More usual is the territorial designation, which in practice is almost identical.

The territorial designation fell into disuse in England early on, save for peers of the realm.

This was the last royal dukedom to be created with two territorial designations.

All Baronetcies are distinguished by having a territorial designation.

Some peers have a territorial designation as part of their name.

Peers are obliged to include a territorial designation in their title when there is another peerage with an identical name.

A territorial designation follows modern peerage titles, linking them to a specific place or places.

Within Scotland, a territorial designation proclaims a relationship with a particular area of land.

Some territorial designations name more than one place, and the format used depends on whether such places are in the same county or other administrative division.

Often the victory is commemorated in the territorial designation rather than the peerage itself.