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The oldest of the actual ranks of the peerage are Dukedoms Earldoms and Baronies. The first RL recorded Marquessate was in 1385, the first RL Viscountcy was created in 1440. (JFYI) The older the title, the more likely it is to have lapsed and been recreated further down the line, IRL. The order of precedence works: Royalty, Dukedoms, Marquessates, Earldoms, Viscountcies, Baronies. | [[File:House of Lords Microcosm.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The House of Lords (old chamber, burned down in 1834) as drawn by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson for Ackermann's Microcosm of London (1808-11)]]The oldest of the actual ranks of the peerage are Dukedoms, Earldoms and Baronies. The first RL recorded Marquessate was in 1385, the first RL Viscountcy was created in 1440. (JFYI) The older the title, the more likely it is to have lapsed and been recreated further down the line, IRL. The order of precedence works: Royalty, Dukedoms, Marquessates, Earldoms, Viscountcies, Baronies. | ||
The date of creation gives the precedence within each rank, and they can be further reordered depending on which peerage the rank belongs to. The ranking of peerages is: | The date of creation gives the precedence within each rank, and they can be further reordered depending on which peerage the rank belongs to. The ranking of peerages is: | ||
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An earl in the Irish peerage whose title dates from, say, 1692 comes after an earl in the English peerage whose title dates from 1702. I have tried to include the main titles used in LL, and where a date of creation is unknown, they are listed in alphabetical order after the last known date of creation of that rank, with presumed English titles coming before known Sottish and Irish ones, to make it easier to fit them in once a date of creation for that title has been decided. Subsidiary titles are given as bullet points below the highest-ranking title held by the family and are only listed again in the appropriate area if currently held as a courtesy title ( | An earl in the Irish peerage whose title dates from, say, 1692 comes after an earl in the English peerage whose title dates from 1702. I have tried to include the main titles used in LL, and where a date of creation is unknown, they are listed in alphabetical order after the last known date of creation of that rank, with presumed English titles coming before known Sottish and Irish ones, to make it easier to fit them in once a date of creation for that title has been decided. | ||
Subsidiary titles are given as bullet points below the highest-ranking title held by the family and are only listed again in the appropriate area if currently held as a courtesy title (e.g. the Viscountcy of Surrey is listed under Viscountcies as well as a subsidiary of the Earldom of Rotherham, as there is a son who uses that title as if it were an actual peerage). Please note that Viscounts and Barons do not have subsidiary titles; their sons are styled 'Honourable' (as are the younger sons of Earls - Robert Vickery is officially the Honourable Robert Vickery; Colonel Fitzgerald, younger son of the Earl of Rotherham, would be Colonel the Honourable Robert Fitzgerald). If a title is likely to have a subsidiary title, but the subsidiary title is not known (because the player has not given one), there is a bullet point marked with a question mark below the known title. | |||
'''This is very much a work in progress''' | '''This is very much a work in progress''' | ||
== | ==A Brief Note on Courtesy Titles== | ||
[[ | ''See also [[Titles: The Definitive and Easy Version]], an article by [[Rose]] explaining this in further detail, as well as [[How the British Aristocracy Works]] by [[Sharpie]].'' | ||
Viscounts and Barons do ''not'' have courtesy titles; their sons are all titled 'The Honourable'. | |||
For those ranks that do have a courtesy title, the title used by the eldest son will be distinct from the title held by his father. Using a fictional, non-LL example: the son of the Marquess of Sundridge, who also hold the titles Earl of Sundridge and Viscount Malling, will be known as Viscount Malling or Lord Malling, so that he is not confused with his father. (This is why, IRL, the eldest son of the Duke of Wellington is Baron Douro - Wellington's other titles are Marquess of Wellington, Earl of Wellington and Viscount Wellington of Talavera. No other title he holds will serve to differentiate father and son.) | |||
[ | Holding a courtesy title does ''not'' allow an older son to sit in the House of Lords; he is still a commoner not a peer - he is merely borrowing a title from his father who is the actual holder. The only way for a man holding a courtesy title to sit in the House of Lords is if he is granted a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writ_of_acceleration Writ of Acceleration]. | ||
