A Laird is a hereditary title for the owner of a landed estate in Scotland. The title of Laird may carry certain local or feudal rights, though unlike a Lordship, a Lairdship has never carried voting rights, either in the historic Parliament of Scotland or, after unification with the Kingdom of England, in the British House of Lords. Though traditionally translated as "Lord", Laird isn't a title of nobility. Unlike Lord of the Manor, titles the title of laird is a 'corporeal heriditament' (an i… (More on Laird)