To All and Singular. Take Notice and Let it be Known That

Charles Russell Clayton Ross, Baron of Biggar

By deed of disposition of the 13th May 2004 he did acquire the Superiority of ALL and WHOLE the Lands and Barony of Biggar in the county of South Lanarkshire.

That the said disposition was Presented and Recorded in the General Register of Sasines for the County of Lanarkshire on 25th June 2004.

That since acquiring the Superiority of the Lands and Barony of Biggar the said Charles Russell Clayton Ross has assumed the name and Territorial Designation Ross of Biggar and is now commonly called and known by the name and Territorial Designation of Charles Ross of Biggar.

Signed: Charles Ross of Biggar

64859 Eppertshausen, Buchenweg 8, Germany

Dated this 1st day of September in the year of 2004.

The whole three words ‘Ross of Biggar’ are used as the “ordinary name,” or in the signature as they legally may be. It is open to the Head of any House to add their designation as part of the name and so regularly make those words their “ordinary surname”.

The names and designations are in Scots law and practice used by:

a)	The head of the family and his wife
b)	The eldest son and his wife, with the adjective younger, and their eldest son.
c)	The unmarried daughters, and unmarried daughters of the eldest son.