A Canadian peerage

[The Gunslinger]

This is just a thought. In the 19th Century, is there any chane that there could be a Canadian, Australian too perhaps, forms off peerage? It doesn't strike me as likely, but could it be done, a nobility in the "white" dominions?

 

[Keenir]

This is just a thought. In the 19th Century, is there any chane that there could be a Canadian, Australian too perhaps, forms off peerage? It doesn't strike me as likely, but could it be done, a nobility in the "white" dominions?

the White Rajah joins his realm to the British Empire, in return for him retaining his rule over the area?

 

[Baron von Feldspar]

There actually is a Canadian form of peerage, the Nova Scotian Baronetage. This title was awarded as a part of a fundraising scheme for Nova Scotia in the 17th century.

 

[Flocculencio]

the White Rajah joins his realm to the British Empire, in return for him retaining his rule over the area?

How would this lead to a colonial peerage?

 

[Keenir]

How would this lead to a colonial peerage?

I figured it would, over the next generation or two, whittle away at the powers of the Rajah, leaving the Queen Mother with power over Sarawak, and the Rajah's family with a country house in the tropics & a peerage.

 

[sprite]

At Federation i can see Australia having 6-7 local Dukes enobled.

Here's some names

Duke of Cumberland residing in Sydney
Duke of Bourke residing in Melbourne
Duke of Grant also in Melbourne
Duke of Stanley living in Brisbane
Duke of Hindmarsh living in Adelaide
Duke of Swan in Perth
and Duke of Monmouth living in Hobart