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peerage

{{short description|System of nobility}}

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{{Distinguish|Peer of the realm}}

A peerage is a legal system historically comprising various hereditary titles (and sometimes non-hereditary titles) in a number of countries, and composed of assorted noble ranks.

Peerages include:

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Australia

Belgium

Canada

China

France

Japan

Portugal

Spain

{{see also|Spanish nobility}}

United Kingdom

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{{hanging indent |text={{font color |green | Overview}}}}

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: {{hanging indent |text=Peerage (general introduction)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Social class in the United Kingdom}}

{{hanging indent |text={{font color |green | Peerage Titles (nobility), ranked by order}}}}

{{hanging indent |text=(highest-ranking hereditary titles in the British peerage system)}}

: {{section link|Duke|United Kingdom}} File:Coronet of a British Duke.svg

: {{section link|Marquess|United Kingdom}} File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg

: Earl File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg

: {{hanging indent |text={{section link|Viscount|United Kingdom}} / Viscountess File:Coronet of a British Viscount.svg}}

: Baron File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg

: {{hanging indent |text=Victory title 👑 (peerage granted for military victories, e.g., Duke of Wellington; coronet varies by rank)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Peer of the realm (legal term for members of the peerage with full rights)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Lord (general title for many peers, also used informally)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Representative peer (elected member of the Scottish [1707–1963] or Irish [1801–1922] peerage who sat in the UK House of Lords on behalf of their peerage group)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Hereditary peer File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg (peerage title that is passed down through inheritance; coronet depends on rank)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Life peer File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg (peerage title granted for lifetime service; and, the title cannot be inherited; wears a Baron’s coronet)}}

{{hanging indent |text={{font color |green | Titled but Below the Peerage}}}}

{{hanging indent |text=(honorary or hereditary titles that do not grant peerage status)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Baronet (hereditary title ranking below a baron, but above a knight)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Knight (non-hereditary honor awarded for service or merit)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Dame (female equivalent of a Knight, awarded for distinguished service)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Privilege of peerage (legal rights and privileges associated with being a peer, even if not sitting in Parliament)}}

{{hanging indent |text={{font color |green | Commoners and Gentry}}}}

{{hanging indent |text=(non-peerage ranks historically associated with privilege and status)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Courtesy title (honorific used by heirs of peers, not legally recognized)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Esquire (once a rank below knight, now an informal designation)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Gentleman File:Torse of a British Gentleman.svg (traditional term for men of status and refinement)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Baronage (collective term for barons, historically linked to landownership)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Laird (Scottish landowner, similar to an esquire or lord of the manor, but not a peer)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Scottish clan (traditional kinship-based groups in Scotland, some led by clan chiefs)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Scottish clan chief (leader of a Scottish clan, recognized under Scottish heraldic law)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=List of Scottish clans (directory of notable historical and modern Scottish clans'')}}

{{hanging indent |text=Concepts Related to the Peerage (and Non-Peerage)}}

{{hanging indent |text=(broader ideas, historical context, and legislative aspects of the peerage system)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Peerage Bill (legislation related to the peerage, including reforms)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=British nobility (wider concept of noble ranks, including those not part of the peerage)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Noblesse in Scotland (Scottish equivalent of nobility, often distinct from peerage)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=English heraldry (system of coats of arms and noble symbols in England)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Territorial designation (titles associated with land, e.g., Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Wessex)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Forms of address in the United Kingdom (proper ways to address peers and titled individuals)}}

: {{hanging indent |text={{section link|Lord|Modern usage}} (explanation of how "Lord" is used today, both formally and informally)}}

{{hanging indent |text=Regalia and Symbols}}

{{hanging indent |text=(items associated with noble status and rank)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Robes of the British peerage (ceremonial garments worn by peers at state occasions)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Coronet (small crown worn by peers, indicating rank in the hierarchy)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom → (hierarchy of ranking among nobles and officials)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Order of precedence in Scotland}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Order of precedence in England and Wales}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Order of precedence in Northern Ireland}}

