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 Unamaꞌkik | 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 | |
5. | The Duke of Poongcheon | 1688 | Duke | Extant: Ryu Hae-Gyeong, 11th Duke of Poongcheon | 24 | 2035 | Saguenay | Choonghoondang | |
6. | The Duke Ansley | 1748 | Duke | Extant: William Ansley-Harkness, 13th Duke Ansley | 37 | 2041 | Capitale-Nationale | Northcott Grange | |
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 | |
17. | The Viscount Caplan | 1775 | Viscount | Extant: Michael Ferguson-Lauzon, 10th Viscount Caplan | 76 | 2025 | Gaspesie | Coxwell Park | |
18. | The Duke of Mountshannon | 1821 | Duke | Extant: Alexander Kavanagh, 13th Duke of Mountshannon | 33 | 2040 | Sealtainn Eireann | Tirerrill House | |
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 | |
22. | The Marquess of Alma | 1916 | Marquess | Extant: Pierre Gascon-Trézéguet, 4th Marquess of Alma | 43 | 2031 | Saguenay | ||
23. | The Viscount Nakahn | 1814 | Viscount | Extant: Angus McConkey, 7th Viscount Nakahn | 33 | 2023 | Ontario | ||
26. | The Viscount Anticosti | 1812 | Viscount | Extant: Jean-Pierre Michener, 11th Viscount Anticosti | 74 | 2009 | Nord-Est | The Ceilidh | |
27. | The Earl of Monaghan | 1907 | Earl | Extant: Andrew Fitzsimmons, 4th Earl of Monaghan | 78 | 2040 | Sealtainn Eireann | Monaghan Castle | |
30. | The Duke of Attawapiskat | 1877 | Duke | Extant: Harald Borgenstrom, 4th Duke of Attawapiskat | 88 | 1977 | Northwest | Samjookheon | |
32. | The Viscount Pegahmagabow | 1947 | Viscount | Extant: Byron Pegahmagabow, 4th Viscount Pegahmagabow | 20 | 2041 | Ontario | Jubilee Lodge | |
34. | The Earl of Tsalxhaan | 1960 | Earl | Extant: Philip Terfel-McGrath, 2nd Earl of Tsalxhaan | 80 | 2017 | Manitoba | ||
37. | The Earl of Meghanville | 1892 | Earl | Extant: Kim Han-Yeong, 5th Earl of Meghanville | 50 | 2017 | South Detroit | Hongmooweon | |
40. | The Viscount Sangju | 1919 | Viscount | Extant: Jeanne Lebel-Byeon, 3rd Viscountess 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. |
47. | The Baron Yoon | 1954 | Baron | Extant: Cedric Yoon, 3rd Baron Yoon | 64 | 2005 | Northwest | Nymanspark Lodge | |
48. | The Baron Chaissac | 1974 | Baron | Extant: Nadine-Alexanne Chaissac, 2nd Baroness Chaissac | 84 | 1977 | Manitoba | ||
51. | The Baron Beattie | 1947 | Baron | Extant: Soo-Ran Beattie-Moon, 4th Baroness Beattie | 66 | 2007 | Ontario | Ravenswood | |
57. | The Earl of Malartic | 1989 | Earl | Extant: Tomas Cernak Lanka, 3rd Earl of Malartic | 60 | 2025 | Abitibi-Temiscamingue | Isle Presqu'ile | |
64. | The Viscount Arbor | 1928 | Viscount | Extant: Elijah Stern-Guweddeko, 3rd Viscount Arbor | 67 | 1988 | South Detroit | Maldonado Ranch | |
68. | The Viscount Danforth | 2035 | Earl | Extant: Serge Lecavalier, 1st Viscount Danforth | 61 | 2035 | Frontenac | ||
N/A | The Viscount Selkirk | 1769 | Baron | Extinct 12 November 1848 | Acadie | Kirkenes | |||
N/A | The Baron McCowan | 1885 | Baron | Extinct 28 September 1928 | Frontenac | Villa-Bellevue | |||
N/A | The Baron Briand | 1846 | Baron | Extinct 12 November 1967 | Montreal | Briand House | |||
N/A | The Earl of Chomedey | 1978 | Earl | Extinct 11 January 2027 | Montreal | 146 Casavant Drive | |||
N/A | The Duke of Quebec | 1671 | Duke | Extant: The Princess Christine, 24th Duchess of Unamaꞌkik | 17 | 2042 | Capitale-Nationale | Desormaux House | Also Duke of Unama'kik |