# Blacks In The British Aristocracy, c. 1714-1830

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> [@HeyHomie](#):
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> but is there any truth to the idea of a Black Briton being accepted among the nobility of the Georgian Era?

You could ask this guy:

> [@Was Europe (1500-1789) a black civilisation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-europe-1500-1789-a-black-civilisation/522194):
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> [[image] ](http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Charles-Stuart-II-the-black-boy.jpg) [Charles II Stuart, named THe Black Boy] My research after three years resulted in a theory named Blue blood is black blood (1500-1789) by Egmond Codfried. Blue blood is the highest European nobility, starting somewhere at the end of the medieval period. Blue blooded nobility typically have no diploma’s given by a king, but were always considered nobles by their peers. From the highest nobles came the European kings, who were always bloodrelatives. Po…

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