List of Feudal Baronies (created Before 1707)
Below is a list of some Scottish feudal baronies created before 1707; this list does not include Scottish feudal baronies created between that year and 1824, when the most recent creation of a Scottish feudal barony occurred.
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| Barony | County | Created | Incumbent | Succeeded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbotshall | Fife | Harold Robert Peerenboom | ||
| Abergeldie | Aberdeenshire | John Howard Seton Gordon | 1963 | |
| Abernethy | Perthshire | Dr. Mafouz M. Binmafouz | 2008 | |
| Aboyne | Aberdeenshire | James Martin Donald | ||
| Aden | Aberdeenshire | 1333 | James Cecil Cumine Russell | 1995 |
| Aiket | Ayrshire | |||
| Alford | Kerry Alfred Hamer | |||
| Anstruther & Balcaskie | Sir Ralph Hugo Anstruther | |||
| Arbroath | Angus | Alan Frank Bartlett | ||
| Ardblair & Gask | Perthshire | Laurence Philip Kington Blair Oliphant | 1979 | |
| Ardgour | Argyllshire | Giancarlo Bonifazi | 1998 | |
| Ardgowan | Renfrewshire | Professor Stephen Kerr | ||
| Ardrossan | Ayrshire | 1357 | ||
| Ardgrain | Aberdeenshire | |||
| Ardoch | Dumbarton | Thomas Andrew Wilson Neilson Mackay | 1987 | |
| Arndilly | Morayshire | David Ronald Menzies | ||
| Arnot | Fife | Benjamin John Howard Gray | ||
| Arran | Ayrshire | Willi Ernst Sturzenegger | 1995 | |
| Auchendarroch | Argyllshire | Keir Charles Campbell | ||
| Auchindoir | Aberdeenshire | Alisdair John Barlas | ||
| Auchinleck | Ayrshire | Valentine Bennett | ||
| Auchmacoy | Aberdeenshire | David William Sinclair Buchan | ||
| Auchterutherstruther | Fife | Abigail Busch Reisinger | ||
| Auchreoch | Perthshire | Martin Melvin Cruikshank | 1976 | |
| Ayton | Berwickshire | Ian Liddell-Grainger | 2007 | |
| Balcaskie | Fife | Major Timothy Edward Lumisden Strange | ||
| Baldoon | Wigtownshire | Christopher Busch Reisinger | ||
| Balfluig | Aberdeenshire | Mark Iain Tennant | ||
| Ballencrieff | East Lothian | 1974 | ||
| Ballencrieff | West Lothian | Junaid Abbas Bhatti | ||
| Ballindalloch | Banffshire | Clare Nancy Russell | ||
| Ballumbie | Angus | Robert Williamson | 1997 | |
| Balquhain | Aberdeenshire | Nelson Lee Len Ying | 1995 | |
| Balvenie | Banffshire | Hammond Burke Nicholson | 1995–2006 | |
| Banchory | Kincardineshire | Kenneth Ian Rush Lumsden | ||
| Barnbarroch | James Edward Vans | |||
| Barnis Forbes | Aberdeenshire | Daphne Romy | ||
| Barra | Ian Roderick Macneil | 1970 | ||
| Biggar | Lanarkshire | Charles Russell Clayton Ross | ||
| Brigton | Angus | 1761 | Marion Elizabeth Charlotte Macmillan Douglas | 1938 |
| Blackburn | Prof Ranjit Kumar Chandra | |||
| Blackford | Perthshire | Richard Welkowitz | 1999 | |
| Blackhall | Renfrewshire | 1395 | Robert Brown Gillespie, OBE | 2002 |
| Blair | Alfred Hill Glenn | 1997 | ||
| Blairbuis | Timothy Busch Reisinger | |||
| Bognie, Mountblairy & Frendraught | Banffshire | Alexander Gordon Morison | ||
| Bombie | Kirkcudbrightshire | Professor Barrie Owen Pettman | ||
| Botile (Buittle) | Kirkcudbrightshire | 1315 | ||
| Buchan Forest | Kirkcudbrightshire | Timothy Busch Reisinger | ||
| Lordship and Barony of Buncle and Preston | Berwickshire | Olivier Fuchs of Cockburn | ||
| Buquhollie & Freswick | Caithness | Ivor John Spencer-Thomas | ||
| Busbye | Wigtownshire | early 16th century | Houston family until 18th century | |
| Cambusnethan | Lanarkshire | 1315 | Terence Alvis of Lee | 1988 |
