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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 (titled nobility) and the gentry (untitled nobility) of the British Isles.In the UK nobility is formally exclusive to (peers of the realm), however an untitled nobility exists across the British isles through feudal remnants, the clan systems, and the heraldic traditions of the isles with legal recognitions and privileges.
Alexander family (British aristocracy) (31 P) Allsopp family (1 C, 9 P) Annesley family (36 P) Anson family (35 P) Arbuthnot family (66 P) Armstrong-Jones family (2 C ...
The last British dukedom to become extinct was the title of Duke of Portland in 1990. [ 1 ] The oldest six titles – created between 1337 and 1386 – were Duke of Cornwall (1337), Duke of Lancaster (1351), Duke of Clarence (1362), Duke of York (1385), Duke of Gloucester (1385), and Duke of Ireland (1386).
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
A. James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn; Rosalind Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn; Alastair Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair; George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
Hugh Grosvenor is just 28 years old and has a fortune of over £10bn and is far richer than the Queen.
List of baronies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Each peer is listed only by their highest English title. Peers known by a higher title in one of the other peerages are shown in blue, and peers with more than one title of the same rank in the Peerage of England are shown in orange.