Dukes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- 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.
Marquesses in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- 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 |
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4 February 1801 |
Henry Cecil, Earl of Exeter |
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King George III |
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7 September 1812 |
Charles Compton, Earl of Northampton |
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The Prince Regent on behalf of King George III |
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7 September 1812 |
John Pratt, Earl Camden |
He was the former Viceroy of Ireland. |
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3 October 1812 |
Duke of Wellington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Wellington |
Military Peerage–Army. |
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4 July 1815 |
Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge |
Military Peerage–Army. |
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22 November 1815 |
George Cholmondeley, Earl of Cholmondeley |
He was the incumbent Lord Steward of the Household. |
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17 July 1821 |
Charles Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury |
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King George IV |
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30 June 1826 |
Frederick Hervey, Earl of Bristol |
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10 September 1831 |
Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis[note 2] |
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King William IV |
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13 September 1831 |
Duke of Westminster in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
Robert Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor |
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25 June 1838 |
Constantine Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave |
He was the incumbent Viceroy of Ireland. |
Queen Victoria |
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14 January 1876 |
William Nevill, Earl of Abergavenny |
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22 August 1892 |
Lawrence Dundas, Earl of Zetland |
He was the former Viceroy of Ireland. |
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27 October 1902 |
John Hope, Earl of Hopetoun |
He was the incumbent Governor-General of Australia. |
King Edward VII |
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4 January 1916 |
John Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen |
He was the former Governor General of Canada and former Viceroy of Ireland. |
King George V |
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7 November 1917 |
Prince Louis of Battenberg |
He relinquished his German titles. |
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7 May 1926 |
Rufus Isaacs, Earl of Reading |
He was the former Viceroy of India and former Lord Chief Justice of England. |
Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- 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 |
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21 April 1801 |
Alexander Wedderburn, Baron Loughborough |
He was the former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.[note 1] |
King George III |
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18 June 1801 |
William Craven, Baron Craven |
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19 June 1801 |
George Onslow, Baron Onslow |
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22 June 1801 |
Charles Marsham, Baron Romney |
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23 June 1801 |
Thomas Pelham, Baron Pelham of Stanmer |
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26 June 1801 |
Thomas Egerton, Baron Grey de Radcliffe |
[note 1] |
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14 May 1804 |
Edward Clive, Baron Clive |
He was the incumbent Viceroy of Ireland. |
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20 November 1805 |
William Nelson, Esq. |
He was the brother of Horatio Nelson.[note 1] |
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11 April 1806 |
Charles Grey, Baron Grey |
Military Peerage–Army. |
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7 April 1807 |
William Lowther, Viscount Lowther |
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19 July 1809 |
Dudley Ryder, Baron Harrowby |
He was the former Foreign Secretary. |
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28 February 1812 |
Duke of Wellington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. |
The Prince Regent on behalf of King George III |
Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington |
Military Peerage–Army. |
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7 September 1812 |
Marquess of Normanby in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. |
Henry Phipps, Baron Mulgrave |
He was the former Foreign Secretary. |
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7 September 1812 |
Edward Lascelles, Baron Harewood |
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24 February 1813 |
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Baron Minto |
He was the incumbent Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William. |
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16 July 1814 |
William Cathcart, Viscount Cathcart |
Military Peerage–Army. |
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24 November 1815 |
James Grimston, Viscount Grimston |
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28 November 1815 |
John Eliot, Baron Eliot |
[note 1] |
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29 November 1815 |
John Parker, Baron Boringdon |
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30 November 1815 |
Orlando Bridgeman, Baron Bradford |
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7 July 1821 |
John Scott, Baron Eldon |
He was the incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. |