| Carmichael | Lanarkshire | Richard John Carmichael | ||
| Carnoustie | Angus | James Langan | ||
| Carnysmul Carnysmule Carnymul Carnesmole Carnysmolle (Kirkinner) | Wigtownshire | April 1372 | ||
| Carstairs | Lanarkshire | Christopher Busch Reisinger | ||
| Cartsburn | Renfrewshire | 1669 | Dr. Pier Felice degli Uberti | 2010 |
| Cavers | Roxburgh | Professor Andre Nathaniel-Rock, Baron of Cavers | ||
| Clackmannan | Clackmannanshire | c1334 | ||
| Clary | Hope Reisinger Cobera | |||
| Cleghorn | Lanarkshire | Andrew Macmillan | ||
| Closeburn | Dumfriesshire | Luis Kirkpatrick | ||
| Clugstoun Clugistoun | Wigtownshire | prior 1471 | ||
| Cluny | Aberdeenshire | Robert Alexander Craig Linzee Gordon | ||
| Cluny | Fife | Stuart Gordon Crane | 1997 | |
| Cockburn | Berwickshire | Olivier Fuchs | 2008 | |
| Cockenzie | Robert Adam Garrison | |||
| Coigach | Wester Ross | 1511 | Christopher Anthony Devonshire-Ellis | 2011 |
| Coldingham | Berwickshire | 1141 | ||
| Coll-Earn & Elphinstone | Stirlingshire | Bailey Bruce McCune | 1988 | |
| Colstoun | East Lothian | Ludovic Davis Broun-Lindsay | ||
| Corrachree | Aberdeenshire | Alexander Richard Barlas | ||
| Corsewall | Timothy Busch Reisinger | |||
| Corstorphine | Edinburgh | Michael John Milne | 2005 | |
| Cowdenknowes | Roxburgh | Jan 15 1634 | Mark John Harden | 2002 |
| Coxton | Morayshire | 1686 | Sir David Charles Kenneth Gordon Innes | |
| Craichlaw Crachlew Crauchlew Crachlow Craichlew Craichlo | Wigtownshire | prior 14 July 1459 | ||
| Craigie | Angus (Forfar) | 1666 | Rabbi Robert Owen Thomas | 2011 |
| Craigievar | Aberdeenshire | Sir John Alexander Cumnock Forbes | ||
| Crichton | Midlothian | Henry Burn-Callander | ||
| Crimond | Aberdeenshire | Raymond Alexander Carnegie | ||
| Cromarty | Cromartyshire | John Bartholomew Wakelyn Nightingale | ||
| Crommey | Banffshire | Michael Thomas Innes | 1978 | |
| Cruggleton Crigitoun | Wigtownshire | 1325 or prior | ||
| Culbin | Morayshire | William Busch Reisinger | ||
| Cumbernauld | Lanarkshire | 1314 | ||
| Cushnie | Aberdeenshire | Alan Trantor Robertson | 2004 | |
| Dairsie | Fife | Christopher Bentham Ruffle | ||
| Denboig (Dunbog) | Fife | |||
| Denny | Stirlingshire | 16th century | 2011 | |
| Dinnet | Aberdeenshire | J. M. Marcus Humphrey | ||
| Dirleton | East Lothian | 1220 | Camilo Agasim-Pereira | 2002 |
| Dolphinstoun | East Lothian | Dr Julian Gawain Clifford Wills | 2000 | |
| Drum | Kincardineshire | David Charles Irvine | ||
| Dudhope | Angus | 1542 | ||
| Dunconnel | Sir Charles Edward MacLean | |||
| Duncrub | Perthshire | Douglas Henry Smith | ||
| Dunure | Ayrshire | Brendan Roy Clouston | 1997 | |
| Earlshall | Fife | Major David Robert Baxter | ||
| Echlin | Edinburgh | Rainer Alexander Leonard Mackenzie Kensy | 2002 | |
| Edingight | Banffshire | John Berowald Innes | ||
| Elie & St Monans | Fife | Richard Joseph Vipiana | ||
| Esslemont | Aberdeenshire | Charles Iain Robert Wolrige-Gordon | 1976 | |
| Eyemouth | Berwickshire | John Churchill | 1682 | |
| Fairholm & Kirkton | Lanarkshire | James Christopher Stevenson-Hamilton | ||
| Fetternear | Aberdeenshire | Martin Edwin Thacker | 2001 | |
| Finlaystone Maxwell | Renfrewshire | Nicholas Frederic Papanicolaou | ||
| Freuch | Wigtownshire | 4 August 1559 or prior | ||
| Fulwood | Renfrewshire | 1314 | Camilo Agasim-Pereira | 2002 |
| Gala | Selkirkshire | John Philip Henry Schomberg Scott | ||
