The Peerage Of England

Step inside the living record of Britain’s hereditary elite, captured at the height of 18th-century England. Arthur Collins’s The Peerage of England, Volume IV, stands as a meticulous english peerage reference, tracing the descents, collateral lines, marriages, issues and notable deeds of the kingdom’s leading houses. The detail is quietly staggering. From titles of nobility long-vanished to enduring british aristocratic families, Collins assembles a genealogical reference book that pairs precise narrative with coats of arms illustrated on engraved plates, offering an essential peerage and heraldry book for anyone drawn to lineage, honour and historical memory.More than a catalogue of names, this volume preserves stories of service in war and peace, religious and charitable benefactions, deaths, burial places, monuments and epitaphs, drawn from records, wills, manuscripts and early historians. It remains a touchstone of British peerage history and a foundation text for the Collins Peerage of England, prized by genealogists and historians as a reference for family history and by Burke’s Peerage readers seeking original sources. Equally at home on the desk of the working researcher and in the library of the classic-heritage collector, it opens a rare window onto the social fabric of Georgian Britain.Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.