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Dukes Of The United Kingdom. Duke Royal Hierarchy Chart Hierarchy Structure However, the Duke of Richmond was also Duke of Lennox and Duke of Gordon; the Duke of Buccleuch was also Duke of Queensberry; the Duke of Hamilton was also Duke of Brandon; and the dukedom of Argyll belonged both to the peerage of Scotland and to the peerage of the United Kingdom George Henry Fitzroy in his robes as Duke of Grafton Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland Extant All Dukes Dukedoms Marquesses Marquessates Earls Earldoms Viscounts Viscountcies Barons Baronies Baronets Baronetcies This article lists all dukedoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Duke of Wellington 1814 Wellesley extant; Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 1822 Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville extinct 1889 ; Duke of Sutherland 1833 Leveson-Gower, Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Egerton extant; Duke of Cleveland 1833 Vane, Powlett extinct 1891; Duchess of Inverness 1840 Underwood extinct 1873 Rather, these peerages are called royal dukedoms because they are created for, and held by, members of the royal family who are entitled to the titular dignity of prince and the style Royal Highness.Although the term "royal duke", therefore, has no official meaning per se, the category "Duke of the Blood.

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Heir Apparent: Prince George of Wales but will more then likely merge with the Crown This is a list of the 30 present dukes in the peerages of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927 and after For a more complete historical listing, including extinct, dormant, abeyant, forfeit dukedoms in addition to these extant.

H.R.H Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, CD, ADC Portrait Sitting — Rory Lewis. There are over 20 British titles that are dukedoms.Each of which are related to a certain family who have their own residence However, the Duke of Richmond was also Duke of Lennox and Duke of Gordon; the Duke of Buccleuch was also Duke of Queensberry; the Duke of Hamilton was also Duke of Brandon; and the dukedom of Argyll belonged both to the peerage of Scotland and to the peerage of the United Kingdom

The Dukedoms of England, as if they possessed the territories they are named after Map of. The wife of a duke is known as a duchess, which is also the title of a woman who holds a dukedom in her own right, referred to as a duchess suo jure; her spouse. Duke, in the United Kingdom, is the highest-ranking hereditary title in all five peerages of the British Isles.A duke thus outranks all other holders of titles of nobility (marquess, earl, viscount and baron or lord of parliament).