Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,354 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Howard family (English aristocracy) (9 C, 229 P) Howe family (34 P) Hungerford family (15 P) ... This page was last edited on 23 June 2024, at 18:11 (UTC).
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.
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.
Pages in category "18th-century English nobility" The following 139 pages are in this category, out of 139 total. ... This page was last edited on 28 March 2024, at ...
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
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.
Pages in category "16th-century English nobility" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 489 total. ... This page was last edited on 28 ...