The Lord of Balvaird | |
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Creation date | 1624[2] |
Creation | Baronage of Scotland |
Created by | Charles II |
First holder | Lord Andrew Murray |
Present holder | Brady Brim-DeForest of Balvaird Castle, Baron of Balvaird |
Heir apparent | Huxley Byron Brim-DeForest of Balvaird Castle, Ygr |
Remainder to | heirs and assignees |
Subsidiary titles | Baron of Balvaird Lord of Balvaird |
Status | extant |
Seat(s) | Balvaird Castle |
Motto | Un Cran Plus Loin (“One Step Further") |
Lordship and Barony of Balvaird |
Lord of Balvaird or Baron of Balvaird is a title of nobility in the Baronage of Scotland (a lordship of higher baronial nobility than barony).
Note that for Lords in the Baronage of Scotland a baron is a lord and a lord is a baron and is interchangeable, the chapeau represents Scottish barons in historic heraldry instead of a coronet.
The caput is Balvaird Castle, in the County of Perthshire in Scotland. One of the borders of the Barony was at one time the River Farg.[3] The Barony was originally granted by a Crown Charter of Confirmation in favour of Lord Andrew Murray "of the lands and Barony of Balvaird" dated 16 March 1624. The Barony is described in Latin in the crown grant as "terrarum et baronie de Balvaird".[4] The spelling of the name of the Lordship & Barony has many variations, including Balverd, Balverde, Balward, Balwaird[5] and Baleward.[6]
In 1673, a Crown Charter of Erection raised the Barony to a 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.” [7]
The Barony of Balvaird is one of several Scottish feudal Crown baronies. The previous Lord of Balvaird was Alexander Murray, 9th Earl of Mansfield. He had inherited the title from his father William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield, who died in 2015.[8] The title disponed in 2017[9] by deed of assignation [10] to the present baron: Brady Brim-DeForest of Balvaird Castle, Baron of Balvaird. He owns both the castle of Balvaird and separately the titular feudal barony of Balvaird.[11]
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Huxley Byron Brim-DeForest of Balvaird, Younger of Balvaird (b. 2019).
Brady Brim-DeForest of Balvaird Castle, Baron of Balvaird (born 5 March 1984) is the elder son of the Bret DeForest and his wife Shannon Read Brim. From birth he was formally styled as Mr Brady Brim-DeForest. 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.[12][11]
In 1985, he married Jessica née Cole Eriksen (born 27 September 1983), and they have two children:
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Registered: The International Register of Arms, 10th February 2020. Registration No. 0532. (Lordship & Barony Register)
Grant: The Court of the Lord Lyon, Scotland, 14th January 2020, (Page 97, Volume 93) “Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland”.[11]