lairds
Landed Scottish gentry
Lairds is the plural of laird, a Scottish term for a landowner, especially one who owns a large estate.
The title sits below the peerage but carries social weight in Scotland: The lairds of the Highlands held considerable local influence.
A laird typically has tenants farming the land.
Rule by hereditary elite
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- baronLow-ranking peer
- baronetHereditary British "Sir"
- knightHonored mounted soldier
lord · lordship · peerage · landed · feudal · title · squire · gentleman
Landed aristocratic residence
- acreageAmount of land owned
- groundsBasis for justification
- demesneLord's private estate
- holdingsProperty one owns
property · domain · farmstead · tenants · croft · steward · factor · rent
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
knight · lord · lordship · peerage · landed · feudal · title · squire · gentleman · highborn
manor
Landed aristocratic residence
holdings · property · domain · farmstead · tenants · croft · steward · factor · rent · lease
tartan
Patterned clan fabric
kilt · bagpipes · thistle · ceilidh · whisky · haggis · Caledonia · Hebrides · Shetland · Orkney
ancestry
Family line of descent
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- legacyWhat's passed down
birthright · descent · forebears · genealogy · heirlooms · patrimony · bloodline · pedigree · dynasty · succession
- Tudor ScotlandMary Queen of Scots, Edinburgh, Holyrood, Edinburgh Castle, Scottish Parliament
- Scottish HistoryScottish Parliament, clans, Alba, Culloden, Bannockburn