The eldest son of a peer's eldest son may use the third title his grandfather holds, if there is one. Using our LL titles, if the Duke of Claitonborough had a son, that son would be known, by courtesy, as the Marquess of Pangbourne, and if ''he'' has a son, that son will be known as Viscount Whitchurch. | |||
==Dukedoms== | |||
''Technically, the '''Dukedom''' is the title held and the '''Duchy''' refers to the lands and estates held by that Dukedom - the Dukedom of Leicester is held by the Harpole family, whose Duchy is in Leicestershire.'' | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! Dukedom | |||
[[ | ! Creation Date | ||
! Current Holder | |||
! Subsidiaries | |||
! Notes | |||
|- | |||
! [[Dukedom of Oxford|Oxford]] <br>of England | |||
| 1397 || [[John Howard]] || Earldom of ____ (unknown) || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Dukedom of Rothbury|Rothbury]] <br>of England | |||
| 1460 || [[Gregory Colborne]] || [[Earldom of Falstone]] (unknown) || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Dukedom of Claitonborough|Claitonborough]] <br>of England | |||
| November 4, 1479 || [[Anthony Dunford]] || [[Marquessate of Pangbourne]] (1479) <br> [[Earldom of Pangbourne]] (1383) <br> [[Viscountcy of Whitchurch]] (1383) <br> [[Barony Dunford of Pangbourne]] (1312) || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Dukedom of Welby|Welby]] <br>of England | |||
| August 24, 1503 || [[Hugh Rossington]] || [[Marquessate of Easton]] (1465) <br> [[Earldom of Easton]] (unknown) <br> [[Barony of Easton]] (unknown) || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Dukedom of Pevensey|Pevensey]] <br>of England | |||
| 1533 || [[Arthur Osgood]] || [[Marquessate of Brookwood]] (????) <br> [[Earldom of Monmouth]] (????) || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Dukedom of Wycombe|Wycombe]] <br>of England | |||
| 1543 || [[John Quinn]] || [[Marquessate of Ramsden]] (unknown) || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Dukedom of Pennington|Pennington]] <br>of England | |||
| 1664 || [[Henry Hissop]] || [[Marquessate of St Elvan]] (1721, Great Britain) <br> [[Earldom of St Elvan]] (1567, of England) <br> [[Earldom of Emers]] (1701, of England) <br>[[Viscountcy of Portan]] (1721, Great Britain) <br> [[Barony of Penton Mewsey]] (1526, of England) || The Barony of Penton Mewsey is used by the grandson of the Duke, if there is one. | |||
|- | |||
! [[Dukedom of Aylesbury|Aylesbury]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || Ingram Grange || [[Earldom of Valebridge]] (unknown) || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Dukedom of Beaumont|Beaumont]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Phillip Werlington]] || Marquessate of ____ (unknown) || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Dukedom of Henley|Henley]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Ashleigh Heathcote]] || [[Earldom of Annfield]] <br>[[Barony of Kelburgh]] || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Dukedom of Leicester|Leicester]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Lawrence Harpole]] || [[Marquessate of Spalding]] (unknown) || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Dukedom of Leighton|Leighton]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Nicholas Gosling]] || [[Marquessate of Inverloch]] (unknown) || | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
==Marquessates== | ==Marquessates== | ||
[[Marquessate of Crantock|Crantock]] | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! Marquessate | |||
! Creation Date | |||
! Current Holder | |||
[[Marquessate of | ! Subsidiaries | ||
! Notes | |||
|- | |||
! [[Marquessate of Crantock|Crantock]] <br>of England | |||
[[Marquessate of | | 1489 || [[Archibald Treville-Layton]] || [[Barony Treville of Crantock]] (unknown) || | ||
|- | |||
! [[Marquessate of Eastborough|Eastborough]] <br>of England | |||
| 1497 || [[Rawdon Montgomery III]] || [[Earldom of Alderhan]] (1497) <br>[[Barony of Eastborough]] (1086)<br> || Grandsons of a living marquess are known by the courtesy title 'Lord Montgomery'. | |||
|- | |||
! [[Marquessate of Hollomere|Hollomere]] <br>of England | |||
[[Marquessate of | | unknown<ref>[http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/3210-have-not-saints-lips-and-holy-palmers-too/?p=43345 Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too] gives Hollomere as being an older title than Emerson, though no date is given</ref> || [[Charles Delafield]] || [[Earldom of Arkney]] (unknown) || | ||
|- | |||
[[Marquessate of | ! [[Marquessate of Emerson|Emerson]] <br>of England | ||
