From him it has descended continuously, through fifteen individuals, the title being increased to an Earldom in 1784 ; and in 1876 William Nevill 5th Earl ( b. 1826 ), ( d. 1915 ) an indefatigable and powerful supporter of the Tory Party, was created 1st Marquess of Abergavenny.

The title Marquess of Blandford is used as the courtesy title for the Duke's eldest son and heir.

Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, in the County of Aberdeen, in the County of Meath and in the County of Argyll, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

As recompense, Neville received the grander title of Marquess of Montagu ; however, the lands accompanying this rank were much poorer than the estate he had lost.

* Encyclopædia Britannica 1911: " Buckingham and Normanby, John Sheffield, 1st Duke of ( 1648-1721 )" mentions the title Marquess of Normanby in the peerage of England.

* John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute-has established his title

For example, the second most senior title of the Marquess of Salisbury is the Earl of Salisbury.

The eldest son of the Marquess does not use the title Earl of Salisbury, but rather the next most senior title, Viscount Cranborne.

However, Scottish practice allows the style Master / Mistress of X to an heir presumptive as well as to an heir apparent ; for example, the brother of the present Marquess of Tweeddale has the title Master of Tweeddale.

For instance, the eldest son of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry is styled Earl of Dalkeith, even though the Duke is also the Marquess of Dumfriesshire, a title which outranks the Earldom.

The title used does not have to be exactly equivalent to the actual peerage: the eldest son of the current Duke of Wellington is styled Marquess of Douro, although the actual peerage possessed by his father is Marquess Douro ( not of Douro ).

On 1 September 1533 King Henry VIII created the original title Marquess of Pembroke for his future queen Anne Boleyn.

Known under his courtesy title of Marquess of Hartington until 1891, he held political office for a period spanning 40 years, notably as Secretary of State for India and as Secretary of State for War, and three times declined to become Prime Minister.

The Duke of Devonshire's eldest son may use the courtesy title Marquess of Hartington, whilst the eldest son of the eldest son may use the title Earl of Burlington, and his eldest son may use the title Lord Cavendish.

The title was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1665 when William Cavendish, 1st Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was made Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

However, Marlborough's hopes of founding a great dynasty of his own reposed in his eldest and only surviving son, John, who, since his father's elevation, had borne the courtesy title of Marquess of Blandford.

His son Robin, who enjoyed the courtesy title Marquess of Tavistock, ran the Abbey with his wife in his father's absence.

It is 30 m high and was built to Flitcroft's design in 1747 – 48 to commemorate the defeat of the Jacobite rebellion, in which Lord Malton and his surviving son took part ; his defensive efforts for the Hanoverian Whig establishment were rewarded with the Lord Lieutenancy of Yorkshire and the title Marquess of Rockingham: thus the monument indirectly reflects the greater glory of the family.

The dukedom was inherited by his second cousin once removed Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch ( see the Duke of Buccleuch for later history of this title ) while the marquessate and earldom of Queensberry passed to his kinsman Sir Charles Douglas, 5th Baronet ( see the Marquess of Queensberry for later history of these titles ).

Upon his father's death in 1821, he succeeded as 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, a title to which his father had been raised in 1816.

The original title for these drawings was Mr Punch's face is the letter Q and the new title " cartoon " was intended to be ironic, a reference to the self-aggrandizing posturing of Westminster politicians.

Canada continues the Westminster tradition of using the title Prime Minister when one is speaking to the federal head of government directly ; this is in contrast to the United States protocol of addressing the federal head of government as mister ( as in, Mister President ).

The government eventually relented, with Balfour stating that " as soon as the necessary arrangements under the London Government Act have been completed, there will be conferred on the borough of Westminster, as constituted under the Act, the title of city, originally conferred in the time of Henry VIII ".

Letters patent were duly issued granting the title of " city " to the newly created Metropolitan Borough of Westminster.

In December 1963 it was announced that a charter was to be granted incorporating the new authority as " Westminster ", and that the Queen had accepted the advice of the Home Secretary to raise the London borough to the title and dignity of city.

The title passed to the succeeding public bodies and is now in the ownership of the City of Westminster.

This meant that the crown court for Westminster's judges sitting there were transferred to the Southwark Crown Court, hence the senior judge holds the honorific title of the Recorder of Westminster.

" Later, in July, Fox was returned for the populous and prestigious constituency of Westminster, with around 12, 000 electors, and acquired the title " Man of the People ".

Minster is an honorific title given to particular churches in England, most famously York Minster in York and Westminster in London.

* Electoral districts ( some early ridings, as electoral districts are commonly known, included " District " in their title, e. g. New Westminster District.

In the Lords, the trustees of the young Earl of Shrewsbury complained that Buckingham publicly continued his affair with the Countess, and that a son of theirs had been buried in Westminster Abbey with the title of Earl of Coventry ; Buckingham and the countess were required to apologize and give security for £ 10, 000 not to cohabit together again.

The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government.

Although it is common to associate the title of " House of Commons " with the Westminster system in general, in practice, only two states actually use the title.

The term bailiff is retained as a title by the chief magistrates of various towns and the keepers of royal castles, such as the High Bailiff of Westminster and the Bailiff of Dover Castle.

He followed the example of George Brown and incorporated his first name in the title Baron Duncan-Sandys, of the City of Westminster.

The title Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster.

The current holder of the title is Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster.

By royal charter dated 29 October 1900 the borough was granted the title City of Westminster.

Lennox was styled Earl of March, his father's principal subsidiary title, from birth, his early education was had at Westminster School and he succeeded his father as Duke of Richmond and Lennox in 1750.

Baron Grantchester, of Knightsbridge in the City of Westminster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

George's title applied in all of the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, as, at that time, the legislation laying out the monarch's title predated the 1931 Statute of Westminster and still applied in the Dominions unchanged.