List of courtesy titles in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

This is a list of courtesy titles used for the heirs of currently extant titles in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Asterisks denote courtesy titles currently used by living heirs.
== Courtesy titles for heirs of dukes ==
Peer 	Son 	Grandson 	Great-grandson
The Duke of Norfolk 	Earl of Arundel* 	Lord Maltravers 	 
The Duke of Somerset 	Lord Seymour* 	For example, the present (19th) duke was known as The Honourable John Seymour from his birth on 30 December 1952 until the death of his grandfather (the 17th duke) on 26 April 1954. 	 
The Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon 	Earl of March and Kinrara* 	Lord Settrington 	For example, The Honourable Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox (15 August 1895 – 5 September 1895) was born and died in the lifetimes of his great-grandfather the 6th duke, his grandfather (then known as Earl of March) and his father (then known as Lord Settrington)
The Duke of Grafton 	Earl of Euston* 	Viscount Ipswich 	For example, the 9th duke was known as The Honourable John Fitzroy from his birth on 1 August 1914 until the death of his father (William FitzRoy, Viscount Ipswich) on 23 April 1918.
The Duke of Beaufort 	Marquess of Worcester* 	Earl of Glamorgan* 	Viscount Grosmont
The Duke of St Albans 	Earl of Burford* 	Lord Vere* 	 
The Duke of Bedford 	Marquess of Tavistock* 	Lord Howland 	For example, the 14th duke was known as The Honourable Henry 'Robin' Russell from his birth on 21 January 1940 until the death of his great-grandfather the 11th duke on 27 August 1940.
The Duke of Devonshire 	Marquess of Hartington 	Earl of Burlington*The eldest son of the current Duke opts to continue using the courtesy title afforded to the grandson of Dukes, which he used in his grandfather's lifetime, in lieu of the title traditionally used by the heir apparent.	Lord Cavendish*
The Duke of Marlborough 	Marquess of Blandford* 	Earl of Sunderland 	Lord Churchill
The Duke of Rutland 	Marquess of Granby* 	Lord Haddon 	 
The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon 	Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale* 	Earl of Angus 	Lord Abernethy
The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry 	Earl of Dalkeith* 	Lord Eskdaill* 	 
The Duke of Argyll 	Marquess of Lorne* 	Earl of Campbell 	Viscount Lochaw
The Duke of Atholl 	Marquess of Tullibardine* 	Earl of Strathtay 	Viscount Balquhidder
The Duke of Montrose 	Marquess of Graham* 	Earl of Kincardine 	Viscount Dundaff
The Duke of Roxburghe 	Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford 	Earl of Kelso 	Viscount Broxmouth
The Duke of Manchester 	Viscount Mandeville 	Lord Kimbolton 	 
The Duke of Northumberland 	Earl Percy* 	Lord Lovaine 	 
The Duke of Leinster 	Marquess of Kildare 	Earl of Offaly 	Viscount Leinster
The Duke of Wellington 	Marquess of Douro 	Earl of Mornington* 	Viscount Wellesley*
The Duke of Sutherland 	Marquess of Stafford* 	Earl Gower 	Viscount Trentham
The Duke of Abercorn 	Marquess of Hamilton* 	Viscount Strabane* 	 
The Duke of Westminster 	Earl Grosvenor 	Viscount Belgrave 	 
