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John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England (Scott, Webster and Geary, London, 1838) Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time (Heritage Books, London, 1840)
The name adopted by the grantee of a title of nobility originally was the name of his seat or principal manor, which often had also been adopted as his surname, for example the Berkeley family seated at Berkeley Castle had the surname "de Berkeley" ("from Berkeley") and gained the title Baron Berkeley, amongst many others.
This is a list of the 189 present earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It does not include extant earldoms which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with marquessates or dukedoms and are today only seen as subsidiary titles.
This category is for English gentry families, namely historically prominent English families, generally connected with the local administration of a particular county. They are regarded as the families of the minor nobility, as opposed to families which held an hereditary peerage, often regarded as the major nobility
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2010) Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland Extant All Dukes Dukedoms Marquesses Marquessates Earls Earldoms Viscounts Viscountcies Barons Baronies En, Sc, GB, Ir, UK (Law, Life: 1958–1979, 1979–1997, 1997–2010, 2010–2024, 2024–present) Baronets Baronetcies This page, one list of hereditary baronies ...
The Regency era of British history is commonly understood as the years between c. 1795 and 1837, although the official regency for which it is named only spanned the years 1811 to 1820. King George III first suffered debilitating illness in the late 1780s, and relapsed into his final mental illness in 1810.
Surname Current status Notes Baron de Ros: 1264 [a] De Ros, Manners, Cecil, MacDonnell, Villiers, FitzGerald-De Ros / Boyle, Dawson, Ross, Maxwell: extant: Created by writ. Forfeit 1464-1485. In abeyance 1508-1512. Also Earl of Rutland 1525-1587, 1618-1632. Also Duke of Buckingham 1649-1687. In abeyance 1687-1806, 1939-1943, 1956-1958 Baron le ...