| 1590 || [[Blake Pritchard]] || [[Earldom of Emerson]] (1408) <br>[[Viscountcy of Morton]] (1354) || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Marquessate of Coniston|Coniston]] <br>of England | |||
[[Marquessate of | | 5 November 1664 || [[Kenward Asquith]] || [[Viscountcy of Milbury]] (1689) || | ||
|- | |||
! [[Marquessate of Beningborough|Beningborough]] <br>of England | |||
| 24 September 1704 || [[Edmond Landon]] || [[Earldom of Seyton]] (September 1, 1485) || | |||
[[Marquessate of Spalding|Spalding]] | |- | ||
! [[Marquessate of Foxford|Foxford]] <br>of Ireland | |||
[[Marquessate of | | 1681 || [[Marcus Fairmont]] || [[Earldom of Galbraith]] (unknown) | ||
|- | |||
! [[Marquessate of Raulings|Raulings]] <br>of Great Britain | |||
| 1746 || [[Thomas Grafton]] || [[Earldom of Bridgeton]] (1622) <br>[[Viscountcy of Grafton]] (1622) || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Marquessate of Avening|Avening]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Oscar Moncrieff]] || unknown || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Marquessate of Spalding|Spalding]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[James Harpole]] || || subsidiary of the [[Dukedom of Leicester]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[Marquessate of Wadham|Wadham]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Joseph Blakeney]] || unknown || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Marquessate of Windermere|Windermere]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || Matthew Hughes-Watson || unknown | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
==Earldoms== | ==Earldoms== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! Earldom | |||
[[Earldom of | ! Creation Date | ||
! Current Holder | |||
! Subsidiaries | |||
! Notes | |||
[[Earldom of Prestwood|Prestwood]] | |- | ||
! [[Earldom of Seyton|Seyton]] <br>of England | |||
[[Earldom of Carrington|Carrington]] (unknown) | | 1485 || [[Richard Landon]]|| || subsidiary of the [[Marquessate of Beningborough]] | ||
|- | |||
[[Earldom of | ! [[Earldom of Alderhan|Alderhan]] <br>of England | ||
| 1497 || [[Rawdon Montgomery|Rawdon Montgomery IV]] || || subsidiary of the [[Marquessate of Eastborough]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Rotherham|Rotherham]] <br>of England | |||
[[Earldom of | | 1579 || [[Richard Fitzgerald I|Richard Fitzgerald]] || [[Viscountcy of Surrey]] (1356) || | ||
|- | |||
[[Earldom of | ! [[Earldom of Bathampton|Bathampton]] <br>of England | ||
| 1592 || [[Jonathan Worthing]] || [[Barony of Heatherlea]] || | |||
[[Earldom of Hopetoun|Hopetoun]] | |- | ||
! [[Earldom of Thernope|Thernope]] <br>of England | |||
[[Earldom of | | 1601 || [[John Seymour]] || [[Viscountcy of Redmoor]] (unknown) || | ||
|- | |||
[[Earldom | ! [[Earldom of Essex|Essex]] <br>of England | ||
| 1616 || [[Richard Sterne]] || [[Barony of Sterne]] (unknown) || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Bridgeton|Bridgeton]] <br>of England | |||
| 1622 || [[William Grafton]] || || subsidiary of the [[Marquessate of Raulings]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Morven|Morven]] <br>of England | |||
| 1660 || [[George Hackett I]] || [[Viscountcy of Selwyn]] (1712) || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Prestwood|Prestwood]] <br>of England | |||
| 13 May 1692 || [[Arthur Beacham]] || unknown || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Shrewsbury|Shrewsbury]] <br>of Great Britain | |||
| c.1720 || Marcus Stowe || [[Viscountcy of Hurst]] (unknown) || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Carrington|Carrington]] <br>of Great Britain | |||
| 1743 || [[Gideon Steele]] || unknown || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Kirkfries|Kirkfries]] <br>of Great Britain | |||
| 1745 || Abeyant || unknown || The Earldom of Kirkfries is currently lapsed. | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom Parry|Parry]] <br>of Great Britain | |||
| 1791 || [[Henry Layton]] || [[Barony of Loseley]] (unknown) || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Arkney|Arkney]] <br>of Great Britain | |||
| 1791 || [[Christian Delafield]] || || subsidiary of the [[Marquessate of Hollomere]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Beaconsfield|Beaconsfield]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Phineas Keats]] || unknown || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Bramley|Bramley]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Alfred Cole]] || Viscountcy of Canonbury || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Branksea|Branksea]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || || unknown || ''in abeyance since 1790; possibly extinct'' | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Falstone|Falstone]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Sebastian Colborne]] || || subsidiary of the [[Dukedom of Rothbury]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Griffith|Griffith]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Bernard Relmsey]] || [[Viscountcy of Torrington]] || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Hopetoun|Hopetoun]] <br> unknown | |||
