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Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom

Index Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom

A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer, and by certain officials such as some judges. [1]

130 relations: A. J. Langer, Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Alec Douglas-Home, Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore, Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster, Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven, Anne, Princess Royal, Antonella Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian, Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Arnold Lunn, British nobility, Bruce Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl, Carlton Towers, Carlton, Selby, Castlereagh (County Down townland), Chandos Mausoleum, Charles Pelham, Lord Worsley, Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, Christopher Guest, Consuelo Vanderbilt, David Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan, David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood, Doctor (title), Duchess of Cambridge, Duchess of Edinburgh, Duchess of York, Duke of Argyll, Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Hamilton, Duke of Kent, Duke of Manchester, Duke of Marlborough (title), Duke of Newcastle, Duke of Norfolk, Duke of Roxburghe, Duke of Somerset, Duke of St Albans, Duke of Westminster, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Earl of Cardigan, Earl of Enniskillen, Earl of Loudoun, Earl of March, Earl of Rothes, Earl of Southesk, Earl of Surrey, Earl of Ulster, Earl of Wiltshire, Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham, ..., Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (born 1894), Edward VIII abdication crisis, Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's, Emily Lawless, Emissaries of Divine Light, English honorifics, Forms of address in the United Kingdom, Frederick Conyngham, 7th Marquess Conyngham, Frederick North, Lord North, George Ashburnham, Viscount St Asaph, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge, George Goring, Lord Goring, George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere, Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford, Inigo Freeman-Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Willingdon, Isobel Barnett, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, John FitzMaurice, Viscount Kirkwall, John Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, Lady Cynthia Mosley, Laird, List of courtesy titles in the peerages of Britain and Ireland, List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland, Lord Culloden, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Maid (title), Manor of Tawstock, Marianne Faithfull, Marquess of Lansdowne, Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Winchester, Martin Dudley, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Mervyn Herbert, Viscount Clive, Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, Michael Ancram, Morganatic marriage, Nigella Lawson, Nimmy March, North Midland Brigade, Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, Pippa Middleton, Princess of Wales, Robert III Keith, Marischal of Scotland, Robert Peston, Robert Shirley, 7th Earl Ferrers, Rochester by-election, 1903, Romsey, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, Stanley Tiffany, Stephen Kinnock, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Thomas Grey, Lord Grey of Groby, Thomas Pakenham (historian), Thomas Scott, 2nd Earl of Clonmell, Viscount Newark, Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, William Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst, William Douglas-Home, William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth, Writ of acceleration, Younger (title). Expand index (80 more) »

A. J. Langer

Allison Joy Courtenay, Countess of Devon (née Langer, born May 22, 1974), commonly known as A. J. Langer, is an American former actress most notable for her role as "Rayanne Graff" on the television series My So-Called Life.

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Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (9 August 1914 – 26 April 1943) was a member of the British Royal Family.

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Alec Douglas-Home

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, (2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995) was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.

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Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore

Alexander Edward Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore VC, DSO, MVO, DL (22 April 1872 – 29 January 1962), known by the courtesy title Viscount Fincastle until 1907, was a British soldier and politician.

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Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster

Major Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard Windsor, Earl of Ulster (born 24 October 1974) is a retired British Army officer.

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Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire

Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, (2 January 1920 – 3 May 2004), styled Lord Andrew Cavendish until 1944 and Marquess of Hartington from 1944 to 1950, was a British Conservative and later Social Democratic Party politician.

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Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven

Anne Stanley (May 1580 - Harefield, about 8 October 1647) was an English noblewoman.

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Anne, Princess Royal

Anne, Princess Royal, (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950) is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

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Antonella Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian

Antonella Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian OBE DSG (born Antonella Reuss Newland; 8 September 1922 – 6 January 2007), also known as Tony Lothian, was a British aristocrat, journalist and writer.

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Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian, (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895.

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Arnold Lunn

Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn (18 April 1888 – 2 June 1974) was a skier, mountaineer and writer.

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British nobility

The British nobility are the Noble Houses and Gentry families of the United Kingdom.

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Bruce Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl

Bruce George Ronald Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl (born 6 April 1960) is a South African-born – website VisitScotland Perthshire hereditary peer in the Peerage of Scotland and Chief of Clan Murray.

