ORDER OF THE GUELPHS OF HANOVER. THE persons upon whom this Order has been conferred are classified as follows: Of the foregoing British members of the Order, the follow The Order has numbered amongst its members at different periods, four Kings and six Princes of the Blood Royal. TITLES BY COURTESY. THE following shows the relative proportion in which courtesy titles are distributed : Dukes, Marquises, and Earls, having secondary 298 Dukes, Marquises, and Earls, having eldest sons or grandsons to enjoy these distinc- 213 Dukes, Marquises, and Earls, having no male 85 ........ .... 67 Dukes and Marquises whose issue are entitled 520 ... Total number of families yielding courtesy 801 Total number enjoying courtesy titles about... It is not to be concluded from the foregoing calculation that five is the average number of children each peer of the realm possesses, but that five is the average number of persons enjoying courtesy titles who belong to each family, for, as is fully explained in the article on this subject, not only do the issue of living peers bear these titular distinctions, but also the uncles, aunts, or collateral relatives of existing nobles, being the issue of peers now dead; it is evident therefore that the average number of children possessed by each peer is considerably below five. |