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Peerages in the United Kingdom

Index Peerages in the United Kingdom

The peerage is a legal system comprising both hereditary and lifetime titles in the United Kingdom (as elsewhere in Europe), composed of various noble ranks, and forming a constituent part of the British honours system. [1]

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Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, Abeyance, Aga Khan IV, Alban Gibbs, 2nd Baron Aldenham, Albert Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale, Albert, Prince Consort, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Angus Kennedy, 6th Marquess of Ailsa, Anne Boleyn, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Coke, 6th Earl of Leicester, Anthony Hughes, Lord Hughes of Ombersley, Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy of Ireland), Antony Gibbs, 5th Baron Aldenham, Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll, Archibald Kennedy, 11th Earl of Cassilis, Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa, Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa, Archibald Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa, Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa, Archibald Wavell, 2nd Earl Wavell, Artemy Tereshchenko, Arthur George McNalty, Arthur Hazlerigg, 1st Baron Hazlerigg, Atholl, Ayesha Hazarika, Barbara Freyberg, Baroness Freyberg, Baron Rothschild, Baron Wilmington, Baronet, Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer, Bedford Estate, Ben Stoneham, Baron Stoneham of Droxford, Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, 5th Earl of Ashburnham, Broughton (name), Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Bunny Breckinridge, Buxton baronets, Carol Fellowes, 4th Baron Ailwyn, Cash for Honours, Celia Johnson, Charles Cahan, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Charles Kennedy, 5th Marquess of Ailsa, Charles Low, 2nd Baron Aldington, Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort, Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, ..., Charles Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax, Charlotte Hogg, Christopher Finch-Hatton, 15th Earl of Winchilsea, Christopher Guest, Christopher Portman, 10th Viscount Portman, Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard, Christopher Woodhouse, 6th Baron Terrington, Colin Campbell (Swedish East India Company), Colonel (United Kingdom), Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom, Cragside, Crown (heraldry), Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom, Curtana, David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow, David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife, David Gordon, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham, David Kennedy, 10th Earl of Cassilis, David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis, David Kennedy, 9th Marquess of Ailsa, David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, David Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone, Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue, Dermot Turing, Disentangling Old Percy, Douglas Hogg, Dudley Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Dudley Ryder (judge), Duke of Cumberland, Earl of Cambridge, Earl of Enniskillen, Edla Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway, Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford, Edward Harris, 4th Earl of Malmesbury, Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood, Edward Morris, 1st Baron Morris, Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby, Edwin Brockholst Livingston, Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's, Elizabeth Boyle, Countess of 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A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough

Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, (1 May 1885 – 11 January 1965) was a British Labour Co-operative politician.

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Abeyance

Abeyance (from the Old French abeance meaning "gaping") is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner.

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Aga Khan IV

Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, (شاه كريم الحسيني، الآغاخان الرابع; شاه کریم حسینی، آقاخان چهارم; شاه کریم حسینی، آغاخان چهارم; Aga Khan is also transliterated as Aqa Khan and Agha Khan; born 13 December 1936) is the 49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailism, a denomination of Isma'ilism within Shia Islam consisting of an estimated 10-15 million adherents (10—12% of the world's Shia Muslim population).

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Alban Gibbs, 2nd Baron Aldenham

Alban George Henry Gibbs, 2nd Baron Aldenham (23 April 1846 – 9 May 1936) was a British Conservative Party politician and peer, the son of Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham.

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Albert Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale

Albert Ernest Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale (7 October 1863 – 11 March 1944) was a British peer.

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Albert, Prince Consort

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria.

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Alex Cole-Hamilton

Alexander "Alex" Geoffrey Cole-Hamilton (born 22 July 1977) is a Scottish politician who is the Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for the constituency of Edinburgh Western.

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Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Alexander George Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, (born 31 March 1955) is a British peer and the son of Alastair Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair.

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Angus Kennedy, 6th Marquess of Ailsa

Angus Kennedy, 6th Marquess of Ailsa (28 October 1882 – 31 May 1957) was a Scottish peer, the son of Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa.

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Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn (1501 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII.

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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury Bt (22 May 1938 – c. 5 November 2004), styled Lord Ashley between 1947 and 1961, and Earl of Shaftesbury from 1961 until his death, was a British peer from Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, England.

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Anthony Coke, 6th Earl of Leicester

Anthony Louis Lovel Coke, 6th Earl of Leicester (11 September 1909 – 19 June 1994), was a British peer.

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Anthony Hughes, Lord Hughes of Ombersley

Anthony Philip Gilson Hughes, Lord Hughes of Ombersley, (born 11 August 1948 in St Albans, Hertfordshire) is an English judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

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Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy of Ireland)

Sir Anthony St Leger, KG (or Sellenger; 1496 – 16 March 1559), of Ulcombe and Leeds Castle in Kent, was an English politician and Lord Deputy of Ireland during the Tudor period.

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Antony Gibbs, 5th Baron Aldenham

Antony Durant Gibbs, 5th Baron Aldenham (18 May 1922 – 25 January 1986) was a British peer, the son of Walter Durant Gibbs, 4th Baron Aldenham.

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Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll

Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll or Archibald "the Red" Campbell (c. 1507 – 1558), was a Scottish nobleman and politician.

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Archibald Kennedy, 11th Earl of Cassilis

Captain Archibald Kennedy, 11th Earl of Cassilis (bef. 1736 – 30 December 1794) was a Scottish peer who lived in the English colony of New York which became part of the United States.

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Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa

Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa KT, FRS (February 1770 – 8 September 1846), styled Lord Kennedy between 1792 and 1794 and known as The Earl of Cassilis between 1794 and 1831, was a Scottish peer.

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Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa

Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa (1 September 1847 – 9 April 1938) was a Scottish peer, the eldest son of Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa.

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Archibald Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa

Archibald David Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa, OBE, DL (3 December 1925 – 7 April 1994) was a Scottish peer, the son of Angus Kennedy, 6th Marquess of Ailsa.

