barony

Possessives

father: In January 1751 Clarendon was summoned by the ministry in his father's barony.

Converse of object

• hold: Of this Earl little is known; he held the barony for only five years, dying in 1744.
• call: There is also correspondence, etc, relating to calling the barony out of abeyance again in favor of Una Mary Ross, 1943.
• acquire: Philip, Earl of Arundel, married Anne, the eldest of the three girls, and acquired the barony of Greystoke.
• obtain: The fact is you CAN obtain a barony for a fraction of what these colluding companies demand of you in payment.
• include: The parish formerly included the barony of Kincardine, which was separated from it in 1672, and added to the parish of Tulliallan.
• give: After winning a decisive victory at the Battle of Copenhagen in April he was made a Viscount and given a further barony.

Adjective modifier

• feudal: I have held the feudal Scots Barony of Greenan for over 10 years.
• Scottish: This letter from the contented buyer of a Scottish barony should be of interest to readers who wish to acquire genuine titles.
• ancient: The ancient barony of Mearns and Pollok thus came into the hands of the Maxwells.
• English: English baronies were ended by Act of Parliament in 1660.
• great: From this chain of dependence, a kingdom may be considered as a great barony, and a barony as a small kingdom.
• large: Large baronies were later subdivided until there were 58 baronies in the area that comprises the present day Northern Ireland.

Noun used with modifier

peerage: Here we have the confusion between a feudal barony and a peerage barony.