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The Queen has been graciously pleased to recognize the right of Charles Colmore Grant, Esquire, to the title of Baron de Longueuil, of Longueuil, in the province of Quebec, Canada. This title was conferred on his ancestor, Charles Le Moyne, by letters-patent of nobility signed by King Louis XIV in the year 1700. [4]
Baron Hieronymus von Münchhausen (1720–1797), on the basis of which Rudolf Erich Raspe wrote the tales of Baron Munchausen. [1]Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical.
Heraldic depiction of a duke's coronet, with blue bonnet of a peer Coronet and mantle of a duke and peer of France, shown here with the collars of the Ordres du roi. For an explanation of the French peerage, see the article Peerage of France.
Currently, the Belgian crown recognizes (in ascending order) the titles of jonkheer, knight, baron, viscount, count, marquis, duke and prince.The persons who legally are member of the nobility have the legal right to protect their family name and coat of arms.
Sir Thomas Scott of Abbotshall: The first known holder of the barony, established the Scott family's influence in Fife.He was the son of Thomas Scott of Abbotshall (and Agnes Moncreiffe) who received the lands by disposition (a legal transfer of property) in the 16th century, the lands were later raised to a barony for his son by royal charter signed by King James VI of Scotland.
An Earl, at the time, was the highest executive office concerned with shire administration, holding higher responsibilities than the sheriff, whose title would later evolve into a Viscount. The privilege attached was the right, indeed the obligation, to attend the king in his feudal court, termed the Council de Baronage , [ 2 ] a precursor to ...
Subsidiary title of the Earl of Nottingham 1377-1397 Subsidiary title of the Duke of Norfolk 1397-1399, 1425-1476, 1483-1485, 1554-1572, 1660-1777 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Norfolk 1399-1425, 1476-1481 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Arundel 1604-1660 Baron Braose: 1290 [5] de Braose: abeyant 1326 Baron Hastings: 1290 [6] Hastings, Astley ...
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