The Scottish is one of at least 100 people who still hold the title of Baronite Nova Scotia

The days of baronte and Baronite may seem from the distant past, away from Nova Scotia.

But one man in Edinburgh, Scotland, holds the eleventh barona title of Nova Scotia, and he is not alone. Sir Crespin Agyoune, 81, is one of at least 100 people who still hold the title, originally created as plans to make money to help finance the colonization of the new Scotland.

Agent is about to participate in a coming conference in Sterling, Scotland, which will represent the 400th anniversary of the first time in Nova Scotia in 1625.

“It is important from the point of view of the history of the family … … it is good to obtain it, but in the modern era, it is not of a certain benefit or anything else other than the historical point of interest.” Morning Nova Scotia information.

As a way to get more Scots to settle in the new Scotland at the time, the king offered the purchase of the Baronet of Nova Scotia, with the returns of those sales used to cover the migration costs for the settlers.

Paying 3000 from the Scottish MERK, which will be equivalent to today with about $ 66,000 from CDN, entitled Jupiter to use the title Sir before his specified name and 6500 hectares of land to settle in New Scotland, and the land between New England and Newfoundland.

While it was intended to encourage colonialism, AgNew said that many had been deterred because the title and the lands also came with a wealth tax.

“There was a lot of Skulduggerly who continued to encourage people to eat titles,” Agyoune said.

He said that King Charles has gone to great times and morally doubtful to force people to accept the title, including the threat to investigate murders and involvement in the investigation who refused to accept the title.

The final result was that only about 110 titles were sold by the end of King Charles I era

He said that the Aghniyeh family received a letter threatening to heat its most valuable source of income and a genetic police, if they did not buy a title.

Since then, it has been transferred across generations.

Agyoune said: “I inherited it from my father, and he inherited it from his uncle.”

Although there is little or no significant importance to be a barona, it mocked the name of the Craisbin has a gentle ring.

“After all, we have paid 166 pounds 13 and Fourpence, so we may also benefit from it.”

AGNEW has a badge indicating that it is a barona from Nova Scotia. But he also admits that the title was used as a way to enforce colonialism on a large scale for the indigenous people, including Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia.

This is something to be discussed at the Nova Scotia and Scotland conference in Sterling on June 30. Agyoune said that the spokesperson from the original societies will discuss the long -term influence to grant a charter to the New Scotland to Sir William Alexander.

“It is something that I think is the modern emergence that is truly aware of it, although we were … the original reason for this, although we were mainly there to finance colonialism. It was a way to raise money by the king without having to go to Parliament.”

While it holds the eleventh Baronite title from Nova Scotia, AGNEW has not yet been launched in the province.

“I have no member close to my family, as much as I realize. This may be in the list of buckets.”