| unknown || unknown || unknown || The Earldom of Hopetoun is currently held by an unknown distant cousin of [[Camilla Fairmont]] and [[Anthea Winter]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Narbett|Narbett]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || Peter Lawrence || [[Viscountcy of Thorton]] || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Oughterridge|Oughterridge]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || George Devereux I || unknown || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Valebridge|Valebridge]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Julian Grange]] || || subsidiary of the [[Dukedom of Aylesbury]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Winchcombe|Winchcombe]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || unknown || unknown || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Wilcox|Wilcox]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || Kenneth Bowery || unknown || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Earldom of Wyck|Wyck]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Walter Roydon]] || unknown || | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
==Viscountcies== | ==Viscountcies== | ||
Note: A viscount is always 'Viscount Saltash' in the English peerage. He is only 'Viscount of Livingston' if the title is Scottish. Viscounts do not have any subsidiary titles | Note: A viscount is always 'Viscount Saltash' in the English peerage. He is only 'Viscount ''of'' Livingston' if the title is Scottish. Viscounts do not have any subsidiary titles, all sons being titled 'The Honourable' (as younger sons of Earls are, and as all Barons' sons are). All daughters are also styled 'The Honourable', as are Barons' daughters. | ||
[[Viscountcy of | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! Viscountcy | |||
[[Viscountcy of Saltash|Saltash]] | ! Creation Date | ||
! Current Holder | |||
[[Viscountcy of Selwyn|Selwyn]] | ! Subsidiaries | ||
! Notes | |||
[[Viscountcy of | |- | ||
! [[Viscountcy of Surrey|Surrey]] <br>of England | |||
[[Viscountcy of | | 1356 || [[Richard Fitzgerald II]] || N/A || subsidiary of the [[Earldom of Rotherham]] | ||
|- | |||
[[Viscountcy of | ! [[Viscount Wembury|Wembury]] <br>of England | ||
| 9th November 1640 || [[Edmund Mayoh]] || N/A || | |||
[[Viscountcy of | |- | ||
! [[Viscountcy of Flemming|Flemming]] <br>of England | |||
[[Viscountcy of | | 1689 || [[Xavier Darling]] || N/A || | ||
|- | |||
[[Viscountcy of | ! [[Viscountcy of Saltash|Saltash]] <br>of England | ||
| 17th October 1706 || [[James Vickery]] || N/A || | |||
[[Viscountcy of Tessington|Tessington]] | |- | ||
! [[Viscountcy of Selwyn|Selwyn]] <br>of Great Britain | |||
[[Viscountcy of Torrington|Torrington]] | | 1712 || [[George Hackett|George Hackett II]] || N/A || subsidiary of the [[Earldom of Morven]] | ||
|- | |||
! [[Viscountcy of Ruxburgh|Ruxburgh]] <br>of Great Britain | |||
| 1759 || N/A || N/A || The Viscountcy of Ruxburgh is currently lapsed. This is being contested, and the hopeful successor is [[Ira Wilson]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[Viscountcy of St Vincent|St Vincent]] <br>of Great Britain | |||
| 1797 || James Fairley || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Viscountcy of Banbury|Banbury]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Quentin Leith]] || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Viscountcy of Hawksley|Hawksley]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Victor Kincaide]] || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Viscountcy of Hurst|Hurst]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || Giles Stowe || N/A || subsidiary of the [[Earldom of Shrewsbury]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[Viscountcy of Redmoor|Redmoor]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Gabriel Seymour]] || N/A || subsidiary of the [[Earldom of Thernope]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[Viscountcy of Sweetling|Sweetling]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || John Prose || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Viscountcy of Tessington|Tessington]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Darcy Tessington]] || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Viscountcy of Torrington|Torrington]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Damien Relmsey]] || N/A || subsidiary of the [[Earldom of Griffith]] | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
==Baronies== | ==Baronies== | ||
