List of peerages created for speakers of the House of Commons

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This page lists all peerages created for retiring Speakers of the British House of Commons. Extant titles are in bold.

King George I, reign 1714–1727

Title Created Speaker Current status Notes
Baron Onslow 1716 Sir Richard Onslow, 2nd Baronet extant created with a special remainder

King George II, reign 1727–1760

Title Created Speaker Current status Notes
Baron Wilmington 1728 Sir Spencer Compton extinct 1743
Earl of Wilmington 1730 Spencer Compton, 1st Baron Wilmington extinct 1743 also Viscount Pevensey

King George III, reign 1760–1820

Title Created Speaker Current status Notes
Baron Grantley 1782 Sir Fletcher Norton extant
Baron Grenville 1790 William Grenville extinct 1834
Baron Redesdale 1802 Sir John Mitford extinct 1886
Viscount Sidmouth 1805 Henry Addington[1] extant
Baron Colchester 1817 Charles Abbot extinct 1919

King George IV, reign 1820–1830

no peerage creations for Speakers

King William IV, reign 1830–1837

Title Created Speaker Current status Notes
Viscount Canterbury 1835 Charles Manners-Sutton extinct 1941 also Baron Bottesford

Queen Victoria, reign 1837–1901

Title Created Speaker Current status Notes
Baron Dunfermline 1839 James Abercromby extinct 1868
Viscount Eversley 1857 Charles Shaw-Lefevre extinct 1888
Viscount Ossington 1872 Evelyn Denison extinct 1873
Viscount Hampden 1884 Henry Brand[2] extant
Viscount Peel 1895 Arthur Peel extant

King Edward VII, reign 1901–1910

Title Created Speaker Current status Notes
Viscount Selby 1905 William Gully extant

King George V, reign 1910–1936

Title Created Speaker Current status Notes
Viscount Ullswater 1921 James Lowther extant

King Edward VIII, reign 1936

no peerage creations for Speakers

King George VI, reign 1936–1952

Title Created Speaker Current status Notes
Viscount Ruffside 1951 Douglas Clifton Brown extinct 1958

In addition, after the death in 1943 of Speaker Edward FitzRoy, his widow Muriel FitzRoy was created Viscountess Daventry (which title is extant).

Queen Elizabeth II, reign 1952–

Title Created Speaker Current status Notes
Viscount Dunrossil 1959 William Morrison extant
Baron Maybray-King 1971 Dr Horace King extinct 1986 life peerage
Baron Selwyn-Lloyd 1976 Selwyn Lloyd extinct 1978 life peerage
Viscount Tonypandy 1983 George Thomas extinct 1997
Baron Weatherill 1992 Bernard Weatherill extinct 2007 life peerage
Baroness Boothroyd 2001 Betty Boothroyd extant life peerage
Baron Martin of Springburn 2009 Michael Martin extinct 2018 life peerage

In addition, after the death in 1965 of Speaker Harry Hylton-Foster, his widow Audrey Hylton-Foster was created Baroness Hylton-Foster.

Notes

  1. ^ Served also as Prime Minister before the viscountcy was created.
  2. ^ In addition inherited the title of Baron Dacre in 1890.

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