Precedence
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 (eg 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).
This is very much a work in progress
Duchies
Claitonborough (November 4, 1479 )
- Marquessate of Pangbourne (1479)
- Earl of Pangbourne (1383)
- Viscount Whitchurch (1383)
- Baron Dunford of Pangbourne (1312)
Welby (August 24, 1503)
Wycombe (1543 )
- Marquessate of Ramsden (unknown)
Beaumont (unknown)
Leicester (unknown)
- Spalding (unknown)
Leighton (unknown)
- Marquessate of Easton (1066)
Pennington (unknown)
Marquessates
Crantock (1489)
- Barony Treville of Crantock
Beningborough (September 24, 1704 )
- Earldom of Seyton (September 1, 1485 )
Raulings (March 2, 1746 )
- Earldom of Bridgeton (1622)
- Viscountcy of Grafton (1622)
Avening (unknown, presumed English)
Emerson (unknown, presumed English)
Pendleston (unknown, presumed English)
- Viscountcy of Stanwood (unknown)
Spalding (unknown, presumed English) (subsidiary of the Duchy of Leicester
Marquessate of Foxford (Irish) (1681)
Earldoms
Rotherham (1579)
- Viscountcy of Surrey (1356 )
Essex (1616)
- Barony of Sterne
Morven (1660)
- Viscountcy of Selwyn (1712 ) (Peerage of Great Britain)
Bridgeton (1622) (subsidiary of the Marquessate of Raulings)
- Viscountcy of Grafton (1622)
Prestwood (May 13th, 1692 )
Carrington (unknown)
Griffith (unknown)
- Viscountcy of Torrington (unknown)
Seyton (unknwon, presumed 'of England) (subsidiary to the Marquessate of Beningborough
Wyck (unknown, presumed 'of England')
Hopetoun (unknown, presumed 'of Scotland')
Kirkfries (unknown) (Scottish)
Parry (1791) (Peerage of Great Britain)
Viscountcies
Note: A viscount is always 'Viscount Saltash' in the English peerage. He is only 'Viscount of Livingston' if the title is Scottish Viscountcy of Surrey. Viscounts do not have any subsidiary titles. Grafton (1622) (subsidiary of the Marquessate of Raulings)
Saltash (17th October 1706)
Selwyn (1712 ) (Peerage of Great Britain) (subsidiary of the Earldom of Morven)
Banbury (unknown)
Delamere (unknown)
Flemming (unknown)
Fletstone (unknown)
Hawksley (unknown)
Lattisley (unknown)
Tessington (unknown)
Torrington (unknown) (subsidiary of the Earldom of Griffith)
Louisburgh(unknown) (Irish)
Baronies
Ackland (March 29, 1299 )
Dunford of Pangbourne (1312) (subsidiary of the Dukechy of Claitonborough)
de Grave (unknown, probably 14th or 15th century)
Bathurst (unknown)
Louth (unknown)
Wadebridge (unknown)