King George IV |
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16 July 1821 |
Richard Curzon-Howe, Viscount Curzon |
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18 July 1821 |
John Rous, Baron Rous |
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4 February 1822 |
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Marquess of Buckingham |
[note 1] |
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Earl Vane Viscount Seaham |
8 July 1823 |
Charles Vane, Marquess of Londonderry |
He was the former Ambassador to Austria.[note 1] |
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6 October 1827 |
John Campbell, Baron Cawdor |
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15 September 1831 |
Held by the Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England since 1858. |
King William IV |
Lord George Cavendish, MP[note 3] |
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15 September 1831 |
Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson |
He was the incumbent Master of the Buckhounds. |
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23 March 1833 |
John Lambton, Baron Durham |
He was the incumbent Ambassador to Russia. |
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10 May 1833 |
Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Granville |
He was the incumbent Ambassador to France and former Ambassador to Russia. |
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27 January 1837 |
Kenneth Howard, Baron Howard of Effingham |
Military Peerage–Army. |
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28 January 1837 |
Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, Baron Ducie |
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30 January 1837 |
Charles Anderson-Pelham, Baron Yarborough |
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11 August 1837 |
James Innes-Ker, Duke of Roxburghe |
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Queen Victoria |
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12 August 1837 |
Thomas Coke, Esq. |
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2 July 1838 |
Marquess of Zetland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. |
Lawrence Dundas, Baron Dundas |
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16 August 1841 |
Charles Noel, Baron Barham |
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6 July 1846 |
Held by the Duke of Sutherland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom since 1963. |
Lord Francis Egerton, PC, PC (Ire), MP[note 4] |
He was a former cabinet minister. |
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18 September 1847 |
John Byng, Baron Strafford |
Military Peerage–Army. |
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11 June 1850 |
Charles Pepys, Baron Cottenham |
He was the incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. |
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11 April 1857 |
Henry Wellesley, Baron Cowley |
He was the incumbent Ambassador to France. |
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23 June 1859 |
Archibald Montgomerie, Earl of Eglinton |
He was the incumbent Viceroy of Ireland. |
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17 February 1860 |
William Ward, Baron Ward |
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30 July 1861 |
Lord John Russell, PC, MP[note 5] |
He was the former Prime Minister. |
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21 October 1861 |
Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland |
[note 1] |
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1 June 1866 |
John Wodehouse, Baron Wodehouse |
He was the incumbent Viceroy of Ireland. |
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15 January 1876 |
Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, Baron Wharncliffe |
[note 1] |
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27 September 1878 |
Hugh Cairns, Baron Cairns |
He was the incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. |
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28 April 1880 |
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Baron Lytton |
He was the incumbent Viceroy of India. |
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30 December 1882 |
Roundell Palmer, Baron Selborne |
He was the incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. |
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3 July 1885 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt., PC, MP |
He was the incumbent First Lord of the Treasury. |
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22 August 1892 |
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount Cranbrook |
He was the former Home Secretary. |
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6 August 1901 |
Evelyn Baring, Viscount Cromer |
He was the incumbent Consul-General of Egypt. |
King Edward VII |
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18 December 1905 |
Robert Windsor-Clive, Baron Windsor |
He was a former cabinet minister. |
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22 December 1905 |
Cecil Foljambe, Baron Hawkesbury |
He was the incumbent Lord Steward of the Household. |
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3 July 1911 |
Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery |
He was the former Prime Minister. |
King George V |
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22 February 1915 |
Michael Hicks Beach, Viscount St Aldwyn |
He was the former Chancellor of the Exchequer. |
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20 December 1917 |
Marquess of Reading in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. |
Rufus Isaacs, Viscount Reading |
He was the incumbent Lord Chief Justice of England. |
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27 September 1919 |
Sir David Beatty |
Military Peerage–Navy. |
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29 September 1919 |
Sir Douglas Haig |
Military Peerage–Army. |
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30 September 1919 |
Edward Guinness, Viscount Iveagh |
