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.

Thomas Anson, 2nd Viscount Anson peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Perth peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Duncannon peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Byng of Southill peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl Nelson peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
George Gough, 2nd Viscount Gough peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Marchioness of Linlithgow peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Healey peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Ribblesdale peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
House of Manners peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester (fifth creation) peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lansdowne titles peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Shaughnessy peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Clandeboye peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Ellenborough peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lady Brabourne peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount Radcliffe peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Barons Leconfield peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Baron Leconfield
Baron Leconfield peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron de Mauley peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Selborne peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lionel Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lady Penrhyn (title) peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Lady Penrhyn
William Martin Theodore Hawke, 10th Baron Hawke peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Arthur Strange Kattendyke David Archibald Gore, 8th Earl of Arran, Conservative politician peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Arthur Strange Kattendyke David Archibald Gore, 8th Earl of Arran
Baron Home of the Hirsel peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Sysonby peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
1st Marquess of Reading peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading