Master (Peerage of Scotland)

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The heir-apparent or heir presumptive to a Scottish peerage is known as a Master, or Mistress if the heir is female.

The heir's style is The Master of [Peerage] or The Mistress of [Peerage]. If the master is an heir-apparent, and the peerage has subsidiary titles that could be used as a courtesy title, then the styling of Master is usually forgone. However, if the person is an heir-presumptive, or if the peerage has no subsidiary titles, Master/Mistress is a common styling. However, due to the fact that the word Mistress is quite archaic, many women choose not to use the style Mistress and instead use the regular styling, e.g. Lady Mary Smith or The Honourable Mary Smith.

People who currently hold the title Master or Mistress:

Lord Alistair James Montagu Hay, Master of Tweeddale, heir-presumptive to the Marquessate of Tweeddale
Lady Susan Helen of Mar, Mistress of Mar, heiress-presumptive to the Earldom of Mar
Hon. Alexander David Erskine, Master of Mar, heir-presumptive to the Earldom of Mar and Kellie
Lord David Thomas Kennedy, Master of Cassilis, heir-presumptive to the Earldom of Cassilis (also UK Marquessate of Ailsa)
Hon. James Reginald Drummond, Master of Perth, heir-presumptive to the Earldom of Perth
Lady Katherine Greaves, Mistress of Dysart, heiress-presumptive to the Earldom of Dysart
Hon. Geoffrey Charles Murray, Master of Dunmore, heir-presumptive to the Earldom of Dunmore
Hon. David Hew Dalrymple, Master of Stair, heir-presumptive to the Earldom of Stair
Hon. John Keith Oxley Arbuthnott, Master of Arbuthnott, heir-apparent to the Viscountcy of Arbuthnott
Hon. Malcom Nigel Forbes, Master of Forbes, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Forbes
Hon. Katherine Fraser, Mistress of Saltoun, heiress-presumptive to the Lordship of Saltoun
Hon. Hugh Alastair Joseph Fraser, Master of Lovat, heir-presumptive to the Lordship of Lovat
Hon. Francis Sempill, Master of Sempill, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Sempill
Hon. Angus John Elphinstone, Master of Elphinstone, heir-presumptive to the Lordship of Elphinstone
Hon. Charles Mark Townshend Colville, Master of Culross, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Colville of Culross (also UK Viscount Colville of Culross)
Hon. Victoria Bruce, Mistress of Burleigh, heiress-presumptive to the Lordship of Balfour of Burleigh
Hon. Lewis Edward Palmer, Master of Dingwall, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Dingwall (also Great Britain Baron Lucas of Crudwell)
Hon. Francis David Charles Napier, Master of Napier, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Napier
Hon. Æneas Simon Mackay, Master of Reay, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Reay
Hon. Frederick Carmichael Arthur Hamilton, Master of Belhaven, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Belhaven and Stenton
Hon. James David William Rollo, Master of Rollo, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Rollo
Hon. William Henry Hepburn-Scott, Master of Polwarth, heir-apparent to the Lordship of Polwarth