Peerage of the United Kingdom

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The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain. New peers continued to be created in the Peerage of Ireland until 1898 (the last creation was the Barony of Curzon of Kedleston)

The House of Lords Act 1999 reformed the House of Lords. Until then, all peers of the United Kingdom were automatically members of the House of Lords. However, from that date, most of the hereditary peers ceased to be members, whereas the life peers retained their seats. All hereditary peers of the first creation (i.e. those for whom a peerage was originally created, as opposed to those who inherited a peerage), and all surviving hereditary peers who had served as Leader of the House of Lords, were offered a life peerage to allow them to continue to sit in the House, should they wish.

Peers in the Peerage of Scotland and Peerage of Ireland did not have an automatic seat in the House of Lords following the Acts of Union of 1707 and 1800, though the law permitted a limited number to be elected by their fellows to serve in the House of Lords as representative peers. Some peerages of the United Kingdom were created to get around this obstacle and allow certain Scottish and Irish peers to enjoy the automatic right to sit in the House of Lords[1][2][a][4][5][b]

Key[edit]

Non-partisan   Royal Family/Household
  Civil Service
  Clergy
  HM judiciary
  Commonwealth judiciary
  Privy Counsellor of the United Kingdom/Ireland/Northern Ireland
Partisan   Conservative Party
  Independent politician
  Irish Unionist Alliance
  Labour Party
  Liberal Party
  Liberal Unionist Party
  National Liberal Party
  Scottish Unionist Party
  Speaker of the House of Commons
  Tory Party
  Ulster Unionist Party
  Whig Party
  Commonwealth politician
  Other politician

Ranks[edit]

The ranks of the peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron[7]

The last non-royal dukedom was created in 1874, and the last marquessate was created in 1936. Creation of the remaining ranks, except baronies for life, mostly ceased once Harold Wilson's Labour government took office in 1964, and only fourteen (nine non-royal and five royal) people have been created hereditary peers since then. These were:

Grantee Date of Creation Title(s) Noted for
Reginald Manningham-Buller, The 1st Baron Dilhorne 7 December 1964 Viscount Dilhorne Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Robert Grimston, Bt. 11 December 1964 Baron Grimston of Westbury Former Member of Parliament
Frederick Erroll 19 December 1964 (extinct 2000) Baron Erroll of Hale Former Cabinet Minister
Robert Renwick, Bt. 23 December 1964 Baron Renwick
Michael Hughes-Young 31 December 1964 Baron St Helens Former Member of Parliament
John Morrison 1 January 1965 Baron Margadale Former Chairman of the 1922 Committee
William Whitelaw 16 June 1983 (extinct 1999) Viscount Whitelaw Former Home Secretary
George Thomas 11 July 1983 (extinct 1997) Viscount Tonypandy Former Speaker of the House of Commons
Harold Macmillan 24 February 1984 Earl of Stockton
Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden
Former Prime Minister
Prince Andrew 23 July 1986 Duke of York
Earl of Inverness
Baron Killyleagh
Second son of Queen Elizabeth II on his wedding day
Prince Edward 19 June 1999 Earl of Wessex
Viscount Severn
Third son of Queen Elizabeth II on his wedding day
Prince William 29 April 2011 Duke of Cambridge
Earl of Strathearn
Baron Carrickfergus
First son of King Charles III on his wedding day
Prince Harry 18 May 2018 Duke of Sussex
Earl of Dumbarton
Baron Kilkeel
Second son of King Charles III on his wedding day
Prince Edward 10 March 2019 Earl of Forfar Third son of Queen Elizabeth II on 55th birthday (used by the Earl and his wife as their primary title when they are in Scotland)[8]

Dukes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom[edit]

  •   Subsidiary title.
  •   Peerage of the United Kingdom created for a Peer of Scotland or Ireland to have an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
Shield Title Creation Grantee Reason Monarch

11 May 1814 United Kingdom Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington Military Peerage–Army The Prince Regent
on behalf of King George III

28 January 1833 Kingdom of Great Britain George Leveson-Gower, Marquess of Stafford King William IV

27 February 1874 United Kingdom Hugh Grosvenor, Marquess of Westminster Queen Victoria

13 January 1876 Kingdom of England Charles Gordon-Lennox, Duke of Richmond Incumbent cabinet minister

24 May 1881 Prince Leopold Currently suspended

7 April 1892 Kingdom of Scotland George Campbell, Duke of Argyll Former cabinet minister and father-in-law of Princess Louise daughter of Queen Victoria

24 April 1900 United Kingdom Alexander Duff, Earl of Fife Son-in-law of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) [c]

31 March 1928 Prince Henry On his 28th birthday King George V

12 October 1934 Prince George In anticipation of his forthcoming marriage to Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark

23 July 1986 Prince Andrew On his wedding day to Sarah Ferguson Queen Elizabeth II

29 April 2011 Prince William of Wales On his wedding day to Catherine Middleton

18 May 2018 Prince Henry of Wales On his wedding day to Meghan Markle

10 March 2023 Prince Edward On his 59th birthday, (Title not hereditary, it will become extinct on his death) King Charles III

Marquesses in the Peerage of the United Kingdom[edit]

  •   Subsidiary title.
  •   Peerage of the United Kingdom created for a Peer of Scotland or Ireland to have an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
Shield Title Creation Grantee Reason Monarch

4 February 1801 Kingdom of England Henry Cecil, Earl of Exeter King George III

7 September 1812 Kingdom of England Charles Compton, Earl of Northampton The Prince Regent
on behalf of King George III

7 September 1812 Kingdom of Great Britain John Pratt, Earl Camden Former Viceroy of Ireland

3 October 1812 Duke of Wellington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Wellington Military Peerage–Army

4 July 1815 Kingdom of Great Britain Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge Military Peerage–Army

22 November 1815 Kingdom of England George Cholmondeley, Earl of Cholmondeley Incumbent Lord Steward of the Household

17 July 1821 Kingdom of Great Britain Charles Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury King George IV

30 June 1826 Kingdom of Great Britain Frederick Hervey, Earl of Bristol

10 September 1831 Kingdom of Scotland Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis[note 2] King William IV

13 September 1831 Duke of Westminster in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Kingdom of Great Britain Robert Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor

25 June 1838 United Kingdom Constantine Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave Incumbent Viceroy of Ireland Queen Victoria

14 January 1876 Kingdom of Great Britain William Nevill, Earl of Abergavenny

22 August 1892 United Kingdom Lawrence Dundas, Earl of Zetland Former Viceroy of Ireland

27 October 1902 Kingdom of Scotland John Hope, Earl of Hopetoun Incumbent Governor-General of Australia King Edward VII

4 January 1916 Kingdom of Scotland John Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen Former Governor General of Canada and former Viceroy of Ireland King George V

7 November 1917 Grand Duchy of Hesse Prince Louis of Battenberg He relinquished his German titles

7 May 1926 United Kingdom Rufus Isaacs, Earl of Reading Former Viceroy of India and former Lord Chief Justice of England

Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom[edit]

  •   Subsidiary title.
  •   Peerage of the United Kingdom created for a Peer of Scotland or Ireland to have an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
Shield Title Creation Grantee Reason Monarch

21 April 1801 Kingdom of Great Britain Alexander Wedderburn, Baron Loughborough Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain[note 1] King George III

18 June 1801 Kingdom of England William Craven, Baron Craven

19 June 1801 Kingdom of Great Britain George Onslow, Baron Onslow

22 June 1801 Kingdom of Great Britain Charles Marsham, Baron Romney

23 June 1801 Kingdom of Great Britain Thomas Pelham, Baron Pelham of Stanmer

26 June 1801 Kingdom of Great Britain Thomas Egerton, Baron Grey de Radcliffe [note 1]

14 May 1804 Kingdom of Great Britain Edward Clive, Baron Clive Incumbent Viceroy of Ireland

20 November 1805 William Nelson Brother of Horatio Nelson[note 1]

11 April 1806 United Kingdom Charles Grey, Baron Grey Military Peerage–Army

7 April 1807 Kingdom of Great Britain William Lowther, Viscount Lowther

19 July 1809 Kingdom of Great Britain Dudley Ryder, Baron Harrowby Former Foreign Secretary

28 February 1812 Duke of Wellington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Prince Regent
on behalf of King George III
United Kingdom Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington Military Peerage–Army

7 September 1812 Marquess of Normanby in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Kingdom of Ireland Henry Phipps, Baron Mulgrave Former Foreign Secretary

7 September 1812 Kingdom of Great Britain Edward Lascelles, Baron Harewood

24 February 1813 Kingdom of Great Britain Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Baron Minto Incumbent Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William

16 July 1814 United Kingdom William Cathcart, Viscount Cathcart Military Peerage–Army

24 November 1815 Kingdom of Ireland James Grimston, Viscount Grimston

28 November 1815 Kingdom of Great Britain John Eliot, Baron Eliot [note 1]

29 November 1815 Kingdom of Great Britain John Parker, Baron Boringdon

30 November 1815 Kingdom of Great Britain Orlando Bridgeman, Baron Bradford

7 July 1821 Kingdom of Great Britain John Scott, Baron Eldon Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain King George IV

16 July 1821 United Kingdom Richard Curzon-Howe, Viscount Curzon

18 July 1821 Kingdom of Great Britain John Rous, Baron Rous

4 February 1822 Kingdom of Great Britain Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Marquess of Buckingham [note 1]

Earl Vane
Viscount Seaham
8 July 1823 Kingdom of Ireland Charles Vane, Marquess of Londonderry Former Ambassador to Austria[note 1]

6 October 1827 Kingdom of Great Britain John Campbell, Baron Cawdor

15 September 1831 Held by the Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England since 1858. King William IV
Lord George Cavendish[note 3]

15 September 1831 United Kingdom Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson Incumbent Master of the Buckhounds

23 March 1833 United Kingdom John Lambton, Baron Durham Incumbent Ambassador to Russia

10 May 1833 United Kingdom Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Granville Incumbent Ambassador to France and former Ambassador to Russia

27 January 1837 Kingdom of England Kenneth Howard, Baron Howard of Effingham Military Peerage–Army

28 January 1837 Kingdom of Great Britain Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, Baron Ducie

30 January 1837 Kingdom of Great Britain Charles Anderson-Pelham, Baron Yarborough

11 August 1837 Kingdom of Scotland James Innes-Ker, Duke of Roxburghe Queen Victoria

12 August 1837 Thomas Coke

2 July 1838 Marquess of Zetland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Kingdom of Great Britain Lawrence Dundas, Baron Dundas

