The heir-apparent or heir presumptive to a Scottish peerage is known as a Master, or Mistress if the heir is female. The term heir apparent is most often used to refer to someone who is first in the order of succession to a throne and who cannot lose this status by the birth of any other person. ... An Heir Presumptive (capitalised) is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honor, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an Heir Apparent or of a new Heir Presumptive with a better claim to the throne. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. ...

The heir's style is The Master of [Peerage] or The Mistress of [Peerage]. If the master is an heir-apparent, and the peerage has subsidiary titles that could be used as a courtesy title, then the styling of Master is usually forgone. However, if the person is an heir-presumptive, or if the peerage has no subsidiary titles, Master/Mistress is a common styling. However, due to the fact that the word Mistress is quite archaic, many women choose not to use the style Mistress and instead use the regular styling, e.g. Lady Mary Smith or The Honourable Mary Smith. A courtesy title is a form of address in the British peerage system used for wives, children, and other close relatives of a peer. ... In language, an archaism is the deliberate use of an older form that has fallen out of current use. ...

People who currently hold the title Master or Mistress:

• Lord Alistair James Montagu Hay, Master of Tweeddale, heir-presumptive to the Marquessate of Tweeddale
• Lady Susan Helen of Mar, Mistress of Mar, heiress-presumptive to the Earldom of Mar
• Hon. Alexander David Erskine, Master of Mar, heir-presumptive to the Earldom of Mar and Kellie
• Lord David Thomas Kennedy, Master of Cassilis, heir-presumptive to the Earldom of Cassilis (also UK Marquessate of Ailsa)
• Hon. James Reginald Drummond, Master of Perth, heir-presumptive to the Earldom of Perth
• Lady Katherine Greaves, Mistress of Dysart, heiress-presumptive to the Earldom of Dysart
• Hon. Geoffrey Charles Murray, Master of Dunmore, heir-presumptive to the Earldom of Dunmore
• Hon. David Hew Dalrymple, Master of Stair, heir-presumptive to the Earldom of Stair
• Hon. John Keith Oxley Arbuthnott, Master of Arbuthnott, heir-apparent to the Viscountcy of Arbuthnott
• Hon. Malcom Nigel Forbes, Master of Forbes, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Forbes
• Hon. Katherine Fraser, Mistress of Saltoun, heiress-presumptive to the Lordship of Saltoun
• Hon. Hugh Alastair Joseph Fraser, Master of Lovat, heir-presumptive to the Lordship of Lovat
• Hon. Francis Sempill, Master of Sempill, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Sempill
• Hon. Angus John Elphinstone, Master of Elphinstone, heir-presumptive to the Lordship of Elphinstone
• Hon. Charles Mark Townshend Colville, Master of Culross, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Colville of Culross (also UK Viscount Colville of Culross)
• Hon. Victoria Bruce, Mistress of Balfour of Burleigh, heiress-presumptive to the Lordship of Balfour of Burleigh
• Hon. Lewis Edward Palmer, Master of Dingwall, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Dingwall (also Great Britain Baron Lucas of Crudwell)
• Hon. Francis David Charles Napier, Master of Merchistoun, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Napier of Merchistoun
• Hon. Æneas Simon Mackay, Master of Reay, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Reay
• Hon. Frederick Carmichael Arthur Hamilton, Master of Belhaven and Stenton, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Belhaven and Stenton
• Hon. James David William Rollo, Master of Rollo, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Rollo
• Hon. William Henry Hepburn-Scott, Master of Polwarth, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Polwarth

Marquess of Tweeddale is a title of the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1694 for the 2nd Earl of Tweeddale. ... The Earldom of Mar is one of the ancient peerage titles of in the Peerage of Scotland. ... The Earldom of Mar is one of the ancient peerage titles of in the Peerage of Scotland. ... The title Earl of Kellie is one of the peerage titles of in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1619 for Thomas Erskine. ... The title of Marquess of Ailsa was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1831 for Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassilis. ... The title of Marquess of Ailsa was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1831 for Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassilis. ... The title Earl of Perth was created in 1605 for James Drummond. ... The title Earl of Dysart was created in 1643 in the Peerage of Scotland, along with the title Lord Huntingtower. ... The title Earl of Dunmore was granted in 1686 to the Lord Charles Murray, son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl. ... The title Earl of Stair was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1703 for John Dalrymple. ... The title Viscount of Arbuthnott was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1641, along with the title Lord Inverbervie, for Sir Robert Arbuthnott. ... The Lord Forbes is the senior Lord of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland. ... The Lordship of Saltoun was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1445. ... Lord Lovat is a title in the Peerage of Scotland dating to 1458. ... The Lordship of Sempill is a title of peerage in the Peerage of Scotland. ... The title Lord Elphinstone, in the Peerage of Scotland, dates to 1510. ... Viscount Colville of Culross is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... Viscount Colville of Culross is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... Lord Balfour of Burleigh, in the County of Kinross, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. ... Baron Lucas is a title in the Peerage of England. ... Baron Lucas is a title in the Peerage of England. ... Lord Napier is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. ... The Lordship of Reay was created in 1628. ... Lord Belhaven and Stenton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. ... Lord Rollo is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. ... The title Lord Polwarth, of Polwarth in the County of Berwick, was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1690 for Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth, 2nd Baronet. ...

References

• Lundy, Darryl (June 19, 2005). thePeerage.com. Retrieved June 24, 2005.
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