Some fictional peers

[Leigh Rayment]

Years ago, I amused myself by compiling a listing of the names of all
fictional peers that I came across in various books.  

I agree with Marquess that a listing of all fictional peers would be virtually infinite.

These are only the ones I jotted down (and I stopped adding to the list 20 years ago.) For every book that I've ever read, there's another million books that I haven't, so there's almost certainly thousands upon thousands of additional fictional peers that I've never come across, or never will. For instance, the books of W M Thackeray, Anthony Trollope, Benjamin Disraeli  and Sir Walter Scott are rich sources of fictional peers, but I can't pretend that I've read their entire works. In addition, if it's been written in the last 50 years, then it's almost certain that I haven't read it!

Anyway, here's my list for what it's worth.............it reads (1) name of fictional peer(ess)  (2) Book/play in which the name can be found (3) Author and (4) year of publication

 

Sir Ogilvy Hibberd, later Lord Aberfordbury - The Barsetshire series - Angela Thirkell - 1933 onwards

Lord Alcester - The Night of Glory (short story in Here and Hereafter) - Barry Pain - 1911

Matthew Radlett, Lord Alconleigh - The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford - 1945

Lord Alloa - The Thirty Nine Steps - John Buchan - 1915

Lord Anstey - Laura's Bishop - George Birmingham - 1949

Lord Argentine - The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen - 1894

Lord and Lady Ascot - Ravenshoe - Henry Kingsley - 1861

Ian Stewart, Lord Auldearn - Hamlet, Revenge! - Michael Innes - 1937

Marquess of Auld Reekie - The Way We Live Now - Anthony Trollope - 1875

Theresa, Dowager Countess of Austell and her son James, Earl of Austell - The Osbornes - E F Benson - 1910

Walter, Baron of Avenal - The Monastery - Sir Walter Scott - 1820

Edward, Lord Avon - Rodney Stone - Arthur Conan Doyle - 1896

Duke of Ayr and Stirling - While the Sun Shines (play) - Terence Rattigan - 1943

Henry, Marquess of Babraham – Antigua Penny Puce – Robert Graves – 1936

Lord Bacurius – A King and No King (play) – Beaumont & Fletcher – 1611

Lord Badgery – The Tillotson Banquet (short story in 'Mortal Coils') – Aldous Huxley – 1922

George, Lord Baldock – Phineas Finn – Anthony Trollope – 1869

Lord Balveeny – The Fair Maid of Perth – Sir Walter Scott – 1828

Lord Bamborough – The Virginians – W M Thackeray – 1858

Earl of Bareacres – Vanity Fair and Pendennis – W M Thackeray – 1848

Earl of Barnstaple - American Wives and English Husbands - Gertrude Atherton - 1898

Lord Barralonga – Men Like Gods – H G Wells – 1923

Lord Baxby – Life’s Little Ironies – Thomas Hardy – 1894

Lord Beaminster – Judith Paris – Hugh Walpole – 1931

Viscount Beauchamp (a Jacobite peerage) – Rob Roy – Sir Walter Scott – 1817

Duke of Belfield – Evan Harrington – George Meredith – 1861

Countess of Belladonna – Vanity Fair – W M Thackeray – 1847

Duke of Bellamont – Tancred – Benjamin Disraeli – 1847

Lord Bellasis – For the Term of His Natural Life – Marcus Clarke – 1874

Viscount Bellasis – The Amateur Gentleman – Jeffrey Farnol – 1913

Lord Bellefield – Lewis Arundel – Francis Smedley – 1852

Duke and Duchess of Berwick – Lady Windermere’s Fan – Oscar Wilde – 1892

Lord Bidmore – St. Ronan’s Well – Sir Walter Scott – 1824

Lord Birten – The Queen’s Husband (play) – Robert Sherwood – 1928

Lord Bittlebrains – The Bride of Lammermoor – Sir Walter Scott – 1819

Countess of Blackchester – The Firtunes of Nigel – Sir Walter Scott – 1822

Wilfrid Pargeter, Lord Blackwater – Trumpeter Sound – David Murray – 1933

Lord Bladderskate – Redgauntlet – Sir Walter Scott – 1824

Lord Bleane – Our Betters (play) – W Somerset Maugham – 1923

Alured, Lord Bond – the Barsetshire series – Angela Thirkell – 1933 onwards

Lord Boom – Tono-Bungay – H G Wells – 1909

Marquis of Borodale – The Marquis and Miss Sally (short story in Rolling Stones)  – O Henry – 1913

Lord Bossnowl, later Earl of Foolincourt – Crotchet Castle – Thomas Love Peacock – 1831

Lord Brackley – Sampson Rideout, Quaker – Una Silberrad – 1911

Lord Bramble – The Dream – H G Wells – 1924

Earl of Brentford – Phineas Finn – Anthony Trollope – 1869

Lord Brentmoor – No. 5 John Street – R Whiteing – 1902

Earl of Brideshead - Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh - 1945

Duke of Bristol – On Approval (play) – Frederick Lonsdale – 1927

Earl of Brocklehurst – The Admirable Crichton – J M Barrie – 1902

Earl of Browden - No Other Tiger - A E W Mason - 1927

Lord Buckram (son of the Marquess of Bagwig) – The Book of Snobs – W M Thackeray – 1848

Gilbert, Duke of Bude – The General – C S Forester – 1936

Viscount Bullington – Barry Lyndon – W M Thackeray – 1844

Lord Bustington – The Newcomes – W M Thackeray – 1853

Earl of Callonby – Harry Lorrequer – Charles Lever – 1839

Duchess of Camberhurst – The Amateur Gentleman – Jeffrey Farnol – 1913

Lord Canterville – The Canterville Ghost – Oscar Wilde – 1887

Earl of Cantrip – Phineas Finn – Anthony Trollope – 1869

Marquess of Carabas – The Book of Snobs – W M Thackeray – 1846

Earl of Carford – Simon Dale – Anthony Hope – 1898

Earl of Carnaby – Tono-Bungay – H G Wells – 1909

Lord Carnal – By Order of the Company – Mary Johnston – 1900

Earl of Carrick – The Channings – Mrs Henry Wood – 1862

Countess of Casterley – The Patrician – John Galsworthy – 1911

Lord Castle-Cuddy – The Bride of Lammermoor – Sir Walter Scott – 1819

Miriam, Marchioness of Castlejordan – The Amazons (play) – Arthur Pinero – 1893

Francis, 1^st Viscount Castlewood; George, 2^nd Viscount; Thomas, 3^rd Viscount; Francis, 4^th Viscount; Francis, 5^th Viscount and 1^st Earl and Eugene, 2^nd Earl – all in Henry Esmond and The Virginians – W M Thackeray – 1852 and 1857

Earl of Caversham – An Ideal Husband (play) – Oscar Wilde – 1895

Henry, Earl of Champagne – The Talisman – Sir Walter Scott – 1825

Duke of Chartersea – Richard Carvel – Winston Churchill (NOT the British Prime Minister!) – 1899

Earl of Chell – The Card – Arnold Bennett – 1911

Raymond, Marquess of Chelles – The Custom of the Country – Edith Wharton – 1913

James Loring, Earl of Chepstow - Sonia - Stephen McKenna - 1917

Lord Chervil – Mrs Miniver – Jan Struther – 1939

Duke of Cheshire – The Canterville Ghost – Oscar Wilde – 1887

Lord Chickney – Bealby – H G Wells – 1915

Marmaduke, Lord Chuffnell – Thank You, Jeeves – P G Wodehouse – 1934

Lord Cinqbars - The Adventures of Philip - W M Thackeray - 1861

Lord Clarsdale – Roots – Naomi Jacob – 1931

Earl of Clincham – The Young Visitors – Daisy Ashford – 1919

Lord Clonbrony – The Absentee – Maria Edgeworth – 1801

Duke of Clumber – Coningsby – Benjamin Disraeli – 1844

Duke of Coeur-de-Lion – The Book of Snobs – W M Thackeray – 1846

Viscount Colchicum – Pendennis – W M Thackeray – 1848

Lord Comandine – Our Street – W M Thackeray – 1848

John, Viscount Comyn – Richard Carvel – Winston Churchill – 1899

Athelstane, Lord Coningsburgh – Ivanhoe – Sir Walter Scott – 1819

Gustavus Adolphus, 13^th Earl of Crabs – Barry Lyndon – W M Thackeray – 1844

John, Earl of Crabs – The Great Hoggarty Diamond – W M Thackeray – 1841

Lord Crayle – The High Road (play) – Frederick Lonsdale – 1927

Lord Culalla – No Other Tiger – A E W Mason – 1927

Lord Culloden – Lothair – Benjamin Disraeli – 1870

Lord Cumnor – Wives and Daughters – Mrs Gaskell – 1865

Lord Cut-Glass – Under Milk Wood (play) – Dylan Thomas – 1954

Lord Dacey – Adam Bede – George Eliot – 1859

Lord Dalgarno -  The Fortunes of Nigel – Sir Walter Scott – 1822

Lord Darlington – Lady Windermere’s Fan (play) – Oscar Wilde – 1892

Countess de Courcy – Dr Thorne – Anthony Trollope – 1858

Lord Deepmere – The American – Henry James – 1877

Compton, Lord de Ferrars – Cecilia – Fanny Burney – 1782

Lord de la Zouch – Ten Thousand a Year – Samuel Warren – 1839

George Goodge, 1^st Marquess of Delisport – But Soft-We are Observed! – Hilaire Belloc – 1928