16 August 1841 United Kingdom Charles Noel, Baron Barham

6 July 1846 Held by the Duke of Sutherland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom since 1963.
Lord Francis Egerton[note 4] Former cabinet minister

18 September 1847 United Kingdom John Byng, Baron Strafford Military Peerage–Army

11 June 1850 United Kingdom Charles Pepys, Baron Cottenham Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

11 April 1857 United Kingdom Henry Wellesley, Baron Cowley Incumbent Ambassador to France

23 June 1859 Kingdom of Scotland Archibald Montgomerie, Earl of Eglinton Incumbent Viceroy of Ireland

17 February 1860 Kingdom of England William Ward, Baron Ward

30 July 1861 Lord John Russell[note 5] Former Prime Minister

21 October 1861 Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland [note 1]

1 June 1866 Kingdom of Great Britain John Wodehouse, Baron Wodehouse Incumbent Viceroy of Ireland

15 January 1876 United Kingdom Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, Baron Wharncliffe [note 1]

27 September 1878 United Kingdom Hugh Cairns, Baron Cairns Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

28 April 1880 United Kingdom Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Baron Lytton Incumbent Viceroy of India

30 December 1882 United Kingdom Roundell Palmer, Baron Selborne Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

3 July 1885 Stafford Northcote, Bt. Incumbent First Lord of the Treasury

22 August 1892 United Kingdom Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount Cranbrook Former Home Secretary

6 August 1901 United Kingdom Evelyn Baring, Viscount Cromer Incumbent Consul-General of Egypt King Edward VII

18 December 1905 Kingdom of England Robert Windsor-Clive, Baron Windsor Former cabinet minister

22 December 1905 United Kingdom Cecil Foljambe, Baron Hawkesbury Incumbent Lord Steward of the Household

3 July 1911 Kingdom of Scotland Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery Former Prime Minister King George V

22 February 1915 United Kingdom Michael Hicks Beach, Viscount St Aldwyn Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

20 December 1917 Marquess of Reading in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom Rufus Isaacs, Viscount Reading Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of England

27 September 1919 David Beatty Military Peerage–Navy

29 September 1919 Douglas Haig Military Peerage–Army

30 September 1919 United Kingdom Edward Guinness, Viscount Iveagh

5 May 1922 Arthur Balfour Former Prime Minister[note 1]

9 February 1925 H. H. Asquith Former Prime Minister

29 June 1925 United Kingdom John Jellicoe, Viscount Jellicoe Former Governor-General of New Zealand

20 June 1929 United Kingdom James Mackay, Viscount Inchcape Chairman of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

10 July 1929 United Kingdom William Peel, Viscount Peel Former cabinet minister

1 June 1937 Kingdom of Scotland Claude Bowes-Lyon, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Father-in-law of King George VI King George VI

8 June 1937 Stanley Baldwin Former Prime Minister

11 July 1944 United Kingdom Edward Wood, Viscount Halifax Former Viceroy of India

8 January 1945 United Kingdom Alexander Hore-Ruthven, Baron Gowrie Incumbent Governor-General of Australia

12 February 1945 David Lloyd George Former Prime Minister

18 October 1947 United Kingdom Louis Mountbatten, Viscount Mountbatten of Burma Incumbent Governor-General of India[note 1]

11 March 1952 United Kingdom Harold Alexander, Viscount Alexander of Tunis Former Governor General of Canada Queen Elizabeth II

5 May 1955 United Kingdom Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Viscount Swinton Former cabinet minister

16 December 1955 Clement Attlee Former Prime Minister

9 December 1956 United Kingdom Frederick Marquis, Viscount Woolton Former Chairman of the Conservative Party

6 October 1961 Antony Armstrong-Jones Husband of Princess Margaret

24 February 1984 Harold Macmillan Former Prime Minister

19 June 1999 Prince Edward On his wedding day to Sophie Rhys-Jones

10 March 2019 Prince Edward On his 55th Birthday, (Title used in Scotland only)

Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom[edit]

  •   Subsidiary title.
  •   Peerage of the United Kingdom created for a Peer of Scotland or Ireland to have an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
Shield Title Creation Grantee Reason Monarch

27 April 1801 Kingdom of Great Britain John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent Military Peerage–Navy[note 1] King George III

27 February 1802 Earl Howe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Kingdom of Great Britain Assheton Curzon, Baron Curzon

24 December 1802 Henry Dundas Former Home Secretary

12 January 1805 Henry Addington Former Prime Minister

17 February 1806 Earl of Lichfield in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Thomas Anson Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

9 November 1807 Earl Cathcart in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Kingdom of Scotland William Cathcart, Lord Cathcart[note 2] Military Peerage Army

4 September 1809 Duke of Wellington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Arthur Wellesley[note 6] Military Peerage–Army

16 July 1814 Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in the Peerage of the United Kingdom The Prince Regent
on behalf of King George III
Kingdom of Scotland George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen[note 2] Former Ambassador to Austria

12 August 1815 Earl Granville in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Granville Leveson-Gower[note 7] Former cabinet minister

10 December 1816 United Kingdom Edward Pellew, Baron Exmouth Military Peerage–Navy

14 July 1821 Kingdom of Ireland Richard Hely-Hutchinson, Earl of Donoughmore [note 1] King George IV

8 December 1823 Kingdom of Ireland Richard Trench, Earl of Clancarty Incumbent Ambassador to the Netherlands

8 February 1827 United Kingdom Stapleton Cotton, Baron Combermere Military Peerage–Army

27 September 1842 United Kingdom Rowland Hill, Baron Hill Military Peerage–Army[note 1] Queen Victoria

2 May 1846 Henry Hardinge Incumbent Viceroy of India

21 February 1866 Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Charles Wood, Bt. Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

6 July 1868 Kingdom of Ireland Alexander Hood, Baron Bridport Military Peerage–Army

28 March 1873 United Kingdom Edward Portman, Baron Portman

4 May 1878 Earl of Cranbrook in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Gathorne Hardy Former Home Secretary

4 March 1884 Henry Brand[note 8] Former Speaker of the House of Commons

11 November 1891 Emily Smith Widow of the First Lord of the Treasury William Henry Smith[note 1]

9 May 1895 Earl Peel in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Arthur Peel Former Speaker of the House of Commons

3 August 1895 United Kingdom Henry Holland, Baron Knutsford Former cabinet minister

11 November 1897 United Kingdom William Brett, Baron Esher Former Master of the Rolls

25 July 1899 Earl of Cromer in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Evelyn Baring, Baron Cromer Incumbent Consul-General of Egypt

18 December 1900 George Goschen Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

19 December 1900 Matthew White Ridley, Bt. Former Home Secretary

12 July 1902 Kingdom of Scotland Charles Colville, Lord Colville of Culross[note 2] Former Master of the Buckhounds King Edward VII

6 July 1905 William Gully Former Speaker of the House of Commons

18 December 1905 Earl of Iveagh in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Edward Guinness, Baron Iveagh

19 December 1905 Earl Spencer in the Peerage of Great Britain.
Charles Spencer[note 9] Incumbent Lord Chamberlain of the Household

6 January 1906 Earl St Aldwyn in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Michael Hicks Beach Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

4 July 1911 United Kingdom Francis Knollys, Baron Knollys Incumbent Private Secretary to the Sovereign King George V

5 July 1911 United Kingdom Wentworth Beaumont, Baron Allendale

6 July 1911 Aretas Akers-Douglas Former Home Secretary

2 November 1911 Kingdom of Ireland George Curzon, Baron Curzon of Kedleston Former Viceroy of India[note 1]

22 June 1916 United Kingdom John Bigham, Baron Mersey Judicial Peer

26 June 1916 Marquess of Reading in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Rufus Isaacs, Baron Reading Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of England

2 January 1917 United Kingdom Weetman Pearson, Baron Cowdray Incumbent cabinet minister

23 June 1917 United Kingdom Hudson Kearley, Baron Devonport Former cabinet minister

23 June 1917 United Kingdom United States William Waldorf Astor, Baron Astor The first man from the United States to be created a Hereditary Peer

15 January 1918 Earl Jellicoe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
John Jellicoe Military Peerage–Navy[note 1]

15 June 1918 United Kingdom Ivor Guest, Baron Wimborne Incumbent Viceroy of Ireland

17 June 1918 United Kingdom John Philipps, Baron St Davids

17 May 1919 United Kingdom Harold Harmsworth, Baron Rothermere Founder of the Daily Mail

7 October 1919 Edmund Allenby Military Peerage–Army[note 1]

3 June 1921 United Kingdom Frederic Thesiger, Baron Chelmsford Incumbent Viceroy of India

4 June 1921 Walter Long Former Leader of the Irish Unionist Alliance

8 July 1921 James Lowther[note 10] Former Speaker of the House of Commons

20 February 1923 George Younger, Bt. Former Chairman of the Conservative Party

21 January 1924 Earl of Inchcape in the Peerage in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom James Mackay, Baron Inchcape Chairman of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

16 June 1925 United Kingdom Marcus Samuel, Baron Bearsted Founder of Royal Dutch Shell

20 January 1927 James Craig, Bt. Incumbent Prime Minister of Northern Ireland

18 June 1929 William Bridgeman[note 11] Former Home Secretary

4 July 1929 United Kingdom Douglas Hogg, Baron Hailsham Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
5 July 1929 William Joynson-Hicks, Bt. Former Home Secretary

24 February 1933 United Kingdom Stanley Buckmaster, Baron Buckmaster Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

24 June 1935 United Kingdom Charles Bathurst, Baron Bledisloe Former Governor-General of New Zealand

29 November 1935 Earl of Swinton in the Peerage in the United Kingdom
Philip Cunliffe-Lister Incumbent cabinet minister

17 January 1936 United Kingdom Ernest Pollock, Baron Hanworth Incumbent Master of the Rolls

31 January 1936 United Kingdom Hugh Trenchard, Baron Trenchard Former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police King Edward VIII

8 June 1937 Herbert Samuel Former Home Secretary King George VI

10 June 1937 Walter Runciman[note 12] Former cabinet minister
11 June 1937 J. C. C. Davidson Former Chairman of the Conservative Party

