peerage in English

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the title and rank of peer or peeress.
on his retirement as cabinet secretary, he was given a peerage
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1. Debrett’s Peerage, in full Debrett’s Peerage and Baronetage, guide to the British peerage (titled aristocracy), first published in London in 1802 by John Debrett as Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Debrett’s Peerage contains information about the royal family, the peerage, Privy Counsellors, Scottish Lords of Session, baronets, and chiefs of names and clans in Scotland.

2. BURKE'S PEERAGE & Baronetage 106th EDITION

3. Burke's Peerage Baronetage and Knightage - 1881

4. 1 synonym for Baronage: peerage

5. Burke's Peerage Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition: Clan Chiefs, Scottish Feudal Barons (Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage) Read more

6. In the UK peerage system, the five peerage titles from highest to lowest are duke, marquess, earl, viscount and Baron

7. For Baronesses in their own right, and wives of barons, in the Peerage of Great Britain, Peerage of Ireland and Peerage of the United Kingdom, see Category:British Baronesses .

8. Beerage definition is - the British peerage

9. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition

10. He was Attainted in 1541 and the peerage forfeited

11. About Burke's Peerage and Baronetage Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary, Vol 2

12. Baron is a title of honour in many European peerage systems

13. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Countesses in the Peerage of Great Britain: Subcategories

14. Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage 107th Edition, Volumes I, II and III ISBN 9780971196629 / 0971196621 DOI 10.5118/bpbk.2003 Hard copy and CD-ROM editions also available from the Burke's Peerage Store.

15. The lowest rank of the peerage system is Baroness, and this …

16. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage 1931: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, and Knightage, by Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms, and Ashworth P

17. Synonyms for Aristocracies include elites, gentry, nobility, patriciates, peerage, upper classes, establishment, high society, upper crusts and gentility

18. The Baronetage is not part of the peerage, nor is it an order of knighthood

19. Synonyms for Aristocracy include elite, gentry, nobility, patriciate, peerage, upper class, patricians, establishment, ladies and lords

20. They had three sons (all of whom succeeded each other in his peerage) and three daughters.

21. A Countess is a member of nobility who ranks below marquess/marchioness in the British peerage system

22. Baronets and knights are not members of the peerage although a Baron may also be a knight

23. He was the illegitimate third son of Tokujirō Nishi, a danshaku (baron under the kazoku peerage system).

24. This category covers Baronesses in their own right, and wives of barons, both in the Peerage of England

25. The modern-day parliamentary peerage is a continuation of the renamed medieval Baronage system which existed in feudal times

26. The Aristocracy gained strength as businessmen discovered they could use their wealth to buy a peerage and a country estate

27. It is with these Barons, and not the Peerage that the Baronages of the Euopean continental mainland have always been equated

28. He was elevated to the peerage and added a globe and the words “first to Circumnavigate me” to his coat of arms

29. In 1933, he was elevated to the title of baron (danshaku) under the kazoku peerage system, retiring from his military career soon afterwards.

30. The Cousinship is a distant one; but there is no question, whatever, as to his being next in succession to myself to the peerage

31. Duke of Clarence is a substantive title which has been traditionally awarded to junior members of the British Royal Family.All three creations were in the Peerage of England.

32. Example sentences from the Web for Baronetage Lodge's Peerage and Baronetage is acknowledged to be the most complete, as well as the most elegant, work of the kind

33. While his father had regularly been in conflict with a great portion of his peerage, Edward III successfully created a spirit of camaraderie between himself and his greatest subjects.

34. Armorial Families: A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, and a Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, and Being the First Attempt to Show which Arms in …

35. Burke’s Peerage was established in London in 1826 by John Burke and has become the definitive guide to the genealogy and heraldry of the Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Landed Gentry of the United Kingdom, the historical families of Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations, the Imperial, Royal and Mediatised families of Europe and Latin America, the Presidential and distinguished families

36. The Baronetage Baronets, as distinct from barons, are neither members of the peerage nor of the knightage (these titles are conferred by The Crown for life only)

37. Whitaker's Almanack consists of articles, lists and tables on a wide range of subjects including education, the peerage, government departments, health and social issues, and the environment.

38. 14 From the Tuileries to the Luxembourg, there is but the distance which separates Royalty from the peerage; that is not far. Shots will soon rain down.

39. Burke’s Peerage was established in London in 1826 by John Burke and has become the definitive guide to the genealogy and heraldry of the Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Landed Gentry of the United Kingdom, the historical families of Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations, the Imperial, Royal and Mediatised families of Europe and Latin America, the Presidential and distinguished families

40. Burke’s Peerage was established in London in 1826 by John Burke and has become the definitive guide to the genealogy and heraldry of the Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Landed Gentry of the United Kingdom, the historical families of Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations, the Imperial, Royal and Mediatised families of Europe and Latin America, the Presidential and distinguished families

41. (1694-1770), Scottish genealogist, is best known for The Peerage of Scotland (1764) and the posthumously-completed and published The Baronage of Scotland (1798) (in which he appears on page 21)

42. Marquess of Anglesey (Welsh: Ardalydd Môn) is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.It was created in 1815 for Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge, a hero of the Battle of Waterloo, second in command to the Duke of Wellington.The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Uxbridge, in the County of Middlesex, in the Peerage of Great Britain (1784), Baron Paget, de Beaudesert, in the

43. In November 1834, the Leader of the House of Commons and Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp, inherited a peerage, thus removing him from the House of Commons to the Lords.

44. The last daimyō of Maruoka, Arima Michizumi served as jisha-bugyō, wakadoshiyori and rōjū in the Bakumatsu period of the Tokugawa shogunate, and was made a viscount in the Meiji period kazoku peerage system.

45. A marvel of a cocktail with an enviably colorful peerage, the Boulevardier is effectively a cross between a Manhattan and a Negroni In colder months, it’s a magnificent drink to …

46. After Sir Wiglaf produced his "Thoughts on Qualifications of the Peerage", a friend of mine began preparing to take her first apprentice and was thinking in greater detail about Apprentices and everything that it means.

47. Debrett's Baronetage of England : with alphabetical lists of such Baronetcies as have merged in the peerage, or have become extinct, and also of the existing baronets of Nova Scotia and Ireland ; edited by Debrett, John, d

48. “Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic Claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest

49. Baronet (plural Baronets, feminine Baronetess) A hereditary title, below a peerage and senior to most knighthoods, entitling the bearer to the titular prefix "Sir" (for men) or "Dame" (for women) which is used in conjunction with the holder's Christian name.

50. As nouns the difference between Baronet and Baron is that Baronet is a hereditary title, below a peerage and senior to most knighthoods, entitling the bearer to the titular prefix "sir" (for men) or "dame" (for women) which is used in conjunction with the holder's christian name it is inheritable, usually by the eldest son