Duke of Denver (father of Lord Peter Wimsey) – numerous stories – Dorothy L Sayers

Lord de Terrier – Phineas Finn – Anthony Trollope – 1869

Lord de Travest – The Green Hat – Michael Arlen – 1924

Lord Dilling – The Last of Mrs Cheyney (play) – Frederick Lonsdale – 1925

Lord Doltimore – Alice – Bulwer Lytton – 1838

Earl of Dorincourt – Little Lord Fauntleroy – Frances Hodgson Burnett – 1886

Earl of Dorking – The Newcomes – W M Thackeray – 1853

Duke of Dorset – Zuleika Dobson – Max Beerbohm – 1911

Lord Dovedale – Vanity Fair – W M Thackeray – 1847

Earl of Dreddlington – Ten Thousand a Year – Samuel Warren – 1839

Earl of Dreever – A Gentleman of Leisure – P G Wodehouse – 1910

Lord Dumbello – Framley Parsonage – Anthony Trollope – 1861

Earl of Dungory – A Drama in Muslin – George Moore – 1884

Duke of Dunstable – Patience (comic opera) – Gilbert & Sullivan – 1881

Marquess of Durisdeer and Ballantrae – The Master of Ballantae – Robert Louis Stevenson – 1889

Lord Eastlake – the Hornblower series – C S Forester – 1937 onwards

Lord Elmscott – The Courtship of Morrice Buckler – A E W Mason – 1896

Lord Elton – The Last of Mrs Cheyney (play) – Frederick Lonsdale – 1925

Earl of Eppington – Fed Up – George Birmingham – 1931

Lord Eskdale – Coningsby – Benjamin Disraeli – 1844

Francis, 5^th Earl of Etherington – St Ronan’s Well – Sir Walter Scott – 1824

Lord Fallowfield, and his eldest son Lord Shotover - The Wages of Sin - Lucas Malet - 1890

Lord Fancourt - The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy - 1905

Marquess of Farintosh - The Newcomes - W M Thackeray - 1853-55

Lord Fauntleroy - Little Lord Fauntleroy - Frances Hodgson Burnett - 1886

Frederic, Lord Fawn - Phineas Finn - Anthony Trollope - 1869

Lord Felixthorpe - It Can Never Happen Again - William de Morgan - 1909

Lord Fellamar - Tom Jones - Henry Fielding - 1749

Marquess of Fender and Fireirons, and his son, Lord Lionel Lazytongs (!!) - Hawbuck Grange - Richard Surtees - 1847

George, Lord Fermor - The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde - 1891

Lord Ferrybridge - Pendennis - W M Thackeray - 1848

Lord Firmly - A Citizen of the World - Oliver Goldsmith - 1762

Earl of Fittleworth - Last Post - Ford Madox Ford - 1928

Duke of Fitzaquitaine - Sybil - Benjamin Disraeli - 1845

Duke and Duchess of Fitzbattleaxe - The Book of Snobs - W M Thackeray - 1846

Lord Foppington - The Relapse - John Vanbrugh - 1696

Lord Foppington - A Trip to Scarborough - Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1777

Lord Forlingham - The Calendar - Edgar Wallace - 1930

John, Lord Fort William - The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford - 1945

Lord Fortinbras - Felix Holt - George Eliot - 1866

Countess of Frensham - Mr Britling Sees It Through - H G Wells - 1916

Viscount Gallowglass, Bishop of Ballyshannon - The Newcomes - W M Thackeray - 1853

Lord Gaunt - Vanity Fair - W M Thackeray - 1847

Lord Gildoy - Captain Blood - Rafael Sabatini - 1922

William, Earl of Glenallan - The Antiquary - Sir Walter Scott - 1816

David Keith, Lord Glenalmond - Weir of Hermiston - Robert Louis Stevenson - 1896

Lord Chief Justice James O'Brien, Lord Glenmaline - Hangman's House - Donn Byrne - 1926

Nigel Oliphaunt, Lord Glenvarloch - The Fortunes of Nigel - Sir Walter Scott - 1822

Lord Glossmore - Money (play) -  Bulwer Lytton - 1840

Lord Godalming - Dracula - Bram Stoker - 1897

Hugo, Lord Gooseberry - We're Here - Dennis Mackail - 1947

Arthur, Viscount Goring - An Ideal Husband (play) - Oscar Wilde - 1895

Lord Grantchester - The Babe B.A. - E F Benson - 1897

Countess of Greenbury - Monsieur Beaucaire (play) - Booth Tarkington - 1902

John Clayton, Lord Greystoke - Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs - 1912

Lord Grig - Mrs Perkins' Ball - W M Thackeray - 1847

Daniel, Lord Grimshaw - Farewell to Youth - Storm Jameson - 1928

Lord Grinsell - Middlemarch - George Eliot - 1871

Lord Gules - The Book of Snobs - W M Thackeray - 1846

Lord Halberton - My Brother Jonathan - Francis Brett Young - 1928

Claud Fresnay, Viscount Harbinger - The Patrician - John Galsworthy - 1911

Michael, Lord Hardcastle - The Fortunes of Christina McNab - Sarah Macnaughtan - 1901

Earl of Harpenden - While the Sun Shines (play) - Terence Rattigan - 1943

Bodley, Lord Harper - Tom Tiddler's Ground - Edward Shanks - 1934

Marchioness of Hartletop - Phineas Finn - Anthony Trollope - 1869

Lord Hartmore - Cuckoo in the Nest - Mrs Oliphant - 1894

Earl of Harwich - Bella Donna - Robert S Hichens - 1909

Viscount Hawkesley - Mrs Halliburton's Troubles - Mrs Henry Wood - 1862

Lord Headthelot - East Lynne - Mrs Henry Wood - 1861

Lord Heatleigh - Limits and Renewals - Rudyard Kipling - 1932

John Johnes, Lord Helvellyn - Vanity Fair - W M Thackeray - 1847

Lord Hemstitch - We're Here - Dennis Mackail - 1947

Lord Hemsworth - Diana Tempest - Mary Cholmondeley - 1893

Miles Hendon, Earl of Kent - The Prince and the Pauper - Mark Twain - 1882

Charles, Lord Hengrave - C - Maurice Baring - 1924

Duke of Hertford - Seven Men - Max Beerbohm - 1919

Lord Heybrook - French without Tears (play) - Terence Rattigan - 1936

Lord Highgate - The Newcomes - W M Thackeray - 1853

Lord Hobanob - Pendennis - W M Thackeray - 1848

Duke of Holdernesse - The Adventure of the Prioy School (Sherlock Holmes story) - A Conan Doyle - 1905

Lord Holdhurst - The Naval Treaty (Sherlock Holmes story) - A Conan Doyle - 1894

Lord Hollingford - Wives and Daughters - Mrs Gaskell - 1865

Fritz, Lord Holme - The Woman with a Fan - Robert S Hichens - 1904

Earl of Horsham - Waste (play) - H Granville-Barker - 1907

Duke of Horton - Hamlet, Revenge! - Michael Innes - 1937

Lord Hovenden - These Barren Leaves - Aldous Huxley - 1925

Lord Hullington - The Weak and the Strong - Gerald Kersh - 1945

Earl of Huntinglen - The Fortunes of Nigel - Sir Walter Scott - 1822

Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, Earl of Ickenham - Cocktail Time - P G Wodehouse - 1958