| Garioch | Aberdeenshire | 12th century | ||
| Garlies | Kirkcudbrightshire | 30 November 1263 | Timothy Busch Reisinger | |
| Garrallan | Ayrshire | John Robert Douglas Boswell | ||
| Garthland | Wigtownshire | prior 8 August 1637 | ||
| Gartly | Aberdeenshire | David Charles James | ||
| Gartmore | Stirling | William Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham | 1996 | |
| Gigha | Argyllshire | Donald Dennis | 2005 | |
| Glasserton | Wigtownshire | 23 October 1542 or prior | ||
| Glencammon | Timothy Busch Reisinger | |||
| Glenfalloch | Perthshire | Norman Ross | ||
| Glenluce | Wigtownshire | prior 12 Sep 1628 | ||
| Gourdie | Perthshire | George Alastair Smyth Cox | ||
| Gourock | Renfrewshire | Claire Darroch-Thompson | 2011 | |
| Gordon Easter or Gordoun | Berwickshire | 1150 | Morange Michel | |
| Grandhome | Aberdeenshire | David Romer Paton | ||
| Grantully | Perthshire | Henry Steuart Fothringham | ||
| Greenan | Ayrshire | Hope Reisinger Cobera | ||
| Greenock | Renfrewshire | Harry Olof Sandberg | ||
| Hailes | East Lothian | 1343 | Roderick Francis Arthur Balfour | 2003 |
| Haliburton and Lambden | Berwickshire | Richard Bruce Bernadotte Miller | ||
| Hallrule | Roxburghshire | Olivier Fuchs of Cockburn | ||
| Holydean | Roxburghshire | 1128 | Taylor Forrester Moffitt | |
| Horsbrugh | Peeblesshire | Michael John Baylis Chenery | 1995 | |
| Inchdrewer | Banffshire | Robin Ian Evelyn Stuart de la Lanne Mirrlees | ||
| Inche | Wigtownshire | 16 November 1528 or prior | ||
| Innermessan or Invermessan | Wigtownshire | 20 April 1566 or prior | ||
| Innerwick | East Lothian | Victor Charles Verekar Cowley | ||
| Inneryne | Argyllshire | Ronald Busch Reisinger | 1998 | |
| Innes | Morayshire | James Wilson Mitchell | 2004 | |
| Jedburgh Forest | Roxburghshire | 3 Feb 1602 | Richard Bruce Bernadotte Miller | 2010 |
| Kelly | Aberdeenshire | Bruce Wayne Kneller | 2004 | |
| Kemnay | Aberdeenshire | Susan Letitia Burnett | 1978 | |
| Kilcoy | Ross-shire | Thomas Ian Robinson | 1969 | |
| Kilmarnock | Ayrshire | 1316 | Eur Ing David Ayre | 2002 |
| Kincaid | Heather Veronica Kincaid | |||
| Kincraig | Fife | James Gourlay | ||
| Kinghilt Kinhilt Kenhilt Kilhilt | Wigtownshire | prior 25 October 1632 | ||
| Kinnairdy | Banffshire | Colin William Innes | 1990 | |
| Kinnear | Michael Jean Georges Pilette | |||
| Kippenross | Stirlingshire | |||
| Kirkdale | Wigtownshire | Ramsey William Rainsford Hannay | ||
| Kirkliston | West Lothian | 1618 | Andor László Oleg Vilmos v. Jaross | 2002 |
| Kirknewton | Midlothian | Diana Theodora Adair Hargreave | 1992 | |
| Lag | Dumfriesshire | 1685 | Margaret Hamilton | |
| Lambden (also known as Hassington) | Berwickshire | |||
| Largo | Fife | Ralph Hamilton Lownie | 2001 | |
| Lathallan | Fife | Jean Alison Spens | 1995 | |
| Lee | Lanarkshire | 1272 | Terence Alvis of Lee | 1978 |
| Lenzie | East Dunbartonshire | 1170 | ||
| Lescure | Ross McPherson-Smith | |||
| Leslie | Aberdeenshire | David Carnegie Leslie | ||
| Leswalt | Wigtownshire | prior 10 Nov 1426 | ||
| Lethendy | Perthshire | Charles Campbell Gairdner | ||
| Leys | Aberdeenshire | James Comyn Amherst Burnett | ||
| Liberton (or Over Liberton) | Midlothian | Olivier Fuchs | 2009 | |
| Lochfergus | Albert Edward Gazeley | |||
| Lochnaw (see Leswalt) | Wigtownshire | Gordon Stanley Clifford Park Wills Prestoungrange | 2004 | |
| Lochrounell | Wigtownshire | prior 1630 | ||