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Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa

Archibald Angus Charles Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa, 19th Earl of Cassilis, 21st Lord Kennedy, 8th Baron Ailsa, (13 September 1956 – 15 January 2015), was a Scottish peer.

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Archibald Wavell, 2nd Earl Wavell

Major Archibald John Arthur Wavell, 2nd Earl Wavell, MC (11 May 1916 – 24 December 1953) was a British Army officer and peer.

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Artemy Tereshchenko

Artemy Yakovlevich Tereshchenko (Арте́мий Я́ковлевич Тере́щенко; Арте́м Я́кович Тере́щенко; 1794 – 1873) was the first entrepreneur in Tereshchenko family and the founder of the Tereshchenko dynasty, which is in the list of the most wealthiest families in the world.

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Arthur George McNalty

Brigadier General Arthur George Preston McNalty (1871–1958), was a seasoned British Army field commander of both the Second Anglo-Boer War and the First World War.

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Arthur Hazlerigg, 1st Baron Hazlerigg

Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 1st Baron Hazlerigg (17 November 1878 – 25 May 1949), known as Sir Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 13th Baronet, from 1890 to 1945, was a British peer.

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Atholl

Atholl or Athole (Athall; Old Gaelic Athfhotla) is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands, bordering (in anti-clockwise order, from Northeast) Marr, Badenoch, Lochaber, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth, and Gowrie.

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Ayesha Hazarika

Ayesha Hazarika MBE (born 15 December 1975) is a Scottish comedian, broadcaster, political commentator, and former political adviser to senior Labour Party politicians.

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Barbara Freyberg, Baroness Freyberg

Barbara Freyberg, Baroness Freyberg, GBE, DStJ (born Barbara Jekyll and known as Barbara McLaren during her first marriage; 14 June 1887 – 24 September 1973) was a British peeress.

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Baron Rothschild

Baron Rothschild, of Tring in the County of Hertfordshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Baron Wilmington

The title of Baron Wilmington has been created twice in the various British peerages.

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Baronet

A baronet (or; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess (or; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, an hereditary title awarded by the British Crown.

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Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough

Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, (9 June 1888 – 18 August 1973), styled as Sir Basil Brooke, 5th Baronet from 1907–52, was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who became the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in May 1943, holding office until March 1963.

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Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer

Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer (14 April 1903 - 13 June 1972) was a British peeress.

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Bedford Estate

The Bedford Estate is an estate in central London that is owned by the Russell family, which holds the peerage title of Duke of Bedford.

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Ben Stoneham, Baron Stoneham of Droxford

Benjamin Russell Mackintosh Stoneham, Baron Stoneham of Droxford (born 28 August 1948), Debrett's People of Today is a British peer, journalist, and Liberal Democrat politician.

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Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham

Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham (23 November 1797 – 22 June 1878) was a British peer.

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Bertram Ashburnham, 5th Earl of Ashburnham

Bertram Ashburnham, 5th Earl of Ashburnham (28 October 1840 – 15 January 1913) was a British peer.

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Broughton (name)

Broughton is an English surname and placename.

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Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

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Bunny Breckinridge

John Cabell "Bunny" Breckinridge (August 6, 1903 – November 5, 1996) was an American actor and drag queen, best known for his role as "The Ruler" in Ed Wood's film Plan 9 from Outer Space, his only film appearance.

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Buxton baronets

There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Buxton, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

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Carol Fellowes, 4th Baron Ailwyn

Carol Arthur Fellowes, 4th Baron Ailwyn, TD (23 November 1896 – 27 September 1988) was a British peer, the son of Ailwyn Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn.

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Cash for Honours

Cash for Honours (also Cash for Peerages, Loans for Lordships, Loans for Honours or Loans for Peerages) was a political scandal in the United Kingdom in 2006 and 2007 concerning the connection between political donations and the award of life peerages.

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Celia Johnson

Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson, (18 December 1908 – 26 April 1982) was an English actress, known for her roles in the films In Which We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1944), Brief Encounter (1945) and The Captain's Paradise (1953).

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Charles Cahan

Charles Hazlitt Cahan, (October 31, 1861–August 15, 1944) was a Canadian lawyer, newspaper editor, businessman, and provincial and federal politician.

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Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Charles Edward (baptised Leopold Charles Edward George Albert, Leopold Carl Eduard Georg Albert; 19 July 1884 – 6 March 1954) was the last reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 30 July 1900 until 1918.

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Charles Kennedy, 5th Marquess of Ailsa

Charles Kennedy, 5th Marquess of Ailsa (10 April 1875 – 1 June 1956) was a Scottish peer, the son of Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa.

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Charles Low, 2nd Baron Aldington

Charles Harold Stuart Low, 2nd Baron Aldington (born 22 June 1948) is a British peer, the son of Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington.

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Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort

Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort PC (Ire) (1768 – 11 November 1842), known as Charles Vereker until 1817, was an Irish soldier and politician.

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Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax

Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax DL (3 October 1912 – 19 March 1980), 4th Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton, 6th Baronet Wood of Barnsley in the County of York and 2nd Baron Irwin of Kirby Underdale in the County of York, was a British peer, Conservative politician, Lord Lieutenant of Humberside and High Steward of York Minster.

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Charles Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax

Charles Edward Peter Neil Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax, (born 14 March 1944), is a British peer and Conservative politician.

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Charlotte Hogg

Charlotte Mary Hogg (born 26 August 1970) is a British management consultant and senior executive in financial services and central banking.

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Christopher Finch-Hatton, 15th Earl of Winchilsea

Christopher Guy Heneage Finch-Hatton (2 August 1911 – 7 March 1950) was the 15th Earl of Winchilsea and 10th Earl of Nottingham.

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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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Christopher Portman, 10th Viscount Portman

Christopher Edward Berkeley Portman, 10th Viscount Portman (born 30 July 1958) is a British peer and property developer.

