Souvenir Title Plots, Fake Titles, Laird, Lord and Lady

[Laird_M]

Actually, I'm also a Lochaber.

Its strange how people can get so hung up about these titles.

As a leaving present for a colleague who was thinking of buying a croft as he'd already made plans to retire to the Highlands, we bought him one and when he found out that it wasn't quite what he thought it was, one of the guys told him I had a plot about 15ft from him, he got very, very upset about it as he thought it was a unique title with the full trimmings.

When I pointed out that a 'real title' costs around £50,000 and rapidly upwards, he got even more annoyed...

[ohiopiper]

I've got a square foot of Scotland, thanks to a bottle of scotch. Got the nifty piece of paper to prove it. It's mine! All mine! Well, alright. It actually isn't. But it IS in good fun. The people I kinda feel sorry for are the ones who buy into it thinking they really can buy a title.

[MacSpadger]

To all our USA based Scottish "Lords, Ladies & Lairds", there are probably an equal percentage of Scotsmen who would be ecstatic to gain the title of Kentucky Colonel.

[David Thorpe]

Original or Extra Crispy?

Just kidding. My dad was so commissioned many years ago. Very nice uniform, BTW.

[planemaker]

I bought one of those plots as well, but mine is on the Ilse of Jura, so my title is the Laird of Jura! I was pretty sure all I was buying was a piece of paper and a booklet with no legal standing. Any others on this site?

Cheers!

Paul

[Chas]

I always fancied being a Nebraska Admiral -

I see no ships!

Regards

Chas

Written from the International Cosmopolitan Metropolis that is the ancient Hundred of Grimshoe

[macwilkin]

I always fancied being a Nebraska Admiral -

I see no ships!

Regards

Chas

Written from the International Cosmopolitan Metropolis that is the ancient Hundred of Grimshoe

Slight difference, though, in the fact that an "Admiral in the Nebraska Navy" cannot be purchased outright. It is usually awarded by the Govenor for some sort of activity benefitting the state.

T.

[macwilkin]

This fellow may have been commissioned a "Kentucky Colonel", but that is not the uniform of one. And as I explained in the post above, the Kentucky Colonel's commission may not be purchased outright.

T.

[EagleJCS]

This fellow may have been commissioned a "Kentucky Colonel", but that is not the uniform of one. And as I explained in the post above, the Kentucky Colonel's commission may not be purchased outright.

T.

Quite right, Todd.

From what I understand (through reading their website), once the role of Kentucky colonel became more of an honorary position rather than a militia/military role, there hasn't been an official Kentucky colonel's uniform, though one was proposed almost a century ago. Discussion of that may be found here. There is an official emblem (essentially the state seal with the words 'Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels' wrapped around it). The Order is now a charitable organization. Anyone appointed a Kentucky colonel does not automatically become a member of the Order, nor does one have to join.

Perhaps SlackerDrummer could add more.

[macwilkin]

Quite right, Todd.

From what I understand (through reading their website), once the role of Kentucky colonel became more of an honorary position rather than a militia/military role, there hasn't been an official Kentucky colonel's uniform, though one was proposed almost a century ago. Discussion of that may be found here. There is an official emblem (essentially the state seal with the words 'Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels' wrapped around it). The Order is now a charitable organization. Anyone appointed a Kentucky colonel does not automatically become a member of the Order, nor does one have to join.

Perhaps SlackerDrummer could add more.

***. "Colonel" and "Squire" were quite commonly used in the south by the gentry, regardless of actual military rank.

T.