Earl of Ilbury - Uncle Silas - Sheridan le Fanu - 1864

Lord Innsbrook - The Calendar - Edgar Wallace - 1930

Marquess of Jerningham - The Amateur Gentleman - Jeffrey Farnol - 1913

Duke of Juggernaut - Vivian Grey - Benjamin Disraeli - 1827

Lord Kesterton - Concerning Isabel Carnaby - Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler - 1898

Louisa Joanna, Countess of Kew - The Newcomes - W M Thackeray - 1853

Lord Kilbarry - Barry Lyndon - W M Thackeray - 1844

Marquess of Kilcarney - A Drama in Muslin - George Moore - 1884

Earl of Kilcoran - The Heir of Redclyffe - Charlotte M Yonge - 1853

Lord Kilkee - Harry Lorrequer - Charles Lever - 1839

Marquess of Kincrae - Hamlet, Revenge! - Michael Innes - 1937

Patrick Charteris, Lord Kinfauns - The Fair Maid of Perth - Sir Walter Scott - 1828

Lord Kirkley - A safety Match - Ian Hay - 1911

Countess of Knightsbridge - The Kickleburys on the Rhine - W M Thackeray - 1850

Lord Laxley - Evan Harrington - George Meredith - 1861

Lord Levant - The Book of Snobs - W M Thackeray - 1846

Earl of Liftore - The Marquis of Lossie - George MacDonald - 1877

Viscount Litterley - The Amazons (play) - Arthur Pinero - 1893

Henry Lasenby, Earl of Loam - The Admirable Crichton (play) - J M Barrie - 1902

Marquess of Loring - Sonia - Stephen McKenna - 1917

Marquess of Lossie - The Marquis of Lossie - George MacDonald - 1877

Lord Lossiemouth - Prisoners - Mary Cholmondeley - 1906

Lord Lothair - Lothair - Benjamin Disraeli - 1870

Lord Lowborough - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte - 1848

Ludovic, Lord Lufton - Framley Parsonage - Anthony Trollope - 1861

Lord Lufton - The Barsetshire series - Angela Thirkell - 1933 onwards

Lord Lundie - Actions and Reactions - Rudyard Kipling - 1909

Spenser Hugo, Lord Luxellian - A Pair of Blue Eyes - Thomas Hardy - 1873

Earl of Luxmore - John Halifax, Gentleman - Mrs Craik - 1857

Gerry, Lord Manderstoke - Fanny by Gaslight - Michael Sadleir - 1940

Earl of Mandeville - Incomparable Bellairs - Agnes & Egerton Castle - 1904

Earl of Manton - The Search Party - George Birmingham - 1913

Lord March - The Virginians - W M Thackeray - 1857

Marquess of Marchmain - Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh - 1945

George Egremont, Earl of Marney - Sybil - Benjamin Disraeli - 1845

John Marsh, Earl of Marshmoreton - A Damsel in Distress - P G Wodehouse - 1919

Martin, Earl of Elchester - Unending Crusade - Robert Sherwood - 1932

Lord Martindale - Heartsease - Charlotte Yonge - 1854

Lord Maske - The Story of Ragged Robin - Oliver Onions - 1945

Earl of Mauleverer - Paul Clifford - Edward Bulwer Lytton - 1830

Lord Mauleverer - Cranford - Mrs Gaskell - 1853

Cecil, Viscount Maundrell - American Wives and English Husbands - Gertrude Atherton - 1898

Aldous Raeburn, Lord Maxwell - Marcella - Mrs Humphrey Ward - 1894

Lord Medlicote - Middlemarch - George Eliot - 1871

Duchess of Medway - Lord Peter Views the Body - Dorothy L Sayers - 1928

Lord Megatherium - Middlemarch - George Eliot - 1871

Lord Meikleham - The Marquis of Lossie - George MacDonald - 1877

Marquess of Mel - Quinneys - Horace Annesley Vachell - 1914

Georgina, Duchess of Meldrum - The Rosary - Florence Barclay - 1909

Lord Mereston - Lady Frederick (play) - W Somerset Maugham - 1907

Lord Merlin - The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford - 1945

Lord Methusaleh - Mrs Perkins' Ball - W M Thackeray - 1846

Humphrey Maltavers, Viscount Metroland - Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh - 1928

Countess of Milborough - He Knew He Was Right - Anthony Trollope - 1869

Lord Miltoun - The Patrician - John Galsworthy - 1911

Lord Moggeridge - Bealby - H G Wells - 1915

Henry, Lord Monchensey - The Family Reunion (play) - T S Eliot - 1939

Ned Pym, Lord Monkhurst - Milestones (play) - Arnold Bennett - 1912

Lord Monmouth - Coningsby - Benjamin Disraeli - 1844

Gladys, Duchess of Monmouth - The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde - 1891

Lord Montairy - Lothair - Benjamin Disraeli - 1870

Earl of Montdore - Love in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford - 1949

Earl of Mountararat - Iolanthe (comic opera) - Gilbert & Sullivan - 1882

Lord Mountclere - The Hand of Ethelberta - Thomas Hardy - 1876

Lord Mount Severn - East Lynne - Mrs Henry Wood - 1861

Earl of Mowbray - Sybil - Benjamin Disraeli - 1845

Lord Mulcaster - Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh - 1945

Lord Mull - Lise Lillywhite - Margery Sharp - 1951

Sarah, Duchess of Mull and Cantire - Moths - Mary Louise Ramee ("Ouida") - 1880

Gerald, Lord Murchison - The Sphinx Without a Secret - Oscar Wilde - 1887

Lord Mutanhed - Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens - 1837

Edward, Lord Newhaven - Red Pottage - Mary Cholmondeley - 1899

Lord Nidderdale - The Way We Live Now - Anthony Trollope - 1875

Lord Norton - the Barsetshire series - Angela Thirkell - 1933 onwards

Duke of Omnium - Doctor Thorne - Anthony Trollope - 1858

Lord Orlay - The Vultures - Seton Merriman - 1902

Lord Orville - Evelina - Fanny Burney - 1778

Edward, Lord Osborne - The Osbornes - E F Benson - 1910

Duchess of Paisley - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime -  Oscar Wilde - 1887

Viscount Paramour - These Charming People - Michael Arlen - 1920

Peter Beste-Chetwynde, Earl of Pastmaster - Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh - 1928

Lord Pemberton - Lord of the World - R H Benson - 1907

Lord Penriddocke - For Us in the Dark - Naomi Royde-Smith - 1937

Lord Pentreath - Daniel Deronda - George Eliot - 1876

Percy Potter, Lord Pilkington - Potterism - Rose Macaulay - 1920

Lord Plessy - Middlemarch - George Eliot - 1871

Marquess of Plinlimmon - Pendennis - W M Thackeray - 1848

Lord Polperro (2nd, 3rd and 4th Barons) - The Town Traveller - George Gissing - 1898

Gillie Foster, Lord Pomfret - the Barsetshire series - Angela Thirkell - 1933 onwards

Lord Pontypool - Pendennis - W M Thackeray - 1848

Lord Porlock - Dr Thorne - Anthony Trollope - 1858

Marquess of Quex - The Gay Lord Quex (play) - Arthur Pinero - 1899

Lord Quinton - Simon Dale - Anthony Hope - 1898

Lord Raa - The Woman Thou Gavest Me - Hall Caine - 1913

Viscount Ramer - Mr Ingleside - E V Lucas - 1910

Lord Ravenswood - The Bride of Lammermoor - Sir Walter Scott - 1810

Lord Redcar - In the Days of the Comet - H G Wells - 1906

Earl Ringwood - The Adventures of Philip - W M Thackeray - 1861

Earl of Rintoul - The Little Minister  - J M Barrie - 1891

Earl Risingham - The Black Arrow - Robert Louis Stevenson - 1888

Ernest Bligh, Lord Rockage - Rogue Herries - Hugh Walpole - 1930

Earl of Rockarvon - Desolate Splendour - Michael Sadleir - 1923

Marquess of Rockingham - Under Two Flags - "Ouida" - 1867

Countess of Rockminster - Pendennis - W M Thackeray - 1848

Lord Roehampton - Cautionary Tales - Hilaire Belloc - 1907

Viscount Rooster - The Newcomes - W M Thackeray - 1853

Earl of Rosherville - Pendennis - W M Thackeray - 1847

Lord Runswick - The Martian - George du Maurier - 1897

Duke of St.Bungay - Phineas Finn - Anthony Trollope - 1869

Duke of St. Davids - Pendennis - W M Thackeray - 1848

Lord St.Erme - Heartsease - Charlotte Yonge - 1854

Lord St.Erth - Loyalties (play) - John Galsworthy - 1922

Viscount St.George (relative of Lord Peter Wimsey) - numerous stories - Dorothy L Sayers

