The noble titles of duke, duchess, earl, countess, and so on are relics of the peerage system, a hierarchy that conferred power to people in ye olde British political and landowning order.

A duke or duchess is the highest of five degrees in British peerage. Traditionally, sons of the monarch were given a dukedom when they came of age, but now they are more commonly granted when they ...

Well, wonder no more. According to Debrett's, “Earl is the third rank of the Peerage, standing above the ranks of viscount and baron, but below duke and marquess.” So, if you’re looking to ...

“When I want a peerage,” said Alfred Charles William ... It was William the Conqueror who insisted that our British feudal system should give way to a more organised, European hierarchy. There exists ...

These titles are part of the Peerage, an old ranking system for British nobles. The system stills exists. Both royal and non-royal UK citizens can be Peers. Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday ...

The hearing will probably last several days. Of all the many “romances of the British Peerage,” none has attracted more attention recently than the claim to the Earldom of Poulett. William ...