I have several other peerages behind me including a barony by writ.
It was a barony for life created by statute, which is now obsolete and, in effect, repealed.
It was never intended in the case of holders of baronies by grant.
Who are these people who are prepared to accept these baser baronies, but who will not accept the position as at present?
But the system of baronies works happily; it goes through daughters.
For a long time it was by tenure of barony, then by writ of summons, and afterwards by creation by letters patent.
There are petty baronies that operate with indirect rule and there are people who rule over petty baronies.
Why, then, should they not have their rank, style, title and dignity of barony in the same way as their colleagues?
