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A Peerage is an award bestowed on members of The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc. for exceptional service and dedication to the organization, making them a "peer," or titled noble within the context of the club. "The Peerage" refers collectively to all members who are peers.
Peerage in the Star Kingdom of Manticore
In the Honorverse canon, the Manticore Colony established in 1416 P.D. lost almost 60 percent of original colonists to a plague several decades after landing. Realizing that they would need to attract additional homesteaders, but wanting to maintain control of their colony, they adopted a new constitution, creating the Star Kingdom of Manticore in 1471 P.D.
In addition to crowning their Planetary Administrator Roger Winton as King Roger I, the surviving "First Shareholders" (who already had vast landholdings) were given patents of nobility, making them titled peers of the Star Kingdom and creating a hereditary aristocracy.[1]
Peerage as a TRMN award
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 privileges including a seat in the House of Lords, the right to bear a coat of arms approved by the College of Arms, and special forms of address. These rights are hereditary; any peer who dies passes the title to their eldest offspring, if the offspring is a TRMN member.
Peers are granted titles named after their "peerage lands," fictitious territories on the worlds of Manticore, Gryphon, Sphinx. Additionally, a TRMN peer's spouse and children (if they are TRMN members) are given appropriate honorifics.
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 there are only two grand duchies in existence within The Royal Manticoran Navy:
- New Montana (originally Montana, but changed by the author), an Honorary Peerage granted to David Weber
- Lynx, granted to Martin Lessem, the founder of TRMN.
Obsolete ranks
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, marquesses and viscounts 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.
Peers from Allied Star Nations
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.
- The Republic of Haven does not have titled nobles so TRMN awards Havenite members with the designation of "Senator for Life."
Cadet peers
The heir of a peerage title (usually the eldest offspring of the title holder) is referred to as a cadet peer and is addressed as "my lord" (for males) or "my lady" (for females) and referred to in the third person as (for example) "Lord John Doe" or Lady Jane Doe."
Additional younger offspring of the title holder are referred to as, for example, "The Honorable John Doe" or "The Honorable Jane Doe" (abbrev: "Hon. John Doe"). There is no special form of address for them.
Star Empire of Manticore Hereditary Peers
| Rank | Title | Name | Planet | Baron/Baroness | Earl/Countess | Duke/Duchess | Grand Duke/Grand Duchess |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Duke | Lynx | Martin Lessem | Lynx | 29 February 2020 | |||
| Duke | New Scania | Martin Lessem | Manticore | 2007 | |||
| Duke | Red Cliff | Jan Kotouč | Manticore | 06 May 2008 | 01 November 2014 | ||
| Duke | New Ulyanovsk | Sean Niemeyer | Sphinx | 2012 | 27 May 2015 | ||
| Duke | Mountain View | Robert Bulkeley | Manticore | 16 April 2011[2] | 27 May 2015[3] | 27 May 2017 | |
| Duke | Karstadt Sea | Robert Jackson | Sphinx | 01 February 2012 | 27 May 2015 | 01 January 2017 | |
| Duchess | Split Rock | Laura Lochen | Sphinx | 27 May 2015[4] | 27 May 2017[5] | 25 May 2020 | |
| Duke | Westmarch | John Neitz | Manticore | 03 May 2013 | October 2015 | 30 December 2020 | |
