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

Rufus Arnold Alexis Keppel, 10th Earl of Albemarle peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Barons Ravensworth peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Baron Ravensworth
Viscount Tonypandy peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Ravensworth peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
William Matthew Wand Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Sydney Charles Buxton peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Scarsdale barony peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Thomas Graham peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch
Bernard Edward Barnaby peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Bernard Edward Barnaby FitzPatrick
Baron Clermont peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Castletown peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Masham peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Holford peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Swinton peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
John Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Barons Montagu of Beaulieu peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Minto peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscountess Strathallan peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Yarborough peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Reed of Allermuir peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron MacRobert peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Skelmersdale peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earldom of Lathom peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Earl Peel peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Lathom peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Wendover peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Marquess of Lincolnshire peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Ashford peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Hood family peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Eric Lubbock peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
1st Earl of Eldon peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
3rd Baron Methuen peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Methuen peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Dudley peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Brudenell-Bruce peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Harrowby peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Sidmouth peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Dacre of Glanton peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Wharncliffe peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Wrottesley peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Barony of Wrottesley peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Carnarvon family peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom