Peerage
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A Peerage is an award given to members of The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc. for exceptional service and dedication to the organization. TRMN policy is that no more than one percent of members may be granted peerages. This award affords the member to roleplay as a member of the nobility of Manticoran society. Peers are given hereditary privileges including a seat in the House of Lords, the right to bear a coat of arms, and special forms of address.
Peers are granted titles named after their "peerage lands," fictitious territories on the worlds of Manticore, Gryphon, Sphinx (the Star Kingdom of Manticore) as portrayed in the books by David Weber. Peerage titles may exist on other worlds from the Honor Harrington series of novels and related books, the most notable being the Grand Duke of New Montana, an honorary award bestowed on the author David Weber by the organization in appreciation of him creating the series.
Peerages come in several levels, based on the Manticoran Peerage System and those of other Honorverse star nations. In ascending order of precedence, the Manticoran peerages are:
- A Barony, is a peerage awarded to a Baron or Baroness. The word barony refers both to the peerage title itself and to the "land" granted to the peer.
- An Earldom is the peerage awarded to an Earl or a Countess. The land granted to an earl or countess is called a county.
- A Dukedom is the peerage awarded to a Duke or Duchess. The land granted to a duke or duchess is called a duchy.
- A Grand Dukedom is the peerage awarded to a Grand Duke or Grand Duchess. The territory associated with a Grand Duchy is an entire planet. Presently the only Grand Duchy in existence within The Royal Manticoran Navy is that of New Montana (originally Montana, but changed by the author), and it is an Honorary Peerage, as opposed to the regular peerage for active members of the organization.
David Weber modeled the SKM on historical British society, the peerage of which includes marquesses and viscounts in addition to dukes, earls and barons mentioned above. However, these two ranks are not used in the Manticoran system and thus are not utilized by TRMN. Although there was one marquess mentioned in the canon, the author considers this an oversight which he has retconned to an earl. In the earliest days of TRMN, some founding members were created viscounts, but these titles are no longer recognized in the organization.
Some foreign peerages are awarded in TRMN to members who have non-manticoran personae. The Andermani Empire has equivalent noble ranks, including freiherrs (barons), grafs (earls), and herzogs (dukes).
The Protectorate of Grayson has one level of peer, that of steadholder, which is considered equivalent rank to that of duke or duchess in the SKM, although steadholders exercise "head of state" sovereignty withing their territories, while dukes/duchesses hold their lands in fief from the crown.
List of TRMN Peers
| Rank | Title | Name | Date of Peerage |
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| Grand Duke | New Montana | David Weber | 25 May 2017 |
| Duke | New Scania | Martin Lessem | |
| Duke | New Ulyanovsk | Sean Niemeyer | |
| Duke | Karstadt Sea | Robert Jackson | |
| Duke | Mountain View | Robert Bulkeley | |
| Countess | Wilson | Sharon Rice-Weber | |
| Countess | New Cumbria | Elisa Randall | |
| Earl | New Mecklenburg | John Roberts | |
| Earl | Neu Odenwaldkries | James Friedline | |
| Earl | Westmarch | John Neitz | |
| Countess | Fontana Flats | Chrissy Killian | |
| Countess | Nya Östergötland | Brandi Hinson | |
| Countess | Boundary Waters | Laura Lochen | |
| Earl | Cumberland Moor | Peter Gordon | |
| Earl | Mars-Evans | Daniel Walker | |
| Countess | Miyake Jima | Jill McTavish | |
| Earl | White Lion | William Knight | |
| Baroness | Silver Heath | Gena Robbinson | |
| Baron | Nový Prerov | Ivo Heger | |
| Baron | Tesseyman | Greg Marchand | |
| Baron | New Mimas | Timothy Zahn | |
| Baron | Glencairn | Drew Drentlaw | |
| Baroness | White Rose | Allison Gahrmann | |
| Baron | New Victoria | Justin Grays | |
| Baroness | Cape Fear | Cindy Epard | |
| Baron | Piedmont | John Stump | |
| Baroness | Havelok | Stephanie Taylor | |
| Baroness | Blacksburg | Heather Selbe | |
| Baron | Bahia Cadiz | Kim Niemeyer | |
| Baroness | New Dover | Christa Brolley | |
| Baron | Serpent Head Point | David Weiner | |
| Baroness | Redstone | Heidi Nelson | |
| Baron | Camera Stellata | Matthew Parker | |
| Baroness | New Adelaide | Nicola Hawke | |
| Baroness | New Essex | Diane Bulkeley | |
| Baron | La Mancha | Bill Lochen | |
| Baron | Grosvenor | Wayne Bruns | |
| Baron | Clipper Island | Mark Gledhill | |
| Baron | Chinook | Jason Gurule | |
| Baron | Silver Lake | Garret Bitker | |
| Baroness | New Florence | Pamela Cole | |
| Baron | New Caladan | Jeffrey Webb | |
| Baron | New Halifax | Rob Marshall | |
| Baron | McCovey Cove | Michael Garcia | |
| Baroness | Clear Lake | Cindy Jeffers | |
| Baroness | Alnwick Estates | Lauren Niemeyer | |
| Baron | Cooper's Lake | Joseph Grieco | |
| Baron | Eboracum | Benjamin Wagner | |
| Baron | New Greyhawke | James Jones | |
| Baron | Whidbey Basin | Drew Drentlaw | |
| Baroness | New Troy | Jackie Snedden | |
| Baron | West Columbia | Brad Lee | |
| Baroness | New Hastings | Cheryl Krause | |
| Baron | Calabasas | Chris Thompson | |
| Steadholder | Pittman | Martyn Griffiths | |
| Steadholder | Henesy | Tom Saidak | |
| Steadholder | Maelstromm | David Melsome | |
| Steadholder | Fitzgerald | Philip Clayton | |
| Steadholder | New Ayers | Colin Lloyd | |
| Baroness (Andermani) |
Neu Sachsen | Laura Lüschen | |
| Baron (Andermani) |
Baudenvost | Philip Wohlrab | |
| Senator (Havenite) |
Duquesne Tower | James Sena |
See Also
External Links
- The Wall of Peerage Gallery of peers' coats of arms at the TRMN website
References
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