- Duke Of Grafton
The title of Duke of Grafton was created in 1675 by Charles II of England for his 2nd illegitimate son by the Duchess of Cleveland, Henry FitzRoy. The most famous duke was probably Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, who served as Prime Minister in the 1760s. The Duke of Grafton holds three subsidiary titles, all created in 1672 in the peerage of England: Earl of Euston, Viscount Ipswich, and Baron Sudbury. - Earl Of Cork
Earl of the County of Cork, usually shortened to Earl of Cork, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1620 for the Anglo-Irish politician Richard Boyle, 1st Baron Boyle. He had already been created Lord Boyle, Baron of Youghal, in the County of Cork, in 1616, and was made Viscount of Dungarvan, in the County of Cork, at the same time he was given the earldom. These titles are also in the Peerage of Ireland. - Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh
Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCH, PC (18 June 1769 in Dublin - 12 August 1822 at Loring Hall, Kent), known until 1821 by his courtesy title of Viscount Castlereagh, was an Anglo-Irish politician who represented the United Kingdom at the Congress of Vienna. He was also intimately involved in securing the passage of the controversial Irish Act of Union. - Marquess Of Bristol
Marquess of Bristol is a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom. It has been held by a member of the Hervey family since 1826; prior to that, the Herveys held the title of Earl of Bristol. The Marquess's subsidiary titles are: Earl of Bristol (created 1714), Earl Jermyn, of Horningsheath in the County of Suffolk (1826), and Baron Hervey, of Ickworth in the County of Suffolk (1703). - Lady Sarah McCorquodale
Lady Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia McCorquodale (born 19 March, 1955) is the eldest daughter of Edward Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, and his first wife, Frances (formerly the Honourable Frances Burke Roche). Diana, Princess of Wales was her younger sister. She was born The Honourable Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia Spencer; she acquired the courtesy title The Lady Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia Spencer in 1975, when her grandfather died and her father became the 8th Earl Spencer. - George Windsor Earl of St Andrews
George Philip Nicholas Windsor, Earl of St Andrews is the son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and his wife, Katharine, Duchess of Kent. The title is a subsidiary title of his father, and Lord St Andrews holds it by courtesy as the heir to the Dukedom of Kent. On 9 January 1988, Lord St Andrews married divorcée Sylvana Palma Tomaselli at a register office in Edinburgh. As she is a Roman Catholic, he is excluded from the line of succession to the British Throne, … - William Cavendish 7th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC (27 April 1808 – 21 December 1891), known as Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1831 and 1834 and 2nd Earl of Burlington of the 2nd creation between 1834 and 1858, was the great-grandson of the 4th Duke of Devonshire, grandson of the 1st Earl of Burlington, and son of William Cavendish. - Queen Anne-Marie Of Greece
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (born August 30 1946) is the wife of King Constantine II of Greece, who was deposed in referenda in 1973 and in 1974. Her title "Queen of Greece" (or Queen of the Hellenes) is not recognized under the terms of the republican Constitution of Greece. International precedent is that former holders of certain posts continue to hold their former title as a courtesy title in their lifetime. - John Campbell 9th Duke of Argyll
John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th and 2nd Duke of Argyll, KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC (6 August 1845 – 2 May 1914), usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known before 1900, was a British nobleman and was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. He is now remembered primarily for the place names bestowed on Canadian geography in honour of his wife, for his metrical paraphrase of Psalm 121, … - David Armstrong-Jones Viscount Linley
David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (born 3 November 1961), known professionally as David Linley, is the chairman-elect of Christie's UK, the international auction house. - Edward Montagu 2nd Earl of Manchester
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester KG (1602 - May 5, 1671) was an important commander of Parliamentary forces in the War of the Three Kingdoms, and for a time Oliver Cromwell's superior. - Earl Of Cranbrook
Earl of Cranbrook, in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1892 for the prominent Conservative politician the Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy. He notably held office as Home Secretary, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for India. Gathorne-Hardy had already been created Viscount Cranbrook, of Hemsted in the County of Kent, in 1878, and was made Baron Medway, … - Edward Hyde 3rd Earl of Clarendon
Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, also known by the courtesy title of Lord Cornbury (November 28, 1661 - March 31, 1723) was Governor of New York and New Jersey and perhaps best known for the claims of him cross-dressing while in office. Born to Henry Hyde (1638-1709) and his wife Theodosia Capell (bp. 1642-1700), he spent his childhood at Swallowfield in Berkshire and matriculated at Oxford January 23, 1674/5. - Henry Somerset 2nd Duke of Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort KG (April 2 1684 - May 24, 1714) was the only son of Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, and Rebecca Child. In 1700, on his father's death, he gained the courtesy title of Marquess of Worcester, before this he might held the title of Earl of Glamorgan. On his grandfather's death on January 21, 1700, he succeeded him and became 2nd Duke of Beaufort. In 1713 he was invested as a Knight of the Garter. - Charles Manners Marquess of Granby
