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Joel Stevens, Symbola heroica: or the mottoes of the nobility and baronets of Great-Britain and Ireland; placed alphabetically (1736) The daily telegraph,mad about the mansion,a review of hassobury manor (27 February 2005)
The British nobility is made up of the peerage (titled nobility) and the gentry (untitled nobility) of the British Isles.In the UK nobility is formally exclusive to (peers of the realm), however an untitled nobility exists across the British isles through feudal remnants, the clan systems, and the heraldic traditions of the isles with legal recognitions and privileges.
The ranks of the peerage are duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. [7]The last non-royal dukedom was created in 1874, and the last marquessate was created in 1936. . Creation of the remaining ranks, except baronies for life, mostly ceased once Harold Wilson's Labour government took office in 1964, and only thirteen (nine non-royal and four royal) people have been created hereditary peers sinc
Pages in category "Noble families of the United Kingdom" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In the Peerage of England, the title of duke was created 74 times (using 40 different titles: the rest were recreations).Three times a woman was created a duchess in her own right; Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, chief mistress of Charles II of England, Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, wife of Charles II's eldest illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth, and Cecilia Underwood ...
Lord Gueterbock for Life in the Peerage of the United Kingdom: The Baron Hungerford: 1426 Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Held with Baron Strange and Baron de Moleyns in Peerage of England The Baron Latymer: 1432 The Baron Dudley: 1440 The Baron de Moleyns: 1445 Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
List of baronies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland; List of baronies in the Peerage of England; List of hereditary baronies in the Peerage of Great Britain; List of baronies in the Peerage of Ireland; English feudal barony; List of barons in the peerages of Britain and Ireland; List of hereditary baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
This is a list of the 34 present and extant marquesses in the peerages of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1922.