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2nd Earl and Countess Harcourt, in their coronet and coronation robes by Joshua Reynolds.The countess was a confidant of Queen Charlotte.. The term aristocracy derives from the Greek ἀριστοκρατία (aristokratia from ἄριστος (aristos) 'excellent' and κράτος (kratos) 'power'). [6]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Johns County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
The 1st Earl of Bolingbroke, a seventeenth-century English aristocrat and politician. Aristocracy (from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ ( aristokratíā ) 'rule of the best'; from ἄριστος ( áristos ) 'best' and κράτος ( krátos ) 'power, strength') is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small ...
Katherine Plunket (1820–1932), Anglo-Irish aristocrat and botanical illustrator; Katherine Plymley (1758–1829), diarist, traveller, painter and naturalist; Katherine de la Pole (1410/1411–1473), abbess of Barking Abbey; Katherine Pollard, the Director of the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology
Fidalgo or Hidalgo is a minor Portuguese and Spanish aristocrat (respectively; from filho d'algo / hijo de algo, lit. "son of something") Nobile is an Italian title of nobility for prestigious families that never received a title; Edler is a minor aristocrat in Germany and Austria during those countries' respective imperial periods.
Count Carl Robert Mannerheim (1835–1914), a Finnish aristocrat, businessman, and the father of Baron C. G. E. Mannerheim, the Marshal of Finland. "Aristocrat" and "aristocracy", in modern usage, refer colloquially and broadly to persons who inherit elevated social status, whether due to membership in the (formerly) official nobility or the ...
The natural aristocracy is a concept developed by Thomas Jefferson in 1813 which describes a political elite that derives its power from talent and virtue (or merit). He distinguishes this from traditional aristocracies, which he refers to as the artificial aristocracy, a ruling elite that derives its power solely from inherited status, or wealth and birth.
A British aristocrat, owner of the Kingsman tailor shop and founder of the agency. [21] The Grand Duke of Owls Rock-a-Doodle: A giant magical owl and the main villain of the film. [22] [23] In the original play Chantecler on which the film Rock-a-Doodle is loosely based, the character is simply called "the Grand Duke". [24] Alaric Pendlebury ...