25 June 1938 United Kingdom William Weir, Baron Weir Former cabinet minister

27 June 1938 Held by the Earl of Kintore in the Peerage of Scotland since 1974.
United Kingdom John Baird, Baron Stonehaven Former Governor-General of Australia
6 September 1939 Thomas Inskip Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
20 January 1941 United Kingdom William Berry, Baron Camrose Co-owner of The Daily Telegraph

12 January 1942 William Wedgwood Benn Former cabinet minister

27 April 1942 David Margesson Former cabinet minister

3 May 1943 Muriel FitzRoy Widow of the Speaker of the House of Commons Edward FitzRoy[note 1]

2 July 1945 United Kingdom Christopher Addison, Baron Addison Former cabinet minister

12 September 1945 United Kingdom Gomer Berry, Baron Kemsley Co-owner of The Daily Telegraph

13 September 1945 United Kingdom George Penny, Baron Marchwood

31 January 1946 Bernard Montgomery Military Peerage–Army

1 March 1946 Earl Alexander of Tunis in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Harold Alexander[note 13] Military Peerage–Army

23 August 1946 Earl Mountbatten of Burma in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Louis Mountbatten[note 14] Military Peerage–Navy[note 1]

28 January 1952 John Anderson Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

10 April 1952 Archibald Sinclair, Bt. Former Leader of the Liberal Party Queen Elizabeth II

1 July 1952 Basil Brooke, Bt. Incumbent Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
5 July 1952 Duff Cooper Former Ambassador to France

2 July 1953 Earl of Woolton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Frederick Marquis, Baron Woolton Incumbent cabinet minister

18 January 1954 United Kingdom Frederick Leathers, Baron Leathers Former cabinet minister
16 July 1954 United Kingdom Herwald Ramsbotham, Baron Soulbury Incumbent Governor-General of Ceylon

9 September 1954 Oliver Lyttelton[note 15] Former cabinet minister

18 March 1955 Godfrey Huggins Incumbent Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

12 January 1956 United Kingdom William Sidney, Baron De L'Isle and Dudley Former cabinet minister

11 February 1957 Walter Monckton Former cabinet minister

12 February 1957 Gwilym Lloyd George[note 16] Former Home Secretary

10 July 1957 United Kingdom Harold Mackintosh, Baron Mackintosh of Halifax Owner of John Mackintosh & Sons Ltd

12 November 1959 William Morrison Former Speaker of the House of Commons

20 November 1959 James Stuart[note 17] Former cabinet minister

20 January 1960 United Kingdom John Kemp, Baron Rochdale

15 July 1960 William Slim Incumbent Governor-General of Australia

2 August 1960 Antony Head Incumbent High Commissioner to Nigeria

8 September 1960 Alan Lennox-Boyd Former cabinet minister

22 August 1962 United Kingdom Percy Mills, Baron Mills Former cabinet minister

8 November 1963 John Hare[note 18] Incumbent Chairman of the Conservative Party

14 January 1964 United Kingdom David Eccles, Baron Eccles Former cabinet minister

7 December 1964 United Kingdom Reginald Manningham-Buller, Baron Dilhorne Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom[edit]

  •   Subsidiary title.
  •   Peerage of the United Kingdom created for a Peer of Scotland or Ireland to have an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
Shield Title Creation Grantee Reason Monarch

Baron Loftus 19 January 1801 Kingdom of Ireland Charles Loftus, Marquess of Ely King George III

Baron Grey 23 June 1801 Earl Grey in the Peerage of United Kingdom
Charles Grey

Baron Nelson 18 August 1801 Earl Nelson in the Peerage of United Kingdom
Kingdom of Great Britain Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson Military Peerage–Navy[note 1]

Baron Ellenborough 19 April 1802 Edward Law Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench

Baron Sandys 19 June 1802 Held by the Marquess of Downshire in the Peerage of Ireland since 2013
Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire Wife of The Marquess of Downshire[note 1]

Baron Barham 1 May 1805 Earl of Gainsborough in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Charles Middleton, Bt. Military Peerage–Navy[note 1]

Baron Erskine 10 February 1806 Held by the Earl of Buchan in the Peerage of Scotland since 1960
Thomas Erskine[note 19] Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Baron Monteagle 20 February 1806 Kingdom of Ireland John Browne, Marquess of Sligo

Baron Ardrossan 21 February 1806 Kingdom of Scotland Hugh Montgomerie, Earl of Eglinton[note 2]

Baron Granard 24 February 1806 Kingdom of Ireland George Forbes, Earl of Granard

Baron Ailsa 12 November 1806 Marquess of Ailsa in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Kingdom of Scotland Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis[note 2]

Baron Manners 20 April 1807 Thomas Manners-Sutton[note 20] Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Ireland

Baron Hopetoun 3 February 1809 Marquess of Linlithgow in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Kingdom of Scotland James Hope-Johnstone, Earl of Hopetoun[note 21] [note 1]

Baron Niddry 17 May 1814 Marquess of Linlithgow in the Peerage of the United Kingdom The Prince Regent
on behalf of King George III
John Hope[note 22] Military Peerage–Army

Baron Combermere 17 May 1814 Viscount Combermere in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Stapleton Cotton, Bt. Military Peerage–Army

Baron Exmouth 1 June 1814 Viscount Exmouth in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Edward Pellew, Bt. Military Peerage–Navy

Baron Stewart 1 July 1814 Held by the Marquess of Londonderry in the Peerage of Ireland since 1822
Charles Stewart[note 23] Incumbent Ambassador to Austria

Baron Trench 4 August 1815 Kingdom of Ireland Richard Trench, Earl of Clancarty Incumbent Ambassador to the Netherlands

Baron Meldrum 11 August 1815 Kingdom of Scotland George Gordon, Earl of Aboyne[note 2]

Baron Grinstead 11 August 1815 Kingdom of Ireland John Cole, Earl of Enniskillen

Baron Foxford 11 August 1815 Kingdom of Ireland Edmund Pery, Earl of Limerick

Baron Churchill 11 August 1815 Lord Francis Spencer[note 24] Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Harris 11 August 1815 George Harris Military Peerage–Army

Baron Hill 16 January 1816 Viscount Hill in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Rowland Hill, Baron Hill Military Peerage–Army[note 1]

Baron Ker of Kersehugh 17 July 1821 Kingdom of Scotland William Kerr, Marquess of Lothian[note 2] King George IV

Baron Minster 17 July 1821 Kingdom of Ireland Henry Conyngham, Marquess Conyngham Incumbent Lord Steward of the Household

Baron Wemyss 17 July 1821 Kingdom of Scotland Francis Douglas, Earl of March, also held with the Earl of Wemyss since 1826

Baron Silchester 17 July 1821 Kingdom of Ireland Thomas Pakenham, Earl of Longford

Baron Oriel 17 July 1821 Held by the Viscount Ferrard in the Peerage of Ireland since 1826, and Viscount Massereene since 1843
John Foster Former Speaker of the House of Commons of Ireland

Baron Ravensworth 17 July 1821 Thomas Liddell, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Delamere 17 July 1821 Thomas Cholmondeley Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Forester 17 July 1821 Cecil Weld-Forester Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Rayleigh 18 July 1821 Lady Charlotte Strutt Wife of Joseph Strutt[note 1]

Baron Gifford 30 January 1824 Robert Gifford Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Baron Wigan 5 July 1826 Kingdom of Scotland James Lindsay, Earl of Balcarres, also held with the Earl of Crawford since 1848

Baron Ranfurly 6 July 1826 Kingdom of Ireland Thomas Knox, Viscount Northland

Baron Wharncliffe 12 July 1826 Earl of Wharncliffe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
James Stuart-Wortley[note 25] Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Feversham 14 July 1826 Charles Duncombe Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Seaford 15 July 1826 Charles Ellis Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Plunket 1 May 1827 William Plunket Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas for Ireland

Baron Cowley 21 January 1828 Earl Cowley in the Peerage of United Kingdom
Henry Wellesley[note 26] Incumbent Ambassador to Austria

Baron Heytesbury 23 January 1828 William à Court, Bt. Incumbent Ambassador to Russia

Baron Rosebery 26 January 1828 Kingdom of Scotland Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery[note 2]

Baron Clanwilliam 28 January 1828 Kingdom of Ireland Richard Meade, Earl of Clanwilliam Former Minister of Prussia

Baron Durham 29 January 1828 Earl of Durham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
John Lambton Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Skelmersdale 30 January 1828 Edward Bootle-Wilbraham Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Wynford 5 June 1829 William Best Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Baron Kilmarnock 17 June 1831 Kingdom of Scotland William Hay, Earl of Erroll[note 2] [note 27] King William IV

Baron Kenlis 10 September 1831 Kingdom of Ireland Thomas Taylour, Marquess of Headfort

Baron Chaworth 10 September 1831 Kingdom of Ireland John Brabazon, Earl of Meath

Baron Oakley 10 September 1831 Held by the Earl Cadogan in the Peerage of Great Britain since 1832
George Cadogan[note 28] Military Peerage–Navy

Baron Poltimore 10 September 1831 George Bampfylde, Bt.

Baron Mostyn 10 September 1831 Edward Lloyd Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Templemore 10 September 1831 Held by the Marquess of Donegall in the Peerage of Ireland since 1975
Arthur Chichester[note 29] Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron de Saumarez 15 September 1831 James Saumarez, Bt. Military Peerage–Navy

Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe 22 December 1832 Held by the Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England since 1834
Edward Smith-Stanley, Lord Stanley[note 30]

Baron Denman 28 March 1834 Thomas Denman Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench

Baron Duncannon 19 July 1834 Held by the Earl of Bessborough in the Peerage of Ireland since 1844
John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon[note 31] Incumbent Home Secretary

Baron Abinger 12 January 1835 James Scarlett Incumbent Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer

Baron De L'Isle and Dudley 13 January 1835 Viscount De L'Isle in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Philip Sidney, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Ashburton 10 April 1835 Alexander Baring Former cabinet minister

Baron Hatherton 11 May 1835 Edward Littleton Former cabinet minister

Baron Strafford 12 May 1835 Earl of Strafford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
John Byng[note 32] Military Peerage–Army

Baron Worlingham 13 June 1835 Kingdom of Ireland Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford

Baron Cottenham 20 January 1836 Earl of Cottenham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Charles Pepys Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Baron Stratheden 22 January 1836 Lady Mary Campbell Wife of John Campbell[note 1]

Baron Portman 27 January 1837 Viscount Portman in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Edward Portman Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Lovat 28 January 1837 Thomas Fraser also held with the Lord of Lovat since 1854

Baron Rossmore 7 July 1838 Kingdom of Ireland Warner Westenra, Baron Rossmore Queen Victoria

Baron Carew 9 July 1838 Kingdom of Ireland Robert Carew, Baron Carew

Baron de Mauley 10 July 1838 William Ponsonby[note 33] Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Wrottesley 11 July 1838 John Wrottesley Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Sudeley 12 July 1838 Charles Hanbury-Tracy Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Methuen 13 July 1838 Paul Methuen Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Stanley of Alderley 9 May 1839 John Stanley, Bt.