The Duke of Fife 	Earl of Southesk*Prior to the 3rd Duke of Fife succeeding to the title of Earl of Southesk, the heir to the Dukedom used the courtesy title Earl of Macduff.	Lord Carnegie 	Master of Carnegie
The Duke of Gloucester 	Earl of Ulster* 	Lord Culloden* 	 
The Duke of Kent 	Earl of St Andrews* 	Lord Downpatrick* 	 
The Duke of York 	Earl of Inverness 	Lord Killyleagh 	 
The Duke of CambridgeCurrent holder is also the Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay as heir apparent to the British throne. Uses the higher title of Prince of Wales	Earl of StrathearnNot currently in use, as the appropriate heir bears the title of prince. 	Lord Carrickfergus 	 
The Duke of Sussex 	Earl of Dumbarton 	Lord Kilkeel 	 
The Duke of Edinburgh 	Earl of Wessex* 	Viscount Severn 	 
== Courtesy titles for heirs of marquesses ==
Peer 	Son 	Grandson
The Marquess of Winchester 	Earl of Wiltshire* 	Lord St John
The Marquess of Huntly 	Earl of Aboyne* 	Lord Strathavon*
The Marquess of Queensberry 	Viscount Drumlanrig* 	 
The Marquess of Tweeddale 	Earl of Gifford 	Viscount Walden
The Marquess of Lothian 	Earl of Ancram 	Lord Newbattle
The Marquess of Lansdowne 	Earl of Kerry*/Shelburne	Viscount Calne & Calston*/Clanmaurice
The Marquess Townshend 	Viscount Raynham* 	 
The Marquess of Salisbury 	Viscount Cranborne* 	For example, the current (7th) was known as The Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil from the death of his great-grandfather (the 4th marquess) on 4 April 1947 until the death of his grandfather (the 5th marquess) on 23 February 1972.
The Marquess of Bath 	Viscount Weymouth* 	 
The Marquess of Hertford 	Earl of Yarmouth* 	Viscount Beauchamp*
The Marquess of Bute 	Earl of Dumfries 	Viscount Mountjoy
The Marquess of Waterford 	Earl of Tyrone* 	Lord Le Poer
The Marquess of Downshire 	Earl of Hillsborough* 	Viscount Kilwarlin
The Marquess of Donegall 	Earl of Belfast* 	Viscount Chichester
The Marquess of Headfort 	Earl of Bective* 	Lord Kenlis
The Marquess of Sligo 	Earl of Altamont* 	Viscount Westport
The Marquess of Ely 	Viscount Loftus 	 
The Marquess of Exeter 	Lord Burghley* 	 
The Marquess of Northampton 	Earl Compton* 	Lord Wilmington*
The Marquess Camden 	Earl of Brecknock* 	Viscount Bayham
The Marquess of Anglesey 	Earl of Uxbridge* 	Lord Paget
The Marquess of Cholmondeley 	Earl of Rocksavage* 	Viscount Malpas
The Marquess of Londonderry 	Viscount Castlereagh 	Lord Stewart
The Marquess Conyngham 	Earl of Mount Charles* 	Viscount Slane*
The Marquess of Ailesbury 	Earl of Cardigan* 	Viscount Savernake*
The Marquess of Bristol 	Earl Jermyn* 	Lord Hervey
The Marquess of Ailsa 	Earl of Cassilis* 	Lord Kennedy
The Marquess of Normanby 	Earl of Mulgrave* 	Lord Phipps
The Marquess of Abergavenny 	Earl of Lewes 	Viscount Nevill
The Marquess of Zetland 	Earl of Ronaldshay* 	Lord Dundas
The Marquess of Linlithgow 	Earl of Hopetoun* 	Viscount Aithrie*
The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair	Earl of Haddo* 	Viscount Formartine
The Marquess of Milford Haven 	Earl of Medina* 	Viscount Alderney
The Marquess of Reading 	Viscount Erleigh* 	 
== Courtesy titles for heirs of earls ==
