Old Guard

The Old Guard is an informal honorific for any peer of Westarctica who possessed a title of nobility prior to the 2006 abdication of Grand Duke Travis. Peers who were disbarred prior to 2006 are not included as they were stripped of all titles and honors.

History of the term

Usage of the term "old guard" began in 2012, after Grand Duke Travis returned to the throne. As he began to issue titles of nobility once again, he wished to find a way to set apart those loyal souls who helped get Westarctica started during the early years when Westarctica had little support or recognition.

An even smaller group of these peers held titles in the Achaean Territory of Antarctica, the predecessor state to Westarctica, which existed from 2001 - 2004.

List of members

Title	Year of creation	Current holder	Notes
Princess of Thurston	2005	Kerry Mott
Duke of Ravencroft	2004	Philip Karns
Duke of Moulton-Berlin	2004	Jon-Lawrence Langer	Achaean Noble
Duke of Sherman	2005	Jorge Fernandez Vidal
Duke of Waesche	2005	Wolf Tulier
Duke of Le Vaux	2005	Javier Gold Ferrari
Marquise of Walgreen	2004	Cathryn McHenry
Count of Kohler	2001	Joseph Day	Achaean Noble
Countess Radlinski	2002	Jeanne Yearsley	Achaean Noble
Count of Ellsworth	2003	Jeffery Truett	Achaean Noble
Count of Ward	2004	Miles Ward	Achaean Noble
Count of Mintz	2005	Michael Whyte
Viscount of Whitmore	2001	Neil Whitmoyer	Achaean Noble
Viscount of Siple	2004	Emilio Garcia
Viscount of Gardiner	2005	Shaun Herron
Baron of Havola	2001	George Morin, Jr.	Achaean Noble
Baron of Maricopa	2004	Arthur X. Langer	Achaean Noble
Baron of Andrus	2005	Eduard Versluijs
Baron of Eburhard	2005	Douglas Swank
Baron of Lee-Tearmunn	2005	Troy Thompson