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.

Viscount Cranborne peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
1st Baron Passfield peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Marquesses of Exeter peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Bingham of Cornhill peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Bruce of Melbourne peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Stanley Bruce, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne
Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron de Moleyns peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Douro (Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley) peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, Earl of Mornington
Baron Belper peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
2nd Earl Cathcart peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Cowley peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Ellesmere peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Marchioness of Lorne peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Wilton peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Seymour Egerton, 4th Earl of Wilton peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Tenby peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Duchess of Cambridge peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
1st Earl of Rosebery peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Archibald Primrose, 1st Earl of Rosebery
Arthur Egerton, 3rd Earl of Wilton peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Milner peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Swaythling peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Dowding peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron King of Lothbury peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Countess Cowley peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Iveagh peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl Amherst peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Rutherford family peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Rutherford family peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Baron Rutherford of Nelson
Viscount Wilton peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Iveagh peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Iveagh peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Rees of Ludlow peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Dundas peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Rank peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Zetland peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Zetland peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Marquess of Zetland
Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Savile peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Arthur William Acland Hood peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
David George Philip Cholmondeley peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Percy peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Percy family
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom