Peerage of Great Britain

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The Peerage of Great Britain was the system of noble titles created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between the 1707 union of England and Scotland and the 1801 formation of the United Kingdom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf peerage
system of noble titles
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Great Britain
conferredBy monarch of Great Britain
country Kingdom of Great Britain
dissolved 1801
distinctFrom Peerage of England
Peerage of Ireland
Peerage of Scotland
Peerage of the United Kingdom
endTime 1801
establishedBy Acts of Union 1707
followedBy Peerage of the United Kingdom
follows Peerage of England
Peerage of Scotland
governingBody British Crown
surface form: Crown of Great Britain
hasCategory British nobility
Legal history of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
surface form: Titles of nobility in the United Kingdom
hasEffectOn composition of the British House of Lords
hasLanguage English
Latin
Law French
hasPart English barons
surface form: British baronies

British dukedoms
British earldoms
Peerage of Great Britain self-linksurface differs
surface form: British marquessates

British viscountcies
titles in the peerage of Great Britain
hasRank baron
duke
earl
marquess
viscount
historicalPeriod 18th century
inception 1707
legalForm hereditary nobility
partOf British honours system
regulates succession to British noble titles
replacedBy unified peerage of the United Kingdom
replaces separate English peerage system
separate Scottish peerage system
startTime 1707
territoryIncludes England
Scotland
usedFor membership of the House of Lords
usedUntil Acts of Union 1800 coming into force

Referenced by (129)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peerage of Scotland distinctFrom Peerage of Great Britain
Duke of Albany partOf Peerage of Great Britain
Earl of Orford peerage Peerage of Great Britain
subject surface form: First creation of the Earl of Orford
Viscount Walpole peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of England followedBy Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of England distinctFrom Peerage of Great Britain
“Lord of Parliament” instead of “Baron” notUsedIn Peerage of Great Britain
subject surface form: Lord of Parliament
Baroness belongsTo Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Ireland hasLowerPrecedenceThan Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Ireland relatedSystem Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of the United Kingdom follows Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of the United Kingdom hasHistoricalPrecursor Peerage of Great Britain
Earl of Chatham peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Viscount Pitt partOf Peerage of Great Britain
Marchioness of Hartington peerage Peerage of Great Britain
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham heldPeerage Peerage of Great Britain
Atholl family peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Duke of Cumberland subclassOf Peerage of Great Britain
this entity surface form: Duke in the Peerage of Great Britain
Duchess of York usedIn Peerage of Great Britain
Marquess of Abercorn peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Great Britain hasPart Peerage of Great Britain self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: British marquessates
Marquess of Blandford peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Marquess of Blandford grantedIn Peerage of Great Britain
Viscount Rialton peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Countess of Orford partOf Peerage of Great Britain
Marquess of Lansdowne partOf Peerage of Great Britain
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Baron Nelson peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Lascelles titleCreatedInPeerageOf Peerage of Great Britain
subject surface form: Lascelles family
Peerage Act 1963 appliesTo Peerage of Great Britain
this entity surface form: hereditary peers of Great Britain
Duke of Portland peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Duchess of Albany partOf Peerage of Great Britain
2nd Earl of Guilford peerage Peerage of Great Britain
subject surface form: Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
Coke family nobleFamilyOf Peerage of Great Britain
Lascelles family titleCreatedInPeerageOf Peerage of Great Britain
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Hamilton family (Dukes of Hamilton) peerage Peerage of Great Britain
House of Hamilton heldPeerage Peerage of Great Britain
Duke of Brandon (Peerage of Great Britain) partOf Peerage of Great Britain
subject surface form: Duke of Brandon
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester peerageOf Peerage of Great Britain
Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne partOf Peerage of Great Britain
Baron Hamilton of Hameldon partOf Peerage of Great Britain
John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Earl Spencer peerage Peerage of Great Britain
British earldoms usedIn Peerage of Great Britain
Earl Cornwallis peerage Peerage of Great Britain
subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Viscount Althorp usedIn Peerage of Great Britain
The Marquess of Salisbury partOf Peerage of Great Britain
subject surface form: Marquess of Salisbury
Earl of Powis peerage Peerage of Great Britain