17 Dukedoms

 

NORFOLK

Somerset, Richmond, Grafton, Beaufort, 

 

St. Albans, Leeds, Bedford, Devonshire, 

 

Marlborough, Rutland, Brandon, Manchester

 

Dorset, Newcastle-under-Lyne, Northumberland

 

313 Wives, Daughters, Daughters-in-law, Nieces etc.

 

49 names (in order of frequency) are the only ones that appear in the Dukes section of Debretts 1914 Volume 1.

 

1.   Elizabeth

2.   Mary

3.   Charlotte

4.   Anne

5.   Caroline

6.   Frances 

7.   Catharine

      Louisa  

9.   Georgiana 

      Henrietta

      Isabella

      Maria

      Diana 

14. Harriet

      Margaret

16. Lucy 

17. Anna

      Dorothy

      Jane

20. Grace

      Sarah

      Susan

23. Amelia

      Juliana

      Sophia

26. Augusta

      Emily

      Winifrede

29. Barbara

      Bridget

      Gertrude

      Hester

      Julia

      Rachel

      Wilhemina

36. Agnes, Arabella, Cecilia, Doddington, Dorothea, Eden, Emilia, Frederica, Garthwright, Joan, Laura, Madelina, Margaretta, Rachael

 

Catharine - the ‘ha’ version is rarer than the ‘he’ version and thus much more suitable for use by nobility.

Doddington is a spelling variation of her mother’s maiden name Dodington.

Garthwright - really is a christian name for a girl - but where it comes from no-one seems to know.