List of courtesy titles in the peerages of Britain and Ireland explained

This is a list of courtesy titles used for the heirs of currently extant titles in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Asterisks denote courtesy titles currently used by living heirs.

Courtesy titles for heirs of dukes

Peer	Son	Grandson	Great-grandson
The Duke of Norfolk	Earl of Arundel	Lord Maltravers
The Duke of Somerset	Lord Seymour*	^[1]
The Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon	Earl of March and Kinrara	Lord Settrington	^[2]
The Duke of Grafton	Earl of Euston*	Viscount Ipswich	^[3]
The Duke of Beaufort	Marquess of Worcester*	Earl of Glamorgan*	Viscount Grosmont
The Duke of St Albans	Earl of Burford*	Lord Vere*
The Duke of Bedford	Marquess of Tavistock*	Lord Howland	^[4]
The Duke of Devonshire	Marquess of Hartington	Earl of Burlington ^[5]	Lord Cavendish*
The Duke of Marlborough	Marquess of Blandford*	Earl of Sunderland	Lord Churchill
The Duke of Rutland	Marquess of Granby*	Lord Haddon
The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon	Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale*	Earl of Angus	Lord Abernethy
The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry	Earl of Dalkeith*	Lord Eskdaill*
The Duke of Argyll	Marquess of Lorne*	Earl of Campbell	Viscount Lochaw
The Duke of Atholl	Marquess of Tullibardine*	Earl of Strathtay	Viscount Balquhidder
The Duke of Montrose	Marquess of Graham*	Earl of Kincardine	Viscount Dundaff
The Duke of Roxburghe	Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford	Earl of Kelso	Viscount Broxmouth
The Duke of Manchester	Viscount Mandeville	Lord Kimbolton^[6]
The Duke of Northumberland	Earl Percy*	Lord Lovaine
The Duke of Leinster	Marquess of Kildare	Earl of Offaly	Viscount Leinster
The Duke of Wellington	Marquess of Douro	Earl of Mornington	Viscount Wellesley*
The Duke of Sutherland	Marquess of Stafford*	Earl Gower	Viscount Trentham
The Duke of Abercorn	Marquess of Hamilton*	Viscount Strabane*
The Duke of Westminster	Earl Grosvenor	Viscount Belgrave
The Duke of Fife	Earl of Southesk ^[7]	Lord Carnegie	Master of Carnegie
The Duke of Gloucester	Earl of Ulster	Lord Culloden
The Duke of Kent	Earl of St Andrews	Lord Downpatrick*
The Duke of York	Earl of Inverness	Lord Killyleagh
The Duke of Cambridge^[8]	Earl of Strathearn^[9]	Lord Carrickfergus
The Duke of Sussex	Earl of Dumbarton	Lord Kilkeel
The Duke of Edinburgh	Earl of Wessex	Viscount Severn

Courtesy titles for heirs of marquesses

Peer	Son	Grandson
The Marquess of Winchester	Earl of Wiltshire	Lord St John
The Marquess of Huntly	Earl of Aboyne	Lord Strathavon*
The Marquess of Queensberry	Viscount Drumlanrig*
The Marquess of Tweeddale	Earl of Gifford	Viscount Walden
The Marquess of Lothian	Earl of Ancram	Lord Newbattle
The Marquess of Lansdowne	Earl of Kerry /Shelburne	Viscount Calne & Calston*/Clanmaurice
The Marquess Townshend	Viscount Raynham*
The Marquess of Salisbury	Viscount Cranborne*	^[10]
The Marquess of Bath	Viscount Weymouth*
The Marquess of Hertford	Earl of Yarmouth	Viscount Beauchamp*
The Marquess of Bute	Earl of Dumfries	Viscount Mountjoy
The Marquess of Waterford	Earl of Tyrone	Lord Le Poer
The Marquess of Downshire	Earl of Hillsborough*	Viscount Kilwarlin
The Marquess of Donegall	Earl of Belfast*	Viscount Chichester
The Marquess of Headfort	Earl of Bective*	Lord Kenlis
The Marquess of Sligo	Earl of Altamont*	Viscount Westport
The Marquess of Ely	Viscount Loftus
The Marquess of Exeter	Lord Burghley*
The Marquess of Northampton	Earl Compton*	Lord Wilmington
The Marquess Camden	Earl of Brecknock*	Viscount Bayham
The Marquess of Anglesey	Earl of Uxbridge*	Lord Paget
The Marquess of Cholmondeley	Earl of Rocksavage*	Viscount Malpas
The Marquess of Londonderry	Viscount Castlereagh	Lord Stewart
The Marquess Conyngham	Earl of Mount Charles*	Viscount Slane*
The Marquess of Ailesbury	Earl of Cardigan	Viscount Savernake*
The Marquess of Bristol	Earl Jermyn*	Lord Hervey
The Marquess of Ailsa	Earl of Cassilis*	Lord Kennedy
The Marquess of Normanby	Earl of Mulgrave*	Lord Phipps
The Marquess of Abergavenny	Earl of Lewes	Viscount Nevill
The Marquess of Zetland	Earl of Ronaldshay*	Lord Dundas
The Marquess of Linlithgow	Earl of Hopetoun*	Viscount Aithrie*
The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair	Earl of Haddo*	Viscount Formartine
The Marquess of Milford Haven	Earl of Medina*	Viscount Alderney
The Marquess of Reading	Viscount Erleigh*