Baron Leigh 11 May 1839 Chandos Leigh
Baron Monteagle of Brandon 5 September 1839 Thomas Spring Rice Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

Baron Campbell 30 June 1841 Held by the Baron Stratheden in the Peerage in the United Kingdom since 1861
John Campbell Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Ireland

Baron Oxenfoord 16 July 1841 Kingdom of Scotland John Dalrymple, Earl of Stair [note 1]

Baron Vivian 19 August 1841 Hussey Vivian, Bt. Former Master-General of the Ordnance

Baron Congleton 20 August 1841 Henry Parnell, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Acheson 18 September 1847 Held by the Earl of Gosford in the Peerage of Ireland since 1849
Archibald Acheson, Viscount Acheson[note 34]

Baron Eddisbury 12 May 1848 Held by the Baron Stanley of Alderley in the Peerage in the United Kingdom since 1850
Edward Stanley[note 35] Former cabinet minister

Baron Elgin 13 November 1849 Kingdom of Scotland James Bruce, Earl of Elgin

Baron Londesborough 4 March 1850 Lord Albert Denison[note 36] Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron de Freyne 5 April 1851 United Kingdom Arthur French, Baron de Freyne Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party[note 1]

Baron Raglan 20 October 1852 Lord FitzRoy Somerset[note 37] Incumbent Master-General of the Ordnance

Baron Belper 29 August 1856 Edward Strutt Former cabinet minister

Baron Ebury 15 September 1857 Held by the Earl of Wilton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom since 1999
Lord Robert Grosvenor[note 38]

Baron Chesham 15 January 1858 Charles Cavendish[note 39] Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Chelmsford 1 March 1858 Viscount Chelmsford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Frederic Thesiger Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Baron Churston 2 August 1858 John Yarde-Buller, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Leconfield 14 April 1859 George Wyndham

Baron Lyveden 28 June 1859 Robert Vernon Smith Former cabinet minister

Baron Brougham and Vaux 22 March 1860 United Kingdom Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain[note 1]

Baron Herbert of Lea 15 January 1861 Held by the Earl of Pembroke in the Peerage of England since 1862
Sidney Herbert[note 40] Former cabinet minister

Baron Westbury 27 June 1861 Richard Bethell Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Baron Annaly 19 August 1863 Henry White Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Buckhurst 27 April 1864 Held by the Earl De La Warr in the Peerage of Great Britain since 1873
Elizabeth Sackville-West, Countess De La Warr Wife of George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr[note 1]

Baron Northbrook 4 January 1866 Francis Baring, Bt. Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

Baron Monck 12 July 1866 Kingdom of Ireland Charles Monck, Viscount Monck Incumbent Governor General of Canada

Baron Hartismere 13 July 1866 Kingdom of Ireland John Henniker-Major, Baron Henniker

Baron Lytton 14 July 1866 Earl of Lytton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Hylton 16 July 1866 William Jolliffe, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Penrhyn 3 August 1866 Edward Douglas-Pennant[note 41] Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Brancepeth 31 August 1866 Kingdom of Ireland Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, Viscount Boyne

Baron Cairns 27 February 1867 Earl Cairns in the Peerage in the United Kingdom
Hugh Cairns Former cabinet minister

Baron O'Neill 18 April 1868 William O'Neill[note 42]

Baron Napier of Magdala 17 July 1868 Robert Napier Former Acting Viceroy of India

Baron Gormanston 8 December 1868 Kingdom of Ireland Edward Preston, Viscount Gormanston

Baron Dunning 29 June 1869 Kingdom of Scotland William Rollo, Lord Rollo[note 2]

Baron Balinhard 7 December 1869 Held by the Duke of Fife in the Peerage of the United Kingdom since 1992
Kingdom of Scotland James Carnegie, Earl of Southesk

Baron Hare 8 December 1869 Kingdom of Ireland William Hare, Earl of Listowel

Baron Howard of Glossop 9 December 1869 Held by the Duke of Norfolk in the Peerage of England since 1975
Lord Edward Fitzalan-Howard[note 43] Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

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Baron Acton 11 May 1869 John Dalberg-Acton, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Wolverton 14 May 1869 George Glyn Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Kildare 3 May 1870 Held by the Duke of Leinster in the Peerage of Ireland since 1874
Charles FitzGerald, Marquess of Kildare[note 44]

Baron O'Hagan 14 June 1870 Thomas O'Hagan Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Ireland

Baron Sandhurst 28 March 1871 William Mansfield Military Peerage–Army

Baron Ettrick 16 July 1872 Kingdom of Scotland Francis Napier, Lord Napier Former Acting Viceroy of India

Baron Selborne 23 October 1872 Earl of Selborne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Roundell Palmer Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Baron Somerton 9 April 1873 Kingdom of Ireland James Agar, Earl of Normanton

Baron Aberdare 23 August 1873 Henry Bruce Former Home Secretary

Baron Moncreiff 9 January 1874 James Moncreiff, Bt. Incumbent Lord Justice Clerk

Baron Coleridge 10 January 1874 John Coleridge Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Baron Cottesloe 2 March 1874 Thomas Fremantle, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Hampton 6 March 1874 John Pakington, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Douglas of Douglas 11 June 1875 Kingdom of Scotland Cospatrick Douglas-Home, Earl of Home[note 2]

Baron Ramsay 12 June 1875 Kingdom of Scotland George Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie

Baron Fermanagh 13 January 1876 Kingdom of Ireland John Crichton, Earl Erne

Baron Harlech 14 January 1876 John Ormsby-Gore Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party[note 1]

Baron Tollemache 17 January 1876 John Tollemache Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Gerard 18 January 1876 Robert Gerard, Bt.

Baron Sackville 2 October 1876 Mortimer Sackville-West[note 45] [note 1]

Baron Norton 16 April 1878 Charles Adderley Former cabinet minister

Baron Wimborne 30 April 1880 Viscount Wimborne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Ivor Guest, Bt.

Baron Trevor 5 May 1880 Lord Edwin Hill-Trevor[note 46] Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Brabourne 26 May 1880 Held by the Earl Mountbatten of Burma in the Peerage of the United Kingdom since 2017
Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Ampthill 11 March 1881 Lord Odo Russell[note 47] Incumbent Ambassador to Germany

Baron Tweeddale 6 October 1881 Kingdom of Scotland William Hay, Marquess of Tweeddale

Baron Derwent 10 October 1881 Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Hothfield 11 October 1881 Henry James Tufton, Bt.

Baron Tennyson 24 January 1884 Alfred Tennyson Incumbent Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom

Baron Strathspey 17 June 1884 Kingdom of Scotland James Ogilvy-Grant, Earl of Seafield [note 48]

Baron Monk Bretton 4 November 1884 John George Dodson Former cabinet minister

Baron Northbourne 5 November 1884 Walter James, Bt.

Baron Sudley 7 November 1884 Kingdom of Ireland Arthur Gore, Earl of Arran

Baron Powerscourt 27 June 1885 Kingdom of Ireland Mervyn Wingfield, Viscount Powerscourt

Baron Northington 28 June 1885 Kingdom of Ireland Anthony Henley, Baron Henley

Baron Rothschild 29 June 1885 Nathan Rothschild, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Revelstoke 30 June 1885 Edward Baring

Baron Monkswell 1 July 1885 Robert Collier Former cabinet minister

Baron Ashbourne 4 July 1885 Edward Gibson Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Ireland
Baron St Oswald 6 July 1885 Rowland Winn Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Esher 24 July 1885 Viscount Esher in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
William Brett Incumbent Master of the Rolls

Baron Montagu of Beaulieu 29 December 1885 Lord Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu[note 49] Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Elphinstone 30 December 1885 Kingdom of Scotland William Elphinstone, Lord Elphinstone[note 2]

Baron Colville of Culross 31 December 1885 Viscount Colville of Culross in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Kingdom of Scotland Charles Colville, Lord Colville of Culross[note 2]

Baron Hindlip 16 February 1886 Henry Allsopp, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party
Baron Grimthorpe 17 February 1886 Edmund Beckett, Bt. [note 1]

Baron Kensington 23 March 1886 Kingdom of Ireland William Edwardes, Baron Kensington

Baron Hamilton of Dalzell 14 August 1886 John Hamilton Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Stanley of Preston 27 August 1886 Held by the Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England since 1893
Frederick Stanley[note 50] Incumbent cabinet minister

Baron Bowes 1 July 1887 Kingdom of Scotland Claude Bowes-Lyon, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne[note 2]

Baron St Levan 1 July 1887 John St Aubyn, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Unionist Party

Baron Basing 7 July 1887 George Sclater-Booth Former cabinet minister

Baron de Ramsey 8 July 1887 Edward Fellowes Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party
Baron Addington 22 July 1887 John Hubbard Former Governor of the Bank of England

Baron Knutsford 23 February 1888 Viscount Knutsford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Henry Holland, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Savile 27 October 1888 John Savile Former Ambassador to Italy[note 1]

Baron Iveagh 21 February 1891 Earl of Iveagh in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Edward Guinness, Bt.

Baron Cromer 20 June 1892 Earl of Cromer in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Evelyn Baring Incumbent Consul-General of Egypt

Baron Ashcombe 22 August 1892 George Cubitt Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Crawshaw 25 August 1892 Thomas Brooks, Bt.