[[Barony of Louth|Louth]] | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! Barony | |||
! Creation Date | |||
! Current Holder | |||
! Subsidiaries | |||
! Notes | |||
|- | |||
! [[Barony of Middleton|Middleton]] <br>of England | |||
| 3 March 1149 || [[Thomas Tolson]] || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Barony of Ackland|Ackland]] <br>of England | |||
| 29 March 1299 || [[Samuel Gardiner]] || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Barony of Silchester|Silchester]] <br>of England | |||
| 1305 || [[Lucian Fitzroy]] || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Barony of Hunstanton|Hunstanton]] <br>of England | |||
| 1681 || [[Aubrey Sayre]] || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Barony of Locksley|Locksley]] <br>of England | |||
| 1689 || Philip Ellery || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Barony of Thornley|Thornley]] <br>of England | |||
| 1690 || [[James Reynell]] || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Barony of Wolvercote|Wolvercote]] <br>of Great Britain | |||
| 1708 || [[Cyril Asquith]] || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Barony of Braylock|Braylock]] <br>of Great Britain | |||
| 1788 || [[Richard Westfall I]] || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Barony Bartram of Everston|Bartram of Everston]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Peregrine Bartram]] || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Barony of Bathurst|Bathurst]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Uriah Scarborough]] || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Barony de Grave|de Grave]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Robin Grenfell]] || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Barony of Kirkham|Kirkham]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || Richard Lazenby || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Barony of Louth|Louth]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[Clarence Haworth]] || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Barony of Oddsley|Oddsley]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || Isaiah Prince || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
! [[Barony of Wrotham|Wrotham]] <br>unknown | |||
| unknown || [[James Sandeford-Wrey]] || N/A || | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
[[ | [[Category:Lists]] |
Latest revision as of 06:41, 13 June 2021
The oldest of the actual ranks of the peerage are Dukedoms, Earldoms and Baronies. The first RL recorded Marquessate was in 1385, the first RL Viscountcy was created in 1440. (JFYI) The older the title, the more likely it is to have lapsed and been recreated further down the line, IRL. The order of precedence works: Royalty, Dukedoms, Marquessates, Earldoms, Viscountcies, Baronies.
The date of creation gives the precedence within each rank, and they can be further reordered depending on which peerage the rank belongs to. The ranking of peerages is:
- of England (titles created before 1707)
- of Scotland (titles created before 1707)
- of Ireland titles created before 1707)
- of Great Britain (titles created between 1707 and 1801)
- of the United Kingdom (titles created after 1801)
An earl in the Irish peerage whose title dates from, say, 1692 comes after an earl in the English peerage whose title dates from 1702. I have tried to include the main titles used in LL, and where a date of creation is unknown, they are listed in alphabetical order after the last known date of creation of that rank, with presumed English titles coming before known Sottish and Irish ones, to make it easier to fit them in once a date of creation for that title has been decided.
Subsidiary titles are given as bullet points below the highest-ranking title held by the family and are only listed again in the appropriate area if currently held as a courtesy title (e.g. the Viscountcy of Surrey is listed under Viscountcies as well as a subsidiary of the Earldom of Rotherham, as there is a son who uses that title as if it were an actual peerage). Please note that Viscounts and Barons do not have subsidiary titles; their sons are styled 'Honourable' (as are the younger sons of Earls - Robert Vickery is officially the Honourable Robert Vickery; Colonel Fitzgerald, younger son of the Earl of Rotherham, would be Colonel the Honourable Robert Fitzgerald). If a title is likely to have a subsidiary title, but the subsidiary title is not known (because the player has not given one), there is a bullet point marked with a question mark below the known title.
This is very much a work in progress
A Brief Note on Courtesy Titles
See also Titles: The Definitive and Easy Version, an article by Rose explaining this in further detail, as well as How the British Aristocracy Works by Sharpie.
