Hereditary offices

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In reviewing Debrett's 2019 I made a list of hereditary offices attributed to peers and baronets - set out below

I haven't included Scottish or Irish chiefs/chieftains, lairds, feudal barons, lords of the manor or similar titles.  The offices are a mixture or public and private.  Some, such as the Scottish hereditary shrievalties, are probably historical and can have few, if any, duties or emoluments.

There are probably other offices claimed by peers or baronets - I believe the Duke of Hamilton is Bearer of the Crown of Scotland - but have only mentioned the ones listed in the latest Debrett's

AGNEW (1629) Bt – Sheriff of Wigton

AILESBURY M – Warden of Savernake Forest (now held by son)

ANNANDALE and HARTFELL E – Steward of Annandale, Keeper of Lochmaben Castle

ARGYLL D – Great Master of the Household in Scotland, Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, Keeper of Dunoon, Carrick, Dunstaffnage and Tarbart Castles, Admiral of the Western Isles, High Justiciar of Scotland

BEAUFORT D – Keeper of Raglan Castle

BORTHWICK L - Falconer of Scotland to HM

BRAYBROOKE B – Visitor of Magdalene College Cambridge

BRISTOL M – High Steward of the Liberty of St Edmund

BUTE M – Sheriff and Coroner co Bute, Keeper of Rothesay Castle (his kinsman Ninian John Crichton-Stuart is Her Keeper of Falkland Palace)

CHOLMONDELEY M – Joint Lord Great Chamberlain of England

CORK AND ORRERY E – Life Governor of the Society for the Advancement of the Christian Faith

DENNY Bt (1782) – Freeman of Cork

DONEGALL M – Lord High Admiral of Lough Neagh, Governor of Carrickfergus Castle

DOWNSHIRE M – Constable of Hillsborough Fort

DUNDEE E – Standard Bearer for Scotland

ERROLL E – Lord High Constable of Scotland

EXETER M – Grand Almoner, Lord Paramount of the Soke of Peterborough

GRAFTON D – Ranger of Whittlebury Forest

HAMILTON AND BRANDON D – Keeper of Palace of Holyrood House

KILMOREY E – Abbot of the Exempt Jurisdiction of Newry and Mourne

LANGFORD B – Constable of Rhuddlan Castle

LAUDERDALE E – Bearer of the National Flag of Scotland

LOUDOUN E – Governor of Repton School and Etwall Hospital

MACLEAN OF DUNCONNEL Bt – Keeper and Captain of Dunconnel in the Isles of the Sea

MANSFIELD and MANSFIELD E – Keeper of Bruce’s Castle of Lochmaben

MAR and KELLIE E – Keeper of Stirling Castle

MONTROSE D – Sheriff of co Dunbarton

NORFOLK D – Earl Marshal and Marshal of England

PEMBROKE and MONTGOMERY E – Visitor of Jesus College, Oxford

PERTH E – Thane of Lennox; Steward of Menteith and Strathearn

PORTSMOUTH E – Bailiff of Burley, New Forest

RICHMOND and GORDON D – Constable of Inverness Castle

ST ALBANS D – Grand Falconer; Registrar of the Court of Chancery

SHREWSBURY and WATERFORD E - Lord High Steward of Ireland

TALBOT OF MALAHIDE B – Lord Admiral of Malahide and Adjacent Seas

TWEEDDALE M – Chamberlain of Dunfermline

WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY B – Joint Lord Great Chamberlain of England

WINCHILSEA and NOTTINGHAM E – Lord of the Royal Manor of Wye