Both men have sold their heritage in the past. ![]() The Earl of Shannon and Lord DeFreyne have historically been the biggest sellers, with each offering nine titles. Previously, the going price had been $10,000, but the latest 28 lordships are priced around $5,000. The price of titles also appears to be going down. Even the Kardashian Klan was not immune to the lure of titles with Kourtney Kardashian's baby daddy Scott Disick becoming a "Lord" last year. A British lordship of the manor bought by rocker star Bob Geldof only allows him to hold a fair. With some of these old British titles, limited privileges may still be involved, such as grazing, sporting or fishing rights as well as permission to collect tolls or hold a fair. ![]() They are not a British or Irish rank, do not have any rights to sit in the House of Lords, and almost all the original privileges and rights that might have applied to them centuries ago are gone. The titles would only allow buyers to call themselves Lord or Baron and apply for a coat of arms. Also offered up were titles from the Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford with the alluring title of deputy lord high stewardship of Ireland.įor years, selling these medieval titles has been a profitable business for poor aristocrats who may have lost ancestral land and mansions but have titles to spare. ![]() Aspiring Royal members had the opportunity to buy titles in Carlow, Clare, Cork, Down, Galway, Kilkenny, Louth, Roscommon, and Sligo. My "official" Lord Title Certificate (photo by Jim Dobson)īaronage Press claims the biggest-ever sell-off occurred in the last decade of Irish feudal baronies and lordships of the manor when six cash-strapped gentlemen offered up 32 titles through a London firm of auctioneers.
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