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Subsidiary title

Before the House of Lords Act 1999, which abolished the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords, an heir apparent could be summoned to the Lords, before his parent's death, by a writ of acceleration – that is, by accelerating the inheritance of a junior title (usually a barony).



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Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormond

At that ceremony he officiated as high chamberlain, and in the following April he was created Earl of Ormond in the Peerage of Scotland, (the subsidiary title of this earldom was Lord Bothwell and Hartside), with remainder to the heirs male of his second marriage with Lady Jane Wemyss, eldest daughter of David, 2nd Earl of Wemyss, his first wife having died 16 August 1646, in her thirty-second year.

Baron Maltravers

The barony later became a subsidiary title of the Earl of Arundel and subsequently the Duke of Norfolk.

Charles Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk

The title of Earl of Southesk is now used as a subsidiary title of the Duke of Fife, and is used by the 11th Earl's grandson, David Carnegie, Earl of Southesk.

Earl of Selborne

It was created in 1882 for the lawyer and Liberal politician Roundell Palmer, 1st Baron Selborne, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Wolmer, of Blackmoor in the County of Southampton.

Gabriel de Rochechouart de Mortemart

During his infancy, till he succeeded his father, he was known as the Marquis de Vivonne, a subsidiary title which was raised to a duchy in 1668.

John Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore

He was created Knight Marischal of Scotland upon Charles II return, and in 1677 was created Earl of Kintore along with the subsidiary title of Lord Keith of Inverugie and Keith Hall.

March Township, Ontario

The township took its name from the 4th Duke of Richmond, Charles Lennox's subsidiary title, the Earl of March.

Russell Square

Other local street names relating to the Duke of Bedford include Bedford Square, Bedford Place, Bedford Avenue, Bedford Row and Bedford Way; Woburn Square and Woburn Place (from Woburn Abbey); Tavistock Square, Tavistock Place and Tavistock Street (Marquess of Tavistock), and Thornhaugh Street (after a subsidiary title Baron of Thornhaugh).

Viscount Gage

It was created in 1720 for Thomas Gage, along with the subsidiary title of Baron Gage, of Castlebar in the County of Mayo, also in the Peerage of Ireland.