Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica

The Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica is an institution almost as old as Westarctica itself, although it has had several different names since nobles were first appointed in 2001.

As of 8 April 2018, no title in the Hereditary Nobility has ever been transferred to an heir as no member of the nobility has yet passed away.

Names of the collected nobles

During the era when Westarctica was known as the Achaean Territory of Westarctica, the collected nobles were simply known as "the Nobility." In 2002, when the Achaean Royal Charter was decreed, the name was formalized as the Baronage. This name was retained in the Grand Ducal Charter of 2004.

In September 2012, when the first Charter of Westarctica was decreed, the nobles were labeled simply "nobility," however, in the second revision of the Charter, only a month later, Grand Duke Travis first added the word "hereditary" to the article on nobility. From this time forward, the group of nobles became known as the "Hereditary Nobility."

The "Old Guard"

Starting in 2012, nobles who had received their titles prior to Grand Duke Travis' 2006 abdication from the throne became informally known as the "Old Guard" out of respect to their long service to Westarcica.

List of members of the Hereditary Nobility

Hereditary Princes and Princesses

Name	Date of creation	Current holder	Notes
Princess of Thurston	15 November 2001	Kerry Mott	Royal Princess
Prince of Siple	25 October 2012	Niels Vermeersch	Royal Prince
Prince of Driscoll	30 August 2017	D. Chase Callahan
Princess of Rockefeller	4 January 2018	Rebecca Lower

Hereditary Dukes and Duchesses

Name	Date of creation	Current holder	Notes
Duke of Ravencroft	1 October 2004	Philip Karns	Created as Marquis de Merovingi
Duke of Sherman	13 January 2005	Jorge Fernandez Vidal	Created as Count of Sturge
Duke of Moulton-Berlin	13 February 2005	Jon-Lawrence Langer	Created as Count of Byrd
Duke of Waesche	2005	Wolf Tulier	Created as Count of Waesche
Duke of Le Vaux	2005	Javier Gold Ferrari
Duke of La Gorce	18 September 2016	Yannick Beuvelet
Duke of Saint James	4 January 2017	Pedro Vázquez González
Duchess of Eights	12 October 2017	Sheri Sanders
Duke of the Bear Peninsula	9 December 2017	C. Jordan Farmer
Duke of the Walgreen Coast	17 January 2018	Johannes Strauss
Duke of Borradaile	22 January 2018	Chrenan Borradaile
Duke of the Balchen Glacier	23 January 2018	Lars Vorländer
Duke of Gutenko	30 January 2018	Thomas Marek
Duke of Fox Grove	9 March 2018	August Grappin

Hereditary Marquis and Marquise

Name	Date of creation	Current holder	Notes
Marquise of Walgreen	2004	Cathryn McHenry	Former Grand Duchess
Marquis of Sarnoff	2015	Dinny Pulipati	Also Prince-Consort

Hereditary Counts and Countesses

Name	Date of creation	Current holder	Notes
Count of Kohler	15 November 2001	Joseph Day	Created as Duke of Walgreen
Countess Radlinski	28 January 2002	Jeanne Yearsley
Count of Ellsworth	5 September 2003	Jeffery Truett	Created as Earl of Truett

Hereditary

Name	Date of creation	Current holder	Notes
Viscount of Whitmore	15 November 2001	Neil Whitmoyer	Created as Duke of Whitmore
Baron of Havola	15 November 2001	George Morin, Jr.	Created as Duke of Ellsworth