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Carlton Towers

Carlton Towers is a Grade I listed Victorian gothic country house in Carlton (between Selby and Snaith), North Yorkshire, England.

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Carlton, Selby

Carlton is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Castlereagh (County Down townland)

Castlereagh is a townland and former hamlet in the civil parish of Knockbreda, barony of Castlereagh Lower, in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Chandos Mausoleum

The Chandos Mausoleum is a building by James Gibbs attached to the north side of the church of St Lawrence Whitchurch in the London Borough of Harrow, England.

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Charles Pelham, Lord Worsley

Charles Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley (14 August 1887 – 30 October 1914) was a British soldier.

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Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, (13 November 1871 – 30 June 1934), styled Earl of Sunderland until 1883 and Marquess of Blandford between 1883 and 1892, was a British soldier and Conservative politician, and a close friend of his first cousin Winston Churchill.

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Christopher Guest

Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), usually simply known as Christopher Guest, is a British-American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor, and comedian who holds dual British and American citizenship.

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Consuelo Vanderbilt

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan (formerly Consuelo Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; born Consuelo Vanderbilt; 2 March 1877 – 6 December 1964) was a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family.

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David Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan

David Michael James Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan (born 12 November 1952) is the heir apparent to the Marquessate of Ailesbury, and its subsidiary titles.

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David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood

David Henry George Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood (born 21 October 1950), is a British hereditary peer and film and television producer.

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Doctor (title)

Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning.

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Duchess of Cambridge

Duchess of Cambridge is the principal courtesy title held by the wife of the Duke of Cambridge.

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Duchess of Edinburgh

Duchess of Edinburgh is the principal courtesy title held by the wife of the Duke of Edinburgh.

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Duchess of York

Duchess of York is the principal courtesy title held by the wife of the Duke of York.

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Duke of Argyll

Duke of Argyll (Diùc Earra-Ghàidheil) is a title, created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1701 and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1892.

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Duke of Devonshire

Duke of Devonshire is a title in the Peerage of England held by members of the Cavendish family.

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Duke of Hamilton

Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1643.

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Duke of Kent

The title of Duke of Kent has been created several times in the peerages of Great Britain and the United Kingdom, most recently as a royal dukedom for the fourth son of King George V.

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Duke of Manchester

Duke of Manchester is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, and the current senior title of the Noble House of Montagu.

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Duke of Marlborough (title)

The Duke of Marlborough is a title in the Peerage of England.

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Duke of Newcastle

Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne is a title which has been created three times.

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Duke of Norfolk

The Duke of Norfolk is the premier duke in the peerage of England, and also, as Earl of Arundel, the premier earl.

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Duke of Roxburghe

The Duke of Roxburghe is a title in the peerage of Scotland created in 1707 along with the titles Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford, Earl of Kelso and Viscount Broxmouth.

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Duke of Somerset

Duke of Somerset is a title in the peerage of England that has been created several times.

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Duke of St Albans

Duke of St Albans is a title in the Peerage of England.

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Duke of Westminster

Duke of Westminster is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Earl Mountbatten of Burma is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Earl of Cardigan

Earl of Cardigan is a title in the Peerage of England, currently held by the Marquesses of Ailesbury, and used as a courtesy title by the heir apparent to that Marquessate, currently David Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan, son of the 8th Marquess.

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Earl of Enniskillen

Earl of Enniskillen is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.

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Earl of Loudoun

Earl of Loudoun (pronounced), named after Loudoun in Ayrshire, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.

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Earl of March

The title The Earl of March has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of England.

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Earl of Rothes

Earl of Rothes (pronounced "Roth-is") is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.

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Earl of Southesk

Earl of Southesk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.

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Earl of Surrey

The Earl of Surrey is a title in the Peerage of England, and has been created five times.

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Earl of Ulster

The title of Earl of Ulster has been created six times in the Peerage of Ireland and twice Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Earl of Wiltshire

The title Earl of Wiltshire is one of the oldest in the Peerage of England, going back to the 12th century.

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Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham

Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham (born 19 October 1961), is a British musician and a member of the band, 'Pearl,TN'.

