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The history of the British peerage, a system of nobility found in the United Kingdom, stretches over the last thousand years. The current form of the British peerage has been a process of development. While the ranks of baron and earl predate the British peerage itself, the ranks of duke and marquess were introduced to England in the 14th century.
Peerages created for prime ministers by reign. King George I, 1714–1727. King George II, 1727–1760. King George III, 1760–1820. King George IV, 1820–1830. King William IV, 1830–1837. Queen Victoria, 1837–1901. King Edward VII, 1901–1910. King George V, 1910–1936.
Some of the German relations of King George V were made marquesses in the Peerage of the United Kingdom after renouncing their German princely titles in 1917. Prince Louis of Battenberg , the princely head of the Battenberg family and the maternal grandfather of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , became the first Marquess of Milford Haven .
This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total. Dukes created by Charles III (1 C, 1 P) Dukes created by Elizabeth II (1 C, 2 P) Dukes created by George VI (2 P)
In court (assembly, presbytery and session) a person may only be addressed as Mr, Mrs, Miss, Dr, Prof, etc. depending on academic achievement. Thus ministers are correctly addressed as, for example, Mr Smith or Mrs Smith unless they have a higher degree or academic appointment e.g. Dr Smith or Prof. Smith.
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain. New peers continued to be created in the Peerage of Ireland until 1898.
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between the Acts of Union 1707 and the Acts of Union 1800. It replaced the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland, but was itself replaced by the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1801. The ranks of the Peerage of Great Britain are Duke ...
