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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.
- Peerages in the United Kingdom
The Peerage of Great Britain – titles created for the...
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A peerage is a legal system historically comprising various...
- Peerages in the United Kingdom
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.
ShieldTitleTitleCreation19 January 180123 June 1801Earl Grey in the Peerage of United ...Earl Grey in the Peerage of United ...23 June 180118 August 1801Earl Nelson in the Peerage of United ...Earl Nelson in the Peerage of United ...The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerage of Great Britain.
In the 19th century the peerage of the United Kingdom was firmly established, following the Act of Union (1707), which combined the kingdoms of England and Scotland (as well as their peerages), and the second Act of Union (1801), combining Great Britain and Ireland.
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 ...