Dukedoms of the British Isles by reign Churchill, 1st Earl of Marlborough, the excellent English general of Queen Anne's reign, won many a victory over the French King Louis XIV. He was rewarded with a dukedom, which by a special Act of Parliament passed to his daughters and their descendants when he died without surviving male issue. Created for politician John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland. He was noted for being one of the first people in England to obtain a divorce, done by special act of Parliament. Like the Dukedom of Cornwall in England, Rothesay is automatically held by the eldest son of the Scottish monarch;
British queen mothers British queen mothers Queen mother is defined as "a queen dowager who is the mother of the reigning sovereign". The term has been used in English since at least 1560. A queen mother is a person satisfying the following criteria: Queen mother does not mean "mother of the Queen"; it applies whether the current monarch is queen or king. As a queen, a queen mother retains the style of Her Majesty. The following is a list of women who can be classified as "Queen Mother" at some point in their lives. "English Queen Mothers (title not used in earlier periods)"