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Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester

Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, KG, KB, FRS (1602 – 5 May 1671) was an important commander of Parliamentary forces in the First English Civil War, and for a time Oliver Cromwell's superior.

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Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (born 1894)

Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, Lord Stanley, (9 July 1894 – 16 October 1938) was a British Conservative politician.

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Edward VIII abdication crisis

In 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King-Emperor Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband and was pursuing the divorce of her second.

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Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's

Eileen Emily Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's, Baroness Bannside (née Cassells; born 2 November 1931, Belfast), is a Northern Irish Unionist politician, a vice-president of the Democratic Unionist Party, and the widow of Ian Paisley, Lord Bannside, former leader of the DUP.

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Emily Lawless

The Hon. Emily Lawless (17 June 184519 October 1913) was an Irish novelist and poet from County Kildare.

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Emissaries of Divine Light

This spiritual network of people from all walks of life was initiated by Lloyd Arthur Meeker in 1932.

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English honorifics

In the English language, an English honorific is a form of address indicating respect.

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Forms of address in the United Kingdom

Forms of address used in the United Kingdom are given below.

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Frederick Conyngham, 7th Marquess Conyngham

Frederick William Henry Francis Conyngham, 7th Marquess Conyngham (13 March 1924 – 3 March 2009), known among friends and family as "Mount", was an Irish nobleman, landowner and soldier, who was styled Earl of Mount Charles until 1974.

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Frederick North, Lord North

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, (13 April 17325 August 1792), better known by his courtesy title Lord North, which he used from 1752 to 1790 was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782.

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George Ashburnham, Viscount St Asaph

George Ashburnham, Viscount St Asaph (9 October 1785 – 7 June 1813), styled The Honourable George Ashburnham until 1812, was a British politician.

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George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford

George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (c.1503 /c. April 1504 – 17 May 1536) was an English courtier and nobleman, and the brother of queen consort Anne Boleyn.

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George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge

George Francis Hugh Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge, (11 October 1895 – 16 April 1981), known as Prince George of Teck until 1917 and as Earl of Eltham from 1917 to 1927, was a minor member of the British Royal Family, a great-great-grandson of King George III and nephew of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. He was also nephew to the 1st Earl of Athlone.

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George Goring, Lord Goring

George Goring, Lord Goring (14 July 1608 – 1657) was an English Royalist soldier.

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George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke

George Edward John Mowbray Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, (19 November 1862 – 20 December 1947) was a British nobleman from Suffolk who served as a Territorial Army officer, as a junior government minister and as the 15th Governor of Victoria, Australia.

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George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews

George Philip Nicholas Windsor, Earl of St Andrews (born 26 June 1962) is the elder son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and his wife Katharine, Duchess of Kent.

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Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos

Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos, KB (17 January 1708 – 28 November 1771), known from 1727 to 1744 by the courtesy title Marquess of Carnarvon, was the second son of the 1st Duke of Chandos and his first wife Mary Lake.

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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516/1517 – 19 January 1547), KG, (courtesy title), an English nobleman, was one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry.

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Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere

Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere, (28 April 1870 – 13 November 1931), styled The Honourable from birth until 1887, was a British peer.

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Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon

Hugh Rupert Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, DL (5 May 1942 – 18 August 2015), styled as Lord Courtenay until 1998, of Powderham Castle in Devon, was a British peer, landowner, and surveyor.

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Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland

Lieutenant General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (14 August 1742 – 10 July 1817) was an officer in the British army and later a British peer.

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Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford

Humphrey Stafford (– 1458), generally known by his courtesy title of Earl of Stafford, was the eldest son of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Lady Anne Neville (d. 1480).

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Inigo Freeman-Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Willingdon

Inigo Brassey Freeman-Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Willingdon (25 July 1898 – 19 March 1979), was a British Liberal Party politician.

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Isobel Barnett

Isobel, Lady Barnett (born Isobel Morag Marshall; 30 June 1918 – 20 October 1980), popularly known as Lady Isobel Barnett, was a British radio and television personality, who had her highest profile during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford

Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford née Parker, (c. 1505 – 13 February 1542) was the wife of George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, brother of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII.

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John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll

John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, (6 August 1845 – 2 May 1914), usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman and was the fourth Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883.

