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The ranks of the English peerage are, in descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. While most newer English peerages descend only in the male line, many of the older ones (particularly older baronies) can descend through females.
The peerage was divided into five ranks; from highest to lowest: Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron. The peerage system became more formalized over time. By the 18th century, peerages were no longer granted as a reward for military service, but instead were granted as a way to recognize social status and political influence.
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 ...
Examples: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex . ... a count is the equivalent to an earl title. 8. Viscount or Viscountess. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images. Example: James, Viscount Severn .
Many extant viscountcies are used as courtesy titles; a specifically British custom is the heir apparent of an earl or marquess being referred to as a viscount, if the second most senior title held by the head of the family is a viscount.
Duke/Duchess Marquess/Marchioness Earl/Countess Viscount/Viscountess Baron/Baroness. In the United Kingdom, a peer wears his or her coronet on only one occasion: for the monarch's coronation, when it is worn along with coronation robes. The coronet of a duke or duchess has eight strawberry leaves;
The Duke of Norfolk: Earl of Arundel* Lord Maltravers The Duke of Somerset: Lord Seymour* [1] The Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon: Earl of March and Kinrara* Lord Settrington [2] The Duke of Grafton: Earl of Euston* Viscount Ipswich [3] The Duke of Beaufort: Marquess of Worcester* Earl of Glamorgan* Viscount Grosmont The Duke of St Albans ...
When Prince Edward became the Duke of Edinburgh, his son, James, inherited father's more senior subsidiary title, and is now styled as James, Earl of Wessex, instead of James, Viscount Severn ...