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5 May 1922 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir Arthur Balfour, PC, PC (Ire), MP |
He was the former Prime Minister.[note 1] |
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9 February 1925 |
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The Rt Hon. H. H. Asquith, PC, PC (Ire) |
He was the former Prime Minister. |
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29 June 1925 |
John Jellicoe, Viscount Jellicoe |
He was the former Governor-General of New Zealand. |
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20 June 1929 |
James Mackay, Viscount Inchcape |
He was the Chairman of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
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10 July 1929 |
William Peel, Viscount Peel |
He was a former cabinet minister. |
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1 June 1937 |
Claude Bowes-Lyon, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne |
He was the father-in-law of King George VI. |
King George VI |
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8 June 1937 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir Stanley Baldwin, PC, MP |
He was the former Prime Minister. |
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11 July 1944 |
Edward Wood, Viscount Halifax |
He was the former Viceroy of India. |
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8 January 1945 |
Alexander Hore-Ruthven, Baron Gowrie |
He was the incumbent Governor-General of Australia. |
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12 February 1945 |
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The Rt Hon. David Lloyd George, PC, MP |
He was the former Prime Minister. |
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18 October 1947 |
Louis Mountbatten, Viscount Mountbatten of Burma |
He was the incumbent Governor-General of India.[note 1] |
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11 March 1952 |
Harold Alexander, Viscount Alexander of Tunis |
He was the former Governor General of Canada. |
Queen Elizabeth II |
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5 May 1955 |
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Viscount Swinton |
He was a former cabinet minister. |
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16 December 1955 |
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The Rt Hon. Clement Attlee, PC, MP |
He was the former Prime Minister. |
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9 December 1956 |
Frederick Marquis, Viscount Woolton |
He was the former Chairman of the Conservative Party. |
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6 October 1961 |
Antony Armstrong-Jones, Esq. |
He was the husband of Princess Margaret. |
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24 February 1984 |
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The Rt Hon. Harold Macmillan, PC |
He was the former Prime Minister. |
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19 June 1999 |
Prince Edward |
On his wedding day to Sophie Rhys-Jones. |
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10 March 2019 |
Prince Edward |
On his 55th Birthday, (Title used in Scotland only). |
Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- 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 |
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27 April 1801 |
John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent |
Military Peerage–Navy.[note 1] |
King George III |
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27 February 1802 |
Earl Howe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
Assheton Curzon, Baron Curzon |
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24 December 1802 |
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The Rt Hon. Henry Dundas, PC, MP |
Former Home Secretary. |
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12 January 1805 |
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The Rt Hon. Henry Addington, PC, MP |
Former Prime Minister. |
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17 February 1806 |
Earl of Lichfield in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
Thomas Anson, Esq, MP |
Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party. |
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9 November 1807 |
Earl Cathcart in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
William Cathcart, Lord Cathcart[note 2] |
Military Peerage Army |
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4 September 1809 |
Duke of Wellington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
Sir Arthur Wellesley, MP[note 6] |
Military Peerage–Army. |
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16 July 1814 |
Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
The Prince Regent on behalf of King George III |
George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen[note 2] |
Former Ambassador to Austria. |
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12 August 1815 |
Earl Granville in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
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The Rt Hon. Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, PC, PC (Ire),, MP[note 7] |
Former cabinet minister. |
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10 December 1816 |
Edward Pellew, Baron Exmouth |
Military Peerage–Navy. |
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14 July 1821 |
Richard Hely-Hutchinson, Earl of Donoughmore |
[note 1] |
King George IV |
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8 December 1823 |
Richard Trench, Earl of Clancarty |
Incumbent Ambassador to the Netherlands. |
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8 February 1827 |
Stapleton Cotton, Baron Combermere |
Military Peerage–Army. |
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27 September 1842 |
Rowland Hill, Baron Hill |
Military Peerage–Army.[note 1] |
Queen Victoria |
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2 May 1846 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, PC, PC (Ire) |
Incumbent Viceroy of India. |
