Sentences with word «earldom»
"Earldom" refers to a specific area or territory that is governed by an earl, who is a noble rank in some countries. It can also represent the title held by the earl. Full definition
This same scheme of associating their scents with nobility and royalty carries over into the Arlington (a famous earldom), Windsor (as in Windsor Castle) names as well, each of them old school scents, and the soaps can be matched up to the colognes of the same name.
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We weren't trying to imitate the Royal Family, and we're not long - lost heirs to some sunny earldom.
The county is named for the Duke of York's earldom in Ireland.
He was also troubled by his decision not to claim the title of the Earldom of Durham in 1970 yet continued to use the title «Lord Lambton», although this is of no legal status.
While David Lloyd George also waited a similar period for his earldom, most offers have been made and accepted shortly after retirement such as the Earls of Oxford and Asquith, Baldwin, Attlee and Avon.
Harold Macmillan declined a peerage on leaving office, but over 20 years after retiring accepted a second offer of the customary, hereditary earldom for retiring Prime Ministers, as Earl of Stockton; this was the last earldom to be offered outside the Royal Family.
When Devon Ravenel inherits an earldom, he also inherits a few unexpected responsibilities — chief among them is the burden of looking after the late Earl's three sisters.
Istabelle has had her own greatest treasure stolen by Horik, and she's determined to avenge that with the help of her cousin, Mangan, the heir to an earldom.
Watching the unarmed man dispatch three groomsmen, then learning he is the long - lost heir to the Earldom of Warhaven and the new... more >
berfrois — The Life of Mr Richard Savage — Samuel Johnson — Not quite so ancient as the Greeks, that Sam Johnson nips through the unhappy life of Savage from the moment of his birth as someone having missed an earldom by bastardy to his conviction for murder and the elegant but futile plea by friends for mercy from the court.