• The history of the British peerage, a system of nobility found in the United Kingdom, stretches over the last thousand years. The current form of the...
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  • in the latter case but not the former). British peerage title holders are termed peers of the Realm. The peerage's fundamental roles are ones of law...
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  • This is a list of the 30 present dukes in the peerages of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, United...
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  • The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between the Acts of Union 1707 and the Acts of Union...
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  • Dukes in the United Kingdom History of the British peerage Marquesses in the United Kingdom Peerage of England Peerage of Great Britain Peerage of Ireland...
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    Peerage robes are worn in the United Kingdom by peers and are of two varieties for two occasions: Parliament robes, worn on ceremonial occasions in the...
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  • barony in the Peerage of England British Honours System British nobility Forms of address in the United Kingdom Gentry History of the Peerage Landed gentry...
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  • forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The Norman conquest of England introduced the continental...
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  • these peerage titles pass to their eldest sons. Male-line descendants of King George V, including women until they marry, bear the surname Windsor. The surname...
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    Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher founded in 1826, when the Anglo-Irish genealogist John Burke began releasing books devoted to the...
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