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Behind-The-Scenes Downton Abbey during Christmas Special 2011 | Image: Giles Keyte
This is because within the British nobility typically only the eldest son inherits a substantive title like Duke, Earl or Viscount and only those are referred to as peers or lords and form the ‘peerage‘. The rest of
Lady Mar y Josephine Crawley
the nobility, also younger sons and daughters of Dukes & Co., belong to the ‘(landed) gentry‘ and often do not hold an own title. Thus, at Downton Abbey only The Right Honourable Robert, Earl of Grantham (his wife Cora is only married to a peer, not a peeress in her own right) and the Duke of Crowborough are peers.
Mr. Matthew Crawley
Where did Lady Mary‘s interest to marry the Duke of Crowborough originate? Quite simply, she would have claimed as Duchess of Crowborough one of the highest ranks within the peerage hierarchy: ǷǷ Duke & Duchess – Address: The Most Noble or His / Her / Your Grace Duke of Crowborough 05 /1 1
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