Lord St.Jerome - Lothair - Benjamin Disraeli - 1870

John, Lord St.Leath - The Cathedral - Hugh Walpole - 1922

Duke of St.Olpherts - The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith (play) - Arthur Pinero - 1895

Earl of St.Wythiol - For Us in the Dark - Naomi Royde-Smith - 1937

Lord Saltire - Ravenshoe - Henry Kingsley -  1861

Lord Saltire - The Book of Snobs - W M Thackeray - 1846

Lord Sandhills - The Choice (play) - Alfred Sutro - 1919

Lord Sark - Henry Esmond - W M Thackeray - 1852

Charles, Lord Saxby - Sinister Street - Compton Mackenzie - 1913

Lord Saxenden - Maid in Waiting - John Galsworthy - 1931

Earl of Saxingham - Alice - Edward Bulwer Lytton - 1838

Lord Sayes - Zuleika Dobson - Max Beerbohm - 1911

Andy Rooney, Lord Scatterbrain - Handy Andy - Samuel Lever - 1842

Lord Scoutbush - Two Years Ago - Charles Kingsley - 1857

Lord Sedgmire - South Riding - Winifred Holtby - 1936

Marquess of Shropshire - The Silver Spoon - John Galsworthy - 1926

Henry Holland, Lord Slane - All Passion Spent - V Sackville-West - 1931

Countess of Slingstone - Vanity Fair - W M Thackeray - 1847

Lord Sombremere - Landscape with Figures - R Fraser - 1925

Clement William Sheepshanks, Earl of Southdown - Vanity Fair - W M Thackeray - 1847

Duke of Southwark - The Fortunes of Christina McNab - Sarah Macnaughtan - 1901

George Augustus Gaunt, Marquess of Steyne - Vanity Fair - W M Thackeray - 1847

Duchess of Stilton - Vanity Fair - W M Thackeray - 1847

Lord Stoke - the Barsetshire series - Angela Thirkell - 1933 onwards

Lord Stopley - Laura's Bishop - George Birmingham - 1949

Lord Strongitharm - The Adventures of Philip - W M Thackeray - 1861

Duchess of Strood - The Gay Lord Quex (play) - Arthur Pinero - 1899

Lord Surbiton - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Oscar Wilde - 1887

Lord Tarlyon - These Charming People - Michael Arlen - 1920

Lord Tarvrille - The Passionate Friends - H G Wells - 1913

Duke of Tergiversation - Hawbuck Grange - Richard Surtees - 1847

Lord Teylesmore - The High Road (play) - F Lonsdale - 1927

Earl of Thanet - Old Patch's Medley - Marjorie Bowen - 1930

Lord Thorndale - The Heir of Redclyffe - Charlotte Yonge - 1853

Viscount Thrift - Phineas Finn - Anthony Trollope - 1869

Earl of Tiptoff - The Great Hoggarty Diamond - W M Thackeray - 1841

Marquess of Tiptoff - Barry Lyndon - W M Thackeray - 1844

Earl Tolloller - Iolanthe (comic opera) - Gilbert & Sullivan - 1882

Lord Topham - The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope

Lord Tortillion - Bluebird's Keys - Anne Thackeray - 1875

Lord Tottenham - The Treasurer Seekers - Edith Nesbit - 1899

Duke of Towers - the Barsetshire series - Angela Thirkell - 1933 onwards

Lord Towerstairs - Joseph Vance - William de Morgan - 1906

Lord Townbrake - Monsieur Beaucaire (play) - Booth Tarkington - 1902

Lord Trehick - For Us in the Dark - Naomi Royde-Smith - 1937

Lord Trench - The High Road (play) - F Lonsdale - 1927

Duke of Trent - The Hill - Horace Annesley Vachell - 1905

Lord Tressilvain - The Firing Line - Robert W Chambers - 1908

Lord Trim - The Adventures of Philip - W M Thackeray - 1861

Lord Triton - Middlemarch - George Eliot - 1871

Earl of Tulla - Phineas Finn - Anthony Trollope - 1869

Lord Tunmarsh - National Velvet - Enid Bagnold - 1935

Alfred, Earl of Tweenwayes - The Amazons (play) - Arthur Pinero - 1893

Lord Tybar - If Winter Comes - A S M Hutchinson - 1920

Earl of Valleys - The Patrician - John Galsworthy - 1911

Lord Vargrave - Alice - Edward Bulwer Lytton - 1838

Lord Vauxhall - Men and Wives - W M Thackeray - 1852

Lord Wandle - Marcella - Mrs Humphrey Ward - 1894

Duke of Warrington - The High Road (play) - F Lonsdale - 1927

Lord Watlington - Imperial Palace - Arnold Bennett - 1930

Lord Weazeling - Phineas Finn - Anthony Trollope - 1869

Lord Welter - Ravenshoe - Henry Kingsley - 1861

Lord Wheatley - Phroso - Anthony Hope - 1897

Earl of Wickthorpe - Dragon Harvest - Upton Sinclair - 1946

Lord Windermere - Lady Windermere's Fan (play) - Oscar Wilde - 1892

Duke of Winterset - Monsieur Beaucaire - Booth Tarkington - 1902

Lord Wolverbury - Portrait of Clare - Francis Brett Young 1927

Lord Woodville - The Tapestried Chamber - Sir Walter Scott - 1827

Marquess of Wutherwood and Rune - Surfeit of Lampreys - Ngaio Marsh - 1941

Lord Wychwood - the Hornblower series - C S Forester - 1937 onwards

Lord Wyvern - Felix Holt - George Eliot - 1866

 

 

 

 

[Richard R]

It's still a very impressive list Leigh & thanks. Oh the things we do
to amuse ourselves in our youth! And the energy we had back then!!

On 16 Mar, 02:11, "Leigh Rayment" <lraym...@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> Years ago, I amused myself by compiling a listing of the names of all
> fictional peers that I came across in various books.  
>
> I agree with Marquess that a listing of all fictional peers would be virtually infinite.
>
> These are only the ones I jotted down (and I stopped adding to the list 20 years ago.) For every book that I've ever read, there's another million books that I haven't, so there's almost certainly thousands upon thousands of additional fictional peers that I've never come across, or never will. For instance, the books of W M Thackeray, Anthony Trollope, Benjamin Disraeli  and Sir Walter Scott are rich sources of fictional peers, but I can't pretend that I've read their entire works. In addition, if it's been written in the last 50 years, then it's almost certain that I haven't read it!
>
> Anyway, here's my list for what it's worth.............it reads (1) name of fictional peer(ess)  (2) Book/play in which the name can be found (3) Author and (4) year of publication
>
> Sir Ogilvy Hibberd, later Lord Aberfordbury - The Barsetshire series - Angela Thirkell - 1933 onwards
>
> Lord Alcester - The Night of Glory (short story in Here and Hereafter) - Barry Pain - 1911
>
> Matthew Radlett, Lord Alconleigh - The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford - 1945
>
> Lord Alloa - The Thirty Nine Steps - John Buchan - 1915
>
> Lord Anstey - Laura's Bishop - George Birmingham - 1949
>
> Lord Argentine - The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen - 1894
>
> Lord and Lady Ascot - Ravenshoe - Henry Kingsley - 1861
>
> Ian Stewart, Lord Auldearn - Hamlet, Revenge! - Michael Innes - 1937
>
> Marquess of Auld Reekie - The Way We Live Now - Anthony Trollope - 1875
>
> Theresa, Dowager Countess of Austell and her son James, Earl of Austell - The Osbornes - E F Benson - 1910
>
> Walter, Baron of Avenal - The Monastery - Sir Walter Scott - 1820
>
> Edward, Lord Avon - Rodney Stone - Arthur Conan Doyle - 1896
>
> Duke of Ayr and Stirling - While the Sun Shines (play) - Terence Rattigan - 1943
>

