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 …

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 …

This is an incomplete index of the current and historical principal family seats of English royal, titled and landed gentry families. Some of these seats are no longer occupied by the families …

British nobility, in the United Kingdom, members of the upper social class, who usually possess a hereditary title. The titled nobility are part of the peerage, which shares the responsibility of …

Do you know whether an earl ranks above or below a viscount, or whose children use the title ‘Honorable’? This article serves as an introduction to the British peerage*, which has evolved …

The peerage is a legal system of British nobility ranks, titles, and honours where the holder of the title has the right to sit in the House of Lords. Members of the British royal families, usually the …

A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe

These maps give you some idea of where the major families were based and held their main estates. You’ll remember that when the Conqueror parceled out his new possession, he made …

The Peerage is a complex system of hereditary and lifetime titles within the United Kingdom. Know as Peers of the Realm, holders of these peerages were entitled to seats in the House of …

Peerages are awarded through legal documents known as letters patent, which officially bestow a title in the name of the monarch. Here is an introduction to the five tiers of peerage, from the …