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The Complete Peerage, exhaustive 14-volume (in 15 books) guide to the peerage families (titled aristocracy) of the British Isles, recognized as the greatest British achievement in the field of genealogy. The first edition in eight volumes was published in London (1887–98) by George Edward Cokayne,
Modern laws. The law applicable to a British hereditary peerage depends on which Kingdom it belongs to. Peerages of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom follow English law; the difference between them is that peerages of England were created before the Act of Union 1707, peerages of Great Britain between 1707 and the Union with Ireland in 1800, and peerages of the United Kingdom ...
The Crown, as fount of honour, may determine all petitions claiming peerages. The sovereign upon the Attorney-General's advice can grant the claim or, in contentious matters, send it to the House of Lords, who in turn send it to the Select Committee for Privileges. (The House of Lords appoints 16 peers – including the Chairman of Committees ...
The following is the order of precedence in England and Wales as of June 2024. Separate orders exist for men and women . Names in italics indicate that these people rank elsewhere—either higher in that table of precedence or in the table for the other sex. Titles in italics indicate the same thing for their holders, or that they are vacant.
2 de fev. de 2014 · The history of the British Peerage is as rich and colourful as the country itself – for centuries, the peerage remained at the forefront of English politics and at the front of the battlefield ...
21 de out. de 2023 · At the zenith of British nobility are the titles of King and Queen. While they may not wield governmental power in the UK’s parliamentary constitutional monarchy, they symbolize national unity. The rule of heredity determines the line of succession to the throne. Notably, since 2011, gender is no longer a criterion for ascending to this ...
The King or Queen of the United Kingdom, as the sovereign, is always first in the order of precedence. A king is followed by his queen consort, the first in the order of precedence for women. The reverse, however, is not always true for queens regnant. There is no established law of precedence for a prince consort, so he is usually specially ...