Baron Amherst of Hackney 26 August 1892 William Tyssen-Amherst Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party[note 1]

Baron Newton 27 August 1892 William Legh Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Dunleath 29 August 1892 John Mulholland Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Swansea 9 June 1893 Henry Vivian, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Hawkesbury 24 June 1893 Earl of Liverpool in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Cecil Foljambe Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Aldenham 31 January 1896 Hucks Gibbs Former Governor of the Bank of England

Baron Fairlie 23 July 1897 Kingdom of Scotland David Boyle, Earl of Glasgow Former Governor of New Zealand

Baron Dawnay 24 July 1897 Kingdom of Ireland Hugh Dawnay, Viscount Downe

Baron HolmPatrick 27 July 1897 Ion Hamilton Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Burton 29 November 1897 United Kingdom Michael Bass, Baron Burton Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party[note 1]

Baron Glanusk 26 January 1899 Joseph Bailey, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party
Baron Cranworth 28 January 1899 Robert Gurdon Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Unionist Party

Baron Avebury 22 January 1900 John Lubbock, Bt. Former Chairman of the London County Council
Baron Killanin 15 June 1900 United Kingdom Michael Morris, Baron Morris Former Lord Chief Justice of Ireland

Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal 26 June 1900 United Kingdom Canada Donald Smith, Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal Incumbent Canadian High Commissioner the United Kingdom[note 1]

Baron Kinross 15 July 1902 John Balfour Incumbent Lord President of the Court of Session King Edward VII

Baron Shuttleworth 16 July 1902 Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Grenfell 19 July 1902 Francis Grenfell Military Peerage–Army

Baron Knollys 21 July 1902 Viscount Knollys in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Francis Knollys Incumbent Private Secretary to the Sovereign

Baron Redesdale 22 July 1902 Algernon Freeman-Mitford Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Burnham 31 July 1903 Edward Levy-Lawson, Bt. Owner of The Daily Telegraph
Baron Biddulph 1 August 1903 Michael Biddulph Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Unionist Party

Baron Ritchie of Dundee 22 December 1905 Charles Ritchie Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

Baron Hemphill 12 January 1906 Charles Hemphill Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Joicey 13 January 1906 James Joicey, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Nunburnholme 16 January 1906 Charles Wilson Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Swaythling 18 July 1907 Samuel Montagu, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Blyth 19 July 1907 James Blyth, Bt.

Baron Marchamley 3 July 1908 George Whiteley Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron St Davids 6 July 1908 Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
John Philipps, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Gorell 16 February 1909 Gorell Barnes Judicial Peer

Baron Fisher 7 December 1909 John Fisher Military Peerage–Navy
Baron Kilbracken 8 December 1909 Arthur Godley Former Civil Servant

Baron Ashby St Ledgers 15 March 1910 Viscount Wimborne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Ivor Guest[note 51] Incumbent cabinet minister

Baron Mersey 16 March 1910 Viscount Mersey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
John Bigham Judicial Peer

Baron Devonport 15 July 1910 Viscount Devonport in the Peerage of the United Kingdom King George V
Hudson Kearley, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Cowdray 16 July 1910 Viscount Cowdray in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Weetman Pearson, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Hardinge of Penshurst 21 July 1910 Charles Hardinge[note 52] Incumbent Viceroy of India

Baron de Villiers 21 September 1910 United Kingdom Union of South Africa John de Villiers Incumbent Chief Justice of South Africa

Baron Glenconner 3 April 1911 Edward Tennant, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Mountgarret 20 June 1911 Kingdom of Ireland Henry Butler, Viscount Mountgarret

Baron Aberconway 21 June 1911 Charles McLaren, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party
Baron Merthyr 24 June 1911 William Lewis, Bt.

Baron Inchcape 26 June 1911 Earl of Inchcape in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
James Mackay Chairman of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

Baron Rowallan 27 June 1911 Archibald Corbett Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Ashton of Hyde 28 June 1911 Thomas Ashton Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Ravensdale 2 November 1911 Kingdom of Ireland George Curzon, Baron Curzon of Kedleston Former Viceroy of India[note 1]

Baron Hollenden 9 February 1912 Samuel Morley Former Governor of the Bank of England

Baron Butler of Mount Juliet 8 July 1912 Kingdom of Ireland Charles Butler, Earl of Carrick

Baron Rochdale 14 February 1913 Viscount Rochdale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
George Kemp Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Reading 9 January 1914 Marquess of Reading in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Rufus Isaacs Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of England

Baron Parmoor 16 January 1914 Charles Cripps Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Rothermere 17 January 1914 Viscount Rothermere in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Harold Harmsworth, Bt. Founder of the Daily Mail

Baron Cunliffe 14 December 1914 Walter Cunliffe Incumbent Governor of the Bank of England

Baron Wrenbury 12 April 1915 Henry Buckley Judicial Peer

Baron Buckmaster 14 June 1915 Viscount Buckmaster in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Stanley Buckmaster Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Baron Faringdon 24 January 1916 Alexander Henderson, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Shaughnessy 25 January 1916 United States Canada Thomas Shaughnessy

Baron Astor 26 January 1916 Viscount Astor in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom United States William Waldorf Astor The first man from the United States to be created a Hereditary Peer

Baron Rathcreedan 27 January 1916 Cecil Norton Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Somerleyton 26 June 1916 Savile Crossley, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Carnock 27 June 1916 Arthur Nicolson, Bt. Former Ambassador to Russia

Baron Beaverbrook 2 January 1917 United Kingdom Canada Max Aitken, Bt. Owner of the Daily Express

Baron Gainford 3 January 1917 Jack Pease Former cabinet minister

Baron Forteviot 4 January 1917 John Dewar, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Colwyn 22 June 1917 Frederick Smith, Bt.

Baron Gisborough 23 June 1917 Richard Chaloner Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Morris 15 January 1918 United Kingdom Dominion of Newfoundland Edward Morris Former Prime Minister of Newfoundland

Baron Cawley 16 January 1918 Frederick Cawley, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Terrington 19 January 1918 James Woodhouse Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Weir 26 June 1918 Viscount Weir in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
William Weir Incumbent cabinet minister
Baron Glenarthur 27 June 1918 Matthew Arthur, Bt.

Baron Phillimore 2 July 1918 Walter Phillimore, Bt. Judicial Peer

Baron Bledisloe 15 October 1918 Viscount Bledisloe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Charles Bathurst Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Inverforth 5 February 1919 Andrew Weir Incumbent cabinet minister

Baron Sinha 14 February 1919 United Kingdom British Raj Satyendra Prasanna Sinha The first man from India to be created a Hereditary Peer

Baron Cochrane of Cults 16 May 1919 Thomas Cochrane[note 53] Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Unionist Party

Baron Clwyd 19 May 1919 John Roberts, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Russell of Liverpool 9 October 1919 Edward Russell Editor of the Liverpool Daily Post

Baron Ruthven of Gowrie 28 October 1919 Held by the Earl of Gowrie in the Peerage of the United Kingdom since 1956
Kingdom of Scotland Walter Hore-Ruthven, Lord Ruthven of Freeland
Baron Swinfen 1 November 1919 Charles Swinfen Eady Former Master of the Rolls

Baron Meston 29 November 1919 James Meston

Baron Cullen of Ashbourne 21 April 1920 Brien Cokayne Former Governor of the Bank of England

Baron Bearsted 15 June 1921 Viscount Bearsted in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Marcus Samuel, Bt. Founder of Royal Dutch Shell

Baron Trevethin 24 August 1921 Alfred Lawrence Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of England

Baron Glendyne 23 January 1922 Robert Nivison, Bt.

Baron Manton 25 January 1922 Joseph Watson

Baron Forres 19 June 1922 Archibald Williamson, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Vestey 20 June 1922 William Vestey, Bt. Co-founder of Blue Star Line

Baron Borwick 20 July 1922 Robert Borwick, Bt.

Baron Maclay 21 November 1922 Joseph Paton Maclay, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Bethell 23 November 1922 John Bethell, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon 24 July 1923 Held by the Baron Aldenham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom since 1939
Herbert Gibbs

Baron Darling 12 January 1924 Charles Darling Judicial Peer

Baron Banbury of Southam 21 January 1924 Frederick Banbury, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Merrivale 19 January 1925 Henry Duke Former cabinet minister

Baron Bradbury 28 January 1925 John Bradbury

Baron Stonehaven 12 June 1925 Held by the Earl of Kintore in the Peerage of Scotland since 1974
John Baird, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Irwin 22 December 1925 Earl of Halifax in the Peerage in the United Kingdom
Edward Wood[note 54] Former cabinet minister

Baron Mereworth 19 January 1926 Kingdom of Ireland Geoffrey Browne, Baron Oranmore and Browne

Baron Hanworth 21 January 1926 Viscount Hanworth in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Ernest Pollock, Bt. Incumbent Master of the Rolls
Baron Greenway 18 January 1927 Charles Greenway, Bt. Founder of Anglo-Persian Oil Company

Baron Hayter 29 January 1927 George Chubb, Bt.

Baron Cornwallis 31 January 1927 Fiennes Cornwallis Incumbent Chairman of Kent County Council
Baron Daresbury 21 June 1927 Gilbert Greenall, Bt.

Baron Wraxall 11 January 1928 George Gibbs Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Hailsham 5 April 1928 Viscount Hailsham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Douglas Hogg Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Baron Remnant 26 June 1928 James Remnant, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Moynihan 19 March 1929 Berkeley Moynihan, Bt.

Baron Craigmyle 7 May 1929 United Kingdom Thomas Shaw, Baron Shaw Judicial Peer
Baron Camrose 19 June 1929 Viscount Camrose in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
William Berry, Bt. Co-owner of The Daily Telegraph

Baron Dulverton 8 July 1929 Gilbert Wills, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Luke 9 July 1929 George Lawson Johnston

Baron Alvingham 10 July 1929 Robert Yerburgh Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Baden-Powell 17 September 1929 Robert Baden-Powell, Bt. Founder of The Scout Association

Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede 17 January 1930 Arthur Ponsonby[note 55] Former Member of Parliament for the Labour Party

Baron Dickinson 18 January 1930 Willoughby Dickinson Former Chairman of the London County Council

Baron Trenchard 23 January 1930 Viscount Trenchard in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Hugh Trenchard Military Peerage–RAF

Baron Noel-Buxton 17 June 1930 Noel Buxton Former cabinet minister

Baron Howard of Penrith 10 July 1930 Esmé Howard[note 56] Former Ambassador to the United States

Baron Rochester 23 January 1931 Ernest Lamb

Baron Selsdon 14 January 1932 William Mitchell-Thomson Former cabinet minister

Baron Moyne 21 January 1932 Walter Guinness[note 57] Former cabinet minister

Baron Davies 21 June 1932 David Davies Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Rankeillour 28 June 1932 James Hope[note 58] Former Chairman of Ways and Means

Baron Runciman 17 January 1933 Viscount Runciman of Doxford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Walter Runciman, Bt.