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John FitzMaurice, Viscount Kirkwall

John Hamilton FitzMaurice, Viscount Kirkwall (9 October 1778 – 23 November 1820), known as John FitzMaurice until 1791, was a British politician.

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John Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol

Frederick William John Augustus Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol ("Harvey"; 15 September 1954 – 10 January 1999), also known as John Jermyn and John Bristol, was a British hereditary peer, aristocrat and businessman.

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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell before 1861, was a leading Whig and Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions during the early Victorian era.

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John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset

John Michael Edward Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset, (born 30 December 1952), styled Lord Seymour between 1954 and 1984, is a British aristocratic landowner in Wiltshire and Devon, and a member of the House of Lords.

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John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer

Edward John "Johnnie" Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, (24 January 1924 – 29 March 1992), styled Viscount Althorp until June 1975, was a British peer and nobleman.

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Lady Cynthia Mosley

Lady Cynthia Blanche Mosley (23 August 1898 – 16 May 1933), nicknamed "Cimmie", was a British politician of Anglo-American parentage and the first wife of the British Fascist and New Party politician Sir Oswald Mosley, who was formerly a Member of Parliament in both the Conservative and Labour parties.

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Laird

Laird is a generic name for the owner of a large, long-established Scottish estate, roughly equivalent to an esquire in England, yet ranking above the same in Scotland.

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List of courtesy titles in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

This is a list of courtesy titles used for the heirs of currently extant titles in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.

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List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

This article is a list of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland, including the England, the Scotland, the Ireland, the Great Britain and the Peerage of the United Kingdom, listed in order of creation, including extant, extinct and abeyant titles.

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Lord Culloden

Lord Culloden may refer to.

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Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British Royal Navy officer and statesman, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Maid (title)

Maid is a title granted to the eldest daughter of a Laird.

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Manor of Tawstock

The historic manor of Tawstock was situated in North Devon, in the hundred of Fremington, 2 miles south of Barnstaple, England.

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Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer, songwriter and actress.

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Marquess of Lansdowne

Marquess of Lansdowne is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1784, and held by the head of the Petty-FitzMaurice family.

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Marquess of Queensberry

Marquess of Queensberry is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.

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Marquess of Winchester

Marquess of Winchester is a title in the Peerage of England that was created in 1551 for the prominent statesman William Paulet, 1st Earl of Wiltshire.

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Martin Dudley

Martin Raymond Dudley, (born 31 May 1953) is an Anglican priest, a former City of London common councilman and author of various books about the Christian Church.

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Matthew Fontaine Maury

Matthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806February 1, 1873) was an American astronomer, United States Navy officer, historian, oceanographer, meteorologist, cartographer, author, geologist, and educator.

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Mervyn Herbert, Viscount Clive

Mervyn Horatio Herbert, 17th Baron Darcy de Knayth, styled Viscount Clive (7 May 1904 – 23 March 1943) was a British peer and Royal Air Force officer.

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Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun

Michael Edward Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun (22 July 194230 June 2012), was a British-Australian farmer, who is most noted because of the documentary Britain's Real Monarch, which alleged he was the rightful monarch of England instead of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Michael Ancram

Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, (born 7 July 1945), formerly styled as Earl of Ancram and commonly known as Michael Ancram until he inherited the marquessate in 2004, is a British Conservative Party politician.

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Morganatic marriage

Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty prevents the passage of the husband's titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage.

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Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lucy Lawson (born 6 January 1960) is an English journalist, broadcaster, television personality, gourmet, and food writer.

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Nimmy March

Lady Naomi Anna Gordon-Lennox (born Naomi Anna March; in March 1962 in Kingston, Surrey), known as Nimmy March, is an English actress.

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North Midland Brigade

The North Midland Brigade was an infantry formation of Britain's Volunteer Force from 1888 to 1908.

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Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1 March 1899– 10 August 1958), known as Viscount Corvedale from 1937 to 1947, was a British socialist politician who had a career at political odds with his father, the Conservative prime minister Stanley Baldwin.

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Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom

The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery, achievement, or service to the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories.

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Pippa Middleton

Philippa Charlotte "Pippa" Middleton (born 6 September 1983) is an English socialite, author, and columnist.

