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In the Peerage of England, the title of duke was created 74 times (using 40 different titles: the rest were recreations).Three times a woman was created a duchess in her own right; Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, chief mistress of Charles II of England, Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, wife of Charles II's eldest illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth, and Cecilia Underwood ...
Duke of Clarence: John of Gaunt 1340–1399: Edmund of Langley 1341–1402 1st Duke of York: Dukedom of Clarence (1st creation) extinct, 1368: Duke of Cornwall (2nd creation), 1376: Duke of Hereford, 1397: Duke of Gloucester (1st creation), 1385: Murdoch Stewart c. 1362 –1425 2nd Duke of Albany: Richard of Bordeaux 1367–1400 Duke of ...
8th Earl of Plymouth 1768–1843: Earldom extinct: Abeyance terminated 1855: Other Windsor 6th Earl of Plymouth 12th Baron Windsor 1789–1833: Harriet Windsor-Clive 13th Baroness Windsor 1797–1869: Hon. Robert Clive: Barony in abeyance: Hon. Robert Windsor-Clive 1824–1859: Viscount Windsor (second creation, 1905) Earl of Plymouth (third ...
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Duke, in the United Kingdom, is the highest-ranking hereditary title in all five peerages of the British Isles. A duke thus outranks all other holders of titles of ...
George Henry Fitzroy in his robes as Duke of Grafton Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland Extant All Dukes Dukedoms Marquesses Marquessates Earls Earldoms Viscounts Viscountcies Barons Baronies Baronets Baronetcies This article lists all dukedoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom ...
Robert George Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth (27 August 1857 – 6 March 1923), known as the 14th Baron Windsor between 1869 and 1905, was a British nobleman and Conservative politician. He was the founding President of the London Society .