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Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard

Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard (21 May 1653 – 28 October 1723) was an English peer.

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Christopher Woodhouse, 6th Baron Terrington

Professor Christopher Richard James Woodhouse, 6th Baron Terrington (born 20 September 1946) is a British peer and a senior urologist.

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Colin Campbell (Swedish East India Company)

Colin Campbell (1November 16869May 1757) was a Scottish merchant and entrepreneur who co-founded the Swedish East India Company and was Swedish King Fredrik I's first envoy to the Emperor of China.

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Colonel (United Kingdom)

Colonel (Col) is a rank of the British Army and Royal Marines, ranking below brigadier, and above lieutenant colonel.

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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.

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Cragside

Cragside is a Victorian country house near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, England.

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Crown (heraldry)

A crown is often an emblem of a sovereign state, a monarch's government, or items endorsed by it (see The Crown).

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Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom

The Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom, originally the Crown Jewels of England, are 140 royal ceremonial objects kept in the Tower of London, which include the regalia and vestments worn by British kings and queens at their coronations.

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Curtana

Curtana, also known as the Sword of Mercy, is a ceremonial sword used at the coronation of British kings and queens.

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David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow

David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow (c. 1666 – 31 October 1733) was a Scottish politician and peer.

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David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife

David Charles Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife (born 3 March 1961, Marylebone, London), is a British peer.

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David Gordon, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Major David George Ian Alexander Gordon, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (21 January 1908 – 13 September 1974) was a British peer, soldier, and the son of Dudley Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair.

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David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham

David James George Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham and Baron Hennessy, (28 January 1932 – 21 December 2010) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who held visiting professorships at various universities.

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David Kennedy, 10th Earl of Cassilis

David Kennedy, 10th Earl of CassilisMurphy, Alan.

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David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis

David Kennedy, 3rd Lord Kennedy and 1st Earl of Cassilis (1463 – 9 September 1513) was a Scottish peer, the son of John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy.

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David Kennedy, 9th Marquess of Ailsa

David Thomas Kennedy, 9th Marquess of Ailsa, (3 July 1958) is a Scottish peer and the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Kennedy.

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David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland

David Charles Robert Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland (born 8 May 1959), is a British peer and landowner.

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David Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone

Captain David Peter Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone (16 December 1920 – 24 November 2011) was a British peer.

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Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue

Denzil George Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue MC TD (13 June 1893 – 1 June 1977) was a British peer and farmer who served in both the First World War and Second World War.

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Dermot Turing

Sir John Dermot Turing (born 26 February 1961) is a British solicitor and author.

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Disentangling Old Percy

"Disentangling Old Percy" is a short story by English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse and one of seven stories featuring the fictional character Reggie Pepper.

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Douglas Hogg

Douglas Martin Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham, (born 5 February 1945) is a British politician and barrister.

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Dudley Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Lieutenant-Colonel Dudley Gladstone Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair DSO (6 May 1883 – 16 April 1972), styled Lord Dudley Gordon from 1916 to 1965, was a British peer, soldier, and industrialist.

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Dudley Ryder (judge)

Sir Dudley Ryder (1691 – 25 May 1756) was a British politician, judge and diarist.

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Duke of Cumberland

Duke of Cumberland is a peerage title that was conferred upon junior members of the British Royal Family, named after the former county of Cumberland (now Cumbria).

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Earl of Cambridge

The title of Earl of Cambridge was created several times in the Peerage of England, and since 1362 the title has been closely associated with the Royal family (see also Duke of Cambridge, Marquess of Cambridge).

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Earl of Enniskillen

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

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Edla Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

Edla Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (née Griffiths), is the Duchess of Marlborough, wife of Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough, and a British peeress.

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Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway

The Rt Hon. Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway, PC (bapt. 10 August 1594 – 26 June 1655), was an English politician, military commander, bibliophile and peer.

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Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford

Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford (c. 1710 – 20 August 1760) was a British peer and the 11th Viscount Hereford.

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Edward Harris, 4th Earl of Malmesbury

Edward James Harris, 4th Earl of Malmesbury DL (12 April 1842 – 19 May 1899), was a British peer, the son of Admiral the Honourable Sir Edward Harris and the grandson of James Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury.

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Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood

Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood (7 January 1740 – 3 April 1820) was a British peer and Member of Parliament.

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Edward Morris, 1st Baron Morris

Edward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron Morris, KCMG, PC (May 8, 1859 – October 24, 1935) was a lawyer and Prime Minister of Newfoundland.

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Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby

Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby PC (12 December 1752 – 21 October 1834), usually styled Lord Stanley from 1771 to 1776, was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby

Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby, (21 April 1918 – 28 November 1994), styled Lord Stanley from 1938 to 1948, was a British peer, landowner and businessman.

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Edwin Brockholst Livingston

Edwin Brockholst Livingston (August 17, 1852 – May 14, 1929) was an amateur historian.

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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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Elizabeth Boyle, Countess of Guilford

Elizabeth Boyle, Countess of Guilford (née Feilding; died circa 3 September 1667G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, p. 265.) was an English peeress.

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Elizabeth II's jewels

The monarch of the Commonwealth realms, Queen Elizabeth II, owns a historic collection of jewels – some as monarch and others as a private individual.

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Elizabeth Livingston Cavendish-Bentinck

Elizabeth Livingston Cavendish-Bentinck (August 12, 1855 – November 4, 1943), was an American born member of the Livingston family who married a British Member of Parliament from the Cavendish-Bentinck family and was a prominent member of New York Society during the Gilded Age.

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Elizabeth Sarancheva

Elizabeth Sarancheva also known as Elizabeth Tereshchenko (Елизавéта Михáйловна Саранчëва; Єлизавéта Михáйлівна Саранчéва) was a daughter of Lieutenant general Mikhail Andreievich Saranchev, Ivan Tereshchenko wife, mother of Mikhail Tereshchenkohttp://spartacus-educational.com/RUS-Mikhail_Tereshchenko.htm| and famous Tereshchenko dynasty's women philanthropist and mecenas.

