Baron of Cartsburn

Created for Thomas Crawfurd of Cartsburn in 1669, when the lands of Cartsburn in the Parish of Easter Greenock in the Shire of Renfrew were erected in liberam baroniam, as a free barony held of the Prince and Great Steward of Scotland.

Other people associated with the Barony include George Crawfurd, the compiler of The Peerage of Scotland, the inventor James Watt, the nation's bard Robert Burns, and the poet Jean Adam.

Excerpts from the Baron Court Book of Cartsburn have been published, rendering it one of the few Baronies with comprehensive evidence for research into the social history of the area.

[6] Other people associated with the Barony include the inventor James Watt, the nation's bard Robert Burns, and the poet Jean Adam.

[9][10] Burns himself writes of Thomas Crawfurd of Cartsburn's "ingenious, friendly, and elegant epistle".

[11] He made general improvements to Lauriston, including the bringing of a number of architectural features from his estate at Cartsburn.