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In a recent case, Jeffery Scism, a San Bernardino genealogist, said the fines for such practises are puny when compared with the hundreds of thousands of dollars he believes such vendors rake in. [2] Those who have sold such books so far include: Burke's Peerage World Book of [Surname]s - not to be confused with Burke's Peerage
Arms of office of Sir Bernard Burke A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Sixth Edition 1839 (better known simply as Burke's Peerage) The firm was established in 1826 by John Burke (1786–1848), progenitor of a dynasty of genealogists and heralds .
Burke's other book, Burke's Peerage, discusses two branches of this family: Coates of Haypark and Milnes-Coates of Helperby Hall. The first begins with a mention of Sir Frederick Gregory Lindsay Coates, the 2nd Baronet, of Haypark, of the city of Belfast, who was a Major in the Royal Tank Regiment in World War II. [7]
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) Charles Mosley (Ed.), Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: Clan Chiefs, Scottish Feudal Barons (107th Edition, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, 2003)
The British peerage includes the titles of (in ascending order) baron, viscount, earl, marquess and duke.All of these titleholders, except dukes, are (if male) known by the honorific "Lord" (in Scotland the lowest rank in the peerage is "Lord (of Parliament)" rather than "Baron").
In 1853 Burke was appointed Ulster King of Arms. [1] In 1854, he was knighted. In 1855, he became Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland. [2] After having devoted his life to genealogical studies he died in Dublin on 12 December 1892. He was succeeded as editor of Burke's Peerage and Landed Gentry by his fourth son, Ashworth Peter Burke. [2]
Sir Bernard Burke, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms's Arms of Office. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the names and families of those with titles (specifically peers and baronets, less often including those with the non-hereditary title of knight) were often listed in books or manuals known as "Peerages", "Baronetages", or combinations of these categories, such as the "Peerage, Baronetage ...
Alec Julian Tyndale-Biscoe was born at North Petherton (Bridgwater, Somerset) the elder son (there being also two daughters) of Lt-Col Arthur Annesley Tyndale-Biscoe (1872–1969), of Aubrey House, Keyhaven, near Lymington, Hampshire, [2] formerly of King's Mead, Upper Bognor, West Sussex, and Emily Beatrice (1883–1976), daughter of (Edward) Alexander James Duff.