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This is a list of the present and extant Barons (Lords of Parliament, in Scottish terms) in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Note that it does not include those extant baronies which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with higher peerage dignities and are today only seen ...
Main Name (Old English)Name meaning Attestations Cyning "King" wuldres Cyning "King of Glory" The Dream of the Rood [1]: Dryhten [2] "Lord" ece Dryhten "eternal Lord" Cædmon's hymn [3]
English nobleman, probably a squire (later a Lord-Chief Justice) Barrau de Sescas ~1270–1325 Gascony He was a Gascon Knight, vassal of Albret and a supporter of the English, he served as admiral of Bayonne fleet and captain of the coast Richard Stapledon ~1260–1326 Devon A knight, judge, and elder brother of Walter de Stapledon. In 1326 he ...
The Old English word for lord is hlaford (' loaf-guardian ' or ' bread-giver '). [10] The early law codes of Kent use the Old English word eorl (' high born ', ' noble ') to describe an aristocrat. By the 8th century, the word gesith (' companion '; Latin: comes) had replaced eorl as the common term for a nobleman. [11] [12]
The House of Plantagenet takes its name from Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, husband of Empress Matilda and father of Henry II. The name Plantagenet itself was unknown as a family name per se until Richard of York adopted it as his family name in the 15th century. It has since been retroactively applied to English monarchs from Henry II ...
Name Succeeded Ended Notes Arundel: Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel: 12 February 1291 [18] 9 March 1302 [18] Great-great-grandson of the 3rd earl, William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel. Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel: 9 November 1306 [18] 17 November 1326 [18] Executed and forfeit for treason. [19] Cornwall: Edmund, 2nd Earl of ...
Check out our list of 125 grumpy old man names and get ready to cuddle a sweet little Mortimer. ... 10. Cyril — From the Greek Kyrios, meaning "lord" or "master." ... Wallace — Old English ...
List of current members of the House of Lords; List of life peerages; List of excepted hereditary peers; List of former members of the House of Lords (2000–present) List of hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999