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Duke (Herzog in German), ruler [a] of a duchy; [c] also for junior members of ducal and some grand ducal families The feminine form is Duchess. Babu, Indian title, equivalent of Duke, feminine is Babuain; Marquess, Margrave, or Marquis (literally "Count of a March" (=Border territory)) was the ruler of a marquessate, margraviate, or march.
Baron Mowbray and Baron Stourton in Peerage of England The Baron Clinton: 1299 The Baron De La Warr: 1299 Earl De La Warr in the Peerage of Great Britain: The Baron de Clifford: 1299 The Baron Strange: 1299: Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Held with Baron Hungerford and Baron de Moleyns in Peerage of England The Baron ...
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 ...
Baron Eldon: He was the incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare: 31 August 1799 (extinct) Baron FitzGibbon: He was the incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Ireland. Also he had an imperial peerage in the House of Lords as Irish Peers were not allowed to sit in the Lords. Alexander Hood, 1st Baron ...
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 Japan.
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
Baron Hieronymus von Münchhausen (1720–1797), on the basis of which Rudolf Erich Raspe wrote the tales of Baron Munchausen. [1] Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness.
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