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This is an index of Welsh peers and baronets whose primary peerage, life peerage, and baronetcy titles include a Welsh place-name origin or its territorial qualification [clarification needed] is within the historic counties of Wales. Welsh-titled peers derive their titles from a variety of sources.
Primary Title Family Seat The Marquess of Anglesey: Plas Newydd, Anglesey, Wales [1]: The Marquess of Milford Haven: The Earl of Carnarvon: Highclere Castle, Hampshire, England [2] ...
For the purposes of the laws, Welsh society was divided into five classes: the rulers, including the king (rhi or brenin) over his kingdom and the lords over their fiefs; the free Welsh, including both the pedigreed aristocracy (boneddigion or uchelwyr) and the yeomen together; the Welsh serfs (taeogion, ailltion, or bileiniaid); foreigners ...
The Lords of Welsh areas once belonging to monarchies. They were ruled by the direct descendants and heirs of Kings in Wales from around the time of the Norman invasion of Wales (1000s), some of which lasted until after the conquest of Wales by Edward I (c. 1300s), and in a few instances, Welsh baronies lasted later into the Principality of Wales.
The Welsh Government (Welsh: Llywodraeth Cymru) is the executive arm of the devolved government of Wales. The government consists of cabinet secretaries and ministers. It is led by the first minister, usually the leader of the largest party in the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru), who selects ministers with the approval of the Senedd.
Aristocracy (from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā) 'rule of the best'; from ἄριστος (áristos) 'best' and κράτος (krátos) 'power, strength') is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocrats.
[36] [37] The Welsh Government says: "Wales is not a Principality. Although we are joined with England by land, and we are part of Great Britain, Wales is a country in its own right." [38] [n 1] Senedd building, Cardiff Bay. In May 1997, a Labour government was elected with a promise of creating devolved institutions in Scotland and Wales.
Mixed government (or a mixed constitution) is a form of government that combines elements of democracy, aristocracy and monarchy, ostensibly making impossible their respective degenerations which are conceived in Aristotle's Politics as anarchy, oligarchy and tyranny.