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Erema

Erema; or, my father's sin is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1877.

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Eric Fellowes, 3rd Baron Ailwyn

Captain Eric William Edward Fellowes, 3rd Baron Ailwyn (24 November 1887 – 23 March 1976) was a British peer, the son of Ailwyn Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn.

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Eva Carrington

Evelyn Victoria Ann Chandler Tate (16 May 1887 – 25 January 1979), known by her stage name Eva Carrington, was an actress, model and sometime peeress as the wife of the Baron de Clifford.

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Evelyn Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth

Major General Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth, (24 July 1847 – 1 October 1918) was a British peer and British Army officer.

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Fee tail

In English common law, fee tail or entail is a form of trust established by deed or settlement which restricts the sale or inheritance of an estate in real property and prevents the property from being sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated by the tenant-in-possession, and instead causes it to pass automatically by operation of law to an heir pre-determined by the settlement deed.

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Flora Mure-Campbell, Marchioness of Hastings

Flora Mure-Campbell, Marchioness of Hastings and 6th Countess of Loudoun (1780 – 8 January 1840) was a British peer, the second daughter of James Mure-Campbell, 5th Earl of Loudoun and Lady Flora Macleod.

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Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe

Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, (1 May 1884, Mayfair, London – 26 July 1964, Amersham, Buckinghamshire),Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe; Ex-Member of Parliament and Racing Driver Dies.

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Francis Napier, 12th Lord Napier

Francis Edward Basil Napier, 12th Lord Napier, 3rd Baron Ettrick (1876–1941) was a British peer.

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Francis Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill

Francis Almeric Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill DCL FRS (26 December 1779 – 10 March 1845) was a British peer and Whig politician from the Spencer family.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (August 17, 1914 – August 17, 1988) was an American lawyer, politician, and businessman.

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Frederick Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham

Frederick William Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham (19 June 1855 – 31 January 1929) was a British peer, a Liberal (and later Liberal Unionist) politician, and the son of George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham.

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Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough

Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough (24 January 1758 – 3 February 1844), was an Anglo-Irish peer.

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French nobility

The French nobility (la noblesse) was a privileged social class in France during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period to the revolution in 1790.

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Geoffrey FitzClarence, 3rd Earl of Munster

Geoffrey George Gordon FitzClarence, 3rd Earl of Munster, DSO (18 July 1859 – 2 February 1902), known as Lord Tewkesbury 1870–1901, was a British peer, and the great-grandson of King William IV by his mistress Dorothea Jordan.

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Geoffrey Waldegrave, 12th Earl Waldegrave

Geoffrey Noel Waldegrave, 12th Earl Waldegrave, (21 November 1905 – 23 May 1995), known as Viscount Chewton from 1933 to 1936, was a British peer and agriculturist.

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George Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey

George Augustus Frederick Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey (4 April 1808 – 24 October 1859), styled Viscount Villiers until 1859, was an English peer and politician from the Villiers family.

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George Child Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey

George Francis Child-Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey (15 February 1910 – 9 August 1998), was an English peer and politician from the Villiers family.

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George Devereux, 13th Viscount Hereford

George Devereux, 13th Viscount Hereford (25 April 1744 – 31 December 1804) was a British Peer.

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George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen

George John James Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen (28 September 1816 – 22 March 1864), styled Lord Haddo before 1860, was a British peer and Liberal Party politician.

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George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham

(George Frederick) D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham (5 September 1828 – 27 November 1879), styled Viscount Lambton from 1833 to 1840, was a British peer.

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George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne

George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne DL (27 November 1912 – 25 August 1999) was a British peer and Conservative politician.

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George Waldegrave, 7th Earl Waldegrave

George Edward Waldegrave, 7th Earl Waldegrave (8 February 1816 – 28 September 1846) was a British peer.

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Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth

Gerald Humphry Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth FCA (26 April 1924 – 14 December 1997), styled Viscount Lewisham between 1958 and 1962, was a British peer and businessman.

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Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis

Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis, PC (c. 1541–14 December 1576) was a Scottish peer, the son of Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis.

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Godfrey Huggins

Godfrey Martin Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern (6 July 1883 – 8 May 1971) was a Rhodesian politician and physician.

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Hannah Gavron

Hannah Gavron (born Anne Fyvel; 1936 – 14 December 1965) was a Mandatory Palestine-born British sociologist.

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Harris (name)

Harris is a (patronymic or paternal) family name of British origins, and has many different spellings, none of which are definitive or 'correct'.

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Harrison family of Virginia

The Harrison family of Virginia, primarily consisting of two branches, is a notable political family in U.S. history.

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Harry Oakes

Sir Harry Oakes, 1st Baronet (23 December 1874 – 7 July 1943) was an American-born British Canadian gold mine owner, entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist.

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Hélène de Pourtalès

Countess Hélène de Pourtalès (April 28, 1868 – November 2, 1945) was an American, born as Helen Barbey, who became a Swiss sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.

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Heather Rose

Heather Marcelle Dalmas Rose (born 10 August 1964) is an Australian author.

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Henrietta Street, Dublin

Henrietta Street is a Dublin street, to the north of Bolton Street on the north side of the city, first laid out and developed by Luke Gardiner during the 1720s.

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Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood

Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood DL (25 December 1767 – 24 November 1841), known as Viscount Lascelles from 1814 to 1820, was a British peer, slave owner and Member of Parliament.

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Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood

Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood DL (11 June 1797 – 22 February 1857), known as Viscount Lascelles from 1839 to 1841, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.

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Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood

Henry Thynne Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood (18 June 1824 – 24 June 1892), was a British peer and the son of Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood.

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Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood

Henry Ulick Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood (21 August 1846 – 6 October 1929) was a British peer and the son of Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood.