| Duke | Neu Odenwaldkries | James Friedline | Manticore | 03 August 2013 | 2015 | 31 December 2021 | |
| Countess | Luna Hill | Marcela Vávrová | Manticore | 01 November 2014 | |||
| Countess | New Cumbria | Elisa Randall | Manticore | 27 May 2015 | |||
| Countess | Fontana Flats | Chrissy Killian | Manticore | 28 May 2016 | |||
| Countess | Nya Östergötland | Brandi Hinson | Manticore | 29 October 2016 | |||
| Earl | Cumberland Moor | Peter Gordon | Manticore | 26 May 2018 | |||
| Earl | Mars-Evans | Daniel Walker | Manticore | 26 May 2018 | |||
| Countess | Miyake-Jima | Jill McTavish | Manticore | 26 May 2018 | |||
| Earl | White Lion | William Knight | Sphinx | 28 May 2016 | |||
| Earl | Camera Stellata | Matthew Parker | Manticore | 27 May 2017 | 01 January 2020 | ||
| Countess | New Dover | Christa Brolley | Manticore | 01 January 2020 | |||
| Earl | Bahia Cadiz | Kim Niemeyer | Manticore | 25 May 2020 | |||
| Countess | New Essex | Diane Bulkeley | Manticore | 28 October 2017 | 30 December 2020 | ||
| Earl | Cappanarrow | Wayne Bruns | Manticore | 28 October 2017[6] | 31 December 2021 | ||
| Baron | Nový Prerov | Ivo Heger | Manticore | 27 May 2015 | |||
| Baron | Tesseyman | Greg Marchand | Manticore | 27 May 2015 | |||
| Baron | Glencairn | Drew Drentlaw | Manticore | 27 May 2015 | |||
| Baroness | White Rose | Allison Gahrmann | Manticore | 31 October 2015 | |||
| Baron | New Victoria | Justin Grays | Manticore | 31 October 2015 | |||
| Baroness | Cape Fear | Cindy Epard | Manticore | 31 October 2015 | |||
| Baron | Piedmont | John Stump | Manticore | 31 October 2015 | |||
| Baroness | Havelok | Stephanie Taylor | Manticore | 31 October 2015 | |||
| Baroness | Blacksburg | Heather Selbe | Manticore | 29 October 2016 | |||
| Baron | Serpent Head Point | David Weiner | Manticore | 29 October 2016 | |||
| Baroness | New Talinn | Kveta Tonová | Gryphon | 01 March 2017 | |||
| Baroness | Redstone | Heidi Nelson | Manticore | 27 May 2017 | |||
| Baroness | New Adelaide | Nicola Hawke | Gryphon | 27 May 2017 | |||
| Baron | Clipper Island | Mark Gledhill | Sphinx | 26 May 2018 | |||
| Baron | Silver Lake | Garret Bitker | Manticore | 26 May 2018 | |||
| Baroness | New Florence | Pamela Cole | Manticore | 26 May 2018 | |||
| Baron | New Caladan | Jeffrey Webb | Manticore | 26 May 2018 | |||
| Baron | New Halifax | Rob Marshall | Manticore | 26 May 2018 | |||
| Baron | McCovey Cove | Michael Garcia | Manticore | 26 May 2018 | |||
| Baroness | Long Beach[7] | Cindy Van Wyhe | Sphinx | 26 May 2018 | |||
| Baron | La Mancha | Bill Lochen | Manticore | 28 October 2017 | |||
| Baroness | Alnwick Estates | Lauren Niemeyer | Manticore | 03 November 2018 | |||
| Baron | Cooper's Lake | Joseph Grieco | Manticore | 03 November 2018 | |||
| Baron | Eboracum | Benjamin Wagner | Sphinx | 03 November 2018 | |||
| Baron | New Greyhawke | Doss Buckalew | Manticore | 03 November 2018 | |||
| Baron | Whidbey Basin | James Jones | Gryphon | 03 November 2018 | |||
| Baroness | New Troy | Jackie Snedden | Sphinx | 03 November 2018 | |||
| Baron | West Columbia | Brad Lee | Manticore | 03 November 2018 | |||
| Baroness | New Hastings | Cheryl Krause | Manticore | 03 November 2018 | |||
| Baron | Calabasas | Chris Thompson | Manticore | 03 November 2018 | |||
| Baron | New Ayers | Colin Lloyd | Manticore | 03 November 2018 | |||
| Baron | Black Thunder | Rob Folden | Sphinx | 5 July 2019 | |||
| Baron | Grays Harbor | AJ Olsen | Manticore | 5 July 2019 | |||
| Baron | Sutherland | Michael Houghtaling | Sphinx | 5 July 2019 | |||
| Baron | New Byzantium | Dan Brandow | Manticore | 25 May 2020 | |||
| Baron | Dundonald | Joseph Harney | Manticore | 25 May 2020 | |||
