- Subsidiary title
A subsidiary title is an
hereditary title held by aroyal or anoble but which is not regularly used to identify that person.For example, the
Duke of Norfolk is also theEarl of Arundel , theEarl of Surrey , theEarl of Norfolk , theBaron Beaumont , theBaron Maltravers , the Baron FitzAlan, the Baron Clun, the Baron Oswaldestre, and theBaron Howard of Glossop . In day-to-day practice, the individual who holds all of these titles would be referred to only by his most senior title - in this case, "Duke of Norfolk" - while all of his other titles would be subsidiary titles.In the
United Kingdom , a noble'sheir apparent might use his father's most senior subsidiary title as acourtesy title . For example, the Duke of Norfolk's heir apparent might be called "Earl of Arundel" as a courtesy, although the son does not technically become Earl of Arundel until his father's death and is legally still acommoner .Heirs apparent might also be summoned to the
House of Lords before their fathers' death through the use of awrit of acceleration . In this situation, the heir was summoned as one of his father's subsidiary titles. (Usually, when a writ of acceleration was used, the son was summoned to one of his father'sbaronies .) Thus, on the above example, the Duke of Norfolk's son who had been using the Duke's subsidiary title of "Earl of Arundel" as a courtesy title might now be summoned to the House of Lords on the basis of his father's title of "Baron Maltravers" and would then actually sit in the House of Lords as "Lord Maltravers".
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