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Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland

Henry John Brinsley Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland, KG, TD (16 April 1852 – 8 May 1925), known as Henry Manners until 1888 and styled Marquess of Granby until 1906, was a British peer and Conservative politician.

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Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey

Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, (16 June 1875 – 14 March 1905), styled Lord Paget until 1880 and Earl of Uxbridge between 1880 and 1898, and nicknamed "Toppy", was a British peer who was notable during his short life for squandering his inheritance on a lavish social life and accumulating massive debts.

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Henry Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey

George Charles Henry Victor Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey, (8 October 1922 – 13 July 2013), styled Earl of Uxbridge until 1947, was a British peer.

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Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford

Henry (Harry) Jocelyn Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford (born 6 July 1958) is a British peer, the son of Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford.

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Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort

Major Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort, KG (5 February 1792 – 17 November 1853), styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1803 and Marquess of Worcester between 1803 and 1835, was a British peer, soldier, and politician.

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Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort

Captain Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort KG, PC, DL (1 February 1824 – 30 April 1899), styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1835 and Marquess of Worcester from 1835 to 1853, was a British peer, soldier, and Conservative Party politician.

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Henry Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort

Captain Henry Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort JP, DL (19 May 1847 – 24 November 1924), styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1853 and Marquess of Worcester between 1853 and 1899, was a British peer.

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Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland

Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland, 3rd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton (c. 23 November 1620 – 20 September 1643), known as The Lord Spencer between 1636 and June 1643, was an English peer, nobleman, and politician from the Spencer family who fought and died in the English civil war on the side of the Cavaliers.

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Henry Sturt, 1st Baron Alington

Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron Alington (16 May 1825 – 17 February 1904) was a British peer and Conservative Party politician.

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Henry Waldegrave, 11th Earl Waldegrave

Henry Noel Waldegrave, 11th Earl Waldegrave (14 October 1854 – 30 December 1936) was a British peer and minister of religion.

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Hereditary peer

The Hereditary peers form part of the peerage in the United Kingdom.

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High Steward of Banbury

The High Steward of Banbury is a ceremonial title bestowed by Banbury Town Council in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.

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History of the British peerage

The history of the British peerage, a system of nobility found in the United Kingdom, stretches over the last thousand years.

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House of Glücksburg

The House of Glücksburg (also spelled Glücksborg), shortened from House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, is a Dano-German branch of the House of Oldenburg, members of which have reigned at various times in Denmark, Norway, Greece and several northern German states.

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House of Hesse

The House of Hesse is a European dynasty, directly descended from the House of Brabant, and it ruled the region of Hesse, with one branch as prince electors until 1866, and another branch as grand dukes until 1918.

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House of Lords

The House of Lords of the United Kingdom, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Hsiao Li Lindsay, Baroness Lindsay of Birker

Hsiao Li Lindsay, Baroness Lindsay of Birker (17 July 1916 – 25 April 2010), was a British peeress who supported Chinese Communist resistance to the Japanese occupation of China during the Second World War.

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Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue

Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (12 March 1753 – 16 June 1841) was a British peer, created Earl Fortescue in 1789.

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Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue

Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue DL (4 April 1818 – 10 October 1905), known as Viscount Ebrington from 1841 to 1861, was a British peer and occasional Liberal Party politician.

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Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue

Colonel Hugh William Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue (14 June 1888 – 14 June 1958), styled Viscount Ebrington from 1905 until 1932, of Castle Hill in the parish of Filleigh, of Weare Giffard Hall, both in Devon and of Ebrington Manor in Gloucestershire, was a British peer, military officer, and Conservative politician.

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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 Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington

Humphrey Napier Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington, KCVO (20 August 1859 – 30 July 1919) was a British peer, the son of Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron Alington of Crichel.

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Humphry Legge, 8th Earl of Dartmouth

Humphry Legge, 8th Earl of Dartmouth CVO, DSO, KPM (14 March 1888 – 16 October 1962) was a British peer and police officer.

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Ian Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford

John Ian Robert Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford (24 May 1917 – 25 October 2002), styled Lord Howland until 1940 and Marquess of Tavistock between 1940 and 1953, was a British peer and writer.

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Ivor Guest, 3rd Viscount Wimborne

Ivor Fox-Strangways Guest, 3rd Viscount Wimborne (2 December 1939 – 17 December 1993) was a British peer.

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James Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury

James Edward Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury (19 August 1778 – 10 September 1841) was a British peer, styled Viscount FitzHarris from 1800 to 1820.

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James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale

James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale PC, DSc (22 September 1835 – 16 March 1911) was a British politician of the Liberal Party, first a Member of Parliament and then a peer.

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James Steuart of Coltness

Sir James Steuart of Coltness (1608 – 31 March 1681) was a Scottish merchant, banker, landowner, politician and Covenanter.

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James Waldegrave, 13th Earl Waldegrave

James "Jamie" Sherbrooke Waldegrave, 13th Earl Waldegrave (born 8 December 1940), styled Viscount Chewton until 1995, is a British peer and businessman.

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Jeeves

Reginald Jeeves, usually referred to as Jeeves, is a fictional character in a series of comedic short stories and novels by English author P. G. Wodehouse.

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Jo Swinson

Joanne Kate "Jo" Swinson (born 5 February 1980) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and is the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Dunbartonshire.

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John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan

Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (18 December 1934 – disappeared 7 November 1974), commonly known as Lord Lucan, was a British peer suspected of murder who disappeared in 1974.

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John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor

John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor (8 November 1790 – 7 November 1860) was a British peer and MP.

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John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley

John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c.1461 – 7 May 1501) was an English peer.

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John Dyson, Lord Dyson

John Anthony Dyson, Lord Dyson, (born 31 July 1943) is a former British judge and barrister.

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John Forrest

John Forrest, 1st Baron Forrest of Bunbury GCMG (22 August 18472 SeptemberSome sources give the date as 3 September 1918 1918) was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament.

