London Letter: An afternoon spent discussing nobility
The Byzantine notions of Britain’s nobility and class structures can easily confuse a citizen of a republic, even the neighbouring one, so I sought out a cicerone to explain how it all worked. Sir David O’Grady Roche , aRoche suggested we meet at his mews home in westWe had met a couple of times previously – once for lunch and, long before that, when he had effectively gatecrashedat a raffish restaurant in Mayfair. They shared a mutual friend, who had also pitched up to join the conversation.
Standish saw action near the coast of Malta during the second Battle of Sirte in 1942. A British convoy survived a heavy attack by enemy Italian battleships. But the violence of war left a dark legacy for Standish. He ended up suffering from what would now be called. After the war, he struggled to keep Aghade afloat and eventually sold it in the late 1960s. The mariner’s eldest son, Roche, moved to London virtually penniless.
We move upstairs to the kitchen, where Roche has laid on an eclectic buffet of egg mayonnaise and prawn sandwiches, Mars bars and Bordeaux wine. As we tuck in, he explains at length and with great entertainment the differences between the strata of nobility – barons and baronets , viscounts, earls, marquesses and the highest ranked, dukes. Titles are inherited along the male line.
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