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Junker is a German noble honorific, meaning "young nobleman" or otherwise "young lord". Reis is an obscure aristocratic title from the coastlines of Lebanon and Syria that is roughly equivalent to a Baron. The word itself can be translated as "Commodore", and is found only among a few of the former "Merchant Aristocrat" houses of the former ...
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 ...
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.
This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of family seats of Irish nobility; A. Aitken family; Anson family; B. Booth baronets; Bowes-Lyon family; Brassey ...
A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance [clarification needed], and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch.
Primary Title 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
Anglo-Irish aristocrat [35] P. K. S. Raja: 1913–2013: 100: Indian royal, Zamorin of Calicut [36] Prince Bhisadej Rajani of Thailand: 1922–2022: 100: Thai royal [37] Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele: 1920–2024: 103: English peer [38] [39] Rama Varma Kochaniyan Thampuran: 1912–2014: 101: Member of the Cochin royal family of ...
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 ...