Courtesy titles for heirs of earls

Peer	Son	Grandson
The Earl of Shrewsbury, Waterford and Talbot	Viscount Ingestre
The Earl of Derby	Lord Stanley*
The Earl of Huntingdon	Viscount Hastings
The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery	Lord Herbert*
The Earl of Devon	Lord Courtenay*
The Earl of Lincoln	Lord Fynes^[11]
The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire	Viscount Andover*
The Earl of Denbigh and Desmond	Viscount Feilding*
The Earl of Westmorland	Lord Burghersh
The Earl of Lindsey and Abingdon	Lord Norreys
The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham	Viscount Maidstone
The Earl of Sandwich	Viscount Hinchingbrooke*
The Earl of Essex	Viscount Malden
The Earl of Carlisle	Viscount Morpeth
The Earl of Shaftesbury	Lord Ashley*
The Earl of Portland	Viscount Woodstock
The Earl of Scarbrough	Viscount Lumley
The Earl of Albemarle	Viscount Bury*
The Earl of Coventry	Viscount Deerhurst
The Earl of Jersey	Viscount Villiers*/Grandison
The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres	Lord Balniel*	Master of Lindsay*
The Earl of Erroll	Lord Hay*
The Earl of Sutherland	Lord Strathnaver	Master of Strathnaver
The Earl of Mar	Lord Garioch
The Earl of Rothes	Lord Leslie
The Earl of Morton	Lord Aberdour*	Master of Aberdour
The Earl of Buchan	Lord Cardross*	Master of Cardross
The Earl of Eglinton and Winton	Lord Montgomerie*	Master of Montgomerie
The Earl of Caithness	Lord Berriedale*
The Earl of Mar and Kellie	Viscount Fentoun
The Earl of Moray	Lord Doune*	Master of Doune
The Earl of Home	Lord Dunglass
The Earl of Perth	Viscount Strathallan
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne	Lord Glamis	Master of Glamis
The Earl of Haddington	Lord Binning
The Earl of Galloway	Lord Garlies*
The Earl of Lauderdale	Viscount Maitland*
The Earl of Lindsay	Viscount Garnock*
The Earl of Loudoun	Lord Mauchline
The Earl of Kinnoull	Viscount Dupplin*
The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine	Lord Bruce*	Master of Bruce*
The Earl of Wemyss and March	Lord Elcho/Neidpath*
The Earl of Dalhousie	Lord Ramsay*
The Earl of Airlie	Lord Ogilvy*	Master of Ogilvy
The Earl of Leven and Melville	Lord Balgonie
The Earl of Dysart	Lord Huntingtower*	Master of Huntingtower*
The Earl of Selkirk	Lord Daer
The Earl of Northesk	Lord Rosehill
The Earl of Dundee	Lord Scrymgeour*	Master of Scrymgeour*
The Earl of Newburgh	Viscount Kynnaird
The Earl of Annandale and Hartfell	Lord Johnstone*	Master of Johnstone*
The Earl of Dundonald	Lord Cochrane*
The Earl of Kintore	Lord Inverurie*
The Earl of Dunmore	Viscount Fincastle
The Earl of Orkney	Viscount Kirkwall*
The Earl of Seafield	Viscount Reidhaven*
The Earl of Stair	Viscount Dalrymple*
The Earl of Rosebery and Midlothian	Lord Primrose/Dalmeny*	Master of Dalmeny
The Earl of Glasgow	Viscount Kelburn*
The Earl Ferrers	Viscount Tamworth*
The Earl of Dartmouth	Viscount Lewisham
The Earl of Tankerville	Lord Ossulston
The Earl of Aylesford	Lord Guernsey*
The Earl of Macclesfield	Viscount Parker
The Earl Waldegrave	Viscount Chewton*
The Earl of Harrington	Viscount Petersham*
The Earl of Portsmouth	Viscount Lymington*
The Earl of Warwick and Brooke	Lord Brooke*
The Earl of Buckinghamshire	Lord Hobart
The Earl of Guilford	Lord North*
The Earl of Hardwicke	Viscount Royston*
The Earl of Ilchester	Lord Stavordale
The Earl De La Warr	Lord Buckhurst
The Earl of Radnor	Viscount Folkestone*
The Earl Spencer	Viscount Althorp*
The Earl Bathurst	Lord Apsley*
The Earl of Clarendon	Lord Hyde*
The Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield	Viscount Stormont	Master of Stormont
The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe	Viscount Valletort*
The Earl Fortescue	Viscount Ebrington
The Earl of Carnarvon	Lord Porchester*
The Earl Cadogan	Viscount Chelsea*
The Earl of Malmesbury	Viscount FitzHarris*
The Earl of Cork and Orrery	Viscount Dungarvan*
The Earl of Westmeath	Lord Delvin*
The Earl of Meath	Lord Ardee*
