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The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the gentry of the British Isles. Though the UK is today a constitutional monarchy with strong democratic elements, historically the British Isles were more predisposed towards aristocratic governance in which power was largely inherited and shared amongst a noble class.
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
In the United Kingdom, a peer wears his or her coronet on only one occasion: for the monarch's coronation, when it is worn along with coronation robes. The coronet of a duke or duchess has eight strawberry leaves; The coronet of a marquess or marchioness has four strawberry leaves and four silver balls (known as "pearls");
Helen Beresford, Baroness Decies, by marriage (United Kingdom) Urban Huttleston Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven, ennobled (United Kingdom) Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston, by marriage (United Kingdom) Elizabeth Wharton Drexel, by marriage (United Kingdom) Albert Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, by birth (United Kingdom)
In contrast to the English equivalent, the dignity of baron is a non-peerage rank in the Baronage of Scotland, created in the same way as a peerage with crown charter and is protected by the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 recognised by the crown as a title of nobility with status of minor baron.
This is a list of the 189 present earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.It does not include extant earldoms which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with marquessates or dukedoms and are today only seen as subsidiary titles.
The House of Windsor as we know it today began in 1917 when the family changed its name from the German “Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.” ... Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was born into British nobility, the ...
Earl of Chichester in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [note 2] Baron Vernon: 12 May 1762 George Venables-Vernon, Esq, MP: Former Member of Parliament for Lichfield and Derby. Baron Ducie: 27 April 1763 Earl of Ducie in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [note 2] Baron Camden: 17 July 1765 Marquess Camden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ...