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which was awarded to a distant collateral heir male of a previous earl, and not to the heir general, as customary under Scottish peerage law. This 1875 Committee finding declared that a separate Scottish earldom with remainder to heirs male had been created in 1565, and in 1885 an Act of Parliament
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Since the early 20th century, the Committee on Privileges has been reluctant to revive older English baronies on various grounds, and thus opportunities for new baronies to be created by
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to the heirs male of the original grantee. In this case, the original documentation had been lost. As a result, a new barony in the peerage of the United Kingdom was created by writ.
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that were awarded to persons who were not the senior heir (or co-heir) general. Nor does it include baronies that were not awarded at all to the claimant, for various other reasons.
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The most famous error made by the House of Lords in awarding a title was not in the case of a barony, but for the Scottish
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revived the ancient title for the heir general. As a result, there are two peers holding the Mar title today; the
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erroneously in 1722 as Baron Percy (in the belief that the 1299 barony had descended to his mother), and the
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The most common errors are made in the spelling of a title as granted in letters patent.
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was conferred upon a claimant, believing that the barony had been created by
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This category does not include baronies such as the very old English
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baronies
Peerage of England
Peerage of Ireland
Committee on Privileges
House of Lords
abeyant
title
heir
peerage
barony of Wharton
writ of summons
letters patent
Percy barony
7th Duke of Somerset
Parliament
Strange barony
Earl of Derby
barony of Clifford
Henry Clifford
writ of acceleration
Baron de Clifford
Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland
clerical error
earldom of Mar
Countess of Mar
Earl of Mar and Kellie
Barony de Ros
Barony of Hastings
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