Peerage of Great Britain

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peerage system of noble titles

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.

Aliases (3)

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	Crown of Great Britain →
hasCategory	British nobility → Legal history of the United Kingdom → Titles of nobility in the United Kingdom →
hasEffectOn	composition of the British House of Lords →
hasLanguage	English → Latin → Law French →
hasPart	British baronies → British dukedoms → British earldoms → 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 (39)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Atholl family → Baron Nelson → Duke of Portland → Earl of Chatham → First creation of the Earl of Orford → Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford → George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton → Hamilton family (Dukes of Hamilton) → Marchioness of Hartington → Marquess of Abercorn → Marquess of Blandford → Viscount Rialton → Viscount Walpole → Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire →	peerage
Countess of Orford → Duchess of Albany → Duke of Albany → Marquess of Lansdowne → Viscount Pitt →	partOf
Peerage of England → Peerage of Scotland →	distinctFrom
House of Hamilton → John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham →	heldPeerage
Lascelles family → Lascelles family →	titleCreatedInPeerageOf
Peerage Act 1963 ("hereditary peers of Great Britain") →	appliesTo
John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont →	aristocraticTitleJurisdiction
Baroness →	belongsTo
Peerage of England →	followedBy
Peerage of the United Kingdom →	follows
Marquess of Blandford →	grantedIn
Peerage of the United Kingdom →	hasHistoricalPrecursor
Peerage of Ireland →	hasLowerPrecedenceThan
Peerage of Great Britain ("British marquessates") →	hasPart
Coke family →	nobleFamilyOf
Lord of Parliament →	notUsedIn
Peerage of Ireland →	relatedSystem
Duke of Cumberland ("Duke in the Peerage of Great Britain") →	subclassOf
Duchess of York →	usedIn