Michael Nayler-Leyland is the son of a Baronet i reckon that makes him noble! Plus the family has married well, into numerous other noble families, for instance, i think he is distantly descended from the Dukes of Norfolk. Lets just say he isnt not noble. if i had his background and lineage well i would`nt complain
But you are wrong to say that "he isn't not noble", because the fact of the matter is that he is_not_noble. Only the holder of the title is noble. All other members of the family are aristocrats.
the Hannovers, i remember reading somewhere that when George v changed the rules of title in 1917 he exempted his cousins the Hannovers and the only title they lost was that of the Dukedom of Cumberland, which they can apply to have restored.
Well you read wrong. The 1917 Royal Patent applied to everyone. Not only would it have been poltically impossible for the King to make an exception for his Hanoverian relatives (given the time and the events that led to the Royal Warrant in the first place), but no one can be exempt from a law unless there is a clause in the Royal Warrant (which there wasn't) or if further letters patent issued explicitly stating so. This was not done either.
Those relatives that were still livining in Britain even had to give up their German titles and assume British ones (the Battenburgs, the Tecks, the Schleswig Holstiens etc.). Besides, if you think about it, common sense dictates that if they lost their Dukedom, which was a lesser title, they would have also lost their higher princely title. They can apply to have the Cumberland title restored, but is unlikely.
In 1864 letters patent were issued that "all the descendants in the male
line of the sovereign were styled Prince/Princess of Great Britain, the children
and children of sons being also styled "Royal Highness", while
great-grandchildren in the male line where styled "Highness" (Burkes Peerage). In 1914 further letters patent were issued stating that the then reigning Duke of Brunswick (of Hanover) and any subsequent children were entitled to the title of Prince/ss of Great Britain and Ireland with the sytle of Highness. Prince George and Princess Frederika (later Queen of Greece) were thus also Prince & Princess of GB & I. However these royal pattents were superceded by the aforementioned Royal Warrant of 1917. All future Hanovers would not be *legally* entitled to the GB & I title. Princess Frederika was the last one.
In 1931 Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick, issued a decree stating that Princes/ss of the Hanoverian House were entitled to bear the title of Prince of Great Britain and Ireland with the style of "Royal Highness". However, as Burkes Peerage states, such a decree has no legal authority in Great Britain (or in Germany, which is a republic). The Hanover family simply uses the GB & I title as part of their family history, just like they use the Hanover title. The British Royal family simply indulges them. Besides, their is little the Queen can do about it.
Both titles have no legal standing in Germany (because it is a republic, after all) or Britain. In fact, in Germany, titles are not legal per se, except as part of a lsurname. Thus Furst von Hanover is part of a surname.