Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown View Post
This appears to be a personal tartan, as opposed to a clan tartan, and would probably only apply to Mr. Alvis (presumably the former Baron of Lee) his immediate family and retainers. I note that this tartan was registered in 1985 the year the barony and castle of Lee was sold to E. Leslie Peter, an American industrialist. ...

But back to the subject. Although Alvis of Lee is no longer the Baron of Lee, he still retains the heritable territorial title "of Lee", as does his heir. ...
Huh?

How can this be?

If the gentleman in question still retains the territorial designation "of Lee" in his name, he should still be owner of the feudal barony of Lee (and of course that is what he would have bought in 1985, since baronies in the peerage are not capable of being sold [unless perhaps you were very tight with some one in the former Labour government.]) The connection of a feudal barony with the actual ownership of the caput, or essential piece of land, of that barony was severed in the Abolition of Feudal Tenures Act of, I believe, 2001. So he could have sold the land and kept the lairdship, as they are more usually designated.