The peerage of the British empire as at present existing. To which is added the baronetage

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Page lxiii - Chancellor of the Exchequer. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. . Master of the Rolls. Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Judges and Barons of the degree of the Coif of the said Courts, according to Seniority.
Page lxx - August 1763, created Duke of York and Albany in Great Britain, and Earl of Ulster in Ireland, 27 Nov.
Page 345 - Crescent, captaingeneral and governor-in-chief of the colony of Sierra Leone and its dependencies, the forts and settlements on the river Gambia, Cape Coast Castle, and the forts on the Gold Coast, the Isles de Loss, and the islands, territories, and factories to his majesty belonging...
Page 182 - MOORE, Marquis and Earl of Drogheda, Viscount Moore of Drogheda, and Baron Moore of Mellefont, in the Peerage of Ireland; also Baron Moore, of Moore Place, Co. Kent, in that of the United Kingdom ; b. 14 Aug. 1825, succeeded his uncle, CHARLES, SECOND MAKQUIS, 6 Feb.
Page 224 - Gladstone, he was created a peer of the United Kingdom by the title of Baron Acton of Aldenham.
Page lxii - Viscounts' eldest sons. Earls' younger sons. Barons' eldest sons. Knights of the Garter. Privy Counsellors. Chancellor of the Exchequer. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench.
Page 222 - JAMES DUFF, Earl of Fife, Viscount Macduff, and Baron Braco of Kilbryde, Co. Cavan, in the Peerage of Ireland; also Baron Fife in that of the United Kingdom, KT, GCH, Knight of the Spanish Order of St. Ferdinand, and of the Swedish Order of the Sword, Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire, and a General in the Spanish army.
Page lxv - GCMG Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George. KCMG Knight Commander of St. Michael and St.
Page 652 - Pro rege et patria. For my king and country, e Leven and Melville. Pro rege, lege, grege. For the king, the law, and the people, e Bessborough; v Ponsonby ; 1 Brougham ; and l de Mauley.
Page 314 - Berwick, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; and a Baronet of Nova Scotia...

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