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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".
Earl (/ ɜːr l, ɜːr əl /) [1] is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. [2] A feminine form of earl never developed; [note 1] instead, countess is used. The title originates in the Old English word eorl, meaning "a man of noble birth ...
Duke's younger son's wife (Courtesy) Marquess's younger son's wife: The Lady John Smith: Madam or Dear Lady John: My Lady or Lady John (Courtesy) Earl's younger son (Courtesy) Viscount's son (Courtesy) Baron's son (Courtesy) Lord of Parliament's son: The Hon John Smith: Sir or Dear Mr Smith: Sir or Mr Smith (Courtesy) Earl's younger son's wife
The wife of an earl uses the title countess. [14] Therefore, when married to Thomas, Earl of Mar, Margaret was called Countess of Mar. Margaret was called Countess of Fife during her marriage with Robert Stewart, who received the title via an agreement between himself and Isabella, the wife of his deceased brother Walter. Margaret did not hold ...
Veronica, Countess of Lucan, usually known simply as Lady Lucan (née Duncan; 3 May 1937 – 26 September 2017), was the wife of the 7th Earl of Lucan, an Anglo-Irish peer. She became widely known following the events of 1974, when the family’s nanny was murdered and she survived an assault.
She was born in London in 1935, [1] [2] the daughter of Colonel Ralph George Edward Jarvis of Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire and his wife, Antonia Mary Hilda Meade. [3] Both of her parents were in MI6, and she moved to Portugal as a girl. [1] She married the Earl of Cranbrook on 9 May 1967, and took up the married name Caroline Gathorne-Hardy.
Earl Jermyn* Lord Hervey: The Marquess of Ailsa: Earl of Cassilis* Lord Kennedy The Marquess of Normanby: Earl of Mulgrave* Lord Phipps The Marquess of Abergavenny: Earl of Lewes: Viscount Nevill The Marquess of Zetland: Earl of Ronaldshay* Lord Dundas The Marquess of Linlithgow: Earl of Hopetoun* Viscount Aithrie* The Marquess of Aberdeen and ...
The Countess of Derby usually refers to the wife or widow of an Earl of Derby, such as: Margaret Peverell, Countess of Derby (c. 1144 –1154), English noblewoman; Margaret Clifford, Countess of Derby (1540–1596), great-granddaughter of King Henry VII of England; Alice Spencer, Countess of Derby (1559–1637), English noblewoman