Definition of Peeresses. Meaning of Peeresses. Synonyms of Peeresses

- The Peeresses Act 1441 (20 Hen. 6. c. 9) was an act of the Parliament of England. It is sometimes referred to as the Peeresses Act 1442 or the Trial of...
- 450: "...everybody knows that it is a very common practice for peeresses (not being peeresses in their own right) after marrying commoners to retain the title...
- Look up Peer or peer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Peer or peeress may refer to: Peer, an equal in age, education or social class; see Peer group...
- Women) Act 1918 allowed women to stand for MP, and could not appoint peeresses to it until the Life Peerages Act 1958. Three women have led the cabinet...
- Order Wives of the eldest sons of sons of peers or peeresses Daughters of sons of peers or peeresses Wives of the eldest sons of baronets Daughters of...
- Kathleen is a female given name, used in English- and Irish-language communities. Sometimes spelled Cathleen, it is an Anglicized form of Caitlín, the...
- Britain. There are five peerages in the United Kingdom in total. English Peeresses obtained their first seats in the House of Lords under the Peerage Act...
- their father. Eldest daughters do not have courtesy titles; all courtesy peeresses are wives of courtesy peers. Heirs-apparent and heirs-presumptive of Scottish...
- Royal Highness. Meanwhile, divorced peeresses (such as duchesses) cannot "claim the privileges or status of Peeresses which they derived from their husbands"...
- established in Tokyo 1884: Gakushūin became an Imperial institution. 1885: Peeresses' School was created 1947: Gakushūin became a private institution. The...