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.

1st Earl of Stockton peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Harold Macmillan
Smith-Stanley family peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
John Vereker, 1st Viscount Gort peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Marquess of Ailsa peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Trimble peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Fisher peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Snowden peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Boyd-Carpenter peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter
Baron Beveridge peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Jowitt peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
1st Earl of Birkenhead peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
Baron Birkenhead peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Birkenhead peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Birkenhead peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Erroll of Hale peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Henry Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley
Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Dukes of Argyll peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Britten of Aldeburgh peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Avondale peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Duke of Clarence and Avondale
Dukes of Gordon peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earls of Aberdeen peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
Baron Fellowes of West Stafford peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl Jowitt peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
1st Viscount Chelmsford peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
Earl of Reading peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Reading peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Reading peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Marquess of Reading peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Marquess of Reading
Lord St Leonards peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Edward Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Clifford peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscountess Templewood peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Chelmsford peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Ypres peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount of Balquhidder peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Aberconway peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Swaythling, of Swaythling in the County of Southampton peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Baron Swaythling
McLaren family peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
David Greenwood, 2nd Viscount Greenwood peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Greenwood peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Bingham peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Sir John Young, Baron Lisgar peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Judge peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Raglan peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Sir Stafford Northcote peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Snow peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
1st Baron Kilkeel peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom