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Die Peerage of Great-Britain ersetzte somit die Peerage of England und die Peerage of Scotland, bis sie selbst 1801 durch die Peerage of the United Kingdom ersetzt wurde. Bis zur Verabschiedung des House of Lords Act 1999 hatten alle Peers einen Sitz im House of Lords. Die Ränge der britischen Peerage sind Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount und Baron.
Duke of Argyll (Scottish Gaelic: Diùc Earraghàidheil) is a title created in the peerage of Scotland in 1701 and in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1892. The earls, marquesses, and dukes of Argyll were for several centuries among the most powerful noble families in Scotland .
Gen Lord Adam Gordon, Member of Parliament for Aberdeenshire 1754-68 and for Kincardineshire 1774-88, Governor of Tynemouth Castle 1778, Commander of the Forces in Scotland 1789, Governor of Edinburgh Castle 1796 (dsp. legit. 13 Aug 1801), mar. 2 Sep 1767 Jean Murray (widow of James [Murray], 2nd Duke of Atholl; d. 22 Feb 1795), only dau. of John Drummond, 10th of Lennoch and 3rd of Megginch
Title page of The Jacobite Peerage, 1904, by Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval. The Jacobite peerage includes those peerages created by James II and VII, and the subsequent Jacobite pretenders, after James's deposition from the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland following the Glorious Revolution of 1688. These creations were not recognised ...
Alexander Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton, 13th Duke of Brandon (born 31 March 1978), is a Scottish nobleman and the premier peer of Scotland. Early life [ edit ] He is the son of Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton , and his first wife, Sarah Scott, and was educated at Keil School , Dumbarton , and Gordonstoun in Scotland.
In the UK, five peerages or peerage divisions co-exist, namely: The Peerage of England – titles created by the kings and queens of England before the Acts of Union in 1707. The Peerage of Scotland – titles created by the kings and queens of Scotland before 1707. The Peerage of Great Britain – titles created for the Kingdom of Great ...
The Peerage of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Moraireachd na h-Alba, Scots: Peerage o Scotland) is one of the five divisions of peerages in the United Kingdom and for those peers created by the King of Scots before 1707. Following that year's Treaty of Union, the Kingdom of Scots and the Kingdom of England were combined under the name of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was ...
