Peerage of the United Kingdom

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nobility system peerage

The Peerage of the United Kingdom is the system of noble titles created under the unified British state from 1801 onward, encompassing ranks such as duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
British nobility 5
British aristocracy 1
Peerage of the United Kingdom (for holders domiciled in Ireland) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nobility system ⓘ
peerage ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
conferredBy monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
follows Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
Peerage of Ireland ⓘ
governsPrecedenceOf Peerage of the United Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: British nobility
hasAssociatedRight use of coronet ⓘ
use of specific styles of address ⓘ
use of supporters on coat of arms ⓘ
hasComponent hereditary peerage ⓘ
life peerage ⓘ
hasEligibilityCriterion grant by letters patent ⓘ
inheritance under law of succession ⓘ
hasHigherRankThan baronetage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasHistoricalPrecursor Peerage of England ⓘ
Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
Peerage of Ireland ⓘ
Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
hasLegalStatus noble title ⓘ
hasLowerRankThan British royal family ⓘ
hasRank baron ⓘ
duke ⓘ
earl ⓘ
marquess ⓘ
viscount ⓘ
hasRankOrder duke above marquess ⓘ
earl above viscount ⓘ
marquess above earl ⓘ
viscount above baron ⓘ
hasRelatedConcept British aristocracy ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
noble rank ⓘ
hasRelatedInstitution House of Lords ⓘ
hasSubordinateTitleType courtesy title ⓘ
subsidiary title ⓘ
inception 1801 ⓘ
isDistinctFrom baronetage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Order of chivalry ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
partOf British honours system ⓘ
regulatedBy Crown Office ⓘ
usesStyle The Most Honourable ⓘ
The Most Noble ⓘ
The Right Honourable ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

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

Lascelles family → titleCreatedInPeerageOf → Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
David Charles Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife → titleHeldIn → Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Countess of Snowdon → usedIn → Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Duchess of York → usedIn → Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