Lord of Balvaird

Not to be confused with Lord Balvaird.
Lordship of Balvaird
CreationBaronage of Scotland
Created byJames VI and I
First holderAndrew Murray, Baron of Balvaird
Present holderBrady Brim-DeForest of Balvaird Castle, Baron of Balvaird
Heir apparentHuxley Byron Brim-DeForest, Younger of Balvaird
Remainder toheirs and assignees
Subsidiary titlesBaron of Balvaird
Lord of Balvaird
Statusextant
Seat(s)Balvaird Castle
MottoUn Cran Plus Loin (“One Step Further")

Lord of Balvaird or Baron of Balvaird [note 1] is a title of nobility in the Baronage of Scotland. It was originally confirmed by James VI in 1624 for Andrew Murray as a barony and later erected into a lordship in favour of David Murray, 5th Viscount of Stormont in 1673.

History

The caput is Balvaird Castle, located in the county of Perthshire in Scotland. One of the borders of the barony was at one time the River Farg.[1] The barony was originally granted by a charter of confirmation in favour of Andrew Murray "of the lands and barony of Balvaird" dated 16 March 1624. In the charter, the barony is described in Latin in the crown grant as "terrarum et baronie de Balvaird".[2] The spelling of the name of the title has many variations, including Balverd, Balverde, Balward, Balwaird[3] and Baleward.[4]

In 1673, a charter of erection raised the barony into the lordship of Balvaird, granted in favour of David Murray, 5th Viscount of Stormont. The subjects of the charter are narrated in English as "all and whole various lands incorporated into the Lordship and Barony of Balvaird, together with the tower, fortalice and manor place of Balvaird”.[5]

The Barony of Balvaird is one of several Scottish baronies. The previous Lord of Balvaird, Alexander Murray, 9th Earl of Mansfield, who had inherited the title from his father William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield (died in 2015)[6] disponed the title by deed of assignation to Brady Brim-DeForest of Balvaird Castle, current Baron of Balvaird in 2017.[7] He owns both the castle of Balvaird and separately the titular barony of Balvaird.

Barons of Balvaird (1623)

  • Andrew Murray, Baron of Balvaird

Lords of Balvaird (1673)

Present nobleman

Brady Brim-DeForest of Balvaird Castle, Baron of Balvaird (born 5 March 1984) is the elder son of Bret DeForest and Shannon Read Brim. By deed of assignation in 2017 he succeeded as Baron of Balvaird (created 1623 and 1673) and acknowledged in the territorial designation “Brim-DeForest of Balvaird Castle” by the Lord Lyon, for the family seat of the same name in the Ochil Hills of Perthshire.[8]

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See also

Notes

  1. ^ for Lords in the Baronage of Scotland a lord is a baron and a baron is a lord and is interchangeable, the chapeau represents Scottish barons in historic heraldry instead of a coronet

References

  1. ^ Records Ordnance Survey Name Books Fife and Kinross-shire OS Name Books, 1853-1855 Fife and Kinross-shire volume 67 OS1/13/67/3 ScotlandsPlaces
  2. ^ John Maitland Thomson, Register of the Great Seal of Scotland: 1620-1633 (Edinburgh, 1894), p. 208 no. 601
  3. ^ Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, vol. 4, 1886, p. 1045
  4. ^ "Architectural Societies", The Builder, vol. 78, no. 2984, Builder House, 14 April 1900, p. 373
  5. ^ Records of the Parliament of Scotland to 1707, Ratification in favour of David Murray, Viscount of Stormont, 6 June 1673 [1]
  6. ^ Earl of Mansfield dies peacefully at Logie House, Logiealmond. He was 85., by Melanie Bonn, 23 October 2015, Daily Record.
  7. ^ Registry of Scottish Nobility - Baronage
  8. ^ "Search for BRIM-DEFOREST OF BALVAIRD CASTLE". Burke's Peerage. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.