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Earl (/ ɜːr l, ɜːr əl /) [1] is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. [2] A feminine form of earl never developed; [note 1] instead, countess is used. The title originates in the Old English word eorl, meaning "a man of noble birth ...
The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the (landed) gentry.The nobility of its four constituent home nations has played a major role in shaping the history of the country, although the hereditary peerage now retain only the rights to stand for election to the House of Lords, dining rights there, position in the formal order of precedence, the right to certain titles, and the right ...
The Earl of Doncaster: 1663 Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland: The Earl of Shaftesbury: 1672 The Earl of Nottingham: 1681 Held with the Earl of Winchilsea in Peerage of England The Earl of Abingdon: 1682 Held with the Earl of Lindsey in Peerage of England The Earl of Portland: 1689 The Earl of Scarbrough: 1690 The ...
The peerage was divided into five ranks; from highest to lowest: Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron. The peerage system became more formalized over time. By the 18th century, peerages were no longer granted as a reward for military service, but instead were granted as a way to recognize social status and political influence.
This group ranks below a duke but above an earl, count and a baron. The rank was acknowledged in European countries like Scotland, Germany, Italy and Spain and was adopted in imperial China and ...
A duke thus outranks all other holders of titles of nobility (marquess, earl, viscount and baron or lord of parliament). The wife of a duke is known as a duchess, which is also the title of a woman who holds a dukedom in her own right, referred to as a duchess suo jure ; her husband, however, does not receive any title.
The Duke of York [1] [3] HRH The Duke of Edinburgh: Uncles of the sovereign None at present [1] Nephews of the sovereign Earl of Wessex [c] [1] Mr Peter Phillips: Grandsons of former sovereigns who are dukes HRH The Duke of Gloucester [3] [d] HRH The Duke of Kent: Grandsons of former sovereigns who are not dukes The Rt Hon. The Earl of Snowdon
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