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A Dukedom is the highest peerage in a long list of titles of the aristocracy, and the most rare.
Archive 2009-07-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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We have experienced a continual growth in skier numbers over the last five years, bucking the economic woes of the UK, which one day may be the Former UK.William M WilsonGlenmore Outdoor, Aviemore• Why is Simon Hoggart worrying about minor matters such as the West Lothian question Simon Hoggart's week, 21 May when serious issues like what becomes of the Dukedom of Edinburgh remain unresolved?
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A large map of one's kingdom (or Dukedom or whatever) will show to the hereditary leader of the next country over that you are wealthy and should be feared.
Eric Lurio: The Art of Politics, Part One: Magnificent Maps at London's National Library. 2010
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Wielder of the White Hell and sole heir of a Dukedom, he is surrounded by rumors of forbidden seductions, murder and damnation.
Archive 2010-04-01 John 2010
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Wielder of the White Hell and sole heir of a Dukedom, he is surrounded by rumors of forbidden seductions, murder and damnation.
Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books Kristen 2010
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A large map of one's kingdom (or Dukedom or whatever) will show to the hereditary leader of the next country over that you are wealthy and should be feared.
Eric Lurio: The Art of Politics, Part One: Magnificent Maps at London's National Library. 2010
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She met Andrew Cavendish, a second son and therefore not, at the time, the heir to a Dukedom and the Chatsworth estate, in 1938, the year she came out: "That was it for me … nothing and nobody else mattered."
Wait for Me! Memoirs of the Youngest Mitford Sister, by Deborah Devonshire 2010
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My personal figure for modern times suggests £10 million for a Baronage rising to £50 million for a Dukedom.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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He'd been a Whig MP until he inherited the Dukedom from his brother, and was a strong supporter of Charles James Fox the Duke and Georgy even named one of their sons Charles James Fox Russell.
Archive 2009-07-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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So one can imagine the match-making mamas salivating whenever an heir to a Dukedom or a Duke himself was available on the marriage-mart.
Archive 2009-07-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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