peerage title
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concept
A peerage title is a hereditary or life rank of nobility granted by a sovereign, conferring social status and often certain legal or ceremonial privileges within a hierarchical aristocratic system.
Aliases (43)
- noble title ×85
- hereditary title ×75
- peer of the United Kingdom ×20
- earldom ×16
- Scottish noble title ×15
- hereditary noble title ×11
- title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ×11
- ducal title ×10
- hereditary peerage title ×9
- Scottish peerage title ×8
- peer of England ×7
- life peerage ×6
- peerage ×5
- title in the Peerage of England ×5
- title in the Peerage of Great Britain ×5
- title of respect ×5
- Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ×3
- barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ×3
- feudal title ×3
- hereditary office ×3
- British noble title ×2
- Earl in the Peerage of Scotland ×2
- Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ×2
- English peerage title ×2
- Viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ×2
- medieval noble title ×2
- title of nobility ×2
- British peerage title ×1
- Countess of Harewood ×1
- Earl of Sandwich ×1
- English ducal title ×1
- French peerage ×1
- French peerage title ×1
- Scottish feudal title ×1
- aristocratic title ×1
- component of the British nobility ×1
- feudal noble title ×1
- peerage dignity ×1
- peerage of the United Kingdom ×1
- peerage rank ×1
- substantive peerage title ×1
- substantive title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ×1
- title in the Peerage of Ireland ×1
Instances (364)
- Alba, Duke of Alba ("noble title")
- John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ("Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom")
- Peerage of England ("peerage")
- “Lord of Parliament” instead of “Baron” ("Scottish peerage title")
- Duke of York ("hereditary title")
- Peerage of Ireland ("peerage")
- Peerage of Great Britain ("peerage")
- Baron Keynes of Tilton ("hereditary title")
- Peerage of the United Kingdom ("peerage")
- Madam Vice President ("title of respect")
- Earl of Chatham ("noble title")
- Prince of Wales ("hereditary title")
- Countess of Northesk ("noble title")
- Duke of Aquitaine ("hereditary noble title")
- Earl of Northesk
- Duke of Cornwall
- Earl of Chester ("noble title")
- Viscount Abercorn ("hereditary title")
- Duke of Rothesay
- Lord Barham ("Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom")
- Viscount Pitt ("noble title")
- Earl Marshal ("hereditary office")
- Earl ("noble title")
- Charles Noel Carnegie, 10th Earl of Southesk ("Earl in the Peerage of Scotland")
- Marchioness of Hartington ("noble title")
- Lord of Parliament ("Scottish peerage title")
- Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood ("Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom")
- Princess of Orange ("noble title")
- John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Madam President ("title of respect")
- Duke of Saxony ("noble title")
- North Esk River ("earldom")
- Lord ("noble title")
- Baroness ("noble title")
- Lord Gort ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Prince of Mindelheim (historical, in the Holy Roman Empire) ("noble title")
- John Russell, Viscount Amberley ("Viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom")
- Royal Knights ("noble title")
- Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird ("Scottish noble title")
- Earl of Douglas ("Scottish noble title")
- Lord Forbes ("Scottish peerage title")
- Lord Trenchard ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood ("Countess of Harewood")
- Prince of Orange ("hereditary title")
- Duke of Lancaster
- Duke of Cumberland ("noble title")
- Emperor ("hereditary office")
- Madam Secretary ("title of respect")
- Peerage of Scotland ("peerage")
- Baron Balinhard ("Scottish peerage title")
- Duke of Argyll ("hereditary title")
- Count of Anjou ("noble title")
- Duke of Hamilton ("hereditary title")
- Marquess of Huntly ("Scottish noble title")
- duc d'Albany ("noble title")
- Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford ("peer of England")
- Earl of Sunderland
- Earl of Kendal
- Baron Okingham ("noble title")
- Earl of Wokingham ("noble title")
- Earl of Fife ("Scottish noble title")
- Duchess of York ("noble title")
- Marquess of Abercorn ("hereditary title")
- Empress of Japan ("noble title")
- Earl of Menteith ("Scottish noble title")
- Prince of Montfort ("noble title")
- Grand Duke of Tuscany ("noble title")
- Prince of Lucca and Piombino ("hereditary title")
- Prince of Canino and Musignano ("noble title")
- Herbert Samuel ("Viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom")
- Lord of Ahaus ("feudal noble title")
- Prince of Neuchâtel ("noble title")
- Count of Vechta ("noble title")
- Duke of Reichstadt ("noble title")
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Duke ("hereditary noble title")
- George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Baron Armstrong ("hereditary title")
- Baron Rideau ("title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom")
- Electress of Hanover ("noble title")
- Marquess of Blandford ("hereditary title")
- Baron Spencer of Wormleighton ("hereditary title")
- Lord Milner ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Lord Rayleigh ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Lord of Mann ("feudal title")
- Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham ("peer of England")
- John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Lord Beaverbrook ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Duke of Marlborough ("hereditary title")
- Dukes of Marlborough ("hereditary peerage title")
- Duke of Albany ("hereditary title")
- Life peerage (Baron Olivier) ("life peerage")
- Baron Verulam ("noble title")
- Baron Olivier ("life peerage")
- Duke of Newcastle ("noble title")
- Prince of Mindelheim ("noble title")
- Earl of Burlington ("hereditary title")
- Viscount Rialton ("noble title")
- Prince of Nassau ("noble title")
- Duke of Brabant ("noble title")
- Duchess of Monmouth ("noble title")
- Earl of Godolphin
- Duke of Burgundy ("hereditary noble title")