Viscounts and Barons do not have courtesy titles; their sons are all titled 'The Honourable'.
For those ranks that do have a courtesy title, the title used by the eldest son will be distinct from the title held by his father. Using a fictional, non-LL example: the son of the Marquess of Sundridge, who also hold the titles Earl of Sundridge and Viscount Malling, will be known as Viscount Malling or Lord Malling, so that he is not confused with his father. (This is why, IRL, the eldest son of the Duke of Wellington is Baron Douro - Wellington's other titles are Marquess of Wellington, Earl of Wellington and Viscount Wellington of Talavera. No other title he holds will serve to differentiate father and son.)
Holding a courtesy title does not allow an older son to sit in the House of Lords; he is still a commoner not a peer - he is merely borrowing a title from his father who is the actual holder. The only way for a man holding a courtesy title to sit in the House of Lords is if he is granted a Writ of Acceleration.
The eldest son of a peer's eldest son may use the third title his grandfather holds, if there is one. Using our LL titles, if the Duke of Claitonborough had a son, that son would be known, by courtesy, as the Marquess of Pangbourne, and if he has a son, that son will be known as Viscount Whitchurch.
Dukedoms
Technically, the Dukedom is the title held and the Duchy refers to the lands and estates held by that Dukedom - the Dukedom of Leicester is held by the Harpole family, whose Duchy is in Leicestershire.
Marquessates
Marquessate | Creation Date | Current Holder | Subsidiaries | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Crantock of England |
1489 | Archibald Treville-Layton | Barony Treville of Crantock (unknown) | |
Eastborough of England |
1497 | Rawdon Montgomery III | Earldom of Alderhan (1497) Barony of Eastborough (1086) |
Grandsons of a living marquess are known by the courtesy title 'Lord Montgomery'. |
Hollomere of England |
unknown[1] | Charles Delafield | Earldom of Arkney (unknown) | |
Emerson of England |
1590 | Blake Pritchard | Earldom of Emerson (1408) Viscountcy of Morton (1354) |
|
Coniston of England |
5 November 1664 | Kenward Asquith | Viscountcy of Milbury (1689) | |
Beningborough of England |
24 September 1704 | Edmond Landon | Earldom of Seyton (September 1, 1485) | |
Foxford of Ireland |
1681 | Marcus Fairmont | Earldom of Galbraith (unknown) | |
Raulings of Great Britain |
1746 | Thomas Grafton | Earldom of Bridgeton (1622) Viscountcy of Grafton (1622) |
|
Avening unknown |
unknown | Oscar Moncrieff | unknown | |
Spalding unknown |
unknown | James Harpole | subsidiary of the Dukedom of Leicester | |
Wadham unknown |
unknown | Joseph Blakeney | unknown | |
Windermere unknown |
unknown | Matthew Hughes-Watson | unknown |
Earldoms
Earldom | Creation Date | Current Holder | Subsidiaries | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Seyton of England |
1485 | Richard Landon | subsidiary of the Marquessate of Beningborough | |
Alderhan of England |
1497 | Rawdon Montgomery IV | subsidiary of the Marquessate of Eastborough | |
Rotherham of England |
1579 | Richard Fitzgerald | Viscountcy of Surrey (1356) | |
Bathampton of England |
1592 | Jonathan Worthing | Barony of Heatherlea | |
Thernope of England |
1601 | John Seymour | Viscountcy of Redmoor (unknown) | |
Essex of England |
1616 | Richard Sterne | Barony of Sterne (unknown) | |
Bridgeton of England |
1622 | William Grafton | subsidiary of the Marquessate of Raulings | |
Morven of England |
1660 | George Hackett I | Viscountcy of Selwyn (1712) | |
Prestwood of England |
13 May 1692 | Arthur Beacham | unknown | |
Shrewsbury of Great Britain |
c.1720 | Marcus Stowe | Viscountcy of Hurst (unknown) | |
Carrington of Great Britain |
1743 | Gideon Steele | unknown | |
Kirkfries of Great Britain |
