Lord of Parliament

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Lord of Parliament is the lowest rank of the Scottish peerage, equivalent to an English baron and historically granting the holder a seat in the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lord of Parliament canonical 7
Lord of Parliament (Scotland) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish peerage title
hereditary title
noble rank
associatedLegalSystem Scots law
associatedMonarchy British monarchy
Monarchy of Scotland
linked to: Kingdom of Scotland
category Scottish nobility
hereditary peers
noble titles
country Kingdom of Scotland
distinguishedFrom English Lord of Parliament (life peer) in modern usage
Scottish feudal baron
equivalentRank English baron
equivalentTitleInEngland baron
femaleEquivalent Lady of Parliament
linked to: Baroness
genderNeutralForm Lord of Parliament
higherThan Scottish feudal baron
historicalFunction member of the Scottish Estates of Parliament
historicalLanguageContext Scots
historicalLegislativeBody Parliament of Scotland
historicalLegislativeRight seat in the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland
historicalPeriodOfOrigin Middle Ages
jurisdiction Scotland
languageOfTitle English
nobilityClass peer
nobleRankOrder below duke
below earl
below marquess
below viscount
peerageGroup Scottish peers
peerageSystem Peerage of Scotland
post1801LegislativeContext Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
postUnionLegislativeContext Parliament of Great Britain
preUnionLegislativeChamber single-chamber Parliament of Scotland
preUnionParliamentMembership hereditary
preUnionRight attendance at sessions of the Parliament of Scotland
voting in the Parliament of Scotland
privilegeType parliamentary privilege in pre-Union Scotland
rankInScottishPeerage lowest rank
statusAfter1707 eligible for election as Scottish representative peer
no automatic seat in the Parliament of Great Britain
styleOfAddress Lady [Title]
Lord [Title]
titleCreationAuthority Scottish Crown
linked to: Scottish crown
titleInheritance normally by primogeniture
titleNature feudal in origin
heritable dignity

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peerage of Scotland hasRank Lord of Parliament
Lord usedInTitle Lord of Parliament (Scotland)
linked to: Lord of Parliament
Lord Forbes nobleRank Lord of Parliament
Lord of Parliament genderNeutralForm Lord of Parliament
Lord of Dalkeith titleStyle Lord of Parliament