Baron Brocket 19 January 1933 Charles Nall-Cain, Bt.

Baron Milne 26 January 1933 George Milne Military Peerage–Army

Baron Rennell 1 March 1933 Rennell Rodd Former Ambassador to Italy

Baron Mottistone 21 June 1933 J. E. B. Seely Former cabinet minister

Baron Iliffe 22 June 1933 Edward Iliffe Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Palmer 24 June 1933 Ernest Palmer, Bt.

Baron Rockley 11 January 1934 Evelyn Cecil[note 59] Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Elton 16 January 1934 Godfrey Elton

Baron Bingham 26 June 1934 Kingdom of Ireland George Bingham, Earl of Lucan

Baron Wakehurst 29 June 1934 Gerald Loder

Baron Hesketh 25 January 1935 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Tweedsmuir 1 June 1935 John Buchan Incumbent Governor General of Canada

Baron Wigram 25 June 1935 Clive Wigram Incumbent Private Secretary to the Sovereign
Baron Riverdale 27 June 1935 Arthur Balfour, Bt.

Baron May 28 June 1935 George May, Bt.
Baron Kennet 15 July 1935 Hilton Young Former cabinet minister

Baron Gowrie 20 December 1935 Earl of Gowrie of the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Alexander Hore-Ruthven[note 60] Incumbent Governor of New South Wales

Baron Strathcarron 11 January 1936 Ian Macpherson, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Kemsley 3 February 1936 Viscount Kemsley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom King Edward VIII
Gomer Berry

Baron Catto 24 February 1936 Thomas Catto, Bt.

Baron Windlesham 22 February 1937 George Hennessy, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party King George VI

Baron Mancroft 23 February 1937 Arther Samuel, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron McGowan 24 February 1937 Harry McGowan Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries

Baron Addison 22 May 1937 Viscount Addison in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Christopher Addison Former cabinet minister

Baron Denham 24 May 1937 George Bowyer, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party
Baron Rea 3 June 1937 Walter Rea, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Cadman 7 June 1937 John Cadman Chairman of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company

Baron Marchwood 8 June 1937 Viscount Marchwood in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
George Penny, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Kenilworth 10 June 1937 John Siddeley

Baron Pender 12 June 1937 John Denison-Pender Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Roborough 24 January 1938 Henry Lopes, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Brassey of Apethorpe 26 January 1938 Henry Brassey, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party
Baron Stamp 28 June 1938 Josiah Stamp

Baron Bicester 29 June 1938 Vivian Smith

Baron Milford 2 February 1939 Laurence Philipps, Bt.

Baron Hankey 3 February 1939 Maurice Hankey Former Cabinet Secretary

Baron Harmsworth 4 February 1939 Cecil Harmsworth

Baron Rotherwick 5 July 1939 Herbert Cayzer Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Woolton 7 July 1939 Earl of Woolton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Frederick Marquis
Baron Glentoran 8 July 1939 Herbert Dixon Former Member of Parliament for the Ulster Unionist Party

Baron Tryon 18 April 1940 George Tryon Incumbent cabinet minister

Baron Croft 28 May 1940 Henry Page Croft, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Teviot 27 June 1940 Charles Kerr[note 61] Former Member of Parliament for the National Liberal Party
Baron Nathan 28 June 1940 Harry Nathan Former Member of Parliament for the Labour Party

Baron Reith 21 October 1940 John Reith Former Director-General of the BBC

Baron Kindersley 28 January 1941 Robert Kindersley

Baron Ironside 29 January 1941 Edmund Ironside Military Peerage–Army

Baron Leathers 19 May 1941 Viscount Leathers in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Frederick Leathers Incumbent cabinet minister
Baron Soulbury 6 August 1941 Viscount Soulbury in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Herwald Ramsbotham Former cabinet minister

Baron Latham 16 January 1942 Charles Latham Incumbent Leader of the London County Council

Baron Wedgwood 21 January 1942 Josiah Wedgwood Former cabinet minister

Baron Geddes 28 January 1942 Auckland Geddes Former Ambassador to the United States

Baron Bruntisfield 9 March 1942 Baron Bruntisfield, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Brabazon of Tara 27 March 1942 John Moore-Brabazon Former cabinet minister

Baron Keyes 22 January 1943 Roger Keyes, Bt. Military Peerage–Army

Baron Hemingford 1 February 1943 Dennis Herbert Former Chairman of Ways and Means

Baron Moran 8 March 1943 Charles Wilson Incumbent President of the Royal College of Physicians

Baron Killearn 17 May 1943 Miles Lampson Incumbent Ambassador to Egypt

Baron Dowding 5 July 1943 Hugh Dowding Military Peerage–RAF

Baron Gretton 27 January 1944 John Gretton Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party
Baron Westwood 29 January 1944 William Westwood

Baron Hazlerigg 12 February 1945 Arthur Hazlerigg, Bt.

Baron Hacking 2 July 1945 Douglas Hacking, Bt. Former Chairman of the Conservative Party

Baron Chetwode 10 July 1945 Philip Chetwode, Bt. Military Peerage–Army

Baron Sandford 14 July 1945 James Edmondson Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Altrincham 1 August 1945 Edward Grigg Former Governor of Kenya

Baron Broadbridge 14 September 1945 George Broadbridge, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Pakenham 12 October 1945 Held by the Earl of Longford in the Peerage of Ireland since 1961
Frank Pakenham[note 62]

Baron Mountevans 12 November 1945 Edward Evans Military Peerage–Navy

Baron Lindsay of Birker 13 November 1945 Sandie Lindsay
Baron Piercy 14 November 1945 William Piercy

Baron Chorley 16 November 1945 Robert Chorley

Baron Calverley 17 November 1945 George Muff Former Member of Parliament for the Labour Party

Baron Tedder 23 January 1946 Arthur Tedder Military Peerage–RAF
Baron Colgrain 28 January 1946 Colin Campbell

Baron Darwen 12 February 1946 John Davies

Baron Lucas of Chilworth 26 June 1946 George Lucas

Baron Shepherd 28 June 1946 George Shepherd National Agent of the Labour Party

Baron Newall 18 July 1946 Cyril Newall Former Governor-General of New Zealand

Baron Oaksey 13 January 1947 Held by the Baron Trevethin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom since 1959
Geoffrey Lawrence[note 63] Judicial Peer

Baron Rugby 15 January 1947 John Maffey Incumbent Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland

Baron Layton 16 January 1947 Walter Layton Editor of The Economist

Baron Simon of Wythenshawe 17 January 1947 Ernest Simon

Baron Kershaw 20 January 1947 Fred Kershaw

Baron Trefgarne 21 January 1947 George Garro-Jones Former Member of Parliament for the Labour Party

Baron Crook 3 July 1947 Reginald Crook

Baron Amwell 16 July 1947 Frederick Montague Former Member of Parliament for the Labour Party

Baron Milverton 9 October 1947 Arthur Richards Incumbent Governor of Nigeria

Baron Mackintosh of Halifax 6 February 1948 Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Harold Mackintosh, Bt.

Baron Clydesmuir 26 February 1948 John Colville Former cabinet minister

Baron Burden 1 February 1950 Thomas Burden Former Member of Parliament for the Labour Party

Baron Haden-Guest 2 February 1950 Leslie Haden-Guest Former Member of Parliament for the Labour Party

Baron Silkin 4 July 1950 Lewis Silkin Former cabinet minister

Baron Hives 7 July 1950 Ernest Hives
Baron Ogmore 10 July 1950 David Rees-Williams Former Member of Parliament for the Labour Party

Baron Morris of Kenwood 11 July 1950 Harry Morris Former Member of Parliament for the Labour Party

Baron Macpherson of Drumochter 25 January 1951 Thomas Macpherson Former Member of Parliament for the Labour Party

Baron Kenswood 27 June 1951 Ernest Whitfield

Baron Freyberg 16 October 1951 United Kingdom New Zealand Bernard Freyberg Incumbent Governor-General of New Zealand

Baron Milner of Leeds 20 December 1951 James Milner Former Chairman of Ways and Means

Baron Kirkwood 22 December 1951 David Kirkwood Former Member of Parliament for the Labour Party

Baron Wise 24 December 1951 Frederick Wise Former Member of Parliament for the Labour Party
Baron Jeffreys 12 July 1952 George Jeffreys Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party Queen Elizabeth II

Baron Rathcavan 12 February 1953 Hugh O'Neill, Bt.[note 64] Former Chairman of the 1922 Committee

Baron Baillieu 12 February 1953 United Kingdom Australia Clive Baillieu

Baron Grantchester 30 June 1953 Alfred Suenson-Taylor

Baron Moore 30 January 1954 Kingdom of Ireland Henry Moore, Earl of Drogheda

Baron Coleraine 16 February 1954 United Kingdom Canada Richard Law Former cabinet minister

Baron Harvey of Tasburgh 3 July 1954 Oliver Harvey Incumbent Ambassador to France

Baron Glassary 30 July 1954 Kingdom of Scotland Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, Earl of Dundee

Baron Gridley 10 January 1955 Arnold Gridley Former Chairman of the 1922 Committee

Baron Strathalmond 18 February 1955 William Fraser Chairman of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company

Baron Strathclyde 4 May 1955 Thomas Galbraith Former Member of Parliament for the Scottish Unionist Party

Baron Clitheroe 20 June 1955 Ralph Assheton Former Chairman of the Conservative Party

Baron McNair 4 August 1955 Arnold McNair Judicial Peer

Baron Colyton 19 January 1956 Henry Hopkinson Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Astor of Hever 21 January 1956 United Kingdom United States John Jacob Astor Former Chairman of the General Council of the Press

Baron Sinclair of Cleeve 21 January 1957 Robert Sinclair

Baron Mills 22 January 1957 Viscount Mills in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Percy Mills, Bt.

