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By 1572, this class of peerage was extinct, and there were no dukes in the last 30 years of her reign. The extant dukedoms in the Peerage of England were all created (or restored, in the cases of Norfolk and Somerset) in the Stuart period, beginning with James I's re-creation of the dukedom of Buckingham in 1623 for George Villiers.
England 4. Duke of Richmond: 1675 Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond: 70 2017 England Also Duke of Lennox in the Peerage of Scotland (1675) – see below 5. Duke of Grafton: 1675 Henry FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton: 46 2011 England 6. Duke of Beaufort: 1682 Henry Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort: 72 2017 England 7. Duke of St Albans: 1684
The Dukedom of Edinburgh is a life peerage and will become extinct on the death of the current Duke. [5] Duke of Cornwall is a title automatically held by the Sovereign's eldest son in England. [1] [6] In addition to the dukedom of Cornwall, a peerage, the holder also enjoys a life interest in the Duchy of Cornwall.
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in the United Kingdom in total.
The Life Peerages Act passed that year permitted the creation of life baronies for both men and women on a regular basis. Hereditary peeresses were admitted in 1963 under the Peerage Act. The Peerage Act also permitted peers to disclaim hereditary peerages within a year of succeeding to them, or within a year of attaining the age of majority.
The two became the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Two years later, in 2013, the Cambridges welcomed their first child, Prince George of Cambridge, followed by Princess Charlotte in 2015 and Prince ...
With the exceptions of the dukedoms of Cornwall and Rothesay (which can be held by only the eldest son of the Sovereign who is also heir apparent) as well as last creation of the dukedom of Edinburgh (which is a life peerage that will become extinct on the death of the current Duke), royal dukedoms are hereditary, according to the terms of the ...
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