Some of the very large tracts of land were lordships or earldoms.
The life peerage would merge in the hereditary earldom.
The baronetcy remained a subsidiary title of the earldom until the baronetcy's extinction in 1829.
He is not in fact out receiving his earldom; he is actually attending a wedding.
When he died in 1906, the earldom and barony separated.
Upon his death in 1347, the earldom was extinct, and the barony became dormant.
If you separate the dukedoms and the earldoms from those old families will they continue if one loses the male line descent?
In the old days, one was given a dukedom or an earldom.
