Aristocracy: miscellaneous

This category covers stuff about the aristocracy, that doesn't come under Dukedoms, Families and Stately Homes, or Peerages.

The Marquis of Tavistock is the heir to the		Duke of Bedford
The Marquess of Blandford is the heir to the		Duke of Marlborough
The Marquess of Granby is the heir to the		Duke of Rutland
Viscount Weymouth is the heir to the		Marquess of Bath

Title renounced by (Sir) Alec Douglas–Home		Earl of Home
Title renounced by Quintin Hogg, also in a bid to succeed Macmillan as Conservative leader and Prime Minister		Viscount Hailsham
Title offered to Winston Churchill, and refused: Duke of		London
Frank Pakenham (d. 2001 aged 95) was the 7th Earl of		Longford
Richard John Bingham (born 1934, disappeared 1974, presumed deceased 1992, declared legally dead 1999) was the 7th Earl of		Lucan
Family name of the Earls of Redesdale		Mitford
Sir Henry John Temple (Prime Minister 1855–8 and 1859–65)		Viscount Palmerston
The father of the Mitford sisters (Diana, Jessica, Nancy and Unity) was the 2nd Baron		Redesdale
The poet Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) was the 6th Baron Byron of		Rochdale
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne–Cecil (Prime Minister 1885–6, 1886–92 and 1895–1902) was the 3rd Marquess of		Salisbury
Title created 1942 and renounced in 1963 by Tony Benn, second son of the first holder (his elder brother was killed in the war)		Viscount Stansgate
First person to renounce a peerage		Tony Benn
Hugh Grosvenor succeeded his father Gerald in 2016 as the 7th Duke of		Westminster

The five ranks of the peerage (descending order):

I recently came across a mnemonic for the above:

The version I saw added the word 'Beach', to include Baronets – who, strictly speaking, are not peers (as explained below).

The following Royal Dukes have seats in the House of Lords:

Hereditary title introduced by James I to raise funds; the only hereditary title that isn't a peerage and doesn't get you a seat in the House of Lords; holders are called Sir but are not knights; abbreviated Bt.		Baronet(cy)
Wife of an Earl		Countess
Personal title that has no legal significance – for example, those used for the children of peers		Courtesy title
A widow who holds a title derived from her deceased husband (in Britain, used by the widow of a peer or baronet whose heir has a wife who uses the plain title)		Dowager
England's oldest Duchy; always belongs to the eldest son of the sovereign		Cornwall (1337)
The first Duke of Cornwall (1337)		The Black Prince
The last Duke of Cornwall, before Charles		Edward (VIII)
Dukedom always held by the sovereign		Lancaster
Ancient title of the rulers of Scotland's Western Isles – once the Dukes of Argyll, now the Prince of Wales		Lord of the Isles
Heir to a Duke		Marquis
Considered the premier dukedom in the peerage of England (being the oldest)		Norfolk
List of Scottish nobles swearing allegiance to Edward I (1296)		Ragman Rolls
Leaves represented on the coronets of dukes, earls and marquesses, to indicate rank		Strawberry leaves
Dukedom normally given to the second son of the sovereign – both George V and George VI held it before succeeding to the throne. Except for the first creation (1385–1461) it has never been passed on – holders have either died without male heirs or succeeded to the throne		York