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The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the (landed) gentry.The nobility of its four constituent home nations has played a major role in shaping the history of the country, although the hereditary peerage now retain only the rights to stand for election to the House of Lords, dining rights there, position in the formal order of precedence, the right to certain titles, and the right ...
Angus Deayton (born 1956), member of The Hee Bee Gee Bees. Richard Digance (born 1949) Graham Fellows, aka John Shuttleworth (born 1959) Noel Fielding (born 1973) Flanders and Swann (Michael Flanders 1922–1975; Donald Swann 1923–1994) Flo and Joan. Jay Foreman.
Mr Patrick Gordon-Duff-Pennington. Ardverikie House, Scottish Highlands. Muncaster Castle. Mrs Althea Dundas-Becker. Arniston House, Midlothian. Major-General Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame. Kimmerghame House, Berwickshire. Sir John Roderick Hugh McEwen of Marchmont and Bardrochat Bt, Commander of Clan MacEwen.
The honours system consists of three types of award: Honours are used to recognise merit in terms of achievement and service; Decorations tend to be used to recognise specific deeds; Medals are used to recognise service on a particular operation or in a specific theatre, long or valuable service, and good conduct.
Arthur Wynne was born on June 22, 1871, in Liverpool, England, and lived on Edge Lane for a time. His father was the editor of the local newspaper, the Liverpool Mercury. [1] He emigrated to the United States on June 6, 1891, at the age of 19, [2] settling for a time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [dead link] [3]
The British embassy in the United States informs that "the sale of British titles is prohibited". Titles in the Scottish baronage are the only British nobility titles that may be passed to any person, of either sex, by inheritance or conveyance. Baronetcies are hereditary titles granted by the Crown, but are not part of the peerage. Baronets ...
The first marquess in a peerage of the British Isles was created in 1385. Earl comes from the Old English or Anglo-Saxon eorl, meaning a military leader. The meaning may have been affected by the Old Norse jarl, meaning a free-born warrior or nobleman, during the Danelaw, thus giving rise to the modern sense.
A. Abercromby family (26 P) Acton family (17 P) Aitken family (1 C, 21 P) Alexander family (British aristocracy) (31 P) Allsopp family (1 C, 9 P) Annesley family (36 P) Anson family (35 P) Arbuthnot family (66 P)