The Earl of Drogheda	Viscount Moore*
The Earl of Granard	Viscount Forbes*
The Earl of Darnley	Lord Clifton
The Earl of Bessborough	Viscount Duncannon*
The Earl of Carrick	Viscount Ikerrin
The Earl of Shannon	Viscount Boyle
The Earl of Arran	Viscount Sudley
The Earl of Courtown	Viscount Stopford*
The Earl of Mexborough	Viscount Pollington*
The Earl Winterton	Viscount Turnour
The Earl of Kingston	Viscount Kingsborough*
The Earl of Roden	Viscount Jocelyn*
The Earl of Lisburne	Viscount Vaughan^[12]
The Earl of Clanwilliam	Lord Gillford*
The Earl of Antrim	Viscount Dunluce*
The Earl of Longford	Lord Silchester*
The Earl of Portarlington	Viscount Carlow*
The Earl of Mayo	Lord Naas*
The Earl Annesley	Viscount Glerawly*
The Earl of Enniskillen	Viscount Cole
The Earl Erne	Viscount Crichton
The Earl of Lucan	Lord Bingham*
The Earl Belmore	Viscount Corry*
The Earl Castle Stewart	Viscount Stuart
The Earl of Donoughmore	Viscount Suirdale*
The Earl of Caledon	Viscount Alexander*
The Earl of Rosslyn	Lord Loughborough*
The Earl of Craven	Viscount Uffington
The Earl of Onslow	Viscount Cranley
The Earl of Romney	Viscount Marsham*
The Earl of Chichester	Lord Pelham
The Earl of Wilton	Viscount Grey de Wilton*
The Earl of Limerick	Viscount Glentworth*
The Earl of Clancarty	Viscount Dunlo
The Earl of Powis	Viscount Clive*
The Earl Nelson	Viscount Merton*
The Earl of Gosford	Viscount Acheson
The Earl of Rosse	Lord Oxmantown*
The Earl of Normanton	Viscount Somerton*
The Earl Grey	Viscount Howick*
The Earl of Lonsdale	Viscount Lowther
The Earl of Harrowby	Viscount Sandon*
The Earl of Harewood	Viscount Lascelles*
The Earl of Minto	Viscount Melgund*
The Earl Cathcart	Lord Greenock*
The Earl of Verulam	Viscount Grimston*
The Earl of St Germans	Lord Eliot
The Earl of Morley	Viscount Boringdon
The Earl of Bradford	Viscount Newport*
The Earl of Eldon	Viscount Encombe*
The Earl Howe	Viscount Curzon*
The Earl of Stradbroke	Viscount Dunwich*
The Earl Temple of Stowe	Lord Langton
The Earl of Kilmorey	Viscount Newry and Mourne*
The Earl of Listowel	Viscount Ennismore
The Earl of Norbury	Viscount Glandine
The Earl Cawdor	Viscount Emlyn*
The Earl of Ranfurly	Viscount Northland*
The Earl of Lichfield	Viscount Anson*
The Earl of Durham	Viscount Lambton*
The Earl Granville	Lord Leveson*
The Earl of Effingham	Lord Howard of Effingham*
The Earl of Ducie	Lord Moreton*
The Earl of Yarborough	Lord Worsley*
The Earl of Leicester	Viscount Coke*
The Earl of Gainsborough	Viscount Campden*
The Earl of Strafford	Viscount Enfield*
The Earl of Cottenham	Viscount Crowhurst*
The Earl Cowley	Viscount Dangan*
The Earl of Dudley	Viscount Ednam
The Earl Russell	Viscount Amberley
The Earl of Cromartie	Viscount Tarbat*
The Earl of Kimberley	Lord Wodehouse*
The Earl of Wharncliffe	Viscount Carlton*
The Earl Cairns	Viscount Garmoyle*
The Earl of Lytton	Viscount Knebworth*
The Earl of Selborne	Viscount Wolmer*
The Earl of Iddesleigh	Viscount St Cyres*
The Earl of Cranbrook	Lord Medway*
The Earl of Cromer	Viscount Errington*
The Earl of Plymouth	Viscount Windsor
The Earl of Liverpool	Viscount Hawkesbury*
The Earl St Aldwyn	Viscount Quenington
The Earl Beatty	Viscount Borodale*
The Earl Haig	Viscount Dawick
The Earl of Iveagh	Viscount Elveden*
The Earl of Balfour	Viscount Traprain
The Earl of Oxford and Asquith	Viscount Asquith*
The Earl Jellicoe	Viscount Brocas
The Earl of Inchcape	Viscount Glenapp*
The Earl Peel	Viscount Clanfield*
The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley	Viscount Corvedale
The Earl of Halifax	Lord Irwin*
The Earl of Gowrie	Viscount Ruthven of Canberra*
The Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor	Viscount Gwynedd*
The Earl Mountbatten of Burma	Lord Brabourne ^[13]
The Earl Alexander of Tunis	Lord Rideau
The Earl of Swinton	Lord Masham
The Earl Attlee	Viscount Prestwood
The Earl of Woolton	Viscount Walberton
The Earl of Snowdon	Viscount Linley*
The Earl of Stockton	Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden*