| Logane | Wigtownshire | 29 April 1576 or prior | ||
| Loncastell | Wigtownshire | 30 July 1551 or prior | ||
| Marchmont | Berwickshire | Roland Eugen Staehli | 1996 | |
| MacDonald | Skye | Godfrey Bosville-Macdonald | ||
| Martyn-Kennedy alias Frethrid | Wigtownshire | 10 January 1541-2 or prior | ||
| Mearns | Renfrewshire | David Leslie Thorpe | 2002 | |
| Menie | Aberdeenshire | Michael Woodley | 1995 | |
| Mertoun | Wigtownshire | 8 July 1504 | ||
| Midmar | Aberdeenshire | Richard Farrington Wharton | ||
| Miltonhaven | Kincardineshire | William Alexander Newlands | ||
| Mochrum | Wigtownshire | 11 August 1472 or prior | ||
| Montgomerie | Wigtownshire | prior 25 October 1636 | ||
| Mouswald | Dumfriesshire | |||
| Mureth | Wigtownshire | 28 January 1514 or prior | ||
| Myrton | Wigtownshire | Professor Mark Watson-Gandy | ||
| Newton | Stirlingshire | 3 Apr 1685 | Philip David Pickering | |
| Ochtercoull | ||||
| Ormiston | ||||
| Peaston (or Paistoun) | East Lothian | Robert Garrett Jackson of Paistoun | 2003 | |
| Penicuik | Midlothian | Sir John Dutton Clerk | ||
| Pitcaple | Aberdeenshire | Christopher Hugo Niall Burges-Lumsden | ||
| Pitcruivie | Fife | Douglas Meager Wallace Wagland | 1996 | |
| Pitmilly | Fife | Peter John Gybbon-Monypenny | 1987 | |
| Pittenweem | Fife | William Ronald Crawford Miller | ||
| Plean | Stirlingshire | George Alexander Way | 1985 | |
| Plenderleith | Roxburghshire | 1306 | Clifford Dewey Michael Paul Harmon II | 2007 |
| Portlethen | Kincardineshire | Maurice Charles Robert Taylor | ||
| Portrie | Wigtownshire | prior 25 October 1636 | ||
| Prestoungrange | East Lothian | Mathew Jonathan Clifford Wills of Prestoungrange | 2004 | |
| Quhithorne or Whithorn | Wigtownshire | 6 September 1569 or prior | ||
| Rachane | Argyllshire | Michael Aquino | ||
| Rannoch | Perthshire | 1 Sep 1502 | ||
| Rattray | Perthshire | Philip Arthur Cumyn | ||
| Ravenstone | Wigtownshire | Frank Andrew Renwick | 1983 | |
| Remistoun | Wigtownshire | 5 February 1540-41 or prior | ||
| Robertland | Ayrshire | 5 March 1539/40 | Brian Douglas Parsons | Feb 2005 |
| Restalrig | Edinburgh | |||
| Rossie | Fife | John Philip Oliphant | ||
| Ruchlaw | East Lothian | Ronald Macduff Urquhart | ||
| Rusco | Kirkcudbrightshire | Robert Graham Carson | ||
| Saulsait Saulset | Wigtownshire | prior 16 Feb 1629 | ||
| Seabegs | Stirlingshire | 15th century | 2011 | |
| Seggieden | Perthshire | |||
| Smeaton Hepburn | East Lothian | George Bovill Rennie Gray | ||
| Stoneywood | Aberdeenshire | Charles Henry Francis Mack | 2000 | |
| Strathdee | Aberdeenshire | 1563 | ||
| Struan | Perthshire | Alexander Gilbert Haldane Robertson | 1983 | |
| Swinton | Berwickshire | 1098 | James Christopher Swinton | |
| Teallach | Dennistoun Gordon Teall | |||
| Tranent | East Lothian | The estate of David Garrison | 2001 | |
| Traquair | Perthshire | 1491 | Catherine Margaret Mary Maxwell-Stuart | |
| Urquhart | Inverness-shire | 1230 | ||
| Urquhart | Morayshire | 1587 | Robert A. Cromartie of Urquhart-on-Spey | 2004 |
| Twynehame | Kirkcudbrightshire | Daniel Paul Stephen Sharpe | 1992 | |
| Wells | Roxburghshire | Bryce Lee West | 2009 | |
| Westside | Gordon Kerr | |||
| Wigtoun | Lanarkshire | 19 Mar 1606 | ||
| Wormiston | Fife | Michael Patrick Spens | 1970 | |
| Yeochrie | Aberdeenshire | Richard Downing Jacoby Stuart |
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