Peerage of Ireland
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The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. This practice ended with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922. Before 1801, Irish Peers had the right to sit in the Irish House of Lords, but after the Union in 1801, Irish peers elected 28 representative peers to the House of Lords (see List of Irish representative peers).
Irish Peerages continued to be created for some time after 1801 as a way of creating peerages which did not grant a seat in the House of Lords, although the treaty of Union placed restrictions on them: three had to go extinct before one could be granted, at least until there were only 100 Irish peerages. The last to be granted was for Lord Curzon in 1898.
The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron.
In the following table of the Peerage of Ireland as it currently stands, each peer's highest titles in each of the other Peerages (if any) are also listed.
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[edit] Dukes in the Peerage of Ireland
| Title | Creation | Other titles |
|---|---|---|
| The Duke of Leinster | 1766 | Viscount Leinster in the Peerage of Great Britain Lord Kildare in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| The Duke of Abercorn | 1868 | Earl of Abercorn in the Peerage of Scotland Marquess of Abercorn in the Peerage of Great Britain |
[edit] Marquesses in the Peerage of Ireland
| Title | Creation | Other titles |
|---|---|---|
| The Marquess of Waterford | 1789 | Lord Tyrone in the Peerage of Great Britain |
| The Marquess of Downshire | 1789 | Earl of Hillsborough in the Peerage of Great Britain |
| The Marquess of Donegall | 1791 | Lord Fisherwick in the Peerage of Great Britain Lord Templemore in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Marquess of Headfort | 1800 | Lord Kenlis in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Marquess of Sligo | 1800 | Lord Monteagle in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Marquess of Ely | 1801 | Lord Loftus in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Marquess Conyngham | 1816 | Lord Minster in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Marquess of Londonderry | 1816 | Earl Vane in the Peerage of the UK |
[edit] Earls in the Peerage of Ireland
[edit] Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland
[edit] Barons in the Peerage of Ireland
Note that in Ireland, barony may also refer to an obsolete political subdivision of a county. There is no connection between such a barony and the noble title of baron.
