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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 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 ...
Francis Bertie, 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame. Michael Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham. Benjamin Bathurst, 2nd Viscount Bledisloe. Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe. Christopher Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe. Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton. Lancelot Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford.
Hereditary peerages are not "honours under the crown" and cannot normally be withdrawn. A peerage can be revoked only by a specific Act of Parliament, and then only for the current holder, in the case of hereditary peerages. A hereditary peer can disclaim his peerage for his own lifetime under Peerage Act 1963 within a year of inheriting the title.
Duke, in the United Kingdom, is the highest-ranking hereditary title in all five peerages of the British Isles. A duke thus outranks all other holders of titles of nobility ( marquess, earl, viscount and baron or lord of parliament ). The wife of a duke is known as a duchess, which is also the title of a woman who holds a dukedom in her own ...
Pages in category "Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 499 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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)
