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A '''baron''' or a '''baroness''' is the holder of a barony and a member of lowest rank of the [[peerage]].  Manticoran baronies are held as territories subsidiary to the Star Kingdom, so [[SKM]] barons and baronesses, while they are the administrators of their territories, are still subjects of the [[sovereign]] rather than monarchs of their baronies.   
A '''baron''' or a '''baroness''' is the holder of a barony and a member of lowest rank of the [[peerage]].  Manticoran baronies are held as territories subsidiary to the Star Kingdom, so [[SKM]] barons and baronesses, while they are the administrators of their territories, are still subjects of the [[sovereign]] rather than monarchs of their baronies.   


Depending on the context, the word "barony" refers either to the peerage and title of a baron or baroness, or to the territory held by a baron or baroness.  
Depending on the context, the word "[[barony]]" refers either to the peerage and title of a baron or baroness, or to the territory held by a baron or baroness.  


==Forms of Address==
==Forms of Address==
A baron is addressed as "My Lord" and a baroness as "My Lady."     
A baron is addressed as "My Lord" and a baroness as "My Lady."     


Those holding a barony are formally referred to in the third person as "The Baron Title," (for  males) or "The Baroness Title" for females. Conventionally a a baron will be referred to as "Lord Title" (for example, "Lord Winterfall") and a baroness as "Lady Title" (for example, "Lady Bellisle").   
Those holding a barony are formally referred to in the third person as "The Baron Title," (for  males) or "The Baroness Title" for females. Conventionally a a baron will be referred to as "Lord Title" (for example, "Lord Winterfall") and a baroness as "Lady Title" (for example, "Lady Bellisle").  In the most formal ceremonies and documents this is prefaced "the Right Honorable."


The word "of" is never included in baronial titles. Although the barony (in the sense of the title and territory) will be referred to, for example, as "The Barony of Winterfall," the holder would be called "Baron Winterfall" or "Lord Winterfall"  (never "Baron of Winterfall" or "Lord of Winterfall").     
The word "of" is never included in baronial titles. Although the barony (in the sense of the title and territory) will be referred to, for example, as "The Barony of Winterfall," the holder would be called "Baron Winterfall" or "Lord Winterfall"  (never "Baron of Winterfall" or "Lord of Winterfall").     
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Children of an baron or baroness (other than the cadet) are referred to in the third person as "The Honorable Firstname Lastname."  This is customarily abbreviated in written form as "Hon. Firstname Lastname." There is no special form of address for younger children of a baron or baroness.
Children of an baron or baroness (other than the cadet) are referred to in the third person as "The Honorable Firstname Lastname."  This is customarily abbreviated in written form as "Hon. Firstname Lastname." There is no special form of address for younger children of a baron or baroness.


==Andermani equivalent==
The [[Andermani Empire]] also awards titles of nobility, using German language equivalents to the English language titles used by the Star Kingdom of Manticore. The Andermani equivalanet of Baron is '''Freiherr''', and Baroness is '''Freifrau'''.


==Barons and Baronesses of the Realm in [[TRMN]]==


===[[Allegheny-Mellon]]===
== See also ==
*[[RADM]] Sir Thomas Pope<ref name="LP">[[wikipedia:Life_Peer|Life Peer]]</ref>
* [[Peerage]]: list of TRMN peers
 
* [[Wall of Peerage]]
===[[Bahia Cadiz]]===
*[[RADM]] Sir Kim Neimeyer, [[Fifth Space Lord]]
 
===[[Baudenvost]]===
*[[CDRE]] Sir Philip Wohlrab, [[IAN]]
 
===[[Blacksburg]]===
*[[LTCOL]] Dame Heather Selbe, [[RMA]]
 
