Peerage of the United Kingdom - 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 Act of Union in 1801. In that year, the Peerage of Great Britain was replaced by the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Peerage of Ireland, however, continued until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. Until 1999, all Peers of the U.K. could sit in the House of Lords. The ranks of the peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron. In the following table of peers, higher or equal titles in the other peerages are listed, as are Life peerages in the Peerage of the U.K. Dukes in the Peerage of the U.K. Title Creation Other.
George V of the United Kingdom - George V of the United Kingdom George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor, né Wettin1) (3 June 1865-20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (from 1927, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Emperor of India from 6 May 1910 until his death. He was the first British monarch of the House of Windsor. George V King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland His Royal Highness Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert of Great Britain and Ireland was born at Marlborough House in London, the second son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Denmark. As a younger son of the Prince of Wales, there was no.
United Kingdom order of precedence - United Kingdom order of precedence The Order of precedence in the United Kingdom is different for each region. See: Order of precedence in England and Wales Order of precedence in Scotland Order of precedence in Northern Ireland Separate orders exist for males and females. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Determination of Precedence 2 Source of Precedence 3 The Royal Family 4 Officers 5 Nobles 6 Clergy 7 Baronets and Knights 8 See also Determination of Precedence The Order of Precedence is determined by various methods. The Precedence Act (which technically applies only to determine seating in the House of Lords Chamber) and the Acts of Union with Scotland and Ireland generally set precedence for members of the nobility. The Statutes of the various Orders of Chivalry.
Forms of Address in the United Kingdom - Forms of Address in the United Kingdom Position Written Address Salutation Oral Address Royalty Queen Her Majesty Elizabeth II Your Majesty Your Majesty Prince Consort (Queen's Husband) His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh Your Royal Highness Your Royal Highness Prince of Wales His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales Your Royal Highness Your Royal Highness Princess Royal Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal Your Royal Highness Your Royal Highness Prince His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex Your Royal Highness Your Royal Highness Princess Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex Your Royal Highness Your Royal Highness Peers and Peeresses Duke His Grace the Duke of Somerset Duke of Somerset Your Grace Duchess Her Grace the Duchess of Somerset Duchess of Somerset Your Grace Marquess The Most.
Peerage - Peerage The peerage is a system of titles of honour unique to Britain, and is one part of the British honours system. Peers were, historically, title holders entitled to be summoned to the House of Lords. The families of title-holders are not peers (though the wives of peers are traditionally known as peeresses). This is a fundamental distinction from the Continental system of titles, where families rather than individuals are ennobled, and where more than one person can hold the same title simultaneously. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Titles 2 Inheritance of Titles 3 Divisions of the Peerage 4 The current state of the Peerage Titles The titles within the peerage are, in ascending order of rank, baron (baroness for women), viscount (viscountess), earl (countess), marquess.
Peerage of Ireland - Peerage of Ireland The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. Before 1801, Irish Peers had the right to sit in the Irish House of Lords, but after the Union in 1801, Irish peers, like those of Scotland, only elected Representative Peers - twenty-eight in number - to the House of Lords. This practice ended with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922 Irish Peerages continued to be created for some time after 1801 as a way of creating peerages which did not grant a seat in the House of Lords. The last to be granted was one for George Curzon in 1899. In the following table of.
Peerage of Scotland - Peerage of Scotland The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdoms of Scotland and England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was introduced. After the Union, Scottish Peers elected sixteen Representative Peers to sit in the House of Lords. The Peerage Act of 1963 allowed all Scottish Peers to sit in the House of Lords, a right which was lost along with all other hereditary peers in 1999. Unlike most other peerage titles, many Scottish titles can pass through female lines. The ranks of the Scottish Peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Lord of.
Peerage of Great Britain - Peerage of Great Britain The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union in 1707 but before the Act of Union in 1801. The Peerage of Great Britain thus replaced the Peerages of England and Scotland, until it was itself replaced by the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1801. Until 1999, all Peers of Great Britain could sit in the House of Lords. The ranks of the Great British peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron. In the following table of Great British peers, higher or equal titles in the other peerages are listed. Dukes in the Peerage of Great Britain Title Creation Other titles The Duke of Brandon 1711 Duke of Hamilton.
Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough - river) Neuflize. Lord Bessborough ran for various positions of public office. He held seats in the London County Council from 1907 to 1910 and the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party from 1913 to 1920. Then on the death of his father, he succeeded to the Earldom in the Irish peerage as 9th Earl of Bessborough and entered the House of Lords. Following the war, he pursued a successful business career, holding directorships in several large commercial firms, one of the most notable being his position as deputy chairman of De Beers Consolidated Mines. Communications was a hallmark of Lord Bessborough's term of office as Governor General. His installation in 1931 was the first to be broadcast nationally by radio. He inaugurated the first trans-Canadian.
James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 10th Earl of Dalhousie - and of his wife Christina Broun of Coalstoun, a lady of noble lineage and distinguished gifts. From his father he inherited a vigorous self-reliance and a family pride which urged him to prove worthy of the Ramsays who had not crawled through seven centuries of their country's history, while to his mother he owed his high-bred courtesy and his deeply seated reverence for religion. The 9th earl was in 1815 created Baron Dalhousie in the peerage of the United Kingdom, and had three sons, the two elder of whom died early. His youngest son, the subject of this article, was small in stature, but his firm chiselled mouth, high forehead and masterful manner intimated a dignity that none could overlook. Yet his early life gave little promise of the dominating force.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough - a while, but saw turns of duty first in the Mediterranean and in the last of the Anglo-Dutch Wars. In the latter, he became a Marine officer, and was attached to the siege of Maastricht, his first taste of land battle. Having come to the attention of the French crown during this action, he moved onto the fighting in Alsace, where he fought with one of the leading generals of the day, Marshal Turenne. That war ended in 1674, and Churchill settled down to peaceful life.In 1678, he married Sarah Jennings, who would come to fiercely present his interests at court while he was off fighting on the Continent. In 1682, then-Colonel Churchill entered the Scotch peerage as Lord Churchill of Eyemouth. In the years to follow he engaged in various.
