Feudalism in Scotland

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. It is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of in , making it the second-most-populous city in Scotland and the seventh-most-populous in the United Kingdom. The wider metropolitan area had a population of 912,490 in the same year.

Lord title of the Hebrides and its domains

Laird () is a Scottish word for minor lord (or landlord) and is a designation that applies to an owner of a large, long-established Scottish estate. In the traditional Scottish order of precedence, a laird ranked below a baron and above a gentleman. This rank was held only by those holding official recognition in a territorial designation by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. They are usually styled [name] [surname] of [lairdship]. However, since "laird" is a courtesy title, it has no formal status in law.

Tanistry was a system of inheritance practised by the Gaelic nobilities of Ireland, the Isle of Man, and parts of modern Scotland. It was distinctive in having an elected heir known as the tanist (; ; ). This system was used to select the Chiefs of the Name (head of a clan) and the rulers of the various Gaelic kingdoms in Ireland and in Scotland.

ruler of the medieval Scottish province of Angus

Scottish title between 10th–17th centuries