Letitia Smith-BurnettThe Baroness of Kemnay
The Much Honoured Baroness of Kemnay (Letitia Irene Smith-Burnett of Kemnay, 10th Baroness of Kemnay)
heir Alexandra The Maid of Kemnay
Credentials
- • Previous holder: Rolls of the Chiefs and Heads of Territorial Houses, Officially-Recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms 12 September 1978 (LX 107), Edinburgh Gazette, 16 Nov 1979, Issue 20598, p.1276 (†Burnett of Kemnay — Susan Letitia).
- • Burke’s Peerage, 107ed. Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, p. 2127 column 2
- • mother Susan Letitia Burnett 9th baroness of Kemnay
- • 2020 — Letitia Burnett 10th baroness of Kemnay inherited the house and estate kemnayhouse.com/…/war-time-life-at-kemnay…
- • 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.
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 on the Roll” means →