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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 as subsidiary titles. For a more complete list, which adds these "hidden" baronies as well as extinct, dormant, abeyant, and forfeit ones, see List of Baronies .
Since at least the early Middle Ages, robes have been worn as a sign of nobility.At first, these seem to have been bestowed on individuals by the monarch or feudal lord as a sign of special recognition; but in the 15th century the use of robes became formalised, with peers all wearing robes of the same design, though varied according to the rank of the wearer.
In 1900, Burberry was approached by the British War Office, and was asked to design a coat to replace the military's current heavy coats.This request led Burberry to create the famous gabardine trench coat: "a lightweight cotton raincoat with a deep back yoke, epaulets, buckled cuff straps, a button-down storm flap on one shoulder, storm pockets, and D-ring belt clasps for the attachment of ...
The royal coat of arms is the official coat of arms of the British monarch. [48] These arms are used by the King in his official capacity as monarch, and are also known as Arms of Dominion . [ citation needed ] Variants of the Royal Arms are used by other members of the Royal Family ; and by the British Government in connection with the ...
James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan. Earl of Cardigan is a title in the Peerage of England that was created by Charles II in 1661 for Thomas Brudenell, 1st Baron Brudenell, and the title has been held since 1868 by the Marquesses of Ailesbury.
Coat of arms of William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, KG. William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (2 May 1737 – 7 May 1805), known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history, was an Anglo-Irish Whig statesman who was the first home secretary in 1782 and then prime minister in 1782–83 during the final months of the ...
Mary's skirts are shaped by a French farthingale in the Blairs Museum portrait. Masques were the heart of festivities at royal courts. [17] Mary wore farthingales, and danced in masques (with the French governess Françoise d'Humières) in costumes made with lightweight silver and gold fabrics decorated with silver and gold metallic spangles. [18]
Snowdon, chosen for the earldom, had previously been used for a peerage title with royal associations.The title of Baron Snowdon had been conferred in 1726 along with the Dukedom of Edinburgh on Prince Frederick Louis, grandson of George I and future Prince of Wales.