> Henry, Marquess of Babraham - Antigua Penny Puce - Robert Graves - 1936
>
> Lord Bacurius - A King and No King (play) - Beaumont & Fletcher - 1611
>
> Lord Badgery - The Tillotson Banquet (short story in 'Mortal Coils') - Aldous Huxley - 1922
>
> George, Lord Baldock - Phineas Finn - Anthony Trollope - 1869
>
> Lord Balveeny - The Fair Maid of Perth - Sir Walter Scott - 1828
>
> Lord Bamborough - The Virginians - W M Thackeray - 1858
>
> Earl of Bareacres - Vanity Fair and Pendennis - W M Thackeray - 1848

>
> Earl of Barnstaple - American Wives and English Husbands - Gertrude Atherton - 1898
>

> Lord Barralonga - Men Like Gods - H G Wells - 1923
>
> Lord Baxby - Life's Little Ironies - Thomas Hardy - 1894
>
> Lord Beaminster - Judith Paris - Hugh Walpole - 1931
>
> Viscount Beauchamp (a Jacobite peerage) - Rob Roy - Sir Walter Scott - 1817
>
> Duke of Belfield - Evan Harrington - George Meredith - 1861
>
> Countess of Belladonna - Vanity Fair - W M Thackeray - 1847
>
> Duke of Bellamont - Tancred - Benjamin Disraeli - 1847
>
> Lord Bellasis - For the Term of His Natural Life - Marcus Clarke - 1874
>
> Viscount Bellasis - The Amateur Gentleman - Jeffrey Farnol - 1913
>
> Lord Bellefield - Lewis Arundel - Francis Smedley - 1852
>
> Duke and Duchess of Berwick - Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde - 1892
>
> Lord Bidmore - St. Ronan's Well - Sir Walter Scott - 1824
>
> Lord Birten - The Queen's Husband (play) - Robert Sherwood - 1928
>
> Lord Bittlebrains - The Bride of Lammermoor - Sir Walter Scott - 1819
>
> Countess of Blackchester - The Firtunes of Nigel - Sir Walter Scott - 1822
>
> Wilfrid Pargeter, Lord Blackwater - Trumpeter Sound - David Murray - 1933
>
> Lord Bladderskate - Redgauntlet - Sir Walter Scott - 1824
>
> Lord Bleane - Our Betters (play) - W Somerset Maugham - 1923
>
> Alured, Lord Bond - the Barsetshire series - Angela Thirkell - 1933 onwards
>
> Lord Boom - Tono-Bungay - H G Wells - 1909
>
> Marquis of Borodale - The Marquis and Miss Sally (short story in Rolling Stones)  - O Henry - 1913
>
> Lord Bossnowl, later Earl of Foolincourt - Crotchet Castle - Thomas Love Peacock - 1831
>
> Lord Brackley - Sampson Rideout, Quaker - Una Silberrad - 1911
>
> Lord Bramble - The Dream - H G Wells - 1924
>
> Earl of Brentford - Phineas Finn - Anthony Trollope - 1869
>
> Lord Brentmoor - No. 5 John Street - R Whiteing - 1902

>
> Earl of Brideshead - Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh - 1945
>

> Duke of Bristol - On Approval (play) - Frederick Lonsdale - 1927
>
> Earl of Brocklehurst - The Admirable Crichton - J M Barrie - 1902

>
> Earl of Browden - No Other Tiger - A E W Mason - 1927
>

> Lord Buckram (son of the Marquess of Bagwig) - The Book of Snobs - W M Thackeray - 1848
>
> Gilbert, Duke of Bude - The General - C S Forester - 1936
>
> Viscount Bullington - Barry Lyndon - W M Thackeray - 1844
>
> Lord Bustington - The Newcomes - W M Thackeray - 1853
>
> Earl of Callonby - Harry Lorrequer - Charles Lever - 1839
>
> Duchess of Camberhurst - The Amateur Gentleman - Jeffrey Farnol - 1913
>
> Lord Canterville - The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde - 1887
>
> Earl of Cantrip - Phineas Finn - Anthony Trollope - 1869
>
> Marquess of Carabas - The Book of Snobs - W M Thackeray - 1846
>
> Earl of Carford - Simon Dale - Anthony Hope - 1898
>
> Earl of Carnaby - Tono-Bungay - H G Wells - 1909
>
> Lord Carnal - By Order of the Company - Mary Johnston - 1900
>
> Earl of Carrick - The Channings - Mrs Henry Wood - 1862
>
> Countess of Casterley - The Patrician - John Galsworthy - 1911
>
> Lord Castle-Cuddy - The Bride of Lammermoor - Sir Walter Scott - 1819
>
> Miriam, Marchioness of Castlejordan - The Amazons (play) - Arthur Pinero - 1893
>
> Francis, 1st Viscount Castlewood; George, 2nd Viscount; Thomas, 3rd Viscount; Francis, 4th Viscount; Francis, 5th Viscount and 1st Earl and Eugene, 2nd Earl - all in Henry Esmond and The Virginians - W M Thackeray - 1852 and 1857
>
> Earl of Caversham - An Ideal Husband (play) - Oscar Wilde - 1895
>
> Henry, Earl of Champagne - The Talisman - Sir Walter Scott - 1825
>
> Duke of Chartersea - Richard Carvel - Winston Churchill (NOT the British Prime Minister!) - 1899
>
> Earl of Chell - The Card - Arnold Bennett - 1911
>
> Raymond, Marquess of Chelles - The Custom of the Country - Edith Wharton - 1913

>
> James Loring, Earl of Chepstow - Sonia - Stephen McKenna - 1917
>

> Lord Chervil - Mrs Miniver - Jan Struther - 1939
>
> Duke of Cheshire - The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde - 1887
>
> Lord Chickney - Bealby - H G Wells - 1915
>
> Marmaduke, Lord Chuffnell - Thank You, Jeeves - P G Wodehouse - 1934