| Baron | New Williamsburg | Mike Romero | Manticore | 25 May 2020 | |||
| Baron | Jutland | John Stout | Manticore | 25 May 2020 | |||
| Baroness | Black Wood | Ludmila Kovárová | Sphinx | 25 May 2020 | |||
| Baron | Tchoupitoulas | Ashley Nichols | Sphinx | 30 December 2020 | |||
| Baron | Oak Forest | Geoffrey Strayer | Sphinx | 30 December 2020 | |||
| Baroness | Kings River | Sonja Thiede | Sphinx | 30 December 2020 | |||
| Baron | Gilwell | Zachary White | Manticore | 31 December 2021 | |||
| Baroness | Fair Isle | Lori Bonilla | Manticore | 31 December 2021 | |||
| Baroness | Longsdale | Amanda Barrow | Gryphon | 31 December 2021 |
Star Empire of Manticore Life Peers
Honorary Peerages bestowed by TRMN:
| Rank | Title | Name | Planet | Baron/Baroness | Earl/Countess | Duke/Duchess | Grand Duke/Grand Duchess |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Duke | New Montana | David Weber | New Montana | 01 February 2011[8] | 27 May 2015 | ||
| Countess | Wilson | Sharon Rice-Weber | Manticore | 26 May 2018 | |||
| Baroness | Silver Heath | Gena Robbinson | Manticore | 01 February 2011 | |||
| Baron | Leutzen Vale | Eric Flint | Manticore | 27 May 2015 | |||
| Baron | New Mimas | Timothy Zahn | Manticore | 27 May 2015 | |||
| Baron | Allegheny-Mellon | Thomas Pope | Manticore | 27 May 2015 | |||
| Baron | New Arlington | Chris Wueve | Manticore | 27 May 2015 | |||
| Baron | Runnymead Fields | Mark Gutis | Manticore | 23 May 2015 | |||
| Baron | New Kasserine | Andrew Knipe | Manticore | 31 October 2015 | |||
| Baron | Brentwood-upon-Tweed | Scott Bell | Manticore | 25 May 2020 |
Protectorate of Grayson Steadholders
| Rank | Title | Name | Steadholder | Planet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steadholder | Pittman | Martyn Griffiths | 01 November 2014 | Grayson |
| Steadholder | Henesy | Tom Saidak | 27 May 2015 | Grayson |
| Steadholder | Maelstromm | David Melsome | 28 May 2016 | Grayson |
| Steadholder | Fitzgerald | Philip Clayton | 03 November 2018 | Grayson |
| Steadholder | Chẽrnakova | Kathy Rau | 25 May 2020 | Grayson |
| In Abeyance | Blackbird | Kirylyn Dreamer | Grayson |
Andermani Empire Peers
| Rank | Title | Name | Planet | Baron/Baronin | Graf/Gräfin | Herzog/Herzogin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baronin | Neu Sachsen | Laura Lüschen | New Berlin | 27 May 2015 | ||
| Baron | Baudenvost | Philip Wohlrab | Potsdam | 26 May 2018 |
Republic of Haven Senators for Life
| Rank | Title | Name | Senator for Life | Planet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Duquesne Tower | James Sena | 26 May 2018 | Haven |
Defunct Peerages
| Rank | Title | Name | Baron/Baroness | Earl/Countess | Duke/Duchess | Grand Duke/Grand Duchess | Planet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lands Dissolved | New Arkhangelsk | Scott Akers | 12 July 2008 | 01 February 2010 | 27 May 2015 | 01 January 2017 | |
| Lands Returned to the Crown | New Kasserine | Bruce Zimmerman | pre-2010 | ||||
| Lands Dissolved | New Cornwall | Jonathan Simmons | 17 April 2010 | ||||
| Lands Dissolved | New Mecklenburg | John Roberts | 16 April 2011 | 27 May 2015 | |||
| Lands Dissolved | Chinook | Jason Gurule | 26 May 2018 |
See Also
- House of Lords Manual
- Forms of Address
- Admiralty Order 1102-14 - defining peerage awards
External Links
- The Wall of Peerage Gallery of peers' coats of arms at the TRMN website.
References
- ↑ House of Steel, page 234
- ↑ As Baron New Essex
- ↑ As Earl New Essex
- ↑ As Baroness Boundary Waters
- ↑ As Countess Boundary Waters
- ↑ As Baron Grosvenor
- ↑ Formerly Baroness Clear Lake
- ↑ As Duke of Leutzen Vale
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