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Laird is a Scottish hereditary feudal dignity ranking below a Scottish Baron but above an Esquire; Esquire is a rank of gentry originally derived from Squire and indicating the status of an attendant to a knight, an apprentice knight, or a manorial lord; [45] it ranks below Knight (or in Scotland below Laird) but above Gentleman. [e] [f]
The privilege of peerage is the body of special privileges belonging to members of the British peerage.It is distinct from parliamentary privilege, which applies only to those peers serving in the House of Lords and the members of the House of Commons, while Parliament is in session and forty days before and after a parliamentary session.
Lord Great Chamberlain: Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington [16] Lord High Constable: None; ceremonial and only appointed for coronations [j] [16] Earl Marshal: Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk [16] Lord High Admiral: Charles III [k] [16] Lord Steward of the Household Peter St Clair-Erskine, 7th Earl of Rosslyn [16] Lord ...
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".
Prince Edward is Earl of Wessex because, reports say, he will be the next Duke of Edinburgh when Prince Philip dies.
Duke of Edinburgh: Prince Arthur 1850–1942 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn: Prince Leopold 1853–1884 1st Duke of Albany: Dukedom of Cumberland and Teviotdale forfeit, 1919: Dukedom of Edinburgh (2nd creation) extinct, 1900: Duke of Clarence and Avondale, 1890: Duke of York (6th creation), 1892: Prince Albert Victor 1864–1892 Duke of ...
A duke thus outranks all other holders of titles of nobility (marquess, earl, viscount and baron or lord of parliament). The wife of a duke is known as a duchess, which is also the title of a woman who holds a dukedom in her own right, referred to as a duchess suo jure ; her spouse, however, does not receive any title.
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranked below princes and grand dukes.