H-BP clue (?) & WW Nobility (was Re: Peerage and Rank in WW)

[macfotuk at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 115022


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, macfotuk at y... wrote:

> on the theme of royalty and rank - we know little so far about 
> princes, kings or queens in the WW. Sir Nick was clearly a peer, 
but 
> a muggleworld peer? (he's a wizard or else couldn't be ghost if 
I've 
> read it right). If a WW peer, then that suggests WW royalty. We 
have 
> rank clearly already - Malfoys (blacks) old, pureblood and 
> rich/respectable, Weasleys lowly and poor salt-of-the-earths. In 
> general the WW seems strange compared with the muggleworld. 


Mac now: Having been directed there by a recent thread, I was re-
reading Ch.6 OoP (the noble and most ancient House of Black).

A couple of tiny things leapt out that might address the issue of WW 
nobility and may even be clues to where to look for H-BP identity:

Sirius says 'my parents, with their pure-blood mania, convinced that 
to be a Black made you practically royal'

He then later beats off a dark magical object from attacking Harry 
using a heavy tome entitled 'Nature's Nobility: A Wizarding 
Genealogy'

Usual apologies if this is a belated 'me too' posting.