Charles John Montague Manners, Marquess of Granby is the fourth child and eldest (as of 1999, only) son and heir of David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland and Emma Watkins; because of this he uses the courtesy title of Marquess of Granby. - Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke of Devonshire
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, KG, GCVO, PC (23 July 1833 – 24 March 1908) was a British Liberal Party statesman, previously known (1858–1891) as Marquess of Hartington (a courtesy title). Cavendish was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and entered Parliament in 1857. Between 1863 and 1874 Hartington held various Government posts, including lord of the Admiralty, under-secretary for war, postmaster-general, … - Henry Fitzalan-Howard Earl of Arundel
Henry Miles Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel (born 3 December 1987) is the elder son and heir apparent of Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, and his wife, Georgina. He was known as Lord Maltravers from birth until 2002. As his father's heir apparent he is styled Earl of Arundel by courtesy. The Earldom of Arundel held by his father is the oldest extant Earldom in the Peerage of England, … - Henry Scudamore 3rd Duke of Beaufort
Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort (March 23 1707 - February 26, 1745 He died at the age of 38.) was born Henry Somerset, the elder son of Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort and his second wife, Rachel Noel. In 1707, on his birth, he gained the courtesy title of Marquess of Worcester. On his father's death on April 24, 1714 he succeeded him and became 3rd Duke of Beaufort. - George Dominic Percy Earl Percy
George Dominic Percy, Earl Percy (b. 4 May 1984) is the eldest son and second child of Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland and his wife, Isobel Jane Richard. He went to Eton College. He is heir to the Dukedom of Northumberland and thus uses the courtesy title of Earl Percy. - Henry Robin Charles Russell Marquess of Tavistock
Henry Robin Charles Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (born June 7, 2005) is the second child, only son and heir apparent of Andrew Ian Henry Russell, 15th Duke of Bedford and his wife, Louise Crammond. He has a sister, Lady Alexandra Russell. Because his father is the Duke of Bedford he uses the courtesy title of Marquess of Tavistock. - Anthony Ashley-Cooper Lord Ashley
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley was an English nobleman. He was the eldest son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Constance Sibell Grosvenor. He took his courtesy title "Lord Ashley" from one of his father's subsidiary titles, Baron Ashley. Lord Ashley had two wives, Sylvia Hawkes (married 3 February 1927 - divorced 28 November 1934), and Françoise Soulier (married 31 March 1937 - his death). - James Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess of Salisbury
James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury (17 April 1791 - 12 April 1868) was an English Conservative politician. He was known by the courtesy title Viscount Cranborne before 1823. He entered the House of Commons in 1813 as a Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, and later sat for Hertford before succeeding to the marquessate in 1823. He served in two of Lord Derby's governments, … - Arthur Wellesley Earl of Mornington
Arthur Gerald Wellesley, Earl of Mornington (born 31 January 1978 in Paddington, Middlesex) is the son of Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, and after his father heir to the Dukedom of Wellington. Through his mother, HRH Princess Antonia of Prussia, he is a descendant of Queen Victoria, a great-great-grandson of Wilhelm II of Germany and is 350th in the line of succession to the British Throne. - Lord David Cecil
Lord Edward Christian David Gascoyne-Cecil CH (April 9, 1902 – January 1, 1986), was an English aristocrat, literary scholar, biographer and academic. His title was a courtesy title: he was a younger son of the 4th Marquess of Salisbury. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1947, he was made professor of rhetoric at Gresham College, London, for a year. He was Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford from 1948 to 1970, … - Prince Achille Murat
Charles Louis Napoleon Achille, Prince Murat was born in the Hôtel de Brienne in Paris, France with the courtesy title of Prince of the Two Sicilies. Murat's father was Joachim Murat, Grand Duke of Cleves and Berg, Grand Admiral, King of Naples, Marshal of France. His mother was Caroline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. She was Grand Duchess of Berg and Cleves, Queen of Naples. Achille had the titles of Prince Royal of the Kingdom of Naples and Duke of Cleves. - Philippe-Louis-Marc-Antoine de Noailles 1st duc de Mouchy
Philippe-Louis-Marc-Antoine, comte de Noailles, prince-duc de Poix, and duc de Mouchy (November 21 or December 21, 1752-February 15 or February 17, 1819), was a French politician of the Revolution, the son of Philippe de Noailles and grandson of Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles. He held the courtesy title of "prince de Poix" as a child. - Philippe de Noailles duc de Mouchy
Philippe, comte de Noailles and later prince de Poix, duc de Mouchy, and duc de Poix "à brevêt" (27 December 1715 - 27 June 1794), was a younger brother of Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, and a more distinguished soldier than his brother. He served at Minden and in other campaigns, and was made a marshal of France in 1775, on the same day as his brother. He was long in great favor at court, and his wife, … - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 7th Marquess of Salisbury
Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, PC (born September 30, 1946), is a Conservative politician. During the 1990s, he was Leader of the House of Lords under his courtesy title of Viscount Cranborne. He is currently the Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire. - Edward Adolphus Ferdinand Seymour Earl St. Maur
Edward Adolphus Ferdinand Seymour, Earl St.Maur (17 July 1835 - 30 September 1869) was the eldest son of Edward Adolphus Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset. He was known as Lord Seymour until 1863 when his father was created Earl St. Maur of Berry Pomeroy and he adopted his father's new creation as a courtesy title. He was commonly known as Ferdy. Ferdy briefly fought as a volunteer in the Anglo-Persian War (1855-57) and almost immediately afterwards, … - Prince Of Chota
Prince of Chota is a courtesy title given to male members of the Cherokee "chiefly house" of Chota-Tenase, particularly referring to Attakullakulla, grandson of Moytoy II, Emperor of the Cherokees, who was referred to as the Prince of Chote-Tenase (Chota-Tanasi). The descendants of the Chiefs of Chota diverged into the Dragging Canoe,Ridge and Watie lines in the late eighteenth century, and the Watie family in turn split into the Watie, Smith, … - George Cholmondeley Viscount Malpas
George Cholmondeley, Viscount Malpas (17 October 1724-15 March 1764), was a British soldier and Member of Parliament. Cholmondeley was the eldest son of George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley, and Lady Mary Walpole, daughter of Prime Minister Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. He gained the courtesy title of Viscount Malpas when his father succeeded as third Earl of Cholmondeley in 1733. - Harry Primrose 6th Earl of Rosebery
Albert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery (8 January 1882 - 31 May 1974), known by his third name of Harry, was a UK politician who briefly served as Secretary of State for Scotland in 1945. He was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny from birth until he inherited the family peerages in 1929. His parents were Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, briefly Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1894 to 1895 and Hannah Primrose, … - William Compton 5th Marquess of Northampton
William George Spencer Scott Compton, 5th Marquess of Northampton KG (23 April 1851-15 June 1913), known as Lord William Compton from 1877 to 1887 and as Earl Compton from 1887 to 1897, was a British peer and Liberal politician. Northampton was the second son of Admiral William Compton, 4th Marquess of Northampton, and his wife Eliza (née Elliot). He gained the courtesy title of Earl Compton in 1887 on the death of his elder brother. - Christopher Paulet Earl of Wiltshire
Christopher Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire (b. 30 July 1969) is the only son and heir of England's premier Marquess, Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester and his wife, Rosemary Anne Hilton. He uses the courtesy title, because his father is also Earl of Wiltshire. - Napoleon II of France II of France
Napoleon II of the French, Duke of Reichstadt was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte, and briefly the second Emperor of the French. "Napoléon François Joseph Charles", known from birth as the King of Rome, was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and his second wife, Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria. He was styled as "His Majesty the King of Rome", which Napoleon I declared was the courtesy title of the heir-apparent. - Charles Stanhope Viscount Petersham
Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, Viscount Petersham (born July 20 1945) is the son of William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington and Eileen Grey. As heir apparent to the Harrington earldom, he bears the courtesy title of Viscount Petersham (peerage created 1742). Since the 1967 extinction of the patrilineally related line of the Earls Stanhope, … - Terence Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and A
Terence John Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava DL JP (16 March 1866-7 February 1918) was a British diplomat and the second son of the 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava. As a younger son, he was not expected to inherit the title, but on the death of his brother Archibald, Earl of Ava at the Siege of Ladysmith in the Second Boer War on January 11 1900, … - Michael Hicks Beach Viscount Quenington
Michael Hugh Hicks Beach, Viscount Quenington, was a British politician. Hicks Beach was the eldest son of the former Chancellor, Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn, and his wife Lady Lucy Catherine (née Fortescue). He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tewkesbury from 1906 to 1916. He fought in the First World War as a Captain in the Army and was killed in action in Egypt in April 1916, aged 39. From 1915, he held the courtesy title of Viscount Quenington, … - David Beatty 3rd Earl Beatty
David Beatty, 3rd Earl Beatty (born 21 November 1946) is the son of David Beatty, 2nd Earl Beatty and his second wife Dorothy Rita Furey. Beatty is the grandson of the former First Sea Lord the 1st Earl Beatty. Beatty received part of his education at the famous Eton College in Berkshire. From his birth he was known by the courtesy title of Viscount Borodale until he succeeded his father as the 3rd Earl Beatty on his death on the 10 June 1972. - David Beatty 2nd Earl Beatty
David Field Beatty, 2nd Earl Beatty (22 February 1905 - 10 June 1972), known as Viscount Borodale from 1919 to 1936, was a British Conservative politician. Beatty was the son of Admiral of the Fleet David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty and his wife Ethel, daughter of the American businessman Marshall Field. He gained the courtesy title of Viscount Borodale in 1919 when his father was created Earl Beatty.
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