Peerage





A peerage is a legal system historically comprising hereditary titles in various countries, comprising various noble ranks.


Peerages include:


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Contents






  • 1 Canada


  • 2 France


  • 3 Japan


  • 4 United Kingdom and the British Empire


    • 4.1 Great Britain and Ireland


    • 4.2 Lists of peers




  • 5 See also





Canada


  • Canadian peerages in the nobility of France


France



  • Peerage of France and Peerage of Jerusalem

  • List of French peerages



Japan


  • Peerage of the Empire of Japan


United Kingdom and the British Empire



  • Peerage of the United Kingdom and British Empire

  • Peerages and baronetcies of the United Kingdom created for Canadian subjects of the Crown



Great Britain and Ireland




  • Peerages in the United Kingdom


    • Hereditary peer, holders of titles which can be inherited by an heir


    • Life peer, members of the peerage of the United Kingdom whose titles cannot be inherited


    • Peerage of England, holders of English titles created before 1707


    • Peerage of Great Britain, holders of titles created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between 1707 and 1800


    • Peerage of Ireland, holders of Irish titles created by the Crown before 1920, until 1801 carrying a seat in the Irish House of Lords, some of whom later sat in the House of Lords at Westminster


    • Peerage of Scotland, holders of Scottish titles created before 1707, some of whom later sat in the House of Lords, all of them having a seat there from 1964 to 1999


    • Representative peers, holders of Scottish and Irish peerages who represented their peer-groups in the House of Lords at Westminster


    • Welsh peers and baronets, holders of various titles with a Welsh territorial connection



  • List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland


  • Jacobite Peerage, titles created following the deposition of King James II and VII from the thrones of England, Ireland, and Scotland



Lists of peers



  • Dukes: see List of dukes in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

  • Marquesses: see List of marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

  • Earls: see List of earls in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

  • Viscounts: see List of viscounts in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

  • Hereditary baronies: see List of hereditary baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

  • Life peers: see List of living life peers

  • Women: see List of peerages created for women and List of peerages inherited by women



See also







  • Pairie, French equivalent of the English word peerage



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