>
> Lord Cinqbars - The Adventures of Philip - W M Thackeray - 1861
>

> Lord Clarsdale - Roots - Naomi Jacob - 1931
>
> Earl of Clincham - The Young Visitors - Daisy Ashford - 1919
>
> Lord Clonbrony - The Absentee - Maria Edgeworth - 1801
>
> Duke of Clumber - Coningsby - Benjamin Disraeli - 1844
>
> Duke of Coeur-de-Lion - The Book of Snobs - W M Thackeray - 1846
>
> Viscount Colchicum - Pendennis - W M Thackeray - 1848
>
> Lord Comandine - Our Street - W M Thackeray - 1848
>
> John, Viscount Comyn - Richard Carvel - Winston Churchill - 1899
>
> Athelstane, Lord Coningsburgh - Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott - 1819
>
> Gustavus Adolphus, 13th Earl of Crabs - Barry Lyndon - W M Thackeray - 1844
>
> John, Earl of Crabs - The Great Hoggarty Diamond - W M Thackeray - 1841
>
> Lord Crayle - The High Road (play) - Frederick Lonsdale - 1927
>
> Lord Culalla - No Other Tiger - A E W Mason - 1927
>
> Lord Culloden - Lothair - Benjamin Disraeli - 1870
>
> Lord Cumnor - Wives and Daughters - Mrs Gaskell - 1865
>
> Lord Cut-Glass - Under Milk Wood (play) - Dylan Thomas - 1954
>
> Lord Dacey - Adam Bede - George Eliot - 1859
>
> Lord Dalgarno -  The Fortunes of Nigel - Sir Walter Scott - 1822
>
> Lord Darlington - Lady Windermere's Fan (play) - Oscar Wilde - 1892
>
> Countess de Courcy - Dr Thorne - Anthony Trollope - 1858
>
> Lord Deepmere - The American - Henry James - 1877
>
> Compton, Lord de Ferrars - Cecilia - Fanny Burney - 1782
>
> Lord de la Zouch - Ten Thousand a Year - Samuel Warren - 1839
>
> George Goodge, 1st Marquess of Delisport - But Soft-We are Observed! - Hilaire Belloc - 1928
>
> Duke of Denver (father of Lord Peter Wimsey) - numerous stories - Dorothy L Sayers
>
> Lord de Terrier - Phineas Finn - Anthony Trollope - 1869
>
> Lord de Travest - The Green Hat - Michael Arlen - 1924
>
> Lord Dilling - The Last of Mrs Cheyney (play) - Frederick Lonsdale - 1925
>
> Lord Doltimore - Alice - Bulwer Lytton - 1838
>
> Earl of Dorincourt - Little Lord Fauntleroy - Frances Hodgson Burnett - 1886
>
> Earl of Dorking - The Newcomes - W M Thackeray - 1853
>
> Duke of Dorset - Zuleika Dobson - Max Beerbohm - 1911
>
> Lord Dovedale - Vanity Fair - W M Thackeray - 1847
>
> Earl of Dreddlington - Ten Thousand a Year - Samuel Warren - 1839
>
> Earl of Dreever - A Gentleman of Leisure - P G Wodehouse - 1910
>
> Lord Dumbello - Framley Parsonage - Anthony Trollope - 1861
>
> Earl of Dungory - A Drama in Muslin - George Moore - 1884
>
> Duke of Dunstable - Patience (comic opera) - Gilbert & Sullivan - 1881
>
> Marquess of Durisdeer and Ballantrae - The Master of Ballantae - Robert Louis Stevenson - 1889
>
> Lord Eastlake - the Hornblower series - C S Forester - 1937 onwards
>
> Lord Elmscott - The Courtship of Morrice Buckler - A E W Mason - 1896
>
> Lord Elton - The Last of Mrs Cheyney (play) - Frederick Lonsdale - 1925
>
> Earl of Eppington - Fed Up - George Birmingham - 1931
>
> Lord Eskdale - Coningsby - Benjamin Disraeli - 1844
>
> Francis, 5th Earl of Etherington - St Ronan's Well - Sir Walter Scott - 1824

[colinp]

A few (including two Marquesses) from the 12 novel Dance to the Music of Time sequence by Anthony Powell (himself a noted genealogist) (plenty of other titled people in the books)

ABERAVON, 1st Lord  (surname - Gwatkin)

AMESBURY, Lord KG

ARDGLASS "Jumbo", Earl of (also Viscount KIlkeel) (Jamieson)

BRIDGNORTH Eddie, Earl of (also Lord Mountfitchet) (Stepney)

CASTLEMALLOCK Marquess of (Mallock) (seat: Castlemallock)

GORING George, Lord

HUNTERCOMBE Walter, Lord (Penistone)

PERKINS, Lord

SILLERY, 1st and probably last Lord

SLEAFORD John, Marquess of KG (Fines); Geoffrey Marquess of (Seat: Dogdene)

VOWCHURCH, Lord (Blaides)

WARMINSTER Hugo,  Earl of (also Viscount Erridge and Baron Erridge of Mirkbooths) (Tolland); Alfred Earl of; Jeremy Earl of (Seat: Thrubworth Park)

WARRINGTON Piers, Brig-Gen Earl of

WIDMERPOOL Kenneth, Lord (LP 1958)

There are of course peers scattered throughout the EF Benson novels. 

[ThomasFoolery]

I’m not sure my mom knows who Prince Charles is, but I can hear her calling out: OMG Lord Grantham!!!

[dpth...@gmail.com]

 

Trollope is my all-time favorite author. I’ve read almost all his novels multiple times, and there are indeed dozens of peers and their families. Here are some, including some which were already on the lists above:

 

 

 

Francis John Mountmorris O’Kelly, Lord Ballandine; The Kellys and the O’Kellys

 

Lord Boanerges; Framley Parsonage, Orley Farm, etc.

 

Earl of Brentford (and son Lord Chiltern, and dau Lady Laura Standish); Palliser novels

 

Frederick Augustus, Marquess of Brotherton (and also his mother, brother [Lord George Germain], etc.); Is He Popenjoy?

 

Lord and Lady Cantrip; Palliser novels

 

Lady Matilda Carbury; The Way We Live Now

 

Lord George de Bruce Carruthers; The Eustace Diamonds

 

Lord Carstairs; Dr Wortle’s School

 

Earl and Countess of Cashel (and son Lord Kilcullen, and dau Lady Selina Grey); The Kellys and the O’Kellys

 

Earl and Countess de Courcy (and son Lord Porlock and other children); Barchester novels

 

Theodore, Earl de Guest; The Small House at Allington

 

Patrick, Earl of Desmond, Clara, Dowager Countess of Desmond (and family); Castle Richmond

 

Lord Drummond; Palliser novels

 

Frederick, Viscount Fawn (and his mother and sisters); Palliser novels

 

Hon. Charles Glascock; He Knew He Was Right

 

Lady Mabel Grex, dau of Earl Grex and sister of Lord Percival; The Duke’s Children

 

Gustavus, Marquess of Hartletop; Barsetshire novels

 

Marquess and Marchioness of Kingsbury; Marion Fay

 

Earl Lovel, Countess Lovel, and family; Lady Anna

 

Ludovic, Lord Lufton, and his mother; Framley Parsonage

 

Margaret, Countess of Midlothian; Can You Forgive Her?

 

Dowager Countess of Milborough; He Knew He Was Right

 

Lord Nidderdale, son of Marquess of Auld Reekie; The Way We Live Now, The Duke’s Children

 

Dukes of Omnium and Gatherum, Earl of Silverbridge, and other members of Palliser family; the Palliser novels

 

Duke & Duchess of St. Bungay; the Palliser novels

 

Hon. Hondecimus and Hon. Valentine Scott, son of Lord Gaberlunzie; The Three Clerks

 

Marquess of Stapledean; The Bertrams

[G. Willis]

Sealion's post mentions Edgar Wallace; the title character of his story 'Chick' (actually named 'Charles', for the record) comes to rejoice in the following titles: 'Marquis of Pelborough, Earl of Steffield, Viscount Morland, Baron Pelborough in the County of Westshire, Baron Slieve, Master of Kollochbach, etcetera'.

[dpth...@gmail.com]

Maybe my favorite fictional peer is Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth, the hapless master of Blandings Castle. A great P G Wodehouse character.

[andrewbe...@gmail.com]

I think it is fun to divert ourselves every once in a while with items such as this. I couldn't seem to see Bertie Wooster's "Uncle George" on the list - "the young Lord Yaxley"

[marquess]

Trollope's Earl of Brentford is the one fictional peerage that became a reality in the form of the Viscountcy of Brentford. 

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Very interesting lists.  Good job by all involved.

I did notice that  certain titles on these lists have been created in real life.

My questions concern the Earl of Carrick.  (It is shown as being from an 1862 work.) Isn't that one of the titles of the Prince of Wales?  How was the  title used in that particular  work of fiction?

Thanks.

Brooke

[dpth...@gmail.com]

Earl of Carrick has been a real title in the Butler family for a long time, too.

[ThomasFoolery]

Anyone have any good-sounding titles in mind?

I drive by a nursery whose name would make a good title:

Lord Ambleside

There’s a town near me named Bedminster. I always think there must have been a Duke of Bedminster, but I’m conflating other dukedoms...

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Hartlepool, particularly for a marquessate or earldom.

Brooke

On Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 10:11:46 PM UTC-4, sealion wrote:

[malcolm davies]

The Trollope novels are full of peers as characters.Here is a list:-

Dukes

  Hatfield

  Mayfair

  Merioneth

  Omnium

  St Bungay

Marquesses

  Auld Reekie

  Brotherton

  Bunratty

  Hartletop

  Kingsbury

  Llddythlw

  Marylebone

  Mount Fidgett

  Stapleton

  Trowbridge

  Tyrone

Earls

  Altrington

  Bracy

  Brentford

  de Courcy

  de Guest

  Desmond

  Earlybird

  Kilfenora

  Lovel

  Scroope

  Tulla

Viscounts

  Fawn

Barons

  Alstrom

  Ballindine

  Boardotrade

  Boanages

  Brock

  Buckish

  Buntingford

  Cantrip

  Carstairs

  Cashel

  Castlewall

  Claddagh

  de Terrier

  Drummond

  Gaberlunzie

  Giblet

  Glasslough

  Hampstead

  Hautboy

  Kilfenora

  Lufton

  Mistletoe

  Niddedale

  Ongar

  Percival

  Persiflage

  Peterborough

  Poppenjay

  Ramsden

  Rufford

In addition there are a number of peer's wives who are mentioned but their husband or former husband is not:-

Duchess

  Stevenage

Countesses

  Midlothian

  Milborough

There are also a number of courtesy titles mentioned namely:-

  Earl of Silverbridge(Omnium)

  Viscount Dumbello(Hartletop)

  Chiltern(Brentford)

  Porlock(de Courcy)

  St George(Trowbridge)

You can find out more about the characters and the books in which they are featured at this link:-

https://trollopesociety.org/works/books-characters/

by typing in the name of the character(you won't find Lord Claddagh unless you look under Fitzgibbon).