Peer 	Son 	Grandson
The Earl of Shrewsbury, Waterford and Talbot	Viscount Ingestre* 	
The Earl of Derby 	Lord Stanley* 	
The Earl of Huntingdon 	Viscount Hastings 	
The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery 	Lord Herbert* 	
The Earl of Devon 	Lord Courtenay* 	
The Earl of Lincoln 	Lord FynesEdward Gordon Fiennes-Clinton, son of the 18th Earl of Lincoln was styled "Lord Fynes". The 19th Earl of Lincoln is the grandson of the 18th Earl (as his father, Lord Fynes, pre-deceased the 18th Earl in 1999) https://archive.today/20120730192849/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Lincoln1572.htm	
The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire 	Viscount Andover* 	
The Earl of Denbigh and Desmond 	Viscount Feilding* 	
The Earl of Westmorland 	Lord Burghersh 	
The Earl of Lindsey and Abingdon 	Lord Norreys* 	
The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham 	Viscount Maidstone* 	
The Earl of Sandwich 	Viscount Hinchingbrooke* 	
The Earl of Essex 	Viscount Malden 	
The Earl of Carlisle 	Viscount Morpeth 	
The Earl of Shaftesbury 	Lord Ashley* 	
The Earl of Portland 	Viscount Woodstock* 	
The Earl of Scarbrough 	Viscount Lumley 	
The Earl of Albemarle 	Viscount Bury* 	
The Earl of Coventry 	Viscount Deerhurst 	
The Earl of Jersey 	Viscount Villiers*/Grandison 	
The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres 	Lord Balniel* 	Master of Lindsay*
The Earl of Erroll 	Lord Hay* 	
The Earl of Sutherland 	Lord Strathnaver 	Master of Strathnaver
The Earl of Mar 	Lord Garioch 	
The Earl of Rothes 	Lord Leslie 	
The Earl of Morton 	Lord Aberdour* 	Master of Aberdour
The Earl of Buchan 	Lord Cardross* 	Master of Cardross
The Earl of Eglinton and Winton 	Lord Montgomerie* 	Master of Montgomerie
The Earl of Caithness 	Lord Berriedale* 	
The Earl of Mar and Kellie 	Viscount Fentoun 	
The Earl of Moray 	Lord Doune* 	Master of Doune
The Earl of Home 	Lord Dunglass 	
The Earl of Perth 	Viscount Strathallan 	
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 	Lord Glamis 	Master of Glamis
The Earl of Haddington 	Lord Binning 	
The Earl of Galloway 	Lord Garlies* 	
The Earl of Lauderdale 	Viscount Maitland* 	
The Earl of Lindsay 	Viscount Garnock* 	
The Earl of Loudoun 	Lord Mauchline 	
The Earl of Kinnoull 	Viscount Dupplin* 	
The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine 	Lord Bruce* 	Master of Bruce*
The Earl of Wemyss and March 	Lord Elcho/Neidpath* 	
The Earl of Dalhousie 	Lord Ramsay* 	
The Earl of Airlie 	Lord Ogilvy* 	Master of Ogilvy
The Earl of Leven and Melville 	Lord Balgonie 	
The Earl of Dysart 	Lord Huntingtower* 	Master of Huntingtower*
The Earl of Selkirk 	Lord Daer 	
The Earl of Northesk 	Lord Rosehill 	
The Earl of Dundee 	Lord Scrymgeour* 	Master of Scrymgeour*
The Earl of Newburgh 	Viscount Kynnaird 	
The Earl of Annandale and Hartfell 	Lord Johnstone* 	Master of Johnstone*
The Earl of Dundonald 	Lord Cochrane* 	
The Earl of Kintore 	Lord Inverurie* 	
The Earl of Dunmore 	Viscount Fincastle 	
The Earl of Orkney 	Viscount Kirkwall* 	
The Earl of Seafield 	Viscount Reidhaven* 	
The Earl of Stair 	Viscount Dalrymple* 	
The Earl of Rosebery and Midlothian 	Lord Primrose/Dalmeny* 	Master of Dalmeny
