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The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the (landed) gentry. The nobility of its four constituent home nations has played a major role in shaping the history of the country, although the hereditary peerage now retain only the rights to stand for election to the House of Lords, dining rights there, position in the formal order of precedence, the right to certain titles, and the right to an audience (a private meeting) with the monarch.

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British nobility

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The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the (landed) gentry. The nobility of its four constituent home nations has played a major role in shaping...

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Nobility

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Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an...

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List of family seats of English nobility

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2014) Joel Stevens, Symbola heroica: or the mottoes of the nobility and baronets of Great-Britain and Ireland; placed alphabetically (1736) The daily telegraph...

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Black British people

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Black British people are a multi-ethnic group of British people of either African or Afro-Caribbean descent. The term Black British developed in the 1950s...

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List of British Jewish nobility and gentry

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The British nobility consists of the peerage and the gentry. The peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles, granted by the British sovereign...

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Dukes in the United Kingdom

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hereditary title in all five peerages of the British Isles. A duke thus outranks all other holders of titles of nobility (marquess, earl, viscount and baron or...

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False titles of nobility

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British embassy in the United States informs that "the sale of British titles is prohibited". Scottish feudal baronies are the only British nobility titles...

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List of family seats of Scottish nobility

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List of family seats of English nobility List of family seats of Irish nobility List of family seats of Welsh nobility "Clan Hay Entertained to Lunch at...

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Russian nobility

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The Russian nobility or dvoryanstvo (Russian: дворянство) arose in the Middle Ages. In 1914, it consisted of approximately 1,900,000 members, out of a...

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List of family seats of Irish nobility

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mottoes of the nobility and baronets of Great-Britain and Ireland; placed alphabetically (1736) List of family seats of English nobility List of family...

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Irish nobility

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Irish nobility could be described as including persons who do, or historically did, fall into one or more of the following categories of nobility: Gaelic...

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Dutch nobility

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Dutch nobility is a small elite social class constisting of individuals or families recognized as noble, and with or without a title of nobility in the...

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Gentleman

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of the British nobility. Thus, the English social category of gentleman corresponds to the French gentilhomme (nobleman), which in Great Britain meant...

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Peerages in the United Kingdom

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the request of the British government. The term peerage can be used both collectively to refer to the entire body of titled nobility (or a subdivision...

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List of family seats of Welsh nobility

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Retrieved 13 November 2014. List of family seats of English nobility List of family seats of Scottish nobility List of family seats of Irish nobility v t e...

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Social class in the United Kingdom

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estates of the nobility, which occurred in much of Europe after the French Revolution or in the early 20th century, and the British nobility, in so far as...

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Austrian nobility

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The Austrian nobility (German: österreichischer Adel) is a status group that was officially abolished in 1919 after the fall of Austria-Hungary. The nobles...

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List of baronies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

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dignity of a man or a woman who is a participant of a small rank of a British nobility. The hereditary baronies fall into five classes: List of baronies in...

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Swedish nobility

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The Swedish nobility (Swedish: Adeln or Ridderskapet och Adeln, Knighthood and Nobility) has historically been a legally and/or socially privileged class...

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List of dukes in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

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of Rothesay, and of Cambridge. British nobility Dukes in the United Kingdom List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Royal dukedoms in the...

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French nobility

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The French nobility (French: la noblesse française) was a privileged social class in France from the Middle Ages until its abolition on 23 June 1790 during...

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List of marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

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Ireland created after 1801 British nobility Marquesses in the United Kingdom List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland The Marquess of...

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List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

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(non-royal) Dukedom. British nobility Dukes in the United Kingdom Royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom List of dukes in the peerages of Britain and Ireland for...

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Coronation of the British monarch

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which the monarch is supreme governor. Other clergy and members of the British nobility traditionally have roles as well. Most participants wear ceremonial...

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History of Malta

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Malta became a British protectorate, becoming a de facto colony in 1813. The islands became an important naval base for the British, serving as the headquarters...

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Marquesses in the United Kingdom

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rank of nobility in the peerages of the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, and the former kingdoms of England, Ireland, and Great Britain, the monarch...

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Allan Warren

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portrait photographer and actor, primarily known for his portrait of British nobility, politicians, and celebrities. His subjects include Charles III, Constantine...

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List of barons in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

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higher rank, which do not appear in this list. British nobility List of baronies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Young, Sir Charles George (1851)...

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Jonkheer

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the lowest rank within the nobility. In the Netherlands, this in general concerns a prefix used by the untitled nobility. In Belgium, this is the lowest...

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