Precedence

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:

• 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.

Dukedom	Creation Date	Current Holder	Subsidiaries	Notes
Oxford of England	1397	John Howard	Earldom of ____ (unknown)
Rothbury of England	1460	Gregory Colborne	Earldom of Falstone (unknown)
Claitonborough of England	November 4, 1479	Anthony Dunford	Marquessate of Pangbourne (1479) Earldom of Pangbourne (1383) Viscountcy of Whitchurch (1383) Barony Dunford of Pangbourne (1312)
Welby of England	August 24, 1503	Hugh Rossington	Marquessate of Easton (1465) Earldom of Easton (unknown) Barony of Easton (unknown)
Pevensey of England	1533	Arthur Osgood	Marquessate of Brookwood (????) Earldom of Monmouth (????)
Wycombe of England	1543	John Quinn	Marquessate of Ramsden (unknown)
Pennington of England	1664	Henry Hissop	Marquessate of St Elvan (1721, Great Britain) Earldom of St Elvan (1567, of England) Earldom of Emers (1701, of England) Viscountcy of Portan (1721, Great Britain) Barony of Penton Mewsey (1526, of England)	The Barony of Penton Mewsey is used by the grandson of the Duke, if there is one.
Aylesbury unknown	unknown	Ingram Grange	Earldom of Valebridge (unknown)
Beaumont unknown	unknown	Phillip Werlington	Marquessate of ____ (unknown)
Henley unknown	unknown	Ashleigh Heathcote	Earldom of Annfield Barony of Kelburgh
Leicester unknown	unknown	Lawrence Harpole	Marquessate of Spalding (unknown)
Leighton unknown	unknown	Nicholas Gosling	Marquessate of Inverloch (unknown)

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	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
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
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