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LODGE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1861. 



Under the Especial Patronage of Her Majesty and H.R.H. thk 

 Prince Consort. Corrected throughout by the Nobility. Thirtieth 

 Edition, in 1 vol. royal 8vo., with the Arms beautifully engraved, hand- 

 somely bound, with gilt edges, price 31s. 6d. 



Lodge's Peerage and Baronetage is acknowledged to be the most 

 complete, as well as the most elegant, work of the kind. As an established and 

 authentic authority on all questions respecting the family histories, honours, 

 and connections of the titled aristocracy, no work has ever stood so high. It is 

 published under the especial patronage of Her Majesty, and His Royal Highness 

 the Prince Consort, and is annually corrected throughout, from the personal 

 communications of the Nobility. It is the only work of its class, in which, 

 the type being kept constantly standing, every correction is made in its proper 

 place to the date of publication, an advantage which gives it supremacy over all 

 its competitors. Independently of its full and authentic information respecting 

 the existing Peers and Baronets of the realm, the most sedulous attention is 

 given in its pages to the collateral branches of the various noble families, and 

 the names of many thousand individuals are introduced, which do not appear in 

 other records of the titled classes. For its authority, correctness, and facility of 

 arrangement, and the beauty of its typography and binding, the work is justly en- 

 titled to the high place it occupies on the tables of Her Majesty and the Nobility. 



" Lodge's Peerage must supersede all other works of the kind, for two reasons ; first, it 

 is on a better plan ; and, secondly, it is better executed. We can safely pronounce it to be 

 the readiest, the most useful, and exactest of modern works on the subject." — Spectator. 



"A work which corrects all errors of former works. It is the production of a herald, 

 we had almost said, by birth, but certainly by profession and studies, Mr. Lodge, the Norroy 

 King of Arms. It is a most useful publication." — Times. 



"As perfect a Peera£;e of the British Empire as we are ever likely to see published. 

 Great pains have been taken to make it as complete and accurate as possible. The work 

 is patronised by Her Majesty and the Prince Consort; and it is worthy of a place in every 

 gentleman's library, as well as in every public institution." — Herald. 



"As a work of contemporaneous history, this volume is of great value — the materials 

 having been derived from the most authentic sources and in the majority of cases emanating 

 from the noble families themselves. It contains all the needful information respecting the 

 nobility of the Empire." — Post. 



" This work should form a portion of every gentleman's library. At all times, the infor- 

 mation which it contains, derived from official sources exclusively at the command of the 

 author, is of importance to most classes of the community; to the antiquary it must be 

 invaluable, for implicit reliance may be placed on its contents." — Globe. 



" This work derives great value from the high authority of Mr. Lodge. The plaa 

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" When any book has run through so many editions, its reputation is so indelibly 

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 ' Lodge's Peerage and Baronetage ' is the most elegant and accurate, and the best of its 

 class. The chief point of excellence attaching to this Peerage consists neither in its 

 elegance of type nor its completeness of illustration, but in its authenticity, which is insured 

 by the letter-press being always kept standing, and by immediate alteration being made 

 whenever any change takes place, either by death or otherwise, amongst the nobility of the 

 United Kingdom. The work has ol)tained the special patronage of Her Most Gracious 

 Majesty, and of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, which patronage has never been 

 better or more worthily bestowed." — Messenger, 



" ' Lodge's Peerage and Baronetage' has become, as it were, an 'institution' of this 

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 several topics to which it refers, has never been exceeded, and, consequently, it must be 

 received as one of the most important contributions to social and domestic history extant. 

 As a book of reference — indispensible in most cases, useful in all — it should be in the 

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