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  2. Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    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".

  3. Order of precedence in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    Names in italics indicate that these people rank elsewhere—either higher in that table of precedence or in the table for the other sex. ... Eldest sons of barons ...

  4. List of courtesy titles in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

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    Son Grandson Great-grandson The Duke of Norfolk: Earl of Arundel* Lord Maltravers The Duke of Somerset: Lord Seymour* [1] The Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon: Earl of March and Kinrara* Lord Settrington [2] The Duke of Grafton: Earl of Euston* Viscount Ipswich [3] The Duke of Beaufort: Marquess of Worcester* Earl of Glamorgan* Viscount Grosmont

  5. List of baronies in the Peerage of England - Wikipedia

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    1st baron later succeeded as 3rd Baron Hungerford - those two baronies were thereafter united. Held by the Viscount St Davids since 1974 Baron Beauchamp of Powick: 1447: de Beauchamp: extinct 1502/1503: 5th creation of a barony of that name Baron Saye and Sele: 1447 (with precedence from 1603) Fiennes, Twisleton: extant Baron Hoo and Hastings ...

  6. Peerages in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Younger sons of viscounts, and then younger sons of barons, come after the aforesaid eldest sons of barons, with Knights of the Order of the Garter and Order of the Thistle, Privy councillors and senior judges being intercalated between them and eldest sons of barons. [31] Children of the eldest son of a peer also obtain a special precedence ...

  7. Hereditary peer - Wikipedia

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    The Dukedom of Cornwall was held formerly by the eldest son of the King of England, and the Dukedom of Rothesay, the Earldom of Carrick, and certain non-peerage titles (Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland) by the eldest son of the King of Scotland. Since those titles have been united, the dukedoms and ...

  8. List of barons in the peerages of Britain and Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The Baron Bellew: 1847 The Baron Londesborough: 1850: Richard Denison, 9th Baron Londesborough: James Denison The Baron de Freyne: 1851: Fulke French, 8th Baron de Freyne: Alexander French The Baron Raglan: 1852: Geoffrey Somerset, 6th Baron Raglan: Inigo Somerset (grandson) The Baron Belper: 1856: Richard Strutt, 5th Baron Belper: Michael ...

  9. Earl of Shaftesbury - Wikipedia

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    Baron Ashley is used as a courtesy title by the Earl's eldest son and heir apparent. The Cooper baronetcy , of Rockbourne in the County of Southampton, was created in the Baronetage of England in 1622 for the Earl's father, John Cooper .