[William]

I can only add one to your amazing list, namely:

Ludovic "Sandy" Gustavus Arbuthnot, later 16th Lord Clanroyden - The Courts of the Morning , Greenmantle and others - John Buchan

[William]

One more: Charles, Lord LaMancha - Greenmantle. - John Buchan

[John Horton]

The Wimsey family are noted in the list below, but I don’t think Lord Peter’s creator ever tells us the source of the Hon. Freddy Arbuthnot’s courtesy title.

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[Robert V]

I guess I should apologise for stretching out something so flippant in a forum usually reserved for more arcane subjects - but it seems like a harmless bit of fun for the end of the year so I'd like to add a couple that I can't see and have enjoyed very much..

Roderick Spode, 7th Earl of Sidcup - Wooster novels - P.G Wodehouse

Lord (Brett) Sinclair  -  Roger Moore in The Persauders! (1971) -     Fictional scottish earldom with a duke involved in one episode.

It was even based on the famous film "Kind Hearts & Coronets" (1949), which I'm sure many of you have seen.

Merry Christmas & Best Wishes for the New Year to all Peerage Group members.

Especially all the posters who spend their valuable time keeping the archive up-to-date and accurate.

Robert Viney

On Monday, 16 March 2009 02:11:46 UTC, sealion wrote:

[Dennis Cunniff]

On Dec 20, 2018, at 4:54 AM, Robert V <robvi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Lord (Brett) Sinclair  -  Roger Moore in The Persauders! (1971) -     Fictional scottish earldom with a duke involved in one episode.

It was even based on the famous film "Kind Hearts & Coronets" (1949), which I'm sure many of you have seen.

In Roy Horniman’s novel, "Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal” (the source for both "Kind Hearts and Coronets” and for "The Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”), the peerage which the protagonist Israel Rank murders his way into is the Earldom of Gascoyne. In "Kind Hearts and Coronets", the protagonist is Louis D'Ascoyne Mazzini, who kills his way into becoming 10th Duke of Chalfont; in "The Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder", Montague "Monty" D'Ysquith Navarro becomes the Ninth Earl of Highhurst. 

In all three cases, the peerage has to be inheritable through female lines (after the exhaustion of male lines) in order for the plots to work…

[marquess]

The Duke of Fothergil, 'Doctor Who and the Terror of the Zygons. Lord Palmersdale, Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock. The Marquess of Stayne, Pendennis and Vanity Fair, subsidiary Earl of Gaunt.  

On Monday, March 16, 2009 at 9:11:46 AM UTC+7, sealion wrote:

[dpth...@gmail.com]

Viscount Bulingdon was a courtesy title. He was son of the Countess of Lyndon, who married Redmond Barry (later Barry Lyndon). I'm watching that great movie right now, for at least the 5th or 6th time. :)

On Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 9:11:46 PM UTC-5, sealion wrote:

...Viscount Bullington – Barry Lyndon – W M Thackeray – 1844...

[marquess]

Also to add to the list of fictional peerages that actually became real ones. 'Rodney Stone' Conan Doyle, Lord Avon, the earl of Avon (Eden)

[Jonathan]

As this old thread has been revived, I don't know whether anyone has seen Julian Fellowes's latest TV series, "Belgravia", based on his novel. A key character is Viscount Bellasis, heir to the Earl of Brockenhurst. Viscount Bellasis is also an important character in Marcus Clarke's "For the Term of His Natural Life", as listed in Leigh's original post, except in this case the family name was Wade, whereas Lord Fellowes has made Bellasis the family's surname too. I wonder whether he was aware of the connection when he chose that name?

[Peter FitzGerald]

Julian Fellowes is a good source of fictional peers. Some examples:

Gosford Park - Countess of Trentham; Lord and Lady Stockbridge; the three daughters of the late Earl of Carton; also two sons of peers (the Hon. Freddie Nesbitt and Lord Rupert Standish), but we never learn their fathers' titles; the Earl of Flintshire is mentioned but not seen

Snobs - Marquess and Marchioness of Uckfield; their heir, Earl Broughton; Viscount and Viscountess Bohun; Lord and Lady Cumnor

Downton Abbey - Earl and Countess of Grantham (the courtesy title is apparently Viscount Crawley, though there is no heir apparent) and Dowager Countess of Grantham; Marquess of Flintshire (he obviously likes Flintshire!) and his heir, Earl of Newtonmore; Duke of Crowborough; Viscount Gillingham; Lord Merton; Lord and Lady Sinderby; Lord Hepworth; Dowager Duchess of Yeovil; Viscount Branksome; Marquess of Hexham

[Richard Carton]

I remember being somewhat surprised when I first watched Gosford Park to see the name of Carton elevated to the peerage. I expect it comes from Carton House in Ireland. 

Having been more or less a direct contemporary of Julian Fellowes at school, it has crossed my mind that he may have left the school armed with the book which contained the names of all boys and staff in the school. There was also a Bellasis in the school., and Tomaschewski (money lender in Belgravia) also rings a bell.

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[colinp]

one should not forget the schoolboy Herbert Mauleverer, Earl of Mauleverer (popular name for fictional peers) of Mauleverer Towers in the Billy Bunter Greyfriars stories.  Also he had a baronet cousin (also in the Remove) Sir James Vivian

[malcolm davies]

With Covid 19 causing enforced leisure time,I have been re reading the novels of Anthony Powell,CH which are collected under the title A Dance to the Music of Time named after the Poussin painting in the Wallace Collection.
Here are the peers whose names are referred to in the books:-
Marquess of Castlemallock of Castlemallock in Ulster
Marquess of Seaford of Dogdene
Earl of Ardglass
Earl of Bridgnorth whose son’s title is Lord Mountfitchet
Earl of Warminster of Thrubworth,whose son’s title is Viscount Erridge
Earl of Warrington of Glimber
Lord Aberavon
Lord Amesbury
Lord Goring
Lord Huntercombe
Interestingly,most of these persons are not characters in the novels-it is their widows,children or descendants.
For those who are interested in further details,go to Hilary Spurling’s book Invitation to the Dance,which is still in print.

[John Horton]

Isn’t there a Lord Vowchurch too? One of his daughters is Mildred Blades (who is engaged to Widmerpool at one point); Bertha Conyers another.

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[marquess]

The Duke of Belminster, father of Lady Hilda. "Second Stain", Conan Doyle. 

[marquess]

[malcolm davies]

John,your correct.I actually didn’t forget Lord Vowchurch,but the name slipped of the list I was typing from.Invitation to the Dance says this about him “The friend of EdwardVII who loosed half a dozen monkeys in tailcoats and white ties at an ambassadorial ball,and once made the Jenkins’ cook Albert(then a footman) yell by putting a mouse down his sleeve.As notorious for ill-temper at home as for horseplay abroad.Father of Bertha Conyers,Mildred Haycock and four other daughters,all of whom he bullied unmercifully for not having been born boys.Family surname Blaides.”

[dpth...@gmail.com]

Apologies if they are mentioned above, but if so I could not find them:

This week I binge-watched the 1981 "Brideshead Revisited", which really holds up as a great piece of television. Evelyn Waugh created the Flyte family, headed by the Marquess and Marchioness of Marchmain, and also their children: Lord Brideshead, Lord Sebastian, Lady Julia and Lady Cordelia. Other peers are mentioned from time to time, especially Viscount Mulcaster and his sister Lady Celia.

