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Queensberry Estate
Queensberry may refer to: People, characters, and titles * Duke of Queensberry, a hereditary title in Scotland ** Duchess of Queensbury * Marquess of Queensberry, a hereditary title in Scotland ** ''Marchioness of Queensbury'', consort to the Marquess of Queensberry * Earl of Queensberry, a hereditary title in Scotland ** ''Countess of Queensberry'', consort to the Earl of Queensberry Places * Queensberry (hill), Lowther Hills, Southern Uplands, Scotland, UK; a 697 m hill * Queensberry, New Zealand, a locality in Otago region * Queensberry Bay (bay), Eastern Cape, South Africa; see List of bays of South Africa Facilities and structures * Queensberry Hotel, Dumfries, Scotland, UK; a listed building * Queensberry House, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; a listed building and part of the Scottish Parliament complex Other uses * Queensberry (band), an all-female German pop group * Marquess of Queensberry rules The Marquess of Queensberry Rules, also known as Queensberry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Queensberry
The title Duke of Queensberry was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 3 February 1684 along with the subsidiary title Marquess of Dumfriesshire for the William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry, 1st Marquess of Queensberry. The Dukedom was held along with the Marquess of Queensberry, Marquessate of Queensberry until the death of the William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, 4th Duke (and 5th Marquess) in 1810, when the Marquessate was inherited by Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry, Sir Charles Douglas of Kelhead, 5th Baronet, while the Dukedom was inherited by the Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch. Since then the title of Duke of Queensberry has been held by the Duke of Buccleuch, Dukes of Buccleuch. In 1708, the 2nd Duke was created Duke of Dover (along with the subsidiary titles Marquess of Beverley and Baron Ripon) in the Peerage of Great Britain, but these titles became extinct upon the death of the 2nd Duke of Dover in 1778. In 1945, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchess Of Queensbury
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranked below grand dukes and above or below princes, depending on the country or specific title. The title comes from French ''duc'', itself from the Latin ''dux'', 'leader', a term used in republican Rome to refer to a military commander without an official rank (particularly one of Germanic or Celtic origin), and later coming to mean the leading military commander of a province. In most countries, the word ''duchess'' is the female equivalent. Following the reforms of the emperor Diocletian (which separated the civilian and military administrations of the Roman provinces), a ''dux'' became the military commander in each province. The title ''dux'', Hellenised to ''doux'', survived in the Eastern Roman Empire where it continued in seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