Baron Bridges 4 February 1957 Edward Bridges Former Cabinet Secretary

Baron Norrie 22 August 1957 Willoughby Norrie Former Governor-General of New Zealand

Baron Birkett 31 January 1958 Norman Birkett Judicial Peer

Baron Harding of Petherton 17 February 1958 John Harding Military Peerage–Army

Baron Poole 11 July 1958 Oliver Poole Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party
Baron Rootes 16 February 1959 William Rootes

Baron Netherthorpe 10 March 1959 James Turner

Baron Crathorne 15 July 1959 Thomas Dugdale, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Spens 20 August 1959 Patrick Spens Former Chief Justice of India

Baron MacAndrew 8 December 1959 Charles MacAndrew Former Chairman of Ways and Means

Baron Nelson of Stafford 20 January 1960 George Nelson, Bt.

Baron Howick of Glendale 8 February 1960 Evelyn Baring[note 65] Former Governor of Kenya

Baron Sanderson of Ayot 4 July 1960 Basil Sanderson

Baron Cobbold 23 November 1960 Cameron Cobbold Incumbent Governor of the Bank of England

Baron Robertson of Oakridge 29 June 1961 Brian Robertson, Bt. Chairman of the British Transport Commission

Baron Marks of Broughton 10 July 1961 Simon Marks

Baron Fairhaven 25 July 1961 United Kingdom United States Urban Huttleston Broughton, Baron Fairhaven [note 1]

Baron Leighton of St Mellons 25 January 1962 Leighton Seager, Bt.

Baron Brain 26 January 1962 Russell Brain, Bt. Incumbent President of the Royal College of Physicians

Baron Aldington 29 January 1962 Toby Low Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Inchyra 2 February 1962 Frederick Millar Former Ambassador to West Germany

Baron Dilhorne 17 July 1962 Viscount Dilhorne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Reginald Manningham-Buller, Bt. Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Baron Eccles 1 August 1962 Viscount Eccles in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
David Eccles Former cabinet minister
Baron Silsoe 18 January 1963 Malcolm Trustram Eve, Bt.

Baron Egremont 27 November 1963 Held by the Baron Leconfield in the Peerage of the United Kingdom since 1967
John Wyndham[note 66]

Baron Thomson of Fleet 10 March 1964 United Kingdom Canada Roy Thomson

Baron Martonmere 13 May 1964 Roland Robinson Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Sherfield 29 June 1964 Roger Makins Former Ambassador to the United States

Baron Inglewood 30 June 1964 William Fletcher-Vane[note 67] Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Glendevon 16 July 1964 Lord John Hope[note 68] Former cabinet minister

Baron Grimston of Westbury 11 December 1964 Robert Grimston[note 69] Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Renwick 23 December 1964 Robert Renwick, Bt.

Baron St Helens 31 December 1964 Michael Hughes-Young Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Margadale 1 January 1965 John Morrison Former Chairman of the 1922 Committee

Extinct peerages since the Passage of the House of Lords Act 1999[edit]

Extinct dukedoms[edit]

Shield Title Creation Extinct Grantee Reason Monarch

20 November 1947 8 September 2022
(Merged with the Crown)
Philip Mountbatten On his wedding day to Princess Elizabeth King George VI

Extinct earldoms[edit]

Shield Title Creation Extinct Grantee Reason Monarch

4 June 1831 30 December 2000 George FitzClarence [note 1] King William IV

30 June 1838 31 January 2018 Kingdom of Great Britain William King-Noel, Baron King Queen Victoria

19 January 1898 31 December 2010 United Kingdom Hardinge Giffard, Baron Halsbury[note 70] Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

27 July 1914 16 December 2011 United Kingdom Herbert Kitchener, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum[note 71] Military Peerage–Army[note 1] King George V

Extinct viscountcies[edit]

Shield Title Creation Extinct Grantee Reason Monarch

Viscount Gough 15 June 1849 14 April 2023 United Kingdom Hugh Gough, Baron Gough[note 72] Military Peerage–Army Queen Victoria

Viscount Cross 19 August 1886 5 December 2004 R. A. Cross Former Home Secretary

Viscount Churchill 14 July 1902 18 October 2017 United Kingdom Victor Spencer, Baron Churchill King Edward VII
Viscount Leverhulme 27 November 1922 4 July 2000 United Kingdom William Lever, Baron Leverhulme[note 73] King George V

Viscount Greenwood 16 February 1937 7 July 2003 United Kingdom Hamar Greenwood, Baron Greenwood[note 74] Former cabinet minister King George VI

Viscount Simon 20 May 1940 15 August 2021 John Simon Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Viscount Alanbrooke 29 January 1946 10 January 2018 United Kingdom Alan Brooke, Baron Alanbrooke[note 75] Military Peerage–Army

Viscount Ingleby 17 January 1956 14 August 2008 Osbert Peake Former cabinet minister Queen Elizabeth II

Extinct baronies[edit]

Shield Title Creation Extinct Grantee Reason Monarch

Baron Lawrence 3 April 1869 14 August 2023 John Lawrence, Bt. Former Viceroy of India Queen Victoria

Baron Deramore 18 November 1885 20 August 2006 Thomas Bateson, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party[note 1]
Baron Herschell 8 February 1886 26 October 2008 Farrer Herschell Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Baron Lyell 4 July 1914 11 January 2017 Leonard Lyell, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party King George V

Baron Melchett 15 June 1928 29 August 2018 Alfred Mond, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Sysonby 24 June 1935 23 October 2009 Frederick Ponsonby[note 76]

Baron Wardington 17 July 1936 19 March 2019 Beaumont Pease Chairman of Lloyds Bank King Edward VIII

Baron Chatfield 4 June 1937 30 September 2007 Ernle Chatfield Military Peerage–Navy King George VI

Baron Birdwood 25 January 1938 11 July 2015 William Birdwood, Bt. Military Peerage–Army

Baron Belstead 27 January 1938 3 December 2005 John Ganzoni, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Balfour of Inchrye 5 July 1945 14 April 2013 Harold Balfour Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Broughshane 19 September 1945 24 March 2006 William Davison Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Wilson 12 March 1946 1 February 2009 Henry Maitland Wilson Military Peerage–Army

Baron Citrine 16 July 1946 5 August 2006 Walter Citrine Incumbent General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress

Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor 13 April 1949 27 January 2002 Gordon Macdonald Former Governor of Newfoundland

Baron Greenhill 8 July 1950 13 January 2020 Ernest Greenhill

Baron Strang 16 January 1954 19 December 2014 William Strang Queen Elizabeth II

Baron Gladwyn 12 April 1960 15 August 2017 Gladwyn Jebb Former Ambassador to France

Baron Erroll of Hale 19 December 1964 14 September 2000 Frederick Erroll Former cabinet minister

Current titles without heirs[edit]

Current UK Peers[edit]

Title Monarch Notes
Dukes
Duke of York Queen Elizabeth II
Duke of Westminster Queen Victoria Heirs to the Marquessate of Westminster (United Kingdom, 1831)
Marquesses
Marquess of Abergavenny Queen Victoria Heirs to the Earldom of Abergavenny (Great Britain, 1784)
Earls
Earl Russell Queen Victoria
Earl Haig King George V
Earl Attlee Queen Elizabeth II
Earl of Woolton
Viscounts
Viscount Long King George V
Viscount Craigavon
Viscount Davidson King George VI
Viscount Margesson
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Viscount Norwich Queen Elizabeth II
Viscount Tenby
Viscount Mills
Barons
Baron Stratheden King William IV
Baron Campbell Queen Victoria
Baron Northbrook Heirs to the Baring baronetcy, of Larkbeer (Great Britain, 1793)
Baron Harlech
Baron Burnham King Edward VII
Baron de Villiers King George V
Baron Swinfen
Baron Cullen of Ashbourne
Baron Glendyne
Baron Banbury of Southam
Baron Rennell
Baron May
Baron Croft King George VI
Baron Milner of Leeds
Baron Sinclair of Cleeve Queen Elizabeth II
Baron Birkett
Baron Robertson of Oakridge
Baron Sherfield
Baron Glendevon

Current Scottish and Irish peers with British titles[edit]

Title Imperial Title Monarch Notes
Earl
Kingdom of Ireland Earl of Arran Baron Sudley Queen Victoria Heirs to the Earldom of Arran (Ireland, 1762)
Kingdom of Ireland Earl of Clancarty Viscount Clancarty King George IV
Baron Trench The Prince Regent
Viscount
Kingdom of Ireland Viscount Powerscourt Baron Powerscourt Queen Victoria Heirs to the Viscountcy of Powerscourt (Ireland, 1744)
Baron
Kingdom of Ireland Baron Rossmore Baron Rossmore Queen Victoria

Peerages in remainder to other Peerages[edit]