The Earl of Glasgow 	Viscount Kelburn* 	
The Earl Ferrers 	Viscount Tamworth* 	
The Earl of Dartmouth 	Viscount Lewisham 	
The Earl of Tankerville 	Lord Ossulston 	
The Earl of Aylesford 	Lord Guernsey* 	
The Earl of Macclesfield 	Viscount Parker 	
The Earl Waldegrave 	Viscount Chewton* 	
The Earl of Harrington 	Viscount Petersham* 	
The Earl of Portsmouth 	Viscount Lymington* 	
The Earl of Warwick and Brooke 	Lord Brooke* 	
The Earl of Buckinghamshire 	Lord Hobart 	
The Earl of Guilford 	Lord North* 	
The Earl of Hardwicke 	Viscount Royston* 	
The Earl of Ilchester 	Lord Stavordale 	
The Earl De La Warr 	Lord Buckhurst* 	
The Earl of Radnor 	Viscount Folkestone* 	
The Earl Spencer 	Viscount Althorp* 	
The Earl Bathurst 	Lord Apsley* 	
The Earl of Clarendon 	Lord Hyde* 	
The Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield 	Viscount Stormont* 	Master of Stormont
The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 	Viscount Valletort* 	
The Earl Fortescue 	Viscount Ebrington 	
The Earl of Carnarvon 	Lord Porchester* 	
The Earl Cadogan 	Viscount Chelsea* 	
The Earl of Malmesbury 	Viscount FitzHarris* 	
The Earl of Cork and Orrery 	Viscount Dungarvan* 	
The Earl of Westmeath 	Lord Delvin* 	
The Earl of Meath 	Lord Ardee* 	
The Earl of Drogheda 	Viscount Moore* 	
The Earl of Granard 	Viscount Forbes* 	
The Earl of Darnley 	Lord Clifton* 	
The Earl of Bessborough 	Viscount Duncannon* 	
The Earl of Carrick 	Viscount Ikerrin 	
The Earl of Shannon 	Viscount Boyle 	
The Earl of Arran 	Viscount Sudley 	
The Earl of Courtown 	Viscount Stopford* 	
The Earl of Mexborough 	Viscount Pollington* 	
The Earl Winterton 	Viscount Turnour 	
The Earl of Kingston 	Viscount Kingsborough* 	
The Earl of Roden 	Viscount Jocelyn* 	
The Earl of Lisburne 	Viscount VaughanThis peer in fact bears no subsidiary title with a territorial designation different from his substantive title; the family's surname is substituted for the courtesy title instead. 	
The Earl of Clanwilliam 	Lord Gillford* 	
The Earl of Antrim 	Viscount Dunluce* 	
The Earl of Longford 	Lord Silchester* 	
The Earl of Portarlington 	Viscount Carlow* 	
The Earl of Mayo 	Lord Naas* 	
The Earl Annesley 	Viscount Glerawly* 	
The Earl of Enniskillen 	Viscount Cole 	
The Earl Erne 	Viscount Crichton 	
The Earl of Lucan 	Lord Bingham* 	
The Earl Belmore 	Viscount Corry* 	
The Earl Castle Stewart 	Viscount Stuart 	
The Earl of Donoughmore 	Viscount Suirdale* 	
The Earl of Caledon 	Viscount Alexander* 	
The Earl of Rosslyn 	Lord Loughborough* 	
The Earl of Craven 	Viscount Uffington 	
The Earl of Onslow 	Viscount Cranley 	
The Earl of Romney 	Viscount Marsham* 	
The Earl of Chichester 	Lord Pelham 	
The Earl of Wilton 	Viscount Grey de Wilton* 	
The Earl of Limerick 	Viscount Glentworth* 	
The Earl of Clancarty 	Viscount Dunlo 	
The Earl of Powis 	Viscount Clive* 	
The Earl Nelson 	Viscount Merton* 	
The Earl of Gosford 	Viscount Acheson 	
The Earl of Rosse 	Lord Oxmantown* 	
The Earl of Normanton 	Viscount Somerton* 	
The Earl Grey 	Viscount Howick* 	
The Earl of Lonsdale 	Viscount Lowther 	
The Earl of Harrowby 	Viscount Sandon* 	
