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Peer 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*
The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the gentry of the British Isles. Though the UK is today a constitutional monarchy with strong democratic elements, historically the British Isles were more predisposed towards aristocratic governance in which power was largely inherited and shared amongst a noble class.
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.
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English socialite [10] Patricia Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, Countess of Dundee: 1910–2012: 102: Scottish noblewoman [11] Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin: 1924– 100: British peer [12] Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: 1900–2002: 101: British queen consort and last Empress of India [13] George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth: 1919–2022: 102 ...
Many noble houses (such as the Houses of York and Lancaster) have birthed dynasties and have historically been considered royal houses, but in a contemporary sense, these houses may lose this status when the dynasty ends and their familial relationship with the position of power is superseded. A royal house is a type of noble house, and they ...
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