Additionally, Jane, only the eldest sons of Dukes, Marquises and Earls use courtesy titles. The sons of Viscounts do not, even if their father also holds a Barony. The are no peerage titles below Baron for the oldest sons of Barons to use.
Sons of Scottish peers are entitled to the style Master of X, regardless of the rank of the peerage although many seem to prefer to use a subsidiary courtesy title.
Therefore, if a man is a duke, marquess, earl, and viscount (maybe also a baron!) he could theoretically furnish courtesy titles for four generations of direct heirs... if his viscountcy is Scottish.
Let’s say he is Duke of London, Marquess of Canterbury, Earl of Leeds, Viscount (of) Perth (Scotland), and Baron Armagh.
The eldest son and heir would be styled Marquess of Canterbury, grandson and second heir would be styled Earl of Leeds, great-grandson and third heir would be styled Viscount (of) Perth, and great-great-grandson and fourth heir would be styled Master of Perth.
That being said, I have only ever seen one reference for a man who had four generations of direct male-like descendants and he wasn’t a peer; it was an American just over a century ago and the article was on account of the extreme rarity of the situation.
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