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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peerage of Great Britain canonical | 126 |
| British marquessates | 1 |
| Duke in the Peerage of Great Britain | 1 |
| hereditary peers of Great Britain | 1 |
Statements (47)
| 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.
subject surface form:
First creation of the Earl of Orford
subject surface form:
Lord of Parliament
this entity surface form:
Duke in the Peerage of Great Britain
this entity surface form:
British marquessates
subject surface form:
Lascelles family
this entity surface form:
hereditary peers of Great Britain
subject surface form:
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
subject surface form:
Duke of Brandon
subject surface form:
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
subject surface form:
Marquess of Salisbury