British peerage system

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The British peerage system is the hierarchical structure of hereditary and life noble titles in the United Kingdom, encompassing ranks such as duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
British peerage 12
British nobility 10
British peerage system canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nobility system ⓘ
social hierarchy ⓘ
advisedBy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution House of Lords ⓘ
monarchy of the United Kingdom ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
developedFrom English peerage ⓘ
linked to: Peerage of England

Irish peerage ⓘ
linked to: Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Scottish peerage ⓘ
distinguishedFrom British baronetage ⓘ
British orders of chivalry ⓘ
knighthood ⓘ
governedBy Acts of Parliament ⓘ
Crown ⓘ
letters patent ⓘ
hasConcept courtesy title ⓘ
crossbench peer ⓘ
hereditary peer ⓘ
law lord ⓘ
letters patent ⓘ
life peer ⓘ
remainder ⓘ
subsidiary title ⓘ
writ of summons ⓘ
hasRank baron ⓘ
duke ⓘ
earl ⓘ
marquess ⓘ
viscount ⓘ
hasStyle His Grace ⓘ
The Honourable ⓘ
linked to: The Honorable

The Most Honourable ⓘ
The Right Honourable ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans

feudal barony ⓘ
includesGenderedTitle baroness ⓘ
countess ⓘ
duchess ⓘ
marchioness ⓘ
viscountess ⓘ
includesJurisdictionalCategory Peerage of England ⓘ
Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
Peerage of Ireland ⓘ
Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
includesTitleType hereditary peerage ⓘ
life peerage ⓘ
languageOfTitles English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legalFrameworkIncludes Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 ⓘ
House of Lords Act 1999 ⓘ
Life Peerages Act 1958 ⓘ
lowestRank baron ⓘ
partOf British honours system ⓘ
titleCreationAuthority monarch ⓘ
topRank duke ⓘ
usesPrinciple entail ⓘ
primogeniture ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duke of Brandon → givesStatusIn → British peerage system ⓘ
Clive family → memberOf → British nobility ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Lord Lorne → titleSystem → British nobility ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Marquessate of Aberdeen and Temair → isSubsidiaryOf → British peerage system ⓘ
Baron Hood → partOf → British nobility ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Viscount Formartine → peerageSystem → British nobility ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Henry, Lord Paget → memberOf → British peerage ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Elizabeth Grey, Countess Grey → partOf → British peerage ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
1st Baron Hawke → partOf → British nobility ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Earl of Ellesmere → usedBy → British nobility ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
1st Viscount Ruffside → systemOfNobility → British nobility ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Baron Hyde → partOf → British nobility ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Viscount Woodstock → usedIn → British nobility ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Baron Harwich → partOf → British nobility ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Earl of Hillsborough → partOf → British peerage system ⓘ
Bridgeman family → partOf → British peerage ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Duchess → usedIn → British peerage ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
kazoku → inspiredBy → British peerage ⓘ
subject linked to: kazoku (Japanese peerage)
linked to: British peerage system
Baron Scott of Tindale → peerageSystem → British peerage ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Ducal House of Richmond → memberOf → British peerage ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Countess of Lincoln → peerageSystem → British peerage ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Baron Grey of Werke → usedIn → British peerage system ⓘ
Baron Cholmondeley → partOf → British peerage system ⓘ
Oakley Park, Gloucestershire → associatedWithNobility → British peerage ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Viscount Milton → peerageSystem → British peerage ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Viscount Savernake → peerageSystem → British peerage ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system
Baron Herbert of Torbay → peerageSystem → British peerage ⓘ
linked to: British peerage system