laird
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concept
A laird is a Scottish landowner, often of a rural estate, who holds local social status and traditional responsibilities without necessarily possessing a formal noble title.
Observed surface forms (1)
- laird-like figure ×1
Instances (9)
- James Carnegie of Balnamoon
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James Clerk Maxwell’s father John Clerk-Maxwell of Middlebie
surface form: John Clerk-Maxwell of Middlebie
- Sir John Scott of Scotstarvit
- Sir William Worthy via concept surface "laird-like figure"
- Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty
- Sir John Drummond of Stobhall
- William Drummond of Hawthornden
- Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck
- George Houston of Johnstone