Baron Strabolgi

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Baron Strabolgi is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England . The title is named after the Scottish town of Milton of Strathbogie in Aberdeenshire , which is now called Huntly .

Award

The title was created on October 20, 1318 for the Scottish nobleman David (II.) Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl , when he was appointed to the English Parliament by Writ of Summons . In 1306 he had inherited the Scottish title of Mormaer or Earl of Atholl from his father . After he rebelled against King Robert the Bruce in 1307 and again in 1314 and sided with the English, his Scottish lands were confiscated and his title stripped from him. The English King Edward II compensated him with three properties in Norfolk and the above baron title. When his grandson, the 3rd Baron, died on October 10, 1369, the title fell in Abeyance . This was ended on April 8, 1496 in favor of Sir Edward Burgh of Gainsborough . After the death of the 8th Baron on February 26, 1602, the title fell again in Abeyance. This was ended on May 9, 1916 in favor of Cuthbert Matthias Kenworthy . Today his great-grandson Andrew Kenworthy, 12th Baron Strabolgi holds the title.

According to The Complete Peerage, there are formal legal doubts as to whether the historical barony ever existed. Then the Writ of Summons of May 9, 1916 would not have ended the Abeyance, but created a new Barony by writ .

List of Barons Strabolgi (1318)

Alleged title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is a second cousin of the current title holder, David Malcolm (* 1942).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ George Edward Cokayne, Vicary Gibbs: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Volume 13, St. Catherine Press, 1940, p. 221.

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