The Much Honoured

Chapeau of a Scots Baron
The chapeau (or cap of maintenance) represents Scot barons in historical heraldry instead of a coronet
The Ancient Nobility of the
Baronage of Scotland
Baronial Rank of Nobility[1]
  • Baron (1st degree) 90% are barons
  • Lord (2nd degree) very rare
  • Earl (3rd degree) very rare
  • Marquis (4th degree) only 1
  • Duke (5th degree) only 1
Titled nobles in the Baronage
Topics
Convention of the Three Estates

The Much Honoured (abbreviated to The Much Hon.) is an honorific style applied to various minor nobles in Scotland, including Scots barons.

The Much Honoured Cameron of Lochiel, an example of a hereditary clan chief, feudal baron and laird who is styled thus[2]
  1. ^ Ruling of the Court of the Lord Lyon (26 February 1943, Vol. IV, page 26): "With regard to the words 'untitled nobility' employed in certain recent birthbrieves in relation to the (Minor) Baronage of Scotland, Finds and Declares that the (Minor) Barons of Scotland are, and have been both in this nobiliary Court and in the Court of Session recognised as a 'titled nobility' and that the estait of the Baronage (i.e. Barones Minores) are of the ancient Feudal Nobility of Scotland".
  2. ^ Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Iain (1982). The Highland Clans. Barrie & Jenkins. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-09-144740-3.