{{hanging indent |text=Honors and Nobiliary Elements}}

: Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom

: {{section link|Post-nominal letters|Civil usage in the UK}}

: {{section link|Post-nominal letters|Academic usage in the UK}}

: List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom)

: {{section link|Nobiliary particle|United Kingdom}}

: College of Arms 20px

: {{hanging indent |text=Herald File:Crown of a British King of Arms.svg (officer of arms responsible for heraldry and ceremonial functions)}}

: Garter Principal King of Arms 20px

: King of Arms

: Lord Lyon King of Arms 20px

: Order of the Garter 20px

: Order of the British Empire

: Order of St Michael and St George

: List of people who have declined a British honour

{{hanging indent |text=Scottish and Other Nobility Structures File:Flag of Scotland.svg}}

: Scottish clan

: Baronage of Scotland

: Substantive title

{{hanging indent |text=🏰 Early Peerages (Before 1707)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Peerage of England (English titles created before the 1707 Acts of Union'')}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Welsh peers and baronets (holders of British peerage and baronetcy titles associated with Welsh lands or heritage)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Peerage of Scotland (Scottish titles created before 1707; some later sat in the House of Lords, with all gaining seats from 1964 to 1999)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=List of Scottish representative peers (elected Scottish peers in the House of Lords from 1707 to 1963)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Jacobite peerage (titles granted by exiled Stuart monarchs (1689–1766) in opposition to the British and Irish peerage systems)}}

{{hanging indent |text=🇬🇧 Peerages of Great Britain and Ireland (1707–1801)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Peerage of Great Britain (titles created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between 1707 and 1800)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Peerage of Ireland (Irish titles created before 1920; held seats in the Irish House of Lords until 1801, with some later sitting in the UK House of Lords)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=List of Irish representative peers (elected Irish peers in the House of Lords from 1801 to 1922)}}

{{hanging indent |text=🏛 Peerages of the United Kingdom (1801–Present)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Peerages in the United Kingdom (titles created since 1801 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland – renamed the UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after 1921)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Life Peerages Act 1958 (established non-hereditary life peerages in the House of Lords)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 (created judicial life peers for the House of Lords)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=List of spiritual peers (Bishops in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual'')}}

{{hanging indent |text=📜Other Peerage-Related Topics}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Peerage Act 1963 (allowed hereditary peers to disclaim their titles for life; ended Scottish representative peers)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=History of the British peerage (development and evolution of the peerage system)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Peerage of Britain and Ireland by date (chronological list of peerage creations)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=List of British Jewish nobility and gentry (Jewish peers, baronets, and gentry in the UK)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom (honorific titles used by heirs of peers)}}

: {{hanging indent |text=List of courtesy titles in the peerages of Britain and Ireland (specific courtesy titles and their holders)}}

{{hanging indent |text=Channel Islands 20px}}

{{hanging indent |text=(not part of the United Kingdom, but Crown Dependencies)}}

:: {{hanging indent |text=Bailiwick of Jersey 20px (seigneurs, but no peerage system)}}

:: {{hanging indent |text=Bailiwick of Guernsey 20px (seigneurs, but no peerage system)}}

:::Alderney 20px

:::Guernsey 20px

:::Herm 20px

:::Sark 20px

{{hanging indent |text=Other Crown Dependencies}}

::{{hanging indent |text=Cornwall 20px (Duchy of Cornwall, but no separate peerage)}}

::{{hanging indent |text=Isle of Man 20px (Lord of Mann, no separate peerage)}}

:::{{hanging indent |text=Order of precedence in the Isle of Man}}

{{hanging indent |text={{font color |green | Peerages in the Commonwealth}}}}

{{hanging indent |text=Peerages in the Australia 20px}}

: Australian peers and baronets

: Australian knights and dames

: Order of the Thistle

: Table of precedence for the Commonwealth of Australia

: Order of Australia (''established February 14, 1975)