The Earl of Harewood 	Viscount Lascelles* 	
The Earl of Minto 	Viscount Melgund* 	
The Earl Cathcart 	Lord Greenock* 	
The Earl of Verulam 	Viscount Grimston* 	
The Earl of St Germans 	Lord Eliot 	
The Earl of Morley 	Viscount Boringdon 	
The Earl of Bradford 	Viscount Newport* 	
The Earl of Eldon 	Viscount Encombe* 	
The Earl Howe 	Viscount Curzon* 	
The Earl of Stradbroke 	Viscount Dunwich* 	
The Earl Temple of Stowe 	Lord Langton 	
The Earl of Kilmorey 	Viscount Newry and Mourne* 	
The Earl of Listowel 	Viscount Ennismore 	
The Earl of Norbury 	Viscount Glandine 	
The Earl Cawdor 	Viscount Emlyn* 	
The Earl of Ranfurly 	Viscount Northland* 	
The Earl of Lichfield 	Viscount Anson* 	
The Earl of Durham 	Viscount Lambton* 	
The Earl Granville 	Lord Leveson* 	
The Earl of Effingham 	Lord Howard of Effingham* 	
The Earl of Ducie 	Lord Moreton* 	
The Earl of Yarborough 	Lord Worsley* 	
The Earl of Leicester 	Viscount Coke* 	
The Earl of Gainsborough 	Viscount Campden* 	
The Earl of Strafford 	Viscount Enfield* 	
The Earl of Cottenham 	Viscount Crowhurst* 	
The Earl Cowley 	Viscount Dangan* 	
The Earl of Dudley 	Viscount Ednam 	
The Earl Russell 	Viscount Amberley 	
The Earl of Cromartie 	Viscount Tarbat* 	
The Earl of Kimberley 	Lord Wodehouse* 	
The Earl of Wharncliffe 	Viscount Carlton* 	
The Earl Cairns 	Viscount Garmoyle* 	
The Earl of Lytton 	Viscount Knebworth* 	
The Earl of Selborne 	Viscount Wolmer* 	
The Earl of Iddesleigh 	Viscount St Cyres* 	
The Earl of Cranbrook 	Lord Medway* 	
The Earl of Cromer 	Viscount Errington* 	
The Earl of Plymouth 	Viscount Windsor* 	
The Earl of Liverpool 	Viscount Hawkesbury* 	
The Earl St Aldwyn 	Viscount Quenington 	
The Earl Beatty 	Viscount Borodale* 	
The Earl Haig 	Viscount Dawick 	
The Earl of Iveagh 	Viscount Elveden* 	
The Earl of Balfour 	Viscount Traprain 	
The Earl of Oxford and Asquith 	Viscount Asquith* 	
The Earl Jellicoe 	Viscount Brocas 	
The Earl of Inchcape 	Viscount Glenapp* 	
The Earl Peel 	Viscount Clanfield* 	
The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley 	Viscount Corvedale 	
The Earl of Halifax 	Lord Irwin* 	
The Earl of Gowrie 	Viscount Ruthven of Canberra* 	
The Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor 	Viscount Gwynedd* 	
The Earl Mountbatten of Burma 	Lord Brabourne*Prior to the then future 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma succeeding to the title of Baron Brabourne, the heir to the Earldom used the courtesy title Lord Romsey. 	
The Earl Alexander of Tunis 	Lord Rideau 	
The Earl of Swinton 	Lord Masham* 	
The Earl Attlee 	Viscount Prestwood 	
The Earl of Woolton 	Viscount Walberton 	
The Earl of Snowdon 	Viscount Linley* 	
The Earl of Stockton 	Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden* 	
==See also==
*List of dukes in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
*List of marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
*List of earls
== Notes ==
==See also==
*Peerages in the United Kingdom
==External links==
* Debrett's, Peerages by Courtesy
List of courtesy titles in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
Category:Titles in the United Kingdom
Category:Peerages in the United Kingdom