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Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,375 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The British nobility is made up of the peerage (titled nobility) and the gentry (untitled nobility) of the British Isles.In the UK nobility is formally exclusive to peers of the realm, however less formally an untitled nobility also exists across the British isles through feudal remnants, the clan systems, and the heraldic traditions of the isles with some legal recognitions and privileges.
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.
G. Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin; Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton; Elizabeth FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton; Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham
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".
Articles in this category are concerned with surnames (last names in Western cultures, but family names in general), especially articles concerned with one surname. Use template {} to populate this category. However, do not use the template on disambiguation pages that contain a list of people by family name.
Pages in category "16th-century English nobility" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 489 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .