She was also known to dole out funds and titles of courtesy to those whom she found favorable.
2.
Matthew Maury became a Commodore ( often a title of courtesy ) in the Virginia Provisional Navy, and a Commander in the Confederacy.
3.
All of Osborne's titles are now "'extinct "'at the death of the last Duke of Leeds in 1964; but Viscount Latimer was used as a title of courtesy for Osborne's eldest son from 1674 to his death, in his father's lifetime, in January 1689.