To a man of noble birth, marriage is a dynastic alliance, the union of two eminent families.

Burney was born into an eminent family and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford.

To be born of an eminent family is nothing if you are nothing yourself.

His mother was also from an eminent architectural family, the Shaws.

The Sadlers rose to become an eminent family in Oldbury during the nineteenth century.

And his family has long been one of the most eminent artistic families in Russia - as well as one of the most discussed.

He was an Iranian poet and scholar, born into an eminent family in Esfahan.

Members of some of the most eminent families in Britain have been among my patients there.

He came from an eminent family.

In the ensuing years the estate has passed through the hands of several eminent families.