Template talk:Current British dukes

Should not the heading be called Precedence of British dukes better, to point more out according to which basis the order goes? ~~ Phoe _talk 12:37, 16 March 2007 (UTC) ~~ [reply]

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But surely that applies to the Prince in and of himself, not his dukedom, whose precedence we here debate... The Dukedoms of Cornwall and Rothesay are still the premier royal dukedoms because they are the eldest, they are the eldest son's, and they are almost constantly in existence... From that, I would argue the dukedoms of C&R outrank the dukedom of Edinburgh...

BD 00:56, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply

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But the template is "British dukes", not "British dukedoms". A list of British dukedoms in order would be substantially different from the one presently in the template - Hamilton and Brandon would be listed separately, for a start. Opera hat 17:53, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and, come to think of it, should not the Duke of Lancaster be on here?

BD 01:04, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply

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Well, Duke of Lancaster is of course not a peerage title, but rather a title accorded by tradition to the Sovereign within the Duchy of Lancaster. If you want the template to be about dukedoms rather than Dukes, the Dukedom of Lancaster hasn't existed since 1399. Opera hat 17:53, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I mean since 1413. Opera hat 17:55, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]