Off-topic: a few short scenes featuring the great Sir John Gielgud are hilarious. Here is one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OZlJD8sOaU

[colinp]

From Dame Ngaio Marsh's detective fiction:

Her hero detective Roderick Alleyne is the second son of a Baronet and his wife Agatha Troy appears to be from a gentry family

Artists in Crime - a Primitive Methodist peer Lord Pilgrim (his son Hon Basil Pilgrim appears)

Death in a White Tie - Lucy, Dowager Marchioness of Lorrimer 

Surfeit of Lampreys - the Marquess of Rutherford and Rune

FInal Curtain - Sir Henry Ancred, Bart

Swing Brother Swing - Lord Pastern and Bagott

Scales of Justice - Lady Lacklander, a Baronet's wife

[Windemere]

In Somerset Maugham's short-story 'The Outstation', there's the Duke of Hereford.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

It's interesting, that the 2 "main" titles created for fictional characters, in Julian Fellowes' works, Downton Abbey, and The Gilded Age, actually existed.

The Earl of Grantham was created in 1698, and the Duke of Buckingham was created in 1444, 1623, 1703 and 1822.

Brooke

[Peter FitzGerald]

I suspect this may be to do with the fact that, unlike a lot of authors, Fellowes tends to use titles based on real places. No Dukes of Omnium, Marquesses of Marchmain or Earls of Dorincourt for him.

[malcolm davies]

In that category is the Earl of Dorchester,father in law of Canon Mike Stanford,in Yes Prime Minister vol 1 the Bishop’s Gambit,who was an unsuccessful nominee for the bishopric of Bury St Edmunds.

Somewhat surprisingly Horace Rumpole had an encounter with the peerage in the form of Lord Sackbut who married Rosemary Wystan,a first cousin once removed of his wife:Rumpole on Trial “Rumpole and the family pride” 1992.

[Peter FitzGerald]

My recollection was that it was Chichester, rather than Dorchester, and having watched the relevant clip I am can see that I was right - however, the book "The Complete Yes Prime Minister" records it as Dorchester.

I wonder if it was changed for print because there is an actual Earl of Chichester, whereas there hasn't been an Earl of Dorchester since the 2nd Earl of the second creation died in 1808 (and no Dorchester title of any kind since the 2nd Baron of the second creation died in 1963). Perhaps there are sensitivities in making references that could be construed as being to living people.

Since we're talking about real places: interestingly - or at least I think so - both Marquessates and both Earldoms of Dorchester referred to the county town of Dorset, whereas the Viscountcy and both Baronies of Dorchester referred instead to the village of Dorchester on Thames in Oxfordshire.

[Jesse Honey]

In the Tomb Raider video games, films, etc., Lara Croft's father is
Lord (Henshingly) Croft.

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[marquess]

In Marvel comics the character Kazar, is Lord Kevin Plunder.  

[S. S.]

Jesse, Lara Croft has gone through many incarnations, each distinct but different in the last. In each of these incarnations, she has a slightly different family history and her own title and style changes alongside that of her family.

 In the Original Timeline (1996-2003), she is styled (erroneously) as “Lady Lara Croft”, daughter of Lord Henshingly Croft, who married an unknown woman, who has been styled as “Lady Croft”. In this iteration, we don’t know her father’s parentage, but of course he had to be the younger son of a duke or a marquess. The developers may have also not researched properly so perhaps he could have been a “Lord Croft” as an Earl, Viscount or Baron, though this is improbable. Therefore, Lara cannot use the courtesy style of Lady. I believe that Winston, her trusty butler, often calls her “Lady Croft”, though this can be chalked up to the developer’s not accurately researching titles and styles. It would make sense if the courtesy title to the earldom was “Baron Croft” etc, but woman don’t bear courtesy styles in this way as heir to their father’s peerage, other than the exception of Scottish ones etc. Also in this timeline, Lara was to marry the “Earl of Farringdon”, though she rejected the match.

The next iteration of Lara Croft was the Legend Timeline (2006-2016). In this time her father is Richard Croft, 10th Earl of Abingdon (sometimes written as “Lord Richard Croft”, though this again can be chalked up to as an error). Richard marries Amelia DeMornay. Richard’s father was Richard James Croft, 9th Earl of Abingdon (b 1902; d 1965). In this iteration, Lara is indeed (correctly) called “Lady Lara Croft”, though she is still called this after succeeding her father. She is never referred to as “Lady Abingdon” or “Countess of Abingdon” though, and Winston (her butler), still refers to her as “Lady Croft”. This can either be an error on part of the developers, or the courtesy title to the Earldom of Abingdon could have been “Baron Croft” etc. Either way, as a woman, Lara should not be able to use that courtesy title like a man would. Even more so is the case of this Earldom of Abingdon being inheritable by Lara. The real Earldom of Abingdon was created in 1682 for James Bertie, 5th Baron Norreys de Rycote, eldest son and heir of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, the titles later being merged together, though the real Abingdon title remained heritable to the heirs male. This Earldom of Abingdon would have a similar remainder to the now abeyant Earldom of Arlington, which has a remainder similar to a barony in fee, i.e. heirs general, thus enabling Lara to inherit since she is the only child in every iteration. No other details of Lara’s family can be gleaned however throughout the whole franchise.

The next iteration of Lara Croft is the present Survivor Timeline (2013-present). In it, she is plain “Lara Croft”. Her father is “Lord Richard Croft”, who marries Amelia de Mornay, who this time was actually betrothed to new iteration of an “Earl of Faringdon”. This timeline is the only one of the three to have correctly rendered titles and styles. Richard’s parentage remains unknown, but of course he would have been the younger son of a duke or marquess.

The 2018 movie, Tomb Raider, Lara is styled as plain "Lara Croft", her father being "Lord Richard Croft". 

Also of interest is Lara’s residence and seat, Croft Manor. The address of the place being 142, Abingdon Road, Guildford, Surrey AL9 5NG. This is the actual address of Hatfield House, seat of the Marquesses of Salisbury.

The Original Timeline’s Croft Manor was inherited by Lara through an unnamed aunt. The Legend Timeline’s Croft Manor bears a striking resemblance to Hatfield, it being also used for the Angelina Jolie film adaptations. One detail about the house is that one of the earliest burial at the site being referenced was in 1788, indicating the house is older than that date. This iteration of the house was owned by her father. This iteration is also part of something called the Abingdon Estate, with three residences, two owned by the National Trust and the third being Croft Manor. In this iteration, the title and right were apparently granted by Edward VI in 1547. In the 2018 film, Croft Manor is filmed at Wilton House, seat of the Earl of Pembroke. 

S.S.

[Jesse Honey]

Amazing knowledge, many thanks S.S.!

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[colinp]

The Duke of Balmoral and his second son Lord Robert St Simon in Conan Doyle’s short story The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (collected in the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) (Lord Backwater also mentioned). Holmes is made to address Lord Robert as Lord St Simon - something of a faux pas on the author’s part - I can’t imagine Holmes not knowing how to address the younger son of a Duke

One of Hilaire Belloc’s poems in “Cautionary Tales for Children” is about "Lord Lundy: Who was too Freely Moved to Tears, and thereby ruined his Political Career."

And who could forget the terrible fate of Lord Finchley (also Belloc):

Lord Finchley tried to mend the Electric Light Himself

It struck him dead: And serve him right!

It is the business of the wealthy man

To give employment to the artisan.

This thread of posts followed on from one started by Marquess Dukes and Marquess in fiction

[Sergey D]

A few more members of the Peerage of Fiction.

Marquess of Pewsey (he's callled Lord Pewsey throughout the short story, but he’s the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne by another name, and his sister is Lady Harriet) with the courtesy title Lord Barleytown; Lady Summertown — Service — Anthony Lambton AKA Lord Lambton — 1983

Duke of Gateshead — The Art of the Matter — Frederick Forsyth — 2000

Marquis of Oxenford and his son Earl of Isley — Night Over Water — Ken Follett — 1991

[Paul Theroff]

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, a TV series airing 20021-8, loosely based on novels by Elizabeth George, featured Thomas Lynley, 8th Earl of Asherton.

A new series aired in 2025, in which he has not yet succeeded his father as earl.

[marquess]

I have an Earl of St Ives in one of my books, obliquely mentioned as being a neighbour of Marquess of Liskeard. A collateral branch of the Penkarrow family are Earls of Harrogate.