The Marquis of QueensberryThe Baron of Tibbers
Baron of Hawick, Baron of Glencairn, (other titles peerages)
The Most Honourable The Marquis of Queensberry (Sholto Francis Guy Douglas, 13th Marquis of Queensberry, Earl of Queensberry, Viscount Drumlanrig and Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers in the peerage of Scotland - Baron of Tibbers, Hawick and Glencairn in the baronage of Scotland)
peer address as My Lord or Lord Queensberry
Credentials
- • Tibbers RMS ii, no. 3312, p. 707-708 (23 February 1508/09) archive.org/…/1up ; RMS v, no. 2034, p. 689-690 (28 January 1591/92) archive.org/…/1up
- • Hawick RMS ii, no. 3576, p. 770 (15 June 1511) archive.org/…/1up ; RMS v, no. 2034, p. 689-690 (28 January 1591/92) archive.org/…/1up
- • Baron of Glencairn (lands of Glencairne, Dumfriesshire — distinct from the Cunningham Earldom of Glencairn) RPS, 1669/10/124 (23 December 1669 (ratifying a crown charter of 20 January 1664)) rps.ac.uk/trans/1669/10/124
- • 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.
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 →