Peerage Creations: Chronological Lists of Creations in the Peerages of England and Great Britain 1649-1800 and of Ireland 1603-1898ISBN: 978-1-4051-8043-6
Paperback
160 pages
June 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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This volume contains chronological lists of creation in the
peerages of England and Great Britain 1649-1800 and of Ireland
1603-1898 providing details of the grantees and the peerages
conferred, indicating any special features and including full
details of the sources used.
- Each entry specifies the date of creation, the names of the
grantee and both the principal and any subordinate titles
conferred
- Includes the sources from which the information is derived,
together with an indication of where the texts of the patents of
creation are to be found
- Details are also provided where a peerage was granted with a
special limitation in remainder
- Based on a systematic examination of the documents of creation which has led to the correction of numerous errors - this is of particular value in the case of Ireland where the public records were destroyed in 1922