Peerage of the United Kingdom

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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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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

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Referenced by (430)

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

Lord Saville of Newdigate peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Rutherford of Nelson peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Edward Cecil Guinness elevatedToPeerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: United Kingdom peerage
1st Earl of Iveagh titleCreatedFor Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh
Baron Patten of Barnes peerageOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
1st Baron Wilson peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Killyleagh partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Dublin partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
George Halifax Lumley-Savile, 3rd Baron Savile peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Michael Farmer, Baron Farmer peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Montagu Douglas Scott family associatedWithPeerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Dukedom of Gloucester partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Frederic Leighton awardReceived Peerage of the United Kingdom
Wellesley family memberOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Earl of Selborne partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Edmund Beckett Denison peerageOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Viscount Buxton peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Sydney Buxton, 1st Viscount Buxton
Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Dukes of Richmond peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Dukedom of Kent peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Carrickfergus peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Llewellin nobleTitleInPeerageOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Munster peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Clarendon thirdCreationPeerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Drummond of Stobhall peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Sacks peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Duke of Sutherland partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Edward Stanley, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley realmOfPeerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Formartine partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Culloden peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Harrowby peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby
Wrottesley associatedWithPeerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Wrottesley family hasTitleIn Peerage of the United Kingdom
2nd Earl of Mornington peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: William Wellesley-Pole, 2nd Earl of Mornington
Baron Lyndhurst partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lyttelton family nobleFamilyOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland titleCreatedFor Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Churchill of Sandridge peerageSystem Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Lichfield peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Earl of Lichfield (third creation)
Baron Arklow partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Arklow peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Jellicoe peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Maryborough peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Maryborough usedIn Peerage of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: United Kingdom peerage system
Baroness Ribblesdale associatedPeerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
1st Marquess of Macduff titleHeldInPeerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Fitzmaurice peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie aristocraticOrder Peerage of the United Kingdom