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Great and perhaps Good among our relatives

Now that the old house of lords is on ts last gasp, the time has come to list the so-called great relatives, the peers of the realm with which we have some relationship.

The criterion to include them is that they share a descent from on of our many 10 times Great-Grandparents. And we have 4096 of these, giving lots of opportunities to find peers in their descendants.

(at 10G GF) Nearest Common Ancestors Related Peer
Family Father Mother Ancestry Name (Birth-Death) Title Relationship
Barrington Francis Barrington Joan Cromwell 10G GP Henry St John -1751 Viscount Bolingbroke 4C7R
Barrington Francis Barrington Joan Cromwell 10G GP Henry St John 1652-1742 Viscount Saint John 3C8R
Carmichael Walter Carmichael Grizel Carmichael 10G GP John Carmichael 1638-1710 Earl of Hyndford 2C9R
Carmichael Walter Carmichael Grizel Carmichael 10G GP James Carmichael 1579-1672 Lord Carmichael 10G Uncle
de Courcy John de Courcy Susan Blennerhassett 4G GP John de Courcy -1822 Lord Kingsale GGGG Grandfather
Hamilton James Hamilton Hannah Phillips 5G GP Ion Trant Hamilton 1839-1898 Lord Holmpatrick 2C4R
Hamilton Hans Hamilton Janet Denham 10G GP James Hamilton -1635 Viscount Clandeboye 10G Uncle
Hope Thomas Hope Elizabeth Bennet 9G GP Charles Hope 1681-1742 Earl of Hopetown 2C8R
Meadows Philip Meadows Constance Lucy 8G GP Charles Pierrepoint 1737-1816 Earl Manvers 2C7R
Miller John Miller (had two wives) 7G GF William Charles Keppel 1772-1849 Earl of Albermarle Half 3C5R
Mitford John Mitford Sarah Powell 8G GP John Mitford 1748-1830 Lord Redesdale 2C7R
Powys Thomas Powys (had two wives) 8G GF Walter Francis Montagu Scott 1806-1884 Duke of Buccleugh Half 4C5R
Powys Thomas Powys (had two wives) 8G GF James George Stopford 1765-1835 Earl of Courtown Half 3C6R
Powys William Powys Margaret Rowbury 10G GP William Basil Percy Feilding 1796-1865 Earl of Denbigh 6C5R
Powys Thomas Powys (had two wives) 8G GF George Rice-Trevor 1795-1869 Lord Dinevor Half 4C5R
Powys Thomas Powys (had two wives) 7G GF Thomas Powys 1743-1800 Lord Lilford Half 2C6R
Powys Thomas Powys (had two wives) 8G GF John Thomas Townshend 1764-1831 Viscount Sydney Half 3C6R
Ricketts George Ricketts Sarah Waite 6G GP Edward Jervis Jervis 1767-1859 Viscount St Vincent 1C6R
St John (had two husbands) Anne St John 10G GM John Wallop 1690-1762 Earl of Portsmouth Half 4C7R
Stewart Robert Stuart Jean Gilmour 7G GP Charles Murray Cathcart 1783-1859 Earl Cathcart 4C4R
Stewart Alex Trotter Jean Stuart 6G GP Henry Bethune 1787-1851 Earl of Lindsay 3C4R
Worsley Richard Worsley Frances Neville 10G GP John Spencer 1734-1783 Earl Spencer 5C6R
The most striking features of this list is how six separate peerages descended from William Powys that tanner, smallholder and small farmer of Ludlow, Shropshire. Though it should also be noted that almost all these peers are new creations: the old families did not get involved with upstarts.

While these 22 peers may seem a lot, the other number to conjure with is the ancestors who were peers which brings in all the benefit of a few genealogically lucky marriages. That number currently stands at 593, but then the number of medieval ancestors, mostly unknown of course, is into the millions.

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