The Complete Peerage
The Complete Peerage (full title: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant; first edition by George Edward Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms; 2nd edition revised by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs et al.) is a comprehensive and magisterial work on the titled aristocracy of the British Isles.
![]() 1910–1998 | |
Author | G. E. Cokayne et al. |
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Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (From 1927, United Kingdom and Irish Free State) |
Language | English |
Genre | Genealogy |
ISBN | 0-904387-82-8 |
OCLC | 60066829 |
929.7/2 19 | |
LC Class | CS421 .C7 1982 |
History
The Complete Peerage was first published in eight volumes between 1887 and 1898 by George Edward Cokayne (G. E. C.).
This version was effectively replaced by a new and enlarged edition between 1910 and 1959 edited successively by Vicary Gibbs (Cokayne's nephew), H. A. Doubleday, Duncan Warrand, Lord Howard de Walden, Geoffrey H. White and R. S. Lea. The revised edition (published by the St Catherine Press Limited), took the form of twelve volumes with volume twelve being issued in two parts.[1] Volume thirteen was issued in 1940, not as part of the alphabetical sequence, but as a supplement covering creations and promotions within the peerage between 1900 and 1938. The leading researcher on the project was Ethel Stokes and the five volumes from 1929 to 1949 acknowledge her major contribution.[2]
The work has subsequently been reprinted in a number of formats, most notably by Alan Sutton Publishers who reduced it in size to six volumes in a photographically reduced format (this contains four page images on each smaller page).
It was available on CD. A further reprint in six volumes appeared in 2000, together with Volume 14, which is an appendix, correcting the original publication (1910–1938) and briefly updating it to 1995.
Volumes
1st edition
Volume | Pub date[3] |
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I. A to Bo | 1887 |
II. Bra to C | 1889 |
III. D to F | 1890 |
IV. G to K | 1892 |
V. L to M | 1893 |
VI. N to R | 1895 |
VII. S to T | 1896 |
VIII. U to Z, appendix, corrigenda, occurrences after 1 January 1898, and general index to notes, &c. | 1898 |
All volumes edited by George Cokayne.
2nd edition
Volume | Pub date | Editors[4] |
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I. Ab-Adam to Basing | 1910 | Hon. Vicary Gibbs |
II. Bass to Canning | 1912 | Hon. Vicary Gibbs |
III. Canonteign to Cutts | 1913 | Hon. Vicary Gibbs with the assistance of H. A. Doubleday[5] |
IV. Dacre to Dysart | 1916 | Hon. Vicary Gibbs with the assistance of H. A. Doubleday[5] |
V. Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat | 1921/6 | Hon. Vicary Gibbs with the assistance of H. A. Doubleday[5] |
VI. Gordon to Hustpierpoint | 1926 | H. A. Doubleday,[5] Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden |
VII. Husee to Lincolnshire | 1929 | H. A. Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden |
VIII. Lindley to Moate | 1932 | H. A. Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden |
IX. Moels to Nuneham | 1936 | H. A. Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden |
X. Oakham to Richmond | 1945 | H. A. Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden |
XI Rickerton to Sisonby | 1949 | G. H. White |
XII (part 1) Skelmersdale to Towton | 1953 | G. H. White |
XII (part 2) Tracton to Zouche | 1959 | G. H. White |
XIII. Peers created 1901 to 1938 | 1940 | H. A. Doubleday[5] and Lord Howard de Walden |
XIV. Addenda & corrigenda | 1998 | Peter W. Hammond |
Volumes 1–5 have the title Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant, and volumes 6–13: The complete peerage; or, A history of the House of lords and all its members from the earliest times.[4]
References
- Powicke, F. M. (1960). "Reviews of Books: The Complete Peerage". English Historical Review. 75 (297): 673–677. doi:10.1093/ehr/LXXV.297.673. JSTOR 558117.
- Barber, Brian (2014). "Stokes, Ethel (1870–1944)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/106742. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- "Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant". Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant. OpenLibrary.org. OL 14704031M.
- Maclagan, Michael; Hammond, P. W. (revised) (2008) [2004]. "Doubleday, Herbert Arthur (1867–1941)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32865. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
External links
1st edition
- 1) Cokayne, G. E., ed. (1887). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant (A to Bo). 1 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
- 2) Cokayne, G. E., ed. (1889). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant (Bra to C). 2 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
- 3) Cokayne, G. E., ed. (1890). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant (D to F). 3 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
- 4) Cokayne, G. E., ed. (1892). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant (G to K). 4 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
- 5) Cokayne, G. E., ed. (1893). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant (L to M). 5 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
- 6) Cokayne, G. E., ed. (1895). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant (N to R). 6 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
- 7) Cokayne, G. E., ed. (1896). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant (S to T). 7 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
- 8) Cokayne, G. E., ed. (1898). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant (U to Z, Appendix, Corrigenda, Occurrences after 1 January 1898, and General Index to Notes, &c.). 8 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
2nd edition
- 1) Cokayne, G. E. (1910). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Ab-Adam to Basing). 1 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- 2) Cokayne, G. E. (1912). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Bass to Canning). 2 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- 3) Cokayne, G. E. (1913). Gibbs, Vicary & Doubleday, H. Arthur (eds.). The Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Canonteign to Cutts). 3 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- 4) Cokayne, G. E. (1916). Gibbs, Vicary & Doubleday, H. Arthur (eds.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Dacre to Dysart). 4 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- 5) Cokayne, G. E. (1926). Gibbs, Vicary & Doubleday, H. A. (eds.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat). 5 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- 6) Cokayne, G. E. (1926). H. A. Doubleday; Duncan Warrand & Lord Howard de Walden (eds.). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times (Gordon to Hustpierpoint). 6 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- 7) Cokayne, G. E. (1929). H. A. Doubleday & Lord Howard de Walden (eds.). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times (Husee to Lincolnshire). 7 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- 8) Cokayne, G. E. (1932). H. A. Doubleday & Lord Howard de Walden (eds.). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times (Lindley to Moate). 8 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- 9) Cokayne, G. E. (1936). H. A. Doubleday & Lord Howard de Walden (eds.). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times (Moels to Nuneham). 9 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- 10) Cokayne, G. E. (1945). H. A. Doubleday & Lord Howard de Walden (eds.). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times (Oakham to Richmond). 10 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- 11) Cokayne, G. E. (1949). Geoffrey H. White (ed.). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times (Rickerton to Sisonby). 11 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- 12.1) Cokayne, G. E. (1953). Geoffrey H. White (ed.). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times, volume XII part 1: Skelmersdale to Towton. 12 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- 12.2) Cokayne, G. E. (1959). Geoffrey H. White (ed.). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times, volume XII part 2: Tracton to Zouche. 12 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- 13) Cokayne, G. E. (1940). H. A. Doubleday & Lord Howard de Walden (eds.). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times, volume XIII: Peers created 1901 to 1938. 13 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- 14) Cokayne, G. E. (1998). Hammond, Peter W. (ed.). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times, volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda. 14 (2nd ed.). Stroud: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7509-0154-3.