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.

Earl of Macduff (in the peerage of the United Kingdom) peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Earl of Macduff
Baron Romsey peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Radcliffe peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lansdowne family linkedToPeerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Selborne peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Lytton peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Lister peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls Nelson peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
1st Baron Tennyson peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
John partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: John Russell, 4th Earl Russell
Baron Wilson of Rievaulx peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl Russell peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Duke of Cambridge partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Duke of Cambridge subclassOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: Duke in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Duke of Cambridge mostRecentCreationPeerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Hallam Tennyson peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie peerageOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Marquess of Linlithgow nobility Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Marquess of Linlithgow
Armstrong-Jones associatedWithPeerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Linley nobleTitleOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Ellesmere peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
5th Earl Russell partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baroness Kilkeel partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Countess of Dumbarton partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Irwin partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Dukes of Buccleuch alsoIn Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Lawrence hasPeerageSystem Peerage of the United Kingdom
John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Lawrence nobleTitleJurisdiction Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Snowdon peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Cuthbert Collingwood
John peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: John Reith
Baron Joseph peerageOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
1st Viscount Ruffside partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Hurd of Westwell peerageSystem Peerage of the United Kingdom
Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood titleCreatedInPeerageOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Duchess of Kent peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
George Sydenham Clarke peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Bigham nobleTitleIn Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Viscounts Mersey
Viscount Mersey peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscountess Beaconsfield peerageOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Borodale peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Thomson of Fleet peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Kerr family associatedPeerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Hughenden nobilityType Peerage of the United Kingdom
Marquess of Liverpool peerageBranch Peerage of the United Kingdom
Marquess of Titchfield peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom