Learn more. Can one purchase the title of "Lord", "Laird" or "Lady" in Scotland? Ask Question. Asked 3 months ago. Active 3 months ago. Viewed 14k times. Their website states: Our Title Packs are based on a historic Scottish land ownership custom, where landowners have been long referred to as "Lairds", the Scottish term for "Lord", with the female equivalent being "Lady".
Improve this question. The website itself was only created "Creation Date: TZ" - centralops , first sampled by archive on 24th April The individual website may or may not be legitimate - do you have an alternative source of a similar offer? I'm not sure we can answer regarding a single website's scammy nature or not, I'll let others chime in.
Also, I think separate questions for the validity of the charities behind these three offers might be warranted. As your own link says: "These are souvenir plots of land I suspect you can and may call yourself what you like in Scotland apart from claiming a regulated professional qualification.
I suspect even more strongly that your home country won't have a law against claiming a Scottish title. But the only people who get actual hereditary rights from UK titles are members of the House of Lords who have been elected by the others as voting peers.
I'm Lord pipe. I can call myself whatever I want. I wonder what the actual claim is here, are you asking about any legal ramifications? Show 4 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer.
I can't say I'm surprised at this. Nice one, welcome to skeptics. So it appears that the answer to the question is in fact "yes, but you have to buy more than this. I'm not sure that buying more land would guarantee anything; rather, they have had to provide special guidance about these tiny "souvenir" plots in particular, because they've become such a problem.
So all that's guaranteed is that buying one of these plots does not get you anything. The Court of the Lord Lyon both from its own web page and en. That it is not the same as the ability to style oneself "Lord", "Laird" or "Lady". Wikipedia is a poor source hence this is not an answer , but en. An observation is required in any case where there is the potential for any name change to mislead; this includes reference to a title and to maintain the integrity of the passport.
This observation should automatically be placed in the passport of any such applicant and there is no need to contact them unless the application form is completed in a way that indicates the customer believes they are applying for a change of title rather than of name.
In these circumstances the applicant should be advised of how the data will be displayed in the passport and of the observation that will be entered in the document. The above observation should also be used in all renewal applications where the children's and adult's birth names are similarly misleading, for example where names on birth certificates are registered as Princess, Prince, Earl, Duke, etc.
If it was true every homeowner in Scotland would be titled, but they are not. Highland Titles said on their website "As the owner of a Scottish estate, you will have the full rights to style yourself as a Laird Lord or Lady.
This is the same wherever you live in the world. You do not need to live in the UK or be a British citizen. The fact of owning land has nothing to do with the matter. The logic of the fake title sellers goes like this, a Laird is someone who owns land in Scotland, therefore anyone who own land in Scotland is therefore a Laird, this is utter nonsense, If we apply the same logic to a King we could say that a King is someone who has a crown so anyone who has a crown is therefore a King!
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Then be careful. The Court of the Lord Lyon, the official heraldic authority for Scotland , has just reaffirmed that titles bought online have no legal status. But I was just about to apply for a coat of arms. The Court of the Lord Lyon would be furious. Its website has just been updated specifically to warn off people like you.
What does it say? Do you live in Scotland?
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