Lord and Lady

Highland Titles Tartan-www.highlandtitles.com

Not usually one to fall prey to the advertisements on Facebook, I did succumb to the one for Highland Titles. 

Through Ancestry.com, The Colonel and I learned how much Scottish DNA we possess. I have 30% and The Colonel has 14%. With that knowledge in hand, we both thought it would be fun and interesting to become a Scottish Lord and Lady and help to conserve Scotland one square-foot at a time.

On November 8th, 2020, we officially became a Lord and a Lady of Glencoe and Lochaber. 

On that day, for $165, we purchased our plots (small Highland Estates) in Mountainview, Lochaber (2-10 square-foot, side-by-side plots) and we received two free plots in Glencoe Wood (2-one square-foot, side-by-side plots). Our plots are located in two nature reserves. We were given the two plots in Glencoe Wood because the Mountainview Reserve is a newer, less established reserve and does not have the facilities that Glencoe Wood does. We Lords and Ladies of Glencoe can visit our plots, and most visit their Glencoe Wood plots over the Mountainview plots. The free plots are an incentive to visit Scotland. When one owns land in Scotland, one can become a Lord (Laird in Scottish) or a Lady.

Our Lord and Lady packet came in the mail last week.

The packet included: Our official title and plot ownership document, Lord and Lady stickers, Highland Titles stickers, two post cards with photos of the reserves on them, two note pads with the crest on them, our new Lord and Lady ID cards, a DVD about the Highland Titles story and two official tickets that we can use to visit our plots and get a guided tour. I additionally purchased the mugs, a crest pin and two scarves made with the Highland Titles' official tartan pattern (the scarves will arrive at a latter date).

Our new titles of Lord and Lady, as well as our ownership of land in Scotland, can be passed down to our children. This action must be included in our wills. Lady Yam and Lord Spud...sounds nice. Lord The Colonel and Lady Bird does too (just as long as I am not confused with Lady Bird Johnson, the wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson).

Now that I am a Lady, I will have to wear my tiara more often (Lord The Colonel gave it to me for my birthday a few years ago).