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John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire

John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire, (11 October 169322 September 1756) was a British peer.

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John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis

John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis (1575 – 14 November 1615) was a Scottish peer, the son of Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis.

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John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis

John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis, PC (d. April 1668) was a Scottish peer, the grandson of Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis, and nephew of John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis.

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John Kennedy, 7th Earl of Cassilis

John Kennedy, 7th Earl of Cassilis, PC (November 1653 – 23 July 1701) was a Scottish peer, the son of John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis.

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John Kennedy, 8th Earl of Cassilis

John Kennedy, 8th Earl of Cassilis (April 1700 – 7 August 1759) was a Scottish peer.

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John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne

John Ulick Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne, (9 November 1924 – 23 September 2005), professionally known as John Brabourne, was a British peer, television producer and Oscar-nominated film producer.

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John Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Cromartie

John Ruaridh Blunt Grant Blunt-Mackenzie, changed in 1962 to John Ruaridh Grant Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Cromartie (born 12 June 1948) is a British peer and the current chief of Clan Mackenzie.

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John Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny

Lieutenant Colonel John Henry Guy Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny, (8 November 1914 – 23 February 2000) was a British peer.

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John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer

John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer (19 December 1734 – 31 October 1783) was a British peer and politician.

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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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John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard

Henry John Neville Vane, 11th Baron Barnard, (21 September 1923 – 3 April 2016) was a British peer, the son of Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard.

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John Waldegrave, 6th Earl Waldegrave

Lieutenant-Colonel John James Waldegrave, 6th Earl Waldegrave (31 July 1785 – 1835) was a British peer and soldier.

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John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley

John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley, CBE, MC (11 November 1883 – 16 April 1941), styled Lord Wodehouse from 1902 to 1932, was a British peer and Liberal politician.

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Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption

Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, Lord Sumption (born 9 December 1948), is a British judge, author and medieval historian.

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Judiciary of Scotland

The judiciary of Scotland are the judicial office holders who sit in the courts of Scotland and make decisions in both civil and criminal cases.

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June 1942

The following events occurred in June 1942.

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Kazoku

The was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan, which existed between 1869 and 1947.

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Ken Macdonald

Kenneth Donald John Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of River Glaven, QC (born 4 January 1953) was Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of England and Wales (2003–2008).

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Know Your Ally: Britain

Know Your Ally: Britain was a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944.

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Lady Moyra Browne

Lady Moyra Blanche Madeleine Browne, DBE, GCStJ (née Ponsonby; 2 March 1918 – 4 December 2016) was a British nurse and the only daughter of The 9th Earl of Bessborough, an Anglo-Irish peer, and his wife, Roberte.

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Legitimation

Legitimation or legitimisation is the act of providing legitimacy.

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Leicester Devereux, 6th Viscount Hereford

Leicester Devereux, 6th Viscount Hereford (1617 – 1 December 1676) was a British Peer.

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Leicester Devereux, 7th Viscount Hereford

Leicester Devereux, 7th Viscount Hereford (1674–1683) was a British Peer.

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Life Peerages Act 1958

The Life Peerages Act 1958 established the modern standards for the creation of life peers by the monarch of the United Kingdom.

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Lionel Brett, 4th Viscount Esher

Lionel Gordon Baliol Brett, 4th Viscount Esher, 4th Baron Esher CBE (18 July 1913 – 9 July 2004) was a British peer, architect and town-planner.

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Lionel de Rothschild

Lionel Nathan Freiherr de Rothschild (22 November 1808 – 3 June 1879) was a British banker, politician and philanthropist who was a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England.

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Lionel Edward Gresley Carden

Sir Lionel Edward Gresley Carden (15 September 1851 – 16 October 1915) was a British diplomat.

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Lionel Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville

Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville (15 May 1867 – 28 January 1928), was a British peer.

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List of atheists in politics and law

There have been many atheists who have participated in politics or law.

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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 members of the Senate of Southern Ireland

The Senate of Southern Ireland was the upper house of the Parliament of Southern Ireland, established de jure in 1921 under the terms of the Government of Ireland Act 1920.

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List of Northern Ireland members of the House of Lords

This is a list of Members of the United Kingdom House of Lords who were born, live or lived in Northern Ireland.

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List of Old Wellingtonians

This is a list of notable Old Wellingtonians, being former pupils of Wellington College in Berkshire, England.

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List of peerages created for Speakers of the House of Commons

This page lists all peerages created for retiring Speakers of the British House of Commons.

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List of peerages held by Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

This page lists all peerages held by Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, whether created or inherited before or after their premiership.

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List of St. Paul's School alumni

The following is a list of notable alumni of St. Paul's School.

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Loftus Hall

Loftus Hall is a large country house on the Hook peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland.

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Lord

Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others acting like a master, a chief, or a ruler.

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Lord William Cecil (courtier)

Colonel Lord William Cecil, CVO, GCStJ (2 November 1854 – 16 April 1943) was a British army officer and royal courtier.

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Lord-in-Waiting

Lords-in-Waiting (female Baroness-in-Waiting) are peers who hold office in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire

The Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (/lɛfˈtɛnənt/) is the British monarch's personal representative in the county of Lincolnshire.

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Margaret Kemble Gage

Margaret Kemble Gage (1734–1824) was the wife of General Thomas Gage, who led the British Army in Massachusetts early in the American Revolutionary War.

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Martha Lane Fox

Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, CBE (born 10 February 1973) is a British businesswoman, philanthropist and public servant.

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Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge

Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge (August 16, 1826 – October 8, 1907) was the wife of John C. Breckinridge and served as the Second Lady of the United States from March 4, 1857 until March 4, 1861, while her husband was the 14th Vice President of the United States.

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Mary Lorillard Barbey

Mary Lorillard Barbey (April 17, 1841 – April 10, 1926) was prominent American member of New York Society during the Gilded Age.

