The Titles of British Nobility, Explained: From Barons to Earls to Dukes

History Facts ^ | 04/21/2024 | Tony Dunnell

[Ann Archy]

Funny, the Duke of Westminster, which OWNS MOST of the WEST END of London which is the most EXPENSIVE, is one of the RICHEST people in Great Britain!!

[TokarevM57]

....”...Today, of course, Prince William and his wife Catherine are officially the Prince and Princess of Wales ....”

..very enlightening....the media always called her the late “Princess Diana,” but this was technically incorrect...she was in fact “Lady Diana, the Princess of Wales...”

[moovova]

Eh what...? No Guv'ner?

[Sirius Lee]

Duke is the highest rank

I assure you, my dukes have the very highest rank.

[dfwgator]

From the makers of “Don’ You Go Rounin’ Roun to Re Ro”

https://archive.org/details/british-movie-trailer

[Leaning Right]

Interesting. But where does someone stand if he is both a duke and an earl? Is there some sort of multiplying effect?

[KarlInOhio]

So 790 all together, and each one of them entitled to a multi-year series on Masterpiece Theater.

About one for every 85,000 people in the UK, and that doesn't even count all the knights.

[HombreSecreto]

What about the Duke of Earl?

[dfwgator]

Well they all call me “Speedo”, but my real name is “Mr. Earl”.

[Bratch]

[Sirius Lee]

That’s a better way to look at it, yes.

[Songcraft]

"The Duke of Earl" - Gene Chandler

[Billthedrill]

I don’t see the Knights Who Say Ni on this list. Obviously incomplete.

[Songcraft]

[moovova]

LOL...

[dfwgator]

A good album

[enumerated]

I’d rather be a Pharaoh.

[enumerated]

What about the Jack of Diamonds?

[A Navy Vet]

Interesting, but I couldn't care less about any royalty. It's the one thing my wife and I disagree on. She's fascinated with English Royalty. She was the biggest fan of Princess Diane. Had pictures and knick-knacks all over her house until we got married and they didn't come along to the house...well a couple.

To be fair, she let me put up some signed framed 1 sheets of my favorite movies along the hallway to and in the Theater.