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell - as Lord John Russell before 1861, was a Whig politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-nineteenth century. A younger son of the 6th Duke of Bedford, Russell entered parliament as a Whig in 1813. In 1819, Russell embraced the cause of parliamentary reform, and led the more reformist wing of the Whigs throughout the 1820s. When the Whigs came to power in 1830 in Earl Grey's government, Russell entered the government as Paymaster of the Forces, and was soon elevated to the Cabinet. He was one of the principal leaders of the fight for the Reform Act of 1832. In 1834, when the leader of the Commons, Lord Althorp, succeeded to the peerage as Earl Spencer, Russell became the leader of the Whigs in.
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll - 1743) was a Scottish soldier and nobleman. His titles were extremely high in the precedence of the Scottish peerage. Born in Petersham, Surrey, Campbell succeeded his father, the 1st Duke, as Duke of Argyll and Chief of Clan Campbell in 1703. In 1705 he was created a Peer of England as Baron Chatham and Earl of Greenwich. He was a supporter of the 1707 Act of Union. He fought during the War of the Spanish Succession under the British Army's overall commander, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and fought at the battles of Oudenarde and Malplaquet. In 1710 he was made a Knight of the Garter. With the coming to power of the Tory ministry of Oxford and Bolingbroke, Argyll fell out of favor, joining the Whig opposition in making.
Impeachment - or appointment) and because it generally requires a supermajority, it is usually only reserved for those deemed to have committed serious abuses of their office. Impeachment has its origins in English law but fell out of use in the 18th century. It exists under constitutional law in many nations around the world, including the United States, Russia, the Philippines and the Republic of Ireland. Impeachment in the United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, the power of impeachment is vested in the House of Commons. The charges are formed in "Articles of Impeachment," each article detailing a separate allegation. The House of Commons appoints managers, who act as prosecutors in the trial. The mover of the impeachment is commanded to go to the House of Lords and then declare that the defendant.
Viscount Melbourne - was a title created for Peniston Lamb in 1781 in the peerage of Ireland. He had already been made a baron in 1770 and in 1815 he was made an English peer. The second Earl served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, while his brother, the third Earl, was a dipolmat. The title became extinct on the death of the 3rd Viscount, Frederick Lamb. Viscounts Melbourne (1781) Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne (1748-1829) William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848) Frederick James Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne (1782-1853) Reference MELBOURNE, WILLIAM LAMB, 2ND VISCOUNT (1779-1848), 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica; [1].
Viscount Palmerston - Viscount Palmerston Viscount Palmerston was a title in the peerage of Ireland created on March 12, 1723. Upon the death of the third Viscount (who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), the title became extinct. Viscounts Palmerston (1723) Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c. 1673-1757) Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (1739-1802) Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865) Reference PALMERSTON, HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, 3RD VISCOUNT, 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Viscount Stansgate - Viscount Stansgate is a currently-suspended title in the peerage of the United Kingdom that has had two holders. The second Viscount, Tony Benn, inherited the title in 1960, and disclaimed it in 1963 on the day the Peerage Act 1963 passed into law and made it possible for him to do so. The title was not destroyed and will reappear when Tony Benn dies, presumably being inherited by his son Stephen Benn. Viscounts Stansgate (1940) William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate (1877-1960) Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, 2nd Viscount Stansgate (b. 1925) (disclaimed 1963).
Harold Macmillan - 29, 1986) was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. The First Earl of Stockton Period in Office: 11 January, 1957 - 19 October, 1963 PM Predecessor: Anthony Eden PM Successor: Alec Douglas-Home Date of Birth: February 10, 1894 Place of Birth: London Political Party: Conservative Nickname: Super Mac Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Early life 2 Government 3 Retirement 4 External Link 5 Harold Macmillan's Government, January 1957 - October 1963 5.1 Changes Early life Harold Macmillan was born in London. He was educated at Eton and at Balliol College, Oxford. He served with distinction in WW I, being wounded on three occasions. Elected to the House of Commons in 1924 for Stockton-on-Tees, he lost his seat in 1929 only to return.
Viscount Hailsham - Viscount Hailsham Viscount Hailsham is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The second Viscount, Quintin Hogg, disclaimed his peerage under the Peerage Act to sit in the House of Commons, but by the time he had died, hereditary peers were no longer automatically eligible to sit in the House of Lords, so his son, Douglas Hogg, did not need to do so to remain an MP. ==Viscounts Hailsham (1929) Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham (1872-1950) Quintin McGarel Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham (1907-2001) (disclaimed 1963) Douglas Martin Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham (b. 1945).
Hay-on-Wye - Booth, who on April 1, 1977 sought publicity by declaring Hay an "independent republic" with himself as its king. Hay-on-Wye is actually a micronation. Since 1988, Hay has been the venue for a literary festival which draws audiences from all over the United Kingdom to see and hear big literary names from all over the world. External Links Official Site Hay Peerage.