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Mary Macleod

Mary Macleod (born 4 January 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentford and Isleworth from the 2010 general election until the 2015 general election, when she was defeated by Ruth Cadbury of the Labour Party.

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Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Viscount Ridley

Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Viscount Ridley (16 December 1902 – 25 February 1964) was a British peer, landowner, public servant and race car driver.

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Maud, Lady Hoare, Viscountess Templewood

Maud, Lady Hoare, Viscountess Templewood, DBE (5 July 1882–27 December 1962), née Lady Maud Lygon, daughter of The 6th Earl Beauchamp, was the wife of Sir Samuel Hoare, and a DBE in her own right.

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Members of the 1922 Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 1922 Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State.

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Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne

Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, (8 May 1894 – 23 February 1939) was a British peer and soldier, the son of the 4th Baron Brabourne.

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Michelle Mone, Baroness Mone

Michelle Georgina Mone, Baroness Mone, (née Allan, born 8 October 1971, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish entrepreneur, global speaker, designer, innovator and parliamentarian.

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Mikhail Tereshchenko

Mikhail Ivanovich Tereshchenko (Михаи́л Ива́нович Тере́щенко; Михайло Іванович Терещенко) (18 March 1886, in Kiev – 1 April 1956, in Monaco) was the foreign minister of Russia from 18 May 1917 to 7 November 1917.

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Military career of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was one of the leading British military and political figures of the 19th century.

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Miniver

Miniver is an unspotted white fur derived from the winter coat of the ermine, or, originally, from the winter coat of the red squirrel; frequently used in the robes of British peers.

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Mitford family

The Mitford family is a gentry (minor aristocratic) English family whose main family line had seats at Mitford, Northumberland.

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Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon

Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon (19 June 1808 – 8 February 1884) was a British peer and politician.

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Mornington, County Meath

Mornington is a coastal village on the banks of the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland approximately 5 km downriver from the centre of Drogheda.

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Napier Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington

Captain Napier George Henry Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington (1 November 1896 – 17 September 1940) was a British peer, the son of Humphrey Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington.

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Nawab

Nawab (Eastern Nagari: নবাব/নওয়াব, Devanagari: नवाब/नबाब, Perso-Arab: نواب) also spelt Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab The title nawab was also awarded as a personal distinction by the paramount power, similarly to a British peerage, to persons and families who never ruled a princely state.

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Nawab of Dhaka

The Nawab of Dhaka was the largest Muslim zamindar in British Bengal based in Dhaka city.

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New Bern, North Carolina

New Bern is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States.

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New Zealand Royal Honours System

The New Zealand Royal Honours system, a system of orders, decorations and medals, recognises achievements of, or service by, New Zealanders or others in connection with New Zealand.

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Nicholas Guest

Nicholas Haden-Guest (born May 5, 1951) is an American actor who has appeared in various movie and television roles, including that of Headmaster Patrick James Elliot in the teen sitcom USA High.

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Nicholas Netterville, 5th Viscount Netterville

Nicholas Netterville, 5th Viscount Netterville (1708-1750), was an Irish peer, who is mainly remembered nowadays for having been tried and acquitted by his peers on a charge of murder.

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Nicholas Wilson, Lord Wilson of Culworth

Nicholas Allan Roy Wilson, Lord Wilson of Culworth PC (born 9 May 1945) is a British judge.

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Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester

Nigel George Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester (born) is a British peer and the premier Marquess of England.

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Nobility

Nobility is a social class in aristocracy, normally ranked immediately under royalty, that possesses more acknowledged privileges and higher social status than most other classes in a society and with membership thereof typically being hereditary.

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Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born 8 October 1947), known until 2005 as Lord Romsey and until 2017 as The Lord Brabourne, is a British peer.

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Norton Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne

Norton Cecil Michael Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne (11 February 192215 September 1943), was a British peer and soldier, the son of His Excellency The 5th Baron Brabourne, Governor of Bengal.

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November 1917

The following events occurred in November 1917.

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Oliver Kitson, 4th Baron Airedale

Oliver James Vandeleur Kitson, 4th Baron Airedale (22 April 1915 – 19 March 1996), "an able and devoted"Nancy Seear, The Independent, Thursday, 4 April 1996 politician, member of the Liberal Party and later of the Liberal Democrat Party, was a British peer.

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Oliver Plunkett, 1st Baron Louth

Oliver Plunkett, 1st Baron Louth (d. c. 1555), was an Irish peer.

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Out4Marriage

Out4Marriage is a 'multi-platform' political campaign that was started on 8 May 2012 in response to the British Government’s consultation concerning the legalisation of same-sex marriage in England and Wales.

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Owen Lloyd George, 3rd Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor

Owen Lloyd George, 3rd Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, DL (28 April 1924Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2375 – 29 July 2010) was a British Peer.

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Parkstead House

Parkstead House, formerly known as Manresa House and Bessborough House, is a neo-classical Palladian villa in Roehampton, London, built in the 1760s.

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Peerage

A peerage is a legal system historically comprising hereditary titles in various countries, comprising various noble ranks.

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Peerage of France

The Peerage of France (Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 in the Middle Ages, and only a small number of noble individuals were peers.

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Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain.

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Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma

Penelope Meredith Mary Knatchbull, 3rd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, (née Eastwood; born 16 April 1953), known until 2005 as Lady Romsey, and until 2017 as The Lady Brabourne, is the wife of The Rt.

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Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle

Philip John Algernon Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle, (born 21 April 1945) is a British peer and former soldier.

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) is an interdisciplinary undergraduate/post-graduate degree which combines study from three disciplines.

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Phryne Fisher

Phryne Fisher (FRY-knee), often called "Miss Fisher", is the main character in Australian author Kerry Greenwood's series of Phryne Fisher detective novels.

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Pierre Lorillard III

Pierre Lorillard III (October 20, 1796 – December 23, 1867) was the grandson of Pierre Abraham Lorillard, the founder of the P. Lorillard and Company.

