Collins's Peerage of England : genealogical, biographical, and historical / greatly augmented, and continued to the preent time, by Sir Egerton Brydges ...
Alternate Title(s):
Peerage of England
Published / Created:
London : Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son, J. Nichols and Co. [and 26 others], 1812.
Physical Description:
9 v. : coats of arms ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN 1998 1273: Bookplate: Frederick Whiley Hilles. Ms. note by Hilles on p. 68, v. 6. Autograph of A.H. Unwin in v. 1, 5, 8, and 9.
Contents:
v.1. Contains the blood royal, and part of the dukes -- v.2. Contains the rest of the dukes, and all the marquises -- v.3. Contains the earls to the termination of the seventeenth century -- v.4. Contains the earls from the commencement of the eighteenth century to the death of George II -- v.5. Contains the earls from the accession of George III -- v.6. Contains all the viscounts and those barons whose honours existed prior to the death of Queen Elizabeth -- v.7. Contains the barons from the accession of King James I to the termination of the Coalition Ministry in 1783 -- v.8. Contains the barons from the commencement of Mr. Pitt's ministry 1784, to the termination of the eighteenth century -- v.9. Contains the barons from the commencement of the nineteenth century and the Union of Ireland and also a short extinct peerage from the accession of King Henry VII with an account of peerage claims.
Subject Terms:
Heraldry -- Great Britain. | Nobility -- Great Britain. | Bensley, T. -- Printer. | Rivington, F. C. and J. -- Publisher. | Otridge and Son -- Publisher. | Nichols, J. and Co. -- Publisher. | Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Bookplate. | Unwin, A. H. -- Autograph. | Booth-Jones, Thomas Vernon -- Bookplate. | Collins's peerage of England -- Indexes.