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Princess of Wales

Princess of Wales (Tywysoges Cymru) is a British courtesy title held by the wife of the Prince of Wales, who is, since the 14th century, the heir apparent of the English or British monarch.

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Robert III Keith, Marischal of Scotland

Sir Robert Keith (died 1346) was a Scottish nobleman and a hereditary Great Marischal of Scotland.

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Robert Peston

Robert James Kenneth Peston (born 25 April 1960) is a British journalist, presenter, and founder of the education charity Speakers for Schools.

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Robert Shirley, 7th Earl Ferrers

Robert Shirley, 7th Earl Ferrers FSA (21 September 1756 – 2 May 1827), styled Viscount Tamworth from 1778 to 1787, was a British nobleman.

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Rochester by-election, 1903

The Rochester by-election, 1903 was a parliamentary by-election held in England in September 1903 for the House of Commons constituency of Rochester in Kent.

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Romsey

Romsey is a market town in the county of Hampshire, England.

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Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (née Jenyns, spelt Jennings in most modern references; 5 June 1660 (Old Style) – 18 October 1744) rose to be one of the most influential women of her time through her close friendship with Queen Anne of Great Britain.

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Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, (23 July 1833 – 24 March 1908), styled The Honourable Spencer Cavendish in 1833, Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1834 and 1858 and Marquess of Hartington between 1858 and 1891, was a British statesman.

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Stanley Tiffany

Stanley Tiffany CBE (11 June 1908 – 19 March 1971) was an English Labour Co-operative politician.

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Stephen Kinnock

Stephen Nathan Kinnock (born 1 January 1970) is a British Labour Party politician who was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberavon at the United Kingdom general election, 2015.

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Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the supreme court in all matters under English and Welsh law, Northern Irish law and Scottish civil law.

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Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, 1st Viscount Rochford KG KB (c. 1477 – 12 March 1539) was an English diplomat and politician in the Tudor era.

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Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory

Vice-Admiral Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, KG, PC, PC(I) (8 July 1634 – 30 July 1680) was an Irish politician.

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Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere

Thomas Pitt Hamilton Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere (19 August 1900– 13 April 1979), styled The Honourable Thomas Cholmondeley from birth until 1931, was a British peer.

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Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald

Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marquess of Maranhão, GCB, ODM, OSC (14 December 1775 – 31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a British naval flag officer of the Royal Navy, mercenary and radical politician.

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Thomas Grey, Lord Grey of Groby

Thomas Grey, Lord Grey of Groby (c. 1623–1657), was an elected Member of Parliament for Leicester during the English Long Parliament, an active member of the Parliamentary party and a regicide.

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Thomas Pakenham (historian)

Thomas Francis Dermot Pakenham, 8th Earl of Longford (born 14 August 1933), known simply as Thomas Pakenham, is an Anglo-Irish historian and arborist who has written several prize-winning books on the diverse subjects of African history, Victorian and post-Victorian British history, and trees.

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Thomas Scott, 2nd Earl of Clonmell

Thomas Scott, 2nd Earl of Clonmell (15 August 1783 – 18 January 1838), styled Lord Earlsfort between 1793 and 1798, was an Irish peer and politician.

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Viscount Newark

Viscount Newark is a title that has been created twice in British history, each time with the subsidiary title of Baron Pierrepont.

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Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith

Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (born 2 August 1984) is a British nobleman.

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William Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst

William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst (3 September 1805 – 26 March 1886), styled Viscount Holmesdale between 1826 and 1857, was a British peer.

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William Douglas-Home

The Hon. William Douglas-Home (3 June 1912 – 28 September 1992) was a British dramatist and politician.

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William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth

William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth, (born 23 September 1949) is a British politician and hereditary peer, usually known as William Dartmouth.

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Writ of acceleration

A writ in acceleration, commonly called a writ of acceleration, was a type of writ of summons that enabled the eldest son and heir apparent of a peer with multiple peerage titles to attend the British or Irish House of Lords, using one of his father's subsidiary titles.

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Younger (title)

Younger is a Scottish convention, style of address, or description traditionally used by the heir apparent to: 1.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtesy_titles_in_the_United_Kingdom

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