1745 | Abeyant | unknown | The Earldom of Kirkfries is currently lapsed. |
Parry of Great Britain |
1791 | Henry Layton | Barony of Loseley (unknown) | |
Arkney of Great Britain |
1791 | Christian Delafield | subsidiary of the Marquessate of Hollomere | |
Beaconsfield unknown |
unknown | Phineas Keats | unknown | |
Bramley unknown |
unknown | Alfred Cole | Viscountcy of Canonbury | |
Branksea unknown |
unknown | unknown | in abeyance since 1790; possibly extinct | |
Falstone unknown |
unknown | Sebastian Colborne | subsidiary of the Dukedom of Rothbury | |
Griffith unknown |
unknown | Bernard Relmsey | Viscountcy of Torrington | |
Hopetoun unknown |
unknown | unknown | unknown | The Earldom of Hopetoun is currently held by an unknown distant cousin of Camilla Fairmont and Anthea Winter |
Narbett unknown |
unknown | Peter Lawrence | Viscountcy of Thorton | |
Oughterridge unknown |
unknown | George Devereux I | unknown | |
Valebridge unknown |
unknown | Julian Grange | subsidiary of the Dukedom of Aylesbury | |
Winchcombe unknown |
unknown | unknown | unknown | |
Wilcox unknown |
unknown | Kenneth Bowery | unknown | |
Wyck unknown |
unknown | Walter Roydon | unknown |
Viscountcies
Note: A viscount is always 'Viscount Saltash' in the English peerage. He is only 'Viscount of Livingston' if the title is Scottish. Viscounts do not have any subsidiary titles, all sons being titled 'The Honourable' (as younger sons of Earls are, and as all Barons' sons are). All daughters are also styled 'The Honourable', as are Barons' daughters.
Viscountcy | Creation Date | Current Holder | Subsidiaries | Notes |
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Surrey of England |
1356 | Richard Fitzgerald II | N/A | subsidiary of the Earldom of Rotherham |
Wembury of England |
9th November 1640 | Edmund Mayoh | N/A | |
Flemming of England |
1689 | Xavier Darling | N/A | |
Saltash of England |
17th October 1706 | James Vickery | N/A | |
Selwyn of Great Britain |
1712 | George Hackett II | N/A | subsidiary of the Earldom of Morven |
Ruxburgh of Great Britain |
1759 | N/A | N/A | The Viscountcy of Ruxburgh is currently lapsed. This is being contested, and the hopeful successor is Ira Wilson |
St Vincent of Great Britain |
1797 | James Fairley | N/A | |
Banbury unknown |
unknown | Quentin Leith | N/A | |
Hawksley unknown |
unknown | Victor Kincaide | N/A | |
Hurst unknown |
unknown | Giles Stowe | N/A | subsidiary of the Earldom of Shrewsbury |
Redmoor unknown |
unknown | Gabriel Seymour | N/A | subsidiary of the Earldom of Thernope |
Sweetling unknown |
unknown | John Prose | N/A | |
Tessington unknown |
unknown | Darcy Tessington | N/A | |
Torrington unknown |
unknown | Damien Relmsey | N/A | subsidiary of the Earldom of Griffith |
Baronies
Barony | Creation Date | Current Holder | Subsidiaries | Notes |
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Middleton of England |
3 March 1149 | Thomas Tolson | N/A | |
Ackland of England |
29 March 1299 | Samuel Gardiner | N/A | |
Silchester of England |
1305 | Lucian Fitzroy | N/A | |
Hunstanton of England |
1681 | Aubrey Sayre | N/A | |
Locksley of England |
1689 | Philip Ellery | N/A | |
Thornley of England |
1690 | James Reynell | N/A | |
Wolvercote of Great Britain |
1708 | Cyril Asquith | N/A | |
Braylock of Great Britain |
1788 | Richard Westfall I | N/A | |
Bartram of Everston unknown |
unknown | Peregrine Bartram | N/A | |
Bathurst unknown |
unknown | Uriah Scarborough | N/A | |
de Grave unknown |
unknown | Robin Grenfell | N/A | |
Kirkham unknown |
unknown | Richard Lazenby | N/A | |
Louth unknown |
unknown | Clarence Haworth | N/A | |
Oddsley unknown |
unknown | Isaiah Prince | N/A | |
Wrotham unknown |
unknown | James Sandeford-Wrey | N/A |
- ↑ Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too gives Hollomere as being an older title than Emerson, though no date is given