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The peerage has a role as a system of honour or award, with the granting of a peerage title forming the highest rung of the modern British honours system. 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 comprises five ranks, which are, in descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. Below the peerage are honorary ranks that include baronet and knight , two classes that bear similarities to the nobility but which are generally not regarded as such.
peerage, Body of peers or titled nobility in Britain. The five ranks of British nobility , in descending order, are duke , marquess , earl ( see count ), viscount , and baron . Until 1999, peers were entitled to sit in the House of Lords and exempted from jury duty.
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The ranks of the English peerage are, in descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. While most newer English peerages descend only in the male line, many of the older ones (particularly older baronies) can descend through females.
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: Australian peers. Belgium. Belgian nobility. Canada. British peerage titles granted to Canadian subjects of the Crown.
The five titles of the peerage, in descending order of precedence, or rank, are: duke, marquess, earl, viscount, baron. The highest rank of the peerage, duke, is the most exclusive. This hierarchy of titles becomes further complicated by the fact that an individual peer can hold several peerages of different rank, created and conferred, or ...
This article serves as an introduction to the British peerage*, which has evolved over the centuries into the five ranks that exist today: duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron. Earl, the oldest title of the peerage, dates from Anglo-Saxon times.