- King of the Belgians ("hereditary office")
- Archduke of Austria ("noble title")
- Prince of Scotland ("hereditary title")
- Sidney ("peer of England")
- Earl of Aberdeen ("hereditary title")
- Marquisate of Dalí de Púbol ("hereditary title")
- Marquess of Dalí de Púbol ("hereditary title")
- Baron Downpatrick ("title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom")
- Earl of St Andrews ("noble title")
- Baron Roberts ("hereditary title")
- Countess of Orford ("noble title")
- King of Württemberg ("hereditary title")
- Carnegie baronetcy ("hereditary title")
- Earl of Marlborough ("English peerage title")
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ("hereditary noble title")
- Baron Churchill of Sandridge
- Lord Kelvin ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Duchess of Fife ("noble title")
- John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk ("Earl in the Peerage of Scotland")
- Lord Wellesley ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Duke of Milan ("hereditary noble title")
- John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich ("Earl of Sandwich")
- Duchy of Orléans ("French peerage")
- Marquess of Lansdowne ("hereditary title")
- Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Duke of Brittany ("hereditary noble title")
- Admiral Edward Russell ("peer of England")
- Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("noble title")
- Baron Callaghan of Cardiff ("life peerage")
- Duke of Luxembourg ("noble title")
- Alaafin of Oyo ("hereditary title")
- Prince of Waldeck ("noble title")
- William Maxwell Aitken ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Earl of Southesk
- Peshwa ("hereditary title")
- Lord Wavell ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Duke of Norfolk ("hereditary title")
- Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Duke of Bronté ("hereditary title")
- Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin ("peer of England")
- Earl of Orford ("hereditary title")
- Countess of Snowdon ("noble title")
- Baron Nelson ("noble title")
- Empress of the French ("noble title")
- Earls of Angus ("Scottish noble title")
- Dukes of Douglas ("Scottish noble title")
- Marquesses of Douglas ("Scottish noble title")
- Earls of Queensberry ("Scottish noble title")
- Lord Irwin ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Dukes of Queensberry ("hereditary noble title")
- Duke of Limburg ("noble title")
- John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence ("Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom")
- Amir ("noble title")
- Marquess in the Peerage of England ("noble title")
- ud-Daulah ("title of nobility")
- Prince of Asturias, 1759-12-10 ("noble title")
- Lord Selborne ("title of nobility")
- Lord Roberts ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Elector of Hesse ("hereditary title")
- Mirza ("noble title")
- Duke of Portland ("hereditary title")
- Earl of Beaconsfield ("noble title")
- Liverpool (title of the Earl of Liverpool)
- Prince of the Cumbrians ("medieval noble title")
- Earldom of Huntingdon ("earldom")
- Princess of Japan ("noble title")
- Duchess of Albany ("noble title")
- Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca ("hereditary noble title")
- Margrave of Moravia ("noble title")
- Prince of Parma ("noble title")
- Duke of Piacenza ("noble title")
- Earl of Huntingdon ("noble title")
- Duke of Gascony ("noble title")
- Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ("life peerage")
- Marchioness ("noble title")
- Duke of Guastalla ("noble title")
- Baron of Heeze, Leende and Zesgehuchten ("hereditary noble title")
- Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr ("peer of England")
- Duke of Nassau ("hereditary noble title")
- Freiherr ("hereditary noble title")
- Earl of Carrick ("Scottish noble title")
- Princess of Lucca and Piombino ("hereditary title")
- Viscount Walpole ("noble title")
- Duke of Fife ("hereditary title")
- Duke of Westminster ("hereditary title")
- Jam Sahib ("hereditary title")
- Duchess of Limburg ("noble title")
- Prince ("hereditary title")
- Princess of Ireland ("noble title")
- George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Earl of Harewood ("hereditary title")
- Lord of the Isles ("Scottish noble title")
- Viscount Lascelles ("noble title")
- Northesk ("earldom")
- Emir of Kano ("hereditary title")
- Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld ("noble title")
- Comte de la Fère ("noble title")
- Baron Clonbrock ("noble title")
- baronetage of the United Kingdom ("hereditary title")
- King of Kandy ("hereditary title")
- Madam Secretary ("title of respect")
- Adelantado mayor ("noble title")
- Prince and Great Steward of Scotland ("hereditary title")
- Prince of Asturias ("hereditary title")
- Marquess of Ormonde ("noble title")
- Count (continental Europe) ("noble title")
- Graf (German-speaking countries) ("noble title")
- Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore ("peer of England")
- Viscount Goschen ("hereditary title")
- Earl of Kildare ("hereditary title")
- Lord of Philipsburg Manor ("hereditary title")
- Earl of Lincoln ("hereditary title")
- Viscount Powerscourt ("noble title")
- Duke of Leinster ("hereditary title")
- Princess of England ("noble title")
- Baron Foster of Thames Bank ("life peerage")
- Herr Bundeskanzler ("title of respect")
- Countess of Chatham ("British noble title")
- Princess Borghese ("noble title")
- Baron of Renfrew
- Baron Mandelson of Foy in the County of Herefordshire and of Hartlepool in the County of Durham ("life peerage")
- Archduchess of Austria-Este ("noble title")
- Comte (France) ("noble title")
- Conde (Spain, Portugal) ("noble title")
- Dukedom of Devonshire ("hereditary peerage title")
- Duke of Normandy ("feudal title")
- Baron Greenwich ("barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom")
- Lord of Annandale ("Scottish feudal title")
- Earl of Merioneth ("substantive title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom")
- Duke of Apulia and Calabria ("medieval noble title")
- Count of Calabria ("noble title")
- Duke of Abercorn ("hereditary title")
- 1st Baron Barham ("peer of the United Kingdom")
- Prince of Soubise ("noble title")