  •   Subsidiary title.
Current Peerage In Remainder Reason
Earl of Wilton Kingdom of Great Britain Marquess of Westminster
Earl Cawdor Kingdom of Scotland Earl of Argyll Descendant of the 2nd Earl of Argyll
Earl Granville Kingdom of Great Britain Marquess of Stafford 2nd Son of the 1st Marquess of Stafford
Earl of Effingham Kingdom of England Duke of Norfolk
Earl of Strafford Kingdom of Great Britain Viscount Torrington Great-grandson of the 1st Viscount Torrington
Earl Cowley Kingdom of Ireland Earl of Mornington 5th Son of 1st Earl of Mornington
Earl Russell Kingdom of England Duke of Bedford 3rd Son of the 6th Duke of Bedford
Earl of Wharncliffe Kingdom of Scotland Earl of Bute Grandson of the 3rd Earl of Bute
Earl of Plymouth United Kingdom Earl of Powis Great-grandson of the 1st Earl of Powis
Earl of Gowrie Kingdom of Scotland Lord Ruthven of Freeland 2nd Son of the 9th Lord Ruthven of Freeland
Earl Alexander of Tunis Kingdom of Ireland Earl of Caledon 3rd Son of the 4th Earl of Caledon
Viscount Bridport Kingdom of Great Britain Viscount Hood 2nd Son of the 2nd Viscount Hood
Viscount Knollys Kingdom of England Earl of Banbury
Viscount Ullswater United Kingdom Earl of Lonsdale Great-grandson of the 1st Earl of Lonsdale
Viscount Bridgeman United Kingdom Earl of Bradford Grandson of the 2nd Earl of Bradford
Viscount Daventry Kingdom of Great Britain Baron Southampton Created for the widow of the Speaker Edward FitzRoy, the 2nd Son of the 3rd Baron Southampton and 3xGreat-grandson of the 2nd Duke of Grafton
Kingdom of England Duke of Grafton
Viscount Chandos Kingdom of Great Britain Viscount Cobham Grandson of the 4th Baron Lyttelton and the Barony of Lyttleton merged with the Viscountcy through Special remainder in 1889
Viscount Tenby United Kingdom Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor 2nd Son of the 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
Viscount Stuart of Findhorn Kingdom of Scotland Earl of Moray 3rd Son of the 17th Earl of Moray
Viscount Blakenham Kingdom of Ireland Earl of Listowel 3rd Son of the 4th Earl of Listowel
Baron Manners Kingdom of England Duke of Rutland Grandson of the 3rd Duke of Rutland
Baron Churchill Kingdom of England Duke of Marlborough 3rd Son of the 4th Duke of Marlborough
Baron de Mauley Kingdom of Ireland Earl of Bessborough 3rd Son of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough
Baron Londesborough Kingdom of Ireland Marquess Conyngham 3rd Son of the 1st Marquess Conyngham
Baron Raglan Kingdom of England Duke of Beaufort 9th Son of the 5th Duke of Beaufort
Baron Chesham Kingdom of England Duke of Devonshire 4th Son of the 1st Earl of Burlington and the Earldom of Burlington merged with the Dukedom in 1858
Baron Penrhyn Kingdom of Scotland Earl of Morton Grandson of the 14th Earl of Morton
Baron O'Neill Kingdom of Ireland Viscount Chichester Descendant of the 1st Viscount Chichester
Baron Sackville Kingdom of Great Britain Earl De La Warr 4th Son of the 5th Earl De La Warr, the title was a created a special remainder for the 5th and 6th Sons
Baron Trevor Kingdom of Ireland Marquess of Downshire 3rd Son of the 3rd Marquess of Downshire
Baron Ampthill Kingdom of England Duke of Bedford Grandson of the 6th Duke of Bedford
Baron Montagu of Beaulieu Kingdom of Scotland Duke of Buccleuch 2nd Son of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch
Baron Amherst of Hackney United Kingdom Marquess of Exeter 3rd Son of the Marquess of Exeter through Special remainder in 1909
Baron Hardinge of Penshurst United Kingdom Viscount Hardinge 2nd Son of the 2nd Viscount Hardinge
Baron Cochrane of Cults Kingdom of Scotland Earl of Dundonald 2nd Son of the 11th Earl of Dundonald
Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede Kingdom of Ireland Earl of Bessborough Great-grandson of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough
Baron Howard of Penrith Kingdom of England Duke of Norfolk
Baron Moyne United Kingdom Earl of Iveagh 3rd Son of the 1st Earl of Iveagh
Baron Rankeillour Kingdom of Scotland Earl of Hopetoun Great-grandson of the 2nd Earl of Hopetoun
Baron Rockley Kingdom of Great Britain Marquess of Salisbury Grandson of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury
Baron Teviot Kingdom of Scotland Marquess of Lothian Great-grandson of the 6th Marquess of Lothian
Baron Rathcavan United Kingdom Baron O'Neill 3rd Son of the 2nd Baron O'Neill and Descendant of the 1st Viscount Chichester
Kingdom of Ireland Viscount Chichester
Baron Astor of Hever United Kingdom Viscount Astor 3rd Son of the 1st Viscount Astor
Baron Howick of Glendale United Kingdom Earl of Cromer 2nd Son of the 1st Earl of Cromer
Baron Inglewood Kingdom of England Baron Barnard Descendant of the 2nd Baron Barnard
Baron Glendevon United Kingdom Marquess of Linlithgow 2nd Son of the 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
Baron Grimston of Westbury United Kingdom Earl of Verulam Grandson of the 2nd Earl of Verulam

Titles[edit]

Marquesses, earls, viscounts and barons are all addressed as 'Lord X', where 'X' represents either their territory or surname pertaining to their title. Marchionesses, countesses, viscountesses and baronesses are all addressed as 'Lady X'. Dukes and duchesses are addressed just as 'Duke' or 'Duchess' or, in a non-social context, 'Your Grace'

Lists of peers[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The Peerage Act 1963 gave Scottish Peers an automatic right to sit in the Lords[3]
  2. ^ Following the establishment of the Irish Free State in December 1922, Irish peers ceased to elect representatives, although those already elected continued to have the right to serve for life; the last of the temporal peers, Francis Needham, 4th Earl of Kilmorey, by chance a peer from an Ulster family, died in 1961[6]
  3. ^ Originally created for Alexander Duff, Earl of Fife on his wedding day to Princess Louise of Wales on 29 July 1889[note 1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq Current Peerage with Special Remainder according to the link
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Scottish Representative Peer
  3. ^ 3rd son of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
  4. ^ 2nd son of George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland
  5. ^ 3rd son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
  6. ^ 4th son of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington
  7. ^ 2nd son of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
  8. ^ 2nd son of Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre
  9. ^ 2nd son of Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer
  10. ^ Grandson of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale
  11. ^ Grandson of George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford
  12. ^ Eldest son of Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman
  13. ^ 3rd son of James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon
  14. ^ 2nd son of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven
  15. ^ Grandson of George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton
  16. ^ 2nd son of David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
  17. ^ 3rd son of Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray
  18. ^ 3rd son of Richard Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel
  19. ^ 3rd son of Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan
  20. ^ Grandson of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland
  21. ^ Eldest son of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun
  22. ^ 2nd son of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun
  23. ^ 3rd son of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry
  24. ^ 3rd son of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough
  25. ^ Grandson of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
  26. ^ 7th son of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington
  27. ^ The Barony of Kilmarnock remained a subsidiary title of the Earldom of Erroll until the death in 1941 of the eighteenth Earl's great-great-grandson, the twenty-second Earl. The earldom, which could be passed on through female lines, was inherited by the late Earl's daughter and only child, the twenty-third Countess. The barony of Kilmarnock, which could only be passed on to male heirs, was inherited by the Earl's younger brother, the sixth Baron. He assumed the surname of Boyd in lieu of Hay the same year he succeeded to the title[9][10]
  28. ^ 8th son of Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan
  29. ^ Grandson of Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall
  30. ^ Eldest son of Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
  31. ^ Eldest son of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough
  32. ^ Great-Grandson of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington
  33. ^ 3rd son of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough
  34. ^ Eldest son of Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford
  35. ^ Eldest son of John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley
  36. ^ 3rd son of Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham
  37. ^ 9th son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
  38. ^ 3rd son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
  39. ^ 4th son of George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington
  40. ^ 4th son of George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke
  41. ^ Grandson of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
  42. ^ A descendant of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester
  43. ^ 2nd son of Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk
  44. ^ Eldest son of Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster
  45. ^ 4th son of George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr
  46. ^ 3rd son of Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire
  47. ^ Grandson of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
  48. ^ The Barony was a subsidiary title of the earldom until the death of the ninth Earl's grandson, the eleventh Earl, in 1915. The earldom, which could be passed on to female heirs, was inherited by the Earl's daughter and only child, the twelfth Countess. The barony of Strathspey, which could only be inherited by males, were passed on to the Earl's brother, the fourth Baron[11]
  49. ^ 2nd son of Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch
  50. ^ 2nd son of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
  51. ^ Eldest son of Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne
  52. ^ 2nd son of Charles Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge
  53. ^ 2nd son of Thomas Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald
  54. ^ 4th son of Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
  55. ^ Great-Grandson of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough
  56. ^ A descendant of Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, in remainder of the Duke of Norfolk
  57. ^ 3rd son of Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh
  58. ^ Great-Grandson of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun
  59. ^ Grandson of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury
  60. ^ 2nd son of Walter Hore-Ruthven, 9th Lord Ruthven of Freeland
  61. ^ Great-Grandson of William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian
  62. ^ 2nd son of Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford
  63. ^ 3rd son of Alfred Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin
  64. ^ 3rd son of Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill
  65. ^ 3rd son of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
  66. ^ Eldest son of Edward Scawen Wyndham, 5th Baron Leconfield
  67. ^ A descendant of Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard
  68. ^ 2nd son of Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
  69. ^ Grandson of James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam
  70. ^ Created Baron Halsbury on 26 June 1885.
  71. ^ Created Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum on 11 July 1902.
  72. ^ Created Baron Gough on 7 April 1846.
  73. ^ Created Baron Leverhulme on 21 June 1917.
  74. ^ Created Baron Greenwood on 31 August 1929.
  75. ^ Created Baron Alanbrooke on 18 September 1945.
  76. ^ Great-Grandson of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ May, Thomas Erskine (1851). A practical treatise on the law, privileges, proceedings and usage of Parliament. Butterworths. pp. 6–8, 15. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ^ Price, Jacob M (December 1961). "The Sixteen Peers of Scotland: An Account of the Elections of the Representative Peers of Scotland, 1707–1959 by James Fergusson". The Journal of Modern History. 33 (4): 439. doi:10.1086/238935.
  3. ^ "Peerage Act 1963". www.parliament.uk.
  4. ^ Malcomson 2000 p.312; "(40 Geo. 4 c.39 [Ir.]) An Act to regulate the Mode by which the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons to Serve in the United Kingdom on the Part of Ireland, shall be summoned and returned to the said Parliament". The statutes at large, passed in the Parliaments held in Ireland. Vol. 20. Dublin: Boulter Grierson. 12 June 1800. pp. 349–358.
  5. ^ May, Erskine (1862). The Constitutional History of England since the Accession of George III 1760–1860. Boston: Crosby & Nichols. p. 228.
  6. ^ Gadd, R.P. "A short account of the peerage of Ireland". The Heraldry Society. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  7. ^ "The Dukes of the Peerage of the United Kingdom". Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  8. ^ "New title for the Earl of Wessex". The Royal Family. 10 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Gilbert Alan (6th Baron Kilmarnock) Boyd (Previously Hay) b. 15 Jan 1903 d. 15 Mar 1975: The Douglas Archives". www.douglashistory.co.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Gilbert Allan Rowland Boyd, 6th Baron Kilmarnock - Person - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Death of Lord Seafield". The Evening Post. Vol. XCI, no. 5. 7 January 1916. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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