These things are not valid. They do not lead to someone becoming anything except poorer. The Lord Lyon does not recognise these fake titles. In Scotland there are approximately 10,000 Baronial titles. In most cases they are held by the person who owns the ruins of a particular castle or big house. These are the people who are genuinely described as being "of" a particular place. However where the title is owned by a corporate body such as a whisky company, the title cannot be used . The former owner of my house until 1980 also owned the remains of Cadboll Castle. He was the Baron of Cadboll and therefore entitled to describe himself as "James Paterson of Cadboll". He was also designated as the "Baron of Cadboll" or "Laird of Cadboll". He was not permitted to call himself Lord Cadboll. The last Lord Cadboll was an Edinburgh judge. In the 1990s Jim Paterson sold Cadboll estate including the castle to Glenmorangie Distilleries. As it is a limited company, presently no-one can c! all him or herself the Baron or Baroness of Cadboll. If I buy the remains of the castle from Glenmorangie, I would then be entitled to designate myself as the Baron of Cadboll, a title once held by distant Sinclair ancestors. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maisie Egger Sent: 12 March 2014 06:31 To: [email protected] Subject: [Lanark] Off topic: How to become a Lady or Laird Be warned: This is totally off-topic My south of Scotland friend, with tongue in cheek, now wants me to address her as Lady XXX. (I suggested Lady Muck, for obvious reasons as she would be a lady of mucky land if it rained a lot!) A fellow who is the “Chief” of a Scottish-American group I belong to styles himself as Chief Laird XXX. When I saw publicity in the newspaper with this title for a contact name for the group, I quite blustered! Where did they acquire such important titles? Go to http://www.highlandtitles.com/ Unfortunately, plugs of land are not being offered for sale in the Central Belt. If you want to own land in the hielans to be a Lady or Laird, however, go to the link for further information. Maisie ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message