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2. Esquire - Wikipedia

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   Esquire (/ ɪ ˈ s k w aɪər /, [1] US also / ˈ ɛ s k w aɪər /; [2] abbreviated Esq.) [3] is usually a courtesy title.In the United Kingdom, esquire historically was a title of respect accorded to men of higher social rank, particularly members of the landed gentry above the rank of gentleman and below the rank of knight.

3. Imperial, royal and noble ranks - Wikipedia

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   Laird is a Scottish hereditary feudal dignity ranking below a Scottish Baron but above an Esquire; Esquire is a rank of gentry originally derived from Squire and indicating the status of an attendant to a knight, an apprentice knight, or a manorial lord; [43] it ranks below Knight (or in Scotland below Laird) but above Gentleman. [e] [f]

4. John Norreys (Keeper of the Wardrobe) - Wikipedia

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   John Norreys married (1st) before 1437 Alice (c. 1405 – c. 1450), daughter and heiress of Richard Merbrook (or Merbroke), Esq., of Yattendon, Berkshire.His wife, Alice, was made a Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in 1448 [see Beltz, Memorials of the Order of the Garter (1841): ccxxiv].

5. King recycles old Palace curtains as kimonos in sustainable ...

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   Royal drapery dating back to the 1950s during the late Queen’s reign has been repurposed by textiles students from the King’s Foundation. King recycles old Palace curtains as kimonos in ...

6. Landed gentry - Wikipedia

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   Esquire: originally a knight's attendant or squire. In the 14th century, this rank could be conferred by the Crown. Certain officeholders, such as justices of the peace, were considered to be esquires. It was also applied to the sons of peers and the firstborn sons of baronets and knights. [5] [4] Gentleman: the lowest rank within the gentry.

7. How Truman Capote’s Esquire Stories Ruined His Life - AOL

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   The height of Capote’s fame came in 1966: In Cold Blood was a runaway bestseller and Capote hosted the Black-and-White Ball at the Plaza Hotel in New York. Rader called it “the single greatest ...