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Howard family (English aristocracy) (9 C, 229 P) Howe family (34 P) Hungerford family (15 P) ... This page was last edited on 23 June 2024, at 18:11 (UTC).
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 with which they are associated, and some are ruinous – e.g. Lowther Castle.
A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance [clarification needed], and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch.
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 ...
Pages in category "18th-century English nobility" The following 139 pages are in this category, out of 139 total. ... This page was last edited on 28 March 2024, at ...
This category is for English gentry families, namely historically prominent English families, generally connected with the local administration of a particular county. They are regarded as the families of the minor nobility, as opposed to families which held an hereditary peerage, often regarded as the major nobility.
Hugh Grosvenor is just 28 years old and has a fortune of over £10bn and is far richer than the Queen.
English Peeresses obtained their first seats in 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 ...