Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Canadian_peers_and_baronets> ?p ?o }
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets abstract "Cardinal Richelieu introduced the Seigneurial System to New France in 1627. Almost all of the early French Canadians who came as officers in the military, or to fill important official positions within the colony, came from the ranks of the French nobility. Under the Ancien Régime, several of these men who had settled in Canada were either elevated or promoted to more senior ranks within the Peerage of France. From the early 1700s, it became customary for the Governors of New France to be given the title 'marquis'. Except for the Marquis de Vaudreuil and the Marquis de Beauharnois, most were in Canada only for a few years before returning to France and are therefore not counted as Canadians.The Baronetage of Nova Scotia (a British hereditary title, but not a peerage) had been devised by King James VI of Scotland in 1624 as a means of settling Nova Scotia. Except for Sir Thomas Temple, almost none of them came to Nova Scotia, therefore they are counted as British, not Canadian.Following the British Conquest of New France in 1763, the likes of Lord Amherst and Lord Dorchester were raised to the Peerage of Great Britain for their part in the taking of Canada and as Governors General of Canada, but they were not Canadians. As the colony grew under British rule both in terms of geography and economy, baronetcies began to be conferred upon various Canadian politicians, military commanders and businessmen. In 1891, Lord Mount Stephen became the first Canadian to be elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Immigration has been Canada's chief means of population growth and among the many who arrived were distant descendants of titled nobles from a variety of countries. The significant losses of the First World War included many direct heirs to titles and some replacements were found in Canada resulting in the acquisition of titles by Canadians who, as British subjects, were eligible to inherit.After the controversial elevation of Lords Atholstan and Beaverbrook to the Peerage of the United Kingdom, the Nickle Resolution was presented to the Canadian House of Commons in 1917 requesting the Sovereign not to grant knighthoods, baronetcies or peerages to Canadians. This triggered the Canadian titles debate and led to a separate system of orders, decorations, and medals for Canada. Canadians who were granted peerages after this date had already to hold or acquire British Citizenship, such as Lord Thomson of Fleet. However, the then Canadian Citizenship Act stated that Canadians who acquired foreign citizenship by any means other than marriage would renounce their Canadian citizenship.".
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets thumbnail Royal_Standard_of_King_Louis_XIV.svg?width=300.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageID "37937738".
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageLength "45753".
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageOutDegree "518".
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageRevisionID "707037429".
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Acadia.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Agnes_Macdonald,_1st_Baroness_Macdonald_of_Earnscliffe.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Alberta.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Alfred_Harmsworth,_1st_Viscount_Northcliffe.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Allan_MacNab.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Alnwick.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Ancien_Régime.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Annapolis_Royal.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Annet-sur-Marne.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Antoine_Juchereau_Duchesnay_(seigneur).
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Appeal.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Arc_de_Triomphe.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Armdale.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Arthur_Haliburton,_1st_Baron_Haliburton.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Arthur_baronets.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Atlantic_Ocean.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Australian_peers_and_baronets.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Bank_of_Montreal.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Baron.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Baron_Beaverbrook.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Baron_Morris.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Baron_Shaughnessy.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Baron_de_Longueuil.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Baronet.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Bathurst,_New_Brunswick.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Loos.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Passchendaele.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Queenston_Heights.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Beauharnois,_Quebec.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Belfast.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Benjamin_Arthur.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Bishops_College_School.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Black_v_Chrétien.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Brentwood_College_School.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink British_Columbia.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink British_Empire.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink British_nationality_law.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Brocket_Hall.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Buckinghamshire.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Cabinet_of_Canada.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Calgary.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Calgary-Egmont.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Camden_East.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Camilla,_Duchess_of_Cornwall.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Campbell_baronets.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Canada.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Canada_(New_France).
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Canada_East.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Bankers_Association.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Confederation.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Imperial_Bank_of_Commerce.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Pacific_Railway.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Vickers.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_titles_debate.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Canadians.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Cardinal_Richelieu.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Carlton_House_Terrace.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canadian_Peers.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canadian_recipients_of_British_titles.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Category:Lists_of_peerages.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Category:Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Canada.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Shaughnessy.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Spencer,_9th_Earl_Spencer.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Tupper.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Charles_de_la_Boische,_Marquis_de_Beauharnois.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Charles_le_Moyne_de_Longueuil,_Baron_de_Longueuil.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Charlesbourg,_Quebec_City.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Cheltenham.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Chicago.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Chief_Justice.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Christopher_Philipse_Robinson.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Château.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Civil_service.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Clan_Macdowall.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Clan_Macnab.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Clan_Swinton.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Colonsay_House.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Commander-in-chief.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Commissariat.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Company_(military_unit).
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Confidante.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Conrad_Black.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867–1942).
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Court_of_Appeal_for_Ontario.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Crimean_War.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Culture_of_Quebec.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Cunard_Line.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Cunard_baronets.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink David_Thomson,_3rd_Baron_Thomson_of_Fleet.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Day_Hort_MacDowall.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink De_jure.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Deputy_Lieutenant.
- Canadian_peers_and_baronets wikiPageWikiLink Diana,_Princess_of_Wales.