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Plas Llanstephan

Plas Llanstephan is a mansion in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Plassey, County Clare

In 1761, Major-General Robert Clive (1725-1774) gave orders for his estate in County Clare, centred on the townland of Ballykilty near the village of Quin, to be renamed Plassey: 'the name of the place (now Palashi) where we gained our great victory in India to which I owe all my good fortune'.

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Political party

A political party is an organised group of people, often with common views, who come together to contest elections and hold power in government.

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Political party funding

Political party funding are the methods that a political party uses to raise money for campaign and routine activities.

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Price Devereux, 10th Viscount Hereford

Price Devereux, 10th Viscount Hereford (9 June 1694 – 29 July 1748) was a British Peer.

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Price Devereux, 9th Viscount Hereford

Price Devereux, 9th Viscount Hereford (1664 – 3 October 1740) was a British Peer.

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Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

The following is a list of the men who served as Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (also known as the Central African Federation).

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Prince Alexander-Georg von Auersperg

Prince Alexander-Georg von Auersperg is the son of Sunny von Bülow and Prince Alfred von Auersperg, as well as the brother of Annie-Laurie von Auersperg and half-brother of Cosima von Bülow.

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Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa (1884–1963)

Prince Ferdinando of Savoy, 3rd Duke of Genoa (Ferdinando Umberto Filippo Adalberto; 21 April 1884 – 24 June 1963) was the third Duke of Genoa and a member of the House of Savoy.

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Princess Nadezhda Tereshchenko

Nadezhda Tereshchenko also known as Nadezhda Mouravieff-Apostol and Nadezhda Mouravieff-Apostol-Korobyine (Надéжда Терéщенко; Надíя Терéщенко) was the daughter of Theodore Artemievich Tereshchenko and Nadezhda Vladimirovna Khlopoff from ancient and noble Khlopoff family.

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Privilege of peerage

The privilege of peerage is the body of special privileges belonging to members of the British peerage.

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Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel

Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and 8th Earl of Surrey (c.1306 – 24 January 1376) was an English nobleman and medieval military leader and distinguished admiral.

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Richard Fortescue, 7th Earl Fortescue

Richard Archibald Fortescue, 7th Earl Fortescue (14 April 1922 – 7 March 1993) was a British peer, the son of Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue.

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Richard Long, 4th Viscount Long

Richard Gerard Long, 4th Viscount Long CBE (30 January 1929 – 13 June 2017) was a British peer and Conservative politician.

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Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, (10 September 1823 – 26 March 1889), styled Earl Temple until 1839 and Marquess of Chandos from 1839 to 1861, was a British soldier, politician and administrator of the 19th century.

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Robert Arbuthnot, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott

Robert Arbuthnot, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott PC (before 1625 – 10 October 1655), was a Scottish Peer and Scottish Privy Counsellor (1649).

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Robert Blake, Baron Blake

Robert Norman William Blake, Baron Blake, (23 December 1916 – 20 September 2003), was an English historian and peer.

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Robert Carnwath, Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill

Robert John Anderson Carnwath, Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill, CVO (born 15 March 1945) is a British Supreme Court judge.

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Robert Myddelton Biddulph (1805–1872)

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Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick

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Roger Toulson, Lord Toulson

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Roll of the Peerage

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Ronald Fellowes, 2nd Baron Ailwyn

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Royal and noble styles

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Royal descent

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Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale

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Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha

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Scam title

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Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919

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Seymour John Fortescue

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Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton

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Simon Tereshchenko

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Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet

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Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet

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Sir John McEwen, 1st Baronet

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Sir Peter FitzGerald, 19th Knight of Kerry

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Slane Castle

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Sofia Tereshchenko

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Stella Creasy

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Style (manner of address)

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Substantive title

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Terence Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava

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Terence Macartney-Filgate

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Terence Plunket, 6th Baron Plunket

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Tereshchenko churches

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Tereshchenko diamond

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Tereshchenko family

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The Dresden Files characters

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The Lady's Magazine

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The Relugas Compact

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Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness

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Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson

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Thomas Ashburnham, 6th Earl of Ashburnham

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Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg

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Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester

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Thomas Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester

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Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

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Thomas Holderness

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Thomas Innes of Learney

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Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale

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Ton (le bon ton)

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Trevor

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Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington

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Varvara Khanenko

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Vicary Gibbs, 6th Baron Aldenham

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Viscount

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Viscount Gort

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Viscount Portman

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Waleran

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Walter Gibbs, 4th Baron Aldenham

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Walter Long, 2nd Viscount Long

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Wangaratta

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West Breifne

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William Bayard Jr.

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William Collins Whitney

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William de Aldeburgh, 2nd Baron Aldeburgh

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William FitzClarence, 2nd Earl of Munster

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William Harris, 6th Earl of Malmesbury

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William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth

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William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth

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William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth

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William Mure (1718–1776)

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William Mure (1830–1880)

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William Napier, 11th Lord Napier

William John George Napier, 11th Lord Napier, 2nd Baron Ettrick (1846–1913) was a British peer.

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William Stourton, 16th Baron Stourton

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William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey

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William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey

William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey, 6th Viscount Grandison, (died 28 August 1769) was an English peer and politician from the Villiers family.

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Willingdon College

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Yu Kil-chun

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1891 New Year Honours

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1898 Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours 1898 were announced on 21 May 1898 in celebration of the birthday of Queen Victoria.

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1899 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1899 were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours of the United Kingdom and British India.

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1900 Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours 1900 were announced on 23 May 1900 in celebration of the birthday of Queen Victoria.

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1900 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1900 were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours of the United Kingdom and British India.

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1902 Coronation Honours

The 1902 Coronation Honours were announced on 26 June 1902, the date originally set for the coronation of King Edward VII.

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1941 in science

The year 1941 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

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1946 New Year Honours (Peerages and Knighthoods)

The 1946 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth Realms of King George VI to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and to celebrate the passing of 1945 and the beginning of 1946.

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