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This category is for given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
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 category is for masculine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language masculine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
The House of Plantagenet takes its name from Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, husband of Empress Matilda and father of Henry II. The name Plantagenet itself was unknown as a family name per se until Richard of York adopted it as his family name in the 15th century. It has since been retroactively applied to English monarchs from Henry II ...
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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
1800: Mark Henniker-Major, 9th Baron Henniker: Edward Henniker-Major Also Baron Hartismere (1886) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom: The Baron Ventry: 1800: Andrew de Moleyns, 8th Baron Ventry: Francis Daubeney de Moleyns The Baron Dunalley: 1800: Henry Prittie, 7th Baron Dunalley: Joel Prittie The Baron Clanmorris: 1800: Simon Bingham, 8th ...
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:18th-century English Jews and Category:18th-century English LGBTQ people and Category:18th-century English women The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.