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| the chapeau (or cap of maintenance) represents Scot barons in historical heraldry instead of a coronet |
| The Ancient Nobility of the Baronage of Scotland |
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| 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.
- ^ Ruling of the Court of the Lord Lyon (26 February 1948, 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".
- ^ Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Iain (1982). The Highland Clans. Barrie & Jenkins. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-09-144740-3.