List of Peerages Currently Abeyant or Dormant

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Does anyone have a list of peerages that are currently abeyant or dormant?

Thanks.

Brooke

[Richard R]

Here are links to some useful lists on Wiki

DORMANT PEERAGES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Dormant_peerages

ABEYANT PEERAGES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Abeyant_peerages

You probably know Wiki provides some useful information on the British peerage and baronetage, which can be easily found by searching on their website. Not perfect (what is?) but a good place to start, and you can always help them by editing in any corrections.

[marquess]

What would be interesting would be how many of them are likely to be revived from their abeyance or dormancy?

[pyvery]

Looking at the list it would appear that

Conyers and Furnivall will likely be revived through the death of a co-heiress.

If the co-heirs agreed a few baronies could come out of abeyance

grey de ruthvin

Audley

Botetourt

Botreaux

Stanley

Hastings

North

The Scottish peerages of

Breadalbane and Falconer of Halkerton would appear to be dormant with heirs who might be able to prove their title.

Since some of the English baronies listed above and in abeyance have the same heirs one would like to feel that a family agreement would allow some of the titles to be shared within a group of cousins.

[marquess]

There was some talk a few years ago of a Campbell in Hungary who was a taxi driver who had a claim to the earldom of Breadalbane. As to the earldom of Glencairn, Wiki says that the Lord Lyon has recognised one of Cunninghame barts as chief of the name and that there is a possibility that the earldom could be claimed. North has been abeyant now for nearly 70 years, I don't think they are much interested in getting that out of abeyance. Sadly these days there is no automatic seat in the second house, so  there is less incentive to be a peer of the realm, unless one has antiquarian tendencies.

On Sunday, September 21, 2014 2:12:26 AM UTC+7, bx...@yahoo.com wrote:

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Much thanks, Richard, pyvery and marquess!

Brooke