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A Baron would therefore record his surname as Lord [Barony], and the observation would note that The holder is The Right Honourable [given names] [surname] Lord [Barony]. However, if the title of an applicant's peerage is different from his surname, he can choose whether to use his surname or title in the surname field.
Freiherr, a German word meaning literally "Free Master" or "Free Lord" (i.e. not subdued to feudal chores or drudgery), is the German equivalent of the English term "Baron", with the important difference that unlike the British Baron, he is not a "Peer of the Realm" (member of the high aristocracy). [33] The female equivalent is Freifrau.
The Baron de Clifford: 1299 The Baron Strange: 1299: Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Held with Baron Hungerford and Baron de Moleyns in Peerage of England The Baron Zouche: 1308 The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby: 1313 The Baron Strabolgi: 1318 The Baroness Dacre: 1321 The Baron Darcy de Knayth: 1332 The Baron Cromwell ...
The son of the current Duke of Northumberland has the courtesy title of Earl Percy, and is addressed and referred to as "Lord Percy".. If a peer of one of the top three ranks of the peerage (a duke, a marquess or an earl) has more than one title, his eldest son – himself not a peer – may use one of his father's lesser titles "by courtesy".
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 ...
My Lord or Dear Lord London: My Lord or Your Lordship or Lord London Viscountess (The Rt Hon) The Viscountess (of) London: Madam or Dear Lady London: My Lady [10] or Your Ladyship or Lady London Baron Lord of Parliament (The Rt Hon) The Lord London: My Lord or Dear Lord London: My Lord or Your Lordship or Lord London Baroness (in her own right)
The coronet of a baron or baroness, or lord or lady of parliament in the Scots peerage, has six "pearls", and a plain circlet lacking the gem-shaped chasing of the other coronets. The robes and coronets used at Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953 cost about £1,250 [citation needed] (roughly £44,100 in present-day terms). [33]
A Lord in the Baronage of Scotland is an ancient title of nobility, held in baroneum, which Latin term means that its holder, who is a lord, is also always a baron.The holder may or may not be a Lord of Regality, which meant that the holder was appointed by the Crown and had the power of "pit and gallows", meaning the power to authorise the death sentence.