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This is an incomplete index of the current and historical principal family seats of English royal, titled and landed gentry families. Some of these seats are no longer occupied by the families with which they are associated, and some are ruinous – e.g. Lowther Castle.
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 ...
Corbett family (United Kingdom) (10 P) Cornwallis family (1 C, 22 P) ... List of family seats of Irish nobility; A. Aitken family; Anson family; B. Booth baronets;
Pages in category "Lists of British nobility" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... List of family seats of Irish nobility; L.
This category is for English gentry families, namely historically prominent English families, generally connected with the local administration of a particular county. They are regarded as the families of the minor nobility, as opposed to families which held an hereditary peerage, often regarded as the major nobility.
Within the United Kingdom, due to the hereditary nature of most peerage titles historically, five peerage divisions currently co-exist, namely: The Peerage of England – titles created by the kings and queens of England before the Acts of Union in 1707. The Peerage of Scotland – titles created by the kings and queens of Scotland before 1707.
A family seat, sometimes just called seat, is the principal residence of the landed gentry and aristocracy. The residence usually denotes the social , economic , political , or historic connection of the family within a given area. [ 1 ]
Current Seat Former Seats Duke of Hamilton: Lennoxlove House, East Lothian: Hamilton Palace, Brodick Castle, Dungavel House, Kinneil House, Cadzow Castle: Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry: Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries and Galloway; Bowhill House, Selkirk and Boughton House, Northamptonshire: Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian and Montagu House, London