{{hanging indent |text=Peerages in the Canada 20px}}

: Canadian peers and baronets

: Canadian titles debate

:: {{hanging indent |text=Peerages in the British Columbia 20px}}

:::Order of precedence in British Columbia

:: {{hanging indent |text=Peerages in the Newfoundland and Labrador 20px}}

:::Order of precedence in Newfoundland and Labrador

{{hanging indent |text=Peerages in the New Zealand 20px}}

: New Zealand royal honours system

: Orders, decorations, and medals of New Zealand

: New Zealand Order of Merit (established May 30, 1996)

: New Zealand royal honours system

{{hanging indent |text={{font color |green | Lists of Titles and Holders}}}}

{{hanging indent |text=Dukes and Dukedoms}}

: Royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom

: Dukes in the United Kingdom

: List of dukes in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

: List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

: {{section link|Earls, Marquises and Dukes in the Baronage of Scotland|List of Marquisates and Dukedoms in the Baronage of Scotland}}

{{hanging indent |text=Marquesses and Marquessates}}

: Marquesses in the United Kingdom

:: {{hanging indent |text=Britain and Ireland}}

::: List of marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

::: List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

:: {{hanging indent |text=Scotland}}

::: {{section link|Earls, Marquises and Dukes in the Baronage of Scotland|List of Marquisates and Dukedoms in the Baronage of Scotland}}

::: :Category:Marquessates in the Peerage of Scotland

{{hanging indent |text=Earls and Earldoms}}

: List of earls in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

: List of earldoms

:: {{hanging indent |text=Scotland}}

::: {{section link|Earls, Marquises and Dukes in the Baronage of Scotland|List of Earldoms in the Baronage of Scotland}}

{{hanging indent |text=Viscounts and Viscountcies}}

: List of viscounts in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

: List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

{{hanging indent |text=Barons, Lords of Parliament, and Baronetcies}}

: List of barons in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

: List of hereditary baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

: List of baronies in the Peerage of England

: List of baronies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

: List of life peerages

: List of lordships of Parliament

: List of peers 1790–1799

: List of peerages created for women

: List of peerages inherited by women

: Standing Council of the Baronetage

:: {{hanging indent |text=Scotland}}

::: Baronage of Scotland

::: Lords in the Baronage of Scotland

{{hanging indent |text=Dormant, Extinct, and Forfeited Peerages}}

: :Category:Dormant peerages

: List of extinct baronetcies

: :Category:Extinct dukedoms in the Peerage of England

: :Category:Extinct baronies

: :Category:Extinct dukedoms

: :Category:Extinct earldoms

: :Category:Extinct marquessates

: :Category:Extinct viscountcies

: :Category:Forfeited peerages

: :Category:Forfeited earldoms in the Peerage of England

{{hanging indent |text=Legal Aspects of the Peerage}}

: Peerage law

: Baronies created by error

: Cash-for-Honours scandal

: False titles of nobility

: Titles Deprivation Act 1917

{{hanging indent |text=Fictional Nobility}}

: List of fictional nobility

{{hanging indent |text={{font color |green | Reference Works and Databases}}}}

: Burke's Peerage

: {{hanging indent |text=Burke's Landed Gentry (1833; 1st ed.) – by John Burke (1786–1848).}}

: {{hanging indent |text=The Complete Peerage (1887–1898) – In 8 Vols. by George Edward Cokayne (1825–1911).}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Noblesse Oblige (1956) – An anthology of four essays.}}

: {{hanging indent |text=Debrett's – John Debrett (1753–1822), compiler and publisher of The New Peerage in 1769.}}

: {{hanging indent |text=International Register of Arms, formerly Burke's Peerage & Gentry International Register of Arms}}

: The Scots Peerage

: Roll of the Peerage

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See also

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  • Baronage
  • {{Lang|fr|Pairie}}, French equivalent of the English word "peerage"

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