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

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Spencer-Churchill associatedWithPeerage Peerage of Great Britain
Lord Halifax locatedIn Peerage of Great Britain
Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton peerage Peerage of Great Britain
6th Earl of Sandwich peerage Peerage of Great Britain
John Albert William Spencer-Churchill peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Baroness Waldegrave nobleRankWithin Peerage of Great Britain
Montagu Douglas Scott family associatedWithPeerage Peerage of Great Britain
Baron Godolphin peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Baron Camelford peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Dukes of Richmond peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Lord Shelburne peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Lord Bathurst peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Earl of Clarendon secondCreationPeerage Peerage of Great Britain
Lord Suffolk nobleTitleIn Peerage of Great Britain
Marquess of Brackley nobility Peerage of Great Britain
Lord Buckinghamshire peerage Peerage of Great Britain
subject surface form: Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire
Duke of Clarence and St Andrews peerage Peerage of Great Britain
3rd Earl of Carnarvon peerage Peerage of Great Britain
subject surface form: Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon
Wrottesley associatedWithPeerage Peerage of Great Britain
Wrottesley family hasTitleIn Peerage of Great Britain
Lyttelton family nobleFamilyOf Peerage of Great Britain
Watson-Wentworth peerageConnection Peerage of Great Britain
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Viscount Mandeville partOf Peerage of Great Britain
Baron Wycombe peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Buccleuch family peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Viscount Cobham peerageOf Peerage of Great Britain
Duke of Northumberland peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Lansdowne family linkedToPeerage Peerage of Great Britain
Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth peerage Peerage of Great Britain
William Godolphin, 3rd Earl of Godolphin titleHeldIn Peerage of Great Britain
Baron Hawke peerage Peerage of Great Britain
1st Baron Hawke peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Marquess of Tavistock partOf Peerage of Great Britain
Duke of Cambridge earlierCreationPeerage Peerage of Great Britain
Earl of Macclesfield partOf Peerage of Great Britain
Earls Temple partOf Peerage of Great Britain
subject surface form: Earl Temple
Marquesses of Buckingham peerageOf Peerage of Great Britain
Viscount Sydney peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Earl of Euston partOf Peerage of Great Britain
Viscount Stanhope peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Earl Stanhope peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Elizabeth Manners, 5th Duchess of Rutland titleHeldIn Peerage of Great Britain
Douglas of Queensberry laterIntegration Peerage of Great Britain