Nicholson of Balvenie)
- • clanmacnicol.org/jeremy-nicholson
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 →
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