British peerage system

GPTKB entity

Statements (86)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:noble_family
gptkbp:abolishedHereditaryRightToSitInLords gptkb:House_of_Lords_Act_1999
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:eligibility seat in House of Lords (historically)
use of honorifics
heraldic privileges
gptkbp:femaleEquivalent gptkb:Baronet
Marchioness
Viscountess
gptkbp:governs life peerages
hereditary titles
gptkbp:hasPrecedenceOrder Duke > Marquess > Earl > Viscount > Baron
gptkbp:hereditaryPeeragesCreatedBy letters patent
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British peerage system
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Baronet
gptkb:Duke
gptkbp:lifePeeragesCreatedBy gptkb:Life_Peerages_Act_1958
letters patent
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Middle_Ages
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Peerage_of_England
gptkb:Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Peerage_of_Ireland
gptkb:Peerage_of_Scotland
gptkbp:peerageCanBeCalledOutOfAbeyanceBy gptkb:King
gptkbp:peerageCanBeCreatedBy gptkb:monarchy
gptkb:recommendation_of_House_of_Lords_Appointments_Commission
gptkb:writ_of_summons_(historically)
letters patent
act of parliament (rarely)
recommendation of Lord Chamberlain
recommendation of Lord Chancellor
recommendation of Lord Great Chamberlain
recommendation of Lord High Admiral
recommendation of Lord High Chamberlain
recommendation of Lord High Chancellor
recommendation of Lord High Chancellor of Ireland
recommendation of Lord High Chancellor of Scotland
recommendation of Lord High Constable
recommendation of Lord High Marshal
recommendation of Lord High Steward
recommendation of Lord High Treasurer
recommendation of Lord Marshal
recommendation of Lord President of the Council
recommendation of Lord Privy Seal
recommendation of Lord Steward
recommendation of Prime Minister
recommendation of government
recommendation of monarch
recommendation of political parties
recommendation of Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
gptkbp:peerageCanBeCreatedFor public service
judicial services
military services
political services
services to Crown
gptkbp:peerageCanBeDisclaimedBy gptkb:Peerage_Act_1963
minors (within one year of majority)
written notice to Lord Chancellor
gptkbp:peerageCanBeDisclaimedFor life of holder
gptkbp:peerageCanBeDisclaimedWithin one year of Peerage Act 1963
one year of succession
gptkbp:peerageCanBeExtinctBy lack of heirs
gptkbp:peerageCanBeForfeitedBy attainder
gptkbp:peerageCanBeInheritedBy primogeniture
co-heiresses (in abeyance)
collateral succession
eldest son (usually)
female line (rarely)
heirs general
heirs male
heirs of the body
special remainder
eldest daughter (in absence of sons, in some cases)
gptkbp:peerageCanBeMergedWithCrownBy accession of peer to throne
gptkbp:peerageCanBePutInAbeyanceBy multiple female heirs
gptkbp:peerageCanBeRestoredBy act of parliament
royal pardon
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:King
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:British_monarchy
gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkbp:title gptkb:Peer
gptkb:Peeress
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Emperor_of_Japan
gptkb:Holy_Roman_Emperor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4