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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.
Peerages in the United Kingdom form a legal system comprising both hereditary and lifetime titles, composed of various ranks, and within the framework of the Constitution of the United Kingdom form a constituent part of the legislative process and the British honours system.
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.
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.
This is a list of the 30 present dukes in the peerages of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927 and after.
History of the British peerage - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) English peerage. Anglo-Saxon period (600-1066) 5th–8th century. 900–1066. Post-Conquest baronage (1066–1299) Medieval peerage (1300–1500) Scottish and Irish peerages. Stuart monarchs. Hanoverian monarchs. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Windsor monarchs. See also. Notes. Citations. References
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.
