List of Peerages in the Royal Kingdom of Quebec
The peerage of the Royal Kingdom of Quebec is a legal system of life and hereditary titles that incorporate noble ranks in the Quebecois honours systems. By the name of their title they are considered peers of their realm, but is not always the case, for in some cases their surname would supplant that of their realm in titles.
Since the incorporation of the honour system, defined by the Royal Act of Union Among Quebecois Peoples in 1677, the peerage has been open to Quebecois citizens. Citizens of the autonomous territories and colonies of the Quebecois Empire and later the Quebecois Commonwealth were also given Quebecois peerages until the Commonwealth Act of 1947.
Given its relatively late establishment of ranks, the ranks of the Quebecois peerage remain conventional. The ranks of the Quebecois peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron, with hereditary peerages applicable in all ranks and life peerages from Earl to Baron. The system, in recent times, is simplified, with the last non-royal dukedom was created in 1921, with the last marquessate 1948. The remainder of the ranks continues to be issued, even though Earldom, largely in favour of life peerage and the lower ranks of peerage issued, have been issued fairly irregularly and increasingly at a rare frequency.
List of Hereditary Peerages in the Royal Kingdom of Quebec
# | Title | Year of creation | Class | Status & Current holder | Age | Acceded | Peerage | Seat | Notes |
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1. | The Duke of Unamaꞌkik | 1654 | Duke | Extant: The Princess Christine, 24th Duchess of Cornwall | 17 | 2025 | Acadie | Montebello House | |
2. | The Duke of Uashau | 1671 | Duke | Extant: Kim Nam-Joon, 13th Duke of Uashau | 24 | 2035 | Nord-Est | Samjookheon | |
9. | The Duke Strathcona | 1897 | Duke | Extant: Sebastien de Strathcona, 6th Duke Strathcona | 40 | 2021 | Montreal | Meteghan Hall (Acadie) | |
11. | The Duke of Ganghwa | 1788 | Duke | Extant: Marcel Regimbault, 12th Duke of Ganghwa | 40 | 2012 | Capitale-Nationale | Sangmyeongdang (Saguenay) | |
13. | The Earl of Bathurst | 1767 | Earl | Extant: Marcel Cody-Yi, 13th Earl of Bathurst | 85 | 2012 | Acadie | Chunghoondang | |
19. | The Duke of Somerset | 1881 | Duke | Extant: Pierre-Eric Hwang, 7th Duke of Somerset | 57 | 2037 | Capitale-Nationale | Kirkley House (Estrie) | |
21. | The Earl of Waihopai | 1877 | Earl | Extant: Tahana Tuhituhi, 10th Earl of Waihopai | 46 | 2027 | West Aotearoa | Esperance Hall | |
24. | The Baron Briand | 1886 | Baron | Extinct 12 November 1981 | Montreal | Briand House | |||
25. | The Viscount Caplan | 1775 | Viscount | Extant: Michael Ferguson-Lauzon, 10th Viscount Caplan | 76 | 2025 | Gaspesie | Coxwell Park | |
27. | The Viscount Anticosti | 1812 | Viscount | Extant: Jean-Pierre Michener, 11th Viscount Anticosti | 74 | 2009 | Nord-Est | Maison | |
30. | The Duke of Attawapiskat | 1887 | Duke | Extant: Harald Borgenstrom, 4th Duke of Attawapiskat | 88 | 1977 | Nord-Est | Samjookheon | |
37. | The Earl of Meghanville | 1892 | Earl | Extant: Kim Han-Yeong, 5th Earl of Meghanville | 49 | 2017 | Frontenac | Hongmooweon | |
40. | The Viscount Lebel | 1919 | Earl | Extant: Jeanne Lebel-Byeon, 3rd Viscountess of Sangju | 93 | 1972 | Saguenay | Lebel Mansion | Yoann Lebel, the first Baron of Sangju, is best known as a Donnaconan businessman who moved from Quebec in his teenagers, but was eligible for the barony as he did not forfeit his citizenship and continued to spend time in his hometown of Sangju, and Quebec City. Jeanne Cousteau-Lebel, the daughter of the first Baron of Sangju, continues to do so as the chairman of Sohwa Company, and spends her time between Quebec City and Saint-Urbain. |
57. | The Earl of Malartic | 1989 | Earl | Extant: Tomas Cernak Lanka, 3rd Earl of Malartic | 60 | 2025 | Abitibi-Temiscamingue | ||
68. | The Viscount Lecavalier | 2035 | Earl | Extant: Serge Lecavalier, 1st Viscount Lecavalier | 61 | 2035 | Frontenac | ||
77. | The Earl of Chomedey | 1978 | Earl | Extinct 11 January 2027 | Montreal | 146 Casavant Drive |