Ennobled
Gentry
Aristocracy
Aristocracy
Members of the gentry are those descendants in the male line of peers as well as the children of women who are peeresses. This also includes members of Heraldry and certain other persons who have no titles but come from a line of noble families. They are deemed members of the non-peerage nobility below whom they rank.
Most gentry in the
Members of the gentry are those descendants in the male line of peers as well as the children of women who are peeresses. This also includes members of Heraldry and certain other persons who have no titles but come from a line of noble families. They are deemed members of the non-peerage nobility below whom they rank.
Most gentry in the male line use the post nominals ESQ associated with the medievil assistants to Knights and Royals in the joust who were the Knights Squire. This does not apply to femails who gain nobility.
In some rural areas of Scotland and Ireland large land owners were refered to as minor nobles taking the title Squire. In the more urban areas large householders in Scotland and England were simply title Lord of the Manor and referred to as My Lord but gave them no real standing or entry into the House of Lords
Aristocracy
Aristocracy
Aristocracy
The largest portion of the British aristocracy which in modern times we call “Society” has historically been the landed gentry, made up of the non-titled landowners. These families hailed from the medieval feudal class. most commonly now, simply referred to as gentlemen or from the clans of Scottland and the clans of Ireland, Descendan
The largest portion of the British aristocracy which in modern times we call “Society” has historically been the landed gentry, made up of the non-titled landowners. These families hailed from the medieval feudal class. most commonly now, simply referred to as gentlemen or from the clans of Scottland and the clans of Ireland, Descendants related to the Houses or Noble Families of Europe also fall into this category
Along with the Peers , Heraldry and these classes of gentry many had a Coat of Arms and still do today. This Coat of Arms since the medieval times has become the generic Coat of Arms Such as the McDonald family or the O’Brien family.
Decsendants
Aristocracy
Decsendants
So, for example a direct descendant can apply for their own Coat of Arms and gain Letters Patent (Letters of Authority and Interlectual Property) (see the Noble Titles page under the blog "Laws in Asia and Pacific") fom us or another ennobling organization or authority, using the original generic family Coat of Arms as a guide to create
So, for example a direct descendant can apply for their own Coat of Arms and gain Letters Patent (Letters of Authority and Interlectual Property) (see the Noble Titles page under the blog "Laws in Asia and Pacific") fom us or another ennobling organization or authority, using the original generic family Coat of Arms as a guide to create their own Coat of Arms.
Useally the line of decendents falls with the male line however in some cases the line is female. For example Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britan and the Commonwealth or her Royal Majesty Queen Beatrice of the Netherlands and Holland