Draft:Registry of Scots Nobility
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The Registry of Scots Nobility records all those Scottish Titles that were sourced from the Scottish Crown before the Act of Union in 1707. All Titles awarded to Scots since that date are either Titles of the Peerage of Great Britain, or from 1801, the United Kingdom.
Scottish Titles are also significantly different in other ways. Scottish Barons, who formerly held seats in the House of Lords, are referred to in Scotland as Lords of Parliament. Similarly, the approximately 300 Scottish Barons recorded in the Registry of Scots Nobility had a role in the Scottish Parliament prior to 1707, but not in the National Parliament. It should also be noted that a greater number of Scottish titles may pass through the female line, and in the case of Baronies, left to an heir of the choice of the holder, not necessarily his direct descendant. The more recent Titles such as Life Peerages to living Scots also do not appear in the Registry of Scots Nobility, for although they are considered a great honour, they are not sourced form the Scottish Crown, prior to 1707.