See also

• List of dukes in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
• List of marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
• List of earls

See also

• Peerages in the United Kingdom

External links

• Debrett's, Peerages by Courtesy

Notes and References

1. For example, the present (19th) duke was known as The Honourable John Seymour from his birth on 30 December 1952 until the death of his grandfather (the 17th duke) on 26 April 1954.
2. For example, The Honourable Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox (15 August 1895 – 5 September 1895) was born and died in the lifetimes of his great-grandfather the 6th duke, his grandfather (then known as Earl of March) and his father (then known as Lord Settrington)
3. For example, the 9th duke was known as The Honourable John Fitzroy from his birth on 1 August 1914 until the death of his father (William FitzRoy, Viscount Ipswich) on 23 April 1918.
4. For example, the 14th duke was known as The Honourable Henry 'Robin' Russell from his birth on 21 January 1940 until the death of his great-grandfather the 11th duke on 27 August 1940.
5. The eldest son of the current Duke opts to continue using the courtesy title afforded to the grandson of Dukes, which he used in his grandfather's lifetime, in lieu of the title traditionally used by the heir apparent.
6. Book: Heywood, Valentine . British Titles - The Use and Misuse of the Titles of Peers and Commoners, with Some Historical Notes . Courtesy Titles .
7. Prior to the 3rd Duke of Fife succeeding to the title of Earl of Southesk, the heir to the Dukedom used the courtesy title Earl of Macduff.
8. Current holder is also the Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay as heir apparent to the British throne. Uses the higher title of Prince of Wales
9. Not currently in use, as the appropriate heir bears the title of prince.
10. For example, the current (7th) was known as The Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil from the death of his great-grandfather (the 4th marquess) on 4 April 1947 until the death of his grandfather (the 5th marquess) on 23 February 1972.
11. Edward Gordon Fiennes-Clinton, son of the 18th Earl of Lincoln was styled "Lord Fynes". The 19th Earl of Lincoln is the grandson of the 18th Earl (as his father, Lord Fynes, pre-deceased the 18th Earl in 1999) https://archive.today/20120730192849/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Lincoln1572.htm
12. This peer in fact bears no subsidiary title with a territorial designation different from his substantive title; the family's surname is substituted for the courtesy title instead.
13. Prior to the then future 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma succeeding to the title of Baron Brabourne, the heir to the Earldom used the courtesy title Lord Romsey.