===[[Camera Stellata]]===
*[[CDRE]] Sir Matthew Parker
 
===[[Cape Fear]]===
*[[CAPTJG]] Dame Cindy Epard
 
===[[Chinook]]===
*[[CAPTSG]] Sir Jason Gurule
 
===[[Clear Lake]]===
*[[CDRE]] Dame Cindy Jeffers
 
===[[Clipper Island]]===
*[[CAPTSG]] Sir Mark Gledhill
 
===[[Cumberland Moor]]===
*[[BRIGGEN]] Sir Peter Gordon
 
===[[Glencairn]]===
*[[CDR]] Sir Drew Drentlaw
 
===[[Grosvenor]]===
*Sir Wayne Bruns
 
===[[Havelok]]===
*[[RADM]] Stephanie Taylor
 
===[[Leutzen Vale]]===
*Eric Flint<ref name="LP">[[wikipedia:Life_Peer|Life Peer]]</ref>
 
===[[La Mancha]]===
*[[CSMCPO]] Sir William Lochen
**[[VADM]] Dame Laura Lochen, [[Countess]] of [[Boundary Waters]]
 
===[[Mars-Evans]]===
*[[LTGEN]] Sir Daniel Walker, [[RMA]]
 
===[[McCovey Cove]]===
*[[RADM]] Sir Michael Garcia, [[Third Space Lord]]
 
===[[Miyake-Jima]]===
*[[CDRE]] Dame Jill McTavish
 
===[[Neu Sachsen]]===
*[[FADM]] Dame Laura Lüschen, [[IAN]]
 
===[[New Adelaide]]===
*[[SGTMAJ]] Dame Nicola Hawke, [[RMA]]
 
===[[New Arlington]]===
*[[LCDR]] Christopher Wueve<ref name="LP">[[wikipedia:Life_Peer|Life Peer]]</ref>
 
===[[New Caladan]]===
*[[COL]] Sir Jeffrey Webb, [[RMA]]
 
===[[New Dover]]===
*[[RADM]] Dame Christa Brolley, [[Sixth Space Lord]]
 
===[[New Essex]]===
*[[RADM]] Dame Diane Bulkeley, [[Second Space Lord]]
**[[ADM]] Sir Robert W. Bulkeley, [[Duke]] of [[Mountain View]]
 
===[[New Florence]]===
*[[CAPTJG]] Dame Pamela Cole
 
===[[New Halifax]]===
*[[CDRE]] Sir Rob Marshall
 
===[[New Kasserine]]===
*[[COL]] Andrew Knipe, [[RMMC]]<ref name="LP">[[wikipedia:Life_Peer|Life Peer]]</ref>
 
===[[New Mimas]]===
*[[LCDR]] Timothy Zahn
 
===[[New Victoria]]===
*[[CDRE]] Sir Justin Grays
 
===[[Nový Prerov]]===
*[[BGEN]] Ivo Heger, [[RMMC]]
 
===[[Nya Östergötland]]===
*[[ADM]] Dame Brandi Hinson
 
===[[Piedmont]]===
*[[LTCOL]] John Stump, [[RMA]]
 
===[[Redstone]]===
*[[RADM]] Dame Heidi Nelson, [[Seventh Space Lord]]
**[[COL]] Bryar Nelson, [[RMMC]]
 
===[[Runnymead Fields]]===
*[[CAPTSG]] Mark Gutis<ref name="LP">[[wikipedia:Life_Peer|Life Peer]]</ref>
 
===[[Serpent Head Point]]===
*[[RADM]] Dave Weiner, [[Fourth Space Lord]]
 
===[[Silver Heath]]===
*Gena Robbinson
 
===[[Silver Lake]]===
*[[CAPT]] Sir Garret Bitker, [[RMACS]]
 
===[[Tesseyman]]===
*[[SGTMAJ]] Sir Gregory Marchand, [[RMMC]]
 
===[[White Lion]]===
*[[CAPTJG]] Sir William Knight
 
===[[White Rose]]===
*[[CAPTSG]] Allison Garhmann
 
==See Also==


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


[[Category:Nobility]]
[[Category:Barons]]
[[Category:Barons]]
[[Category:Peerage]]
[[Category:Glossary]]
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