Peerage

"My studies are of a far more serious class," he said tartly; "the 'Peerage' is not of much use to a broken heart.

The Semi-Detached House 1859

The Earl of Sunderland proposed an act called the Peerage Bill, by which the number of peers should be fixed, and the King restrained from any new creation of nobility, unless when an old family should be extinct.

Life of Addison, 1672-1719 1909

When a work of such general reference as a Peerage, which is wanted upon every library table, and in every club and reading-room "where men do congregate;" which is, at the same time, from its nature, open to the criticism of hundreds of critics, -- when a work of this nature and of such extent as _Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and

Notes and Queries, Number 66, February 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various 1852

In the Scotch Union, the Peerage was the only exception; and in the present case we are, as you see, labouring to bring even that point nearer to the actual practice.

Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third, Volume 2 (of 2) From the Original Family Documents Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville Buckingham and Chandos 1829

The earl of Sunderland proposed an act, called the Peerage

Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson 1746

'This information comes from Burke's Peerage, which is the Bible of aristocratic genealogy, based in London.

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'This information comes from Burke's Peerage, which is the Bible of aristocratic genealogy, based in London.

WordPress.com News 2008

'This information comes from Burke's Peerage, which is the Bible of aristocratic genealogy, based in London.

WordPress.com News 2008

'This information comes from Burke's Peerage, which is the Bible of aristocratic genealogy, based in London.

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Included is a really helpful explanation of The Peerage which is complicated if you live here (especially if you don't belong to it) so must be the very devil to understand if you live elsewhere.

My Lady Scandalous 2007