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Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019

Author : Susan Morris

Publisher : eBook Partnership

Page : 7460 pages

File Size : 15,63 MB

Release : 2020-04-20

Category : Reference

ISBN : 1999767055

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Book Description

Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage is the only up-to-date printed reference guide to the United Kingdom's titled families: the hereditary peers, life peers and peeresses, and baronets, and their descendants who form the fascinating tapestry of the peerage. This is the first ebook edition of Debrett's Peerage &Baronetage, and it also contains information relating to:The Royal FamilyCoats of ArmsPrincipal British Commonwealth OrdersCourtesy titlesForms of addressExtinct, dormant, abeyant and disclaimed titles.Special features for this anniversary edition include:The Roll of Honour, 1920: a list of the 3,150 people whose names appeared in the volume who were killed in action or died as a result of injuries sustained during the First World War.A number of specially commissioned articles, including an account of John Debrett's life and the early history of Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, a history of the royal dukedoms, and an in-depth feature exploring the implications of modern legislation and mores on the ancient traditions of succession.









Walford's Guide to Reference Material: Social and historical sciences, philosophy and religion

Author : Albert John Walford

Publisher : London : Library Association Pub.

Page : 862 pages

File Size : 39,30 MB

Release : 1999

Category : History

ISBN :

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Book Description

A revised and updated guide to reference material. It contains selective and evaluative entries to guide the enquirer to the best source of reference in each subject area, be it journal article, CD-ROM, on-line database, bibliography, encyclopaedia, monograph or directory. It features full critical annotations and reviewers' comments and comprehensive author-title and subject indexes. The contents include: philosophy and psychology; religion; social sciences, sociology, statistics, politics, economics, labour and employment; land and property, business organizations, finance and banking, and economic surveys; economic policies and controls, trade and commerce, business and management, and law; public administration, social services and welfare, education, customs and traditions; geography; biography; and history.





Discover Your Scottish Ancestry

Author : Graham S. Holton

Publisher : Roberts Rinehart

Page : 218 pages

File Size : 42,18 MB

Release : 2004-01-23

Category : Reference

ISBN : 1461712009

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Book Description

An ideal guide to tracing your Scottish ancestors combining the traditional methods of researching family history with new methods offered by information technology and the internet.



Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485-2000

Author : K. Schutte

Publisher : Springer

Page : 267 pages

File Size : 49,64 MB

Release : 2014-05-15

Category : History

ISBN : 1137327804

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Book Description

Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women's marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War.



American Reference Books Annual

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Page : 840 pages

File Size : 49,75 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Reference books

ISBN :

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1970- issued in 2 vols.: v. 1, General reference, social sciences, history, economics, business; v. 2, Fine arts, humanities, science and engineering.