Lord

Lord (English: "Lord," from Old English hláford, also hlaferd or hláfweard: " Mr. Bread, bread keeper " from Old English hlaf, " loaf " and weard " guardian, keeper, warden " ) is an English peerage. In the English language the term Church The Lord corresponds to the German "Lord" for God. The Scottish name is Laird, however, is not comparable with the rank of Lords peerage, but a land ownership in the Highlands or on the Shetland Islands, Orkney and the inner and outer Hebrides bound titles.

Salutation

The title Lord is in the UK, the general title of high nobility, but is used specifically for the address of the peers and the barons. Only the Duke is not addressed to Lord. Also the sons of the Dukes and Marquis and the eldest sons of the Earls (so-called Lords by courtesy = " out of courtesy " ) dubs them accordingly. The oral form of address is then " My Lord " or "Your Lordship ".

The salutation of the Scottish title holder " Laird " is done as a suffix, such as Aleister Crowley, Laird of Boleskine. It is the addition of Boleskine or of Glencairn for the property, which is owned by the title holder. So it can also be quite possible that one and the same person has multiple Lairdtitel, such as John Crichton - Stuart, Laird of St. Kilda & Dumfries.

Use

People who are talking out of politeness as "Lord", but even are not noble ( as the son of a high nobleman ), put their baptismal name behind the name "Lord". For example, John Russell was a son of the 6th Duke of Bedford, and thus Lord John Russell. That would be it (because he was not the eldest son of the Duke and had not inherited the title of Duke ) remained all his life, if he had not been himself later knighted because of his services to 1st Earl Russell.

The wife of such a Lord is addressed as a courtesy with "Lady" and her husband's name. The wife of the (fictional ) Lord Peter Wimsey, for example, Harriet Wimsey, Lady Peter Wimsey, not Lady Harriet Wimsey. However, a woman wearing the title of Lady of courtesy because she is the daughter of a high nobleman, she is "Lady" before their Christian names, such as Lady Diana Spencer, daughter of the 8th Earl Spencer.

A Lord " in its own right " sets the "Lord" never before the name, but used his title, which is usually made of "Lord" and the family name. So you can by George Gordon Byron as " Lord Byron " or " George Gordon, Lord Byron " or " George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron " talk, but not as " Lord George Gordon Byron ". The wife of Lord Byron would ( out of courtesy ) the "Lady Byron ".

Sometimes the Lord title is associated with certain offices. In addition to the Anglican bishops (Lord spiritual ) and the members of the higher courts take him to Scotland, and numerous public officials ( Lord temporal). Are known among other things:

• Lord High Steward ( the first of the Great Officers of State )
• Lord Chancellor ( Lord Chancellor, Minister of Justice and at the same chief justice of England )
• Lord High Treasurer (Lord Treasurer)
• First Lord of the Treasury ( First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister at the same time )
• Lord President of the Council ( Chairman of the Privy Council )
• Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal ( Lord Privy Seal )
• Lord Great Chamberlain ( Grand Chamberlain of the Queen )
• Lord High Constable ( Constable )
• Lord High Admiral (Lord Admiral )
• First Lord of the Admiralty ( First Lord of the Admiralty )
• Lord Mayor ( Mayor of London and 12 other cities, such as York or Dublin)
• Lord Chamberlain of the Household ( senior officer of the British court )
• Lord Lieutenant (representative of the British monarch )
• Lord Advocate (chief legal officer of the Scottish Executive)
• Lord Speaker ( Speaker of the House of Lords )

The offices of the United Kingdom, which had the title of a lord in the name, the offices of state are to be distinguished ( Great Offices of State) of the offices at court, much like the Holy Roman Empire of the Reichserzkämmerer from Obersthofkämmerer. The state offices are no longer attributed nowadays partly hereditary, but only determined to high ceremonies ( coronation, burial ). A list of all real Lords ( peers and peeresses in Their Own right ) can be found in the annual Whitaker's Almanack.

Further meaning

The term Lord is used in English and in relation to God and Jesus: " The Lord's Prayer " is the Lord's Prayer, " The Lord's supper" is the Lord's Supper, etc.

Title acquisition

In Ireland Irish means Tiarna same landowner and Lord. That is why everyone who owns a plot of land in Ireland, entitled to use the title Lord in his letter head

. With the possession of a small real estate so you can get to (not noble ) Lord, so landowners are.

As in other countries, an entry in a land register is required to be officially recognized as landowners. The cost of entering one of the smallest plots, a plot worth £ 20,000 or less, since 2011 are priced at £ 90

In Scotland this is called name Laird, but says the same thing from. It is in the name Laird (in the sense of property owners ) is not a title of nobility, but a noble title, which must be performed worldwide (for example, Lord Monboddo ). In order to be officially recognized as Laird requires an own plot, which is registered in the register Scottish country. Co-owners are not official Lairds and such small plots of 30 cm × 30 cm, as they often found at online auctions are not registered in the land register of scotland. Also co-owner can not be registered, because there is only one Laird per lot. An official statement to such dubious deals there on the part of the speaker by the court of the Lord Lyon King of Arms, which is responsible for heraldry Heraldry and the official recognition of titles of nobility:

" We have had countless inquiries. The title Laird of Glencairn would only apply to the owner of the Entire estate, if it exists, not to Those buying square-foot portions of it. "

The title purchase is made, as in the Irish Lord, through the acquisition of certain immovable property. Resourceful businessmen to take this opportunity to be in a lot of small pieces to divide (called plots) their land and sell them for a fee. In this way, can be explained by the sale of these small pieces of land from an average acre worth a few hundred thousand euros a profit in the millions achieve. However, the buyer will receive at most providers no official title, since the buyer is not registered as landowners in the land and there must be only one owner per piece of land in Scotland, officially called Laird may be. A plot of land, which is a officially confers the title of Laird usually not available at £ 100,000.