A subsidiary title is a title of authority or title of honour that is held by a royal or noble person but which is not regularly used to identify that person, due to the concurrent holding of a greater title.
12-615: The Complete Peerage (full title: The Complete Peerage of England , Scotland , Ireland , Great Britain , and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant ); first edition by George Edward Cokayne , Clarenceux King of Arms ; 2nd edition revised by Vicary Gibbs et al. ) is a comprehensive work on the titled aristocracy of the British Isles . The Complete Peerage was first published in eight volumes between 1887 and 1898 by George Edward Cokayne (G. E. C.). This version
24-518: A substantive title ) until his father's death, and he remains legally a commoner until then. If a subsidiary peerage has the same name as a higher peerage, it is not used as a courtesy title, in order to avoid any confusion. For example, the Duke of Manchester is also the Earl of Manchester, but his heir apparent is styled "Viscount Mandeville", this being the duke's highest subsidiary title that does not contain
36-475: A particular rank, including extinct, dormant, and abeyant peerages, see: Each peer is listed only by their highest English title. Peers known by a higher title in one of the other peerages are shown in blue, and peers with more than one title of the same rank in the Peerage of England are shown in orange. Subsidiary title Subsidiary title Subsidiary title An example in
48-650: The House of Lords under the Peerage Act 1963 from which date until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 all Peers of England could sit in the House of Lords . 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. Such peerages follow
60-676: The House of lords and all its members from the earliest times . Peerage of England 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 . There are five peerages in the United Kingdom in total. English Peeresses obtained their first seats in
72-809: The United Kingdom is the Duke of Norfolk , who is also the Earl of Arundel , the Earl of Surrey , the Earl of Norfolk , the Baron Beaumont , the Baron Maltravers , the Baron FitzAlan, the Baron Clun, the Baron Oswaldestre, and the Baron Howard of Glossop . In everyday usage, the individual who holds all of these titles would be referred to only by the most senior title (in this case, Duke of Norfolk), while all of
84-483: The alphabetical sequence, but as a supplement covering creations and promotions within the peerage between 1900 and 1938. The leading researcher on the project was Ethel Stokes and the five volumes from 1929 to 1949 acknowledge her major contribution. The work has been reprinted in a number of formats, most notably by Alan Sutton Publishers who reduced it in size to six volumes in a photographically reduced format. This contains four page images on each smaller page. It
96-467: The name "Manchester". Before the House of Lords Act 1999 , which abolished the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords , an heir apparent could be summoned to the Lords, before the current title holder's death, by a writ of acceleration – that is, by accelerating the inheritance of a junior title (usually a barony ). For example, a writ of acceleration could have been used to cause
108-536: The old English inheritance law of moieties so all daughters (or granddaughters through the same root) stand as co-heirs, so some such titles are in such a state of abeyance between these. Baronets , while holders of hereditary titles, as such are not peers and not entitled to stand for election in the House of Lords. Knights , dames and holders of other non-hereditary orders, decorations, and medals are also not peers. The following tables only show peerages, still in existence. For lists of every peerage created at
120-464: The other titles would be subsidiary titles. The heir apparent to a duke , marquess or earl may use any subsidiary title of that peer (usually the most senior) as a courtesy title , provided that it does not cause confusion. For example, the Duke of Norfolk's heir apparent is known as "Earl of Arundel" (without the definite article ). However, the heir does not technically become the Earl of Arundel (as
132-444: Was available on CD . A further reprint in six volumes appeared in 2000, together with Volume 14, which is an appendix, correcting the original publication (1910–1938) and briefly updating it to 1995. All volumes edited by George Cokayne. Volumes 1–5 have the title Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant , and volumes 6–13: The complete peerage; or, A history of
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#1732863112253144-495: Was effectively replaced by a new and enlarged edition between 1910 and 1959, edited successively by Vicary Gibbs (Cokayne's nephew), H. A. (Herbert Arthur) Doubleday, Duncan Warrand, Lord Howard de Walden , Geoffrey H. White and R. S. Lea. The revised edition, published by the St Catherine Press Limited, was in twelve volumes, with volume twelve issued in two parts. Volume thirteen was issued in 1940, not as part of
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