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  2. British nobility - Wikipedia

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    The nobility of the four constituent home nations and crown dependencies therefore has played a major role in shaping the history of the British Isles, and remnants of this nobility exist throughout the UK's social structure and institutions. Traditionally, the British nobility rank directly below the British royal family.

  3. Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The order of precedence in the United Kingdom is the sequential hierarchy for Peers of the Realm, officers of state, senior members of the clergy, holders of the various Orders of Chivalry, and is mostly determined, but not limited to, birth order, place in the line of succession, or distance from the reigning monarch.

  4. Order of precedence in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    A peer derives his precedence from his highest-ranking title; peeresses derive their precedence in the same way, whether they hold their highest-ranking title in their own right or by marriage. The ranks in the tables refer to peers rather than titles: if exceptions are named for a rank, these do not include peers of a higher rank (or any peers ...

  5. From Duchess to Viscount (Vis-what?): A Complete Guide to ...

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    A baron or baroness title can be passed down or bestowed, meaning you technically don’t have to be born into nobility or inherit the title. The rank was initially created to denote a tenant-in ...

  6. Imperial, royal and noble ranks - Wikipedia

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    Members of a formerly sovereign or mediatized house rank higher than the nobility. Among the nobility, those whose titles derive from the Holy Roman Empire rank higher than the holder of an equivalent title granted by one of the German monarchs after 1806. In Austria, nobility titles may no longer be used since 1918. [47]

  7. Peerages in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The titles of peers are in the form of "(Rank) (TitleName)" or "(Rank) of (TitleName)". The name of the title can either be a place name or a surname or a combination of both (e.g. The Duke of Norfolk or The Earl Spencer). The precise usage depends on the rank of the peerage and on certain other general considerations.

  8. Peerage of England - Wikipedia

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    English Peeresses obtained their first seats in the House of Lords under the Peerage Act 1963 from which date until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 all Peers of England could sit in the House of Lords. The ranks of the English peerage are, in descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. While most newer English ...

  9. Template:Imperial, royal, noble and chivalric ranks - Wikipedia

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    Part of a series on: Imperial, royal, noble, gentry and chivalric ranks in Europe; Emperor, Empress. dowager; Tsar, Tsarina; Kaiser; Great king, Great queen; High ...