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This is a list of courtesy titles used for the heirs of currently extant titles in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Asterisks denote courtesy titles currently used by living heirs.
The son of the current Duke of Northumberland has the courtesy title of Earl Percy, and is addressed and referred to as "Lord Percy".. If a peer of one of the top three ranks of the peerage (a duke, a marquess or an earl) has more than one title, his eldest son – himself not a peer – may use one of his father's lesser titles "by courtesy".
List of British Jewish nobility and gentry; List of courtesy titles in the peerages of Britain and Ireland; Peerages in the Commonwealth. Australian peers and baronets; Canadian peers and baronets; Canadian titles debate; Orders, decorations, and medals of New Zealand; Legal. Peerage law; Baronies created by error; Cash-for-Honours scandal ...
British courtesy barons and lords of Parliament (52 P) British courtesy countesses (19 P) ... List of courtesy titles in the peerages of Britain and Ireland; P.
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
Since marrying into the British royal family in 2011, Kate Middleton—now Catherine, Princess of Wales—has adopted a handful (and at times, a mouthful) of official royal titles that represent ...
List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland; 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 ...
Titles are given to judges relating to their position and, in the case of knighthoods and peerages, this includes the positions they had previously held. Retired judges that sit in any court use their full name with their titles added (such as Sir or Dame , or post-nominal KC ).