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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and, later, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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. 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.
It 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 and the text is difficult to read for some people). It is also available on CD. A further reprint in six volumes appeared in 2000, together with Volume 14, which is an appendix, updating briefly from original publication (1910–1938) to 1995.
Volumes
1st edition
| Volume |
Pub
date[1]
|
| 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[2]
|
| 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
|
| IV. Dacre to Dysart |
1916 |
Hon. Vicary Gibbs with the assistance of H. A. Doubleday
|
| V. Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat |
1921/6 |
Hon. Vicary Gibbs with the assistance of H. A. Doubleday
|
| VI. Gordon to Hustpierpoint |
1926 |
H. A. Doubleday, 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 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.[2]
References
External links
1st edition
2nd edition
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