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15 June 1849 |
Hugh Gough, Baron Gough |
Military Peerage–Army. |
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21 February 1866 |
Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
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The Rt Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bt., PC, MP |
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer. |
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6 July 1868 |
Alexander Hood, Baron Bridport |
Military Peerage–Army. |
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28 March 1873 |
Edward Portman, Baron Portman |
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4 May 1878 |
Earl of Cranbrook in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
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The Rt Hon. Gathorne Hardy, PC, MP |
Former Home Secretary. |
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4 March 1884 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir Henry Brand, PC, MP[note 8] |
Former Speaker of the House of Commons. |
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11 November 1891 |
Emily Smith |
She was the widow of the First Lord of the Treasury William Henry Smith, MP.[note 1] |
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9 May 1895 |
Earl Peel in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
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The Rt Hon. Arthur Peel, PC, MP |
Former Speaker of the House of Commons. |
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3 August 1895 |
Henry Holland, Baron Knutsford |
Former cabinet minister. |
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11 November 1897 |
William Brett, Baron Esher |
Former Master of the Rolls. |
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25 July 1899 |
Earl of Cromer in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
Evelyn Baring, Baron Cromer |
Incumbent Consul-General of Egypt. |
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18 December 1900 |
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The Rt Hon. George Goschen, PC |
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer. |
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19 December 1900 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt., PC, MP |
Former Home Secretary. |
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12 July 1902 |
Charles Colville, Lord Colville of Culross[note 2] |
Former Master of the Buckhounds. |
King Edward VII |
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6 July 1905 |
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The Rt Hon. William Gully, PC, MP |
Former Speaker of the House of Commons. |
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18 December 1905 |
Earl of Iveagh in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
Edward Guinness, Baron Iveagh |
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19 December 1905 |
Earl Spencer in the Peerage of Great Britain. |
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The Rt Hon. Charles Spencer, PC[note 9] |
Incumbent Lord Chamberlain of the Household. |
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6 January 1906 |
Earl St Aldwyn in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
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The Rt Hon. Michael Hicks Beach, PC, PC (Ire) |
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer. |
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4 July 1911 |
Francis Knollys, Baron Knollys |
Incumbent Private Secretary to the Sovereign. |
King George V |
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5 July 1911 |
Wentworth Beaumont, Baron Allendale |
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6 July 1911 |
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The Rt Hon. Aretas Akers-Douglas, PC, MP |
Former Home Secretary. |
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2 November 1911 |
George Curzon, Baron Curzon of Kedleston |
Former Viceroy of India.[note 1] |
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22 June 1916 |
John Bigham, Baron Mersey |
Judicial Peer. |
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26 June 1916 |
Marquess of Reading in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
Rufus Isaacs, Baron Reading |
Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of England. |
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2 January 1917 |
Weetman Pearson, Baron Cowdray |
Incumbent cabinet minister. |
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23 June 1917 |
Hudson Kearley, Baron Devonport |
Former cabinet minister. |
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23 June 1917 |
William Waldorf Astor, Baron Astor |
The first man from the United States to be created a Hereditary Peer. |
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15 January 1918 |
Earl Jellicoe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
Sir John Jellicoe |
Military Peerage–Navy.[note 1] |
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15 June 1918 |
Ivor Guest, Baron Wimborne |
Incumbent Viceroy of Ireland. |
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17 June 1918 |
John Philipps, Baron St Davids |
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17 May 1919 |
Harold Harmsworth, Baron Rothermere |
Founder of the Daily Mail. |
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7 October 1919 |
Sir Edmund Allenby |
Military Peerage–Army.[note 1] |
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3 June 1921 |
Frederic Thesiger, Baron Chelmsford |
Incumbent Viceroy of India. |
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4 June 1921 |
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The Rt Hon. Walter Long, PC, PC (Ire), MP |
Former Leader of the Irish Unionist Alliance. |
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8 July 1921 |
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The Rt Hon. James Lowther, PC, MP[note 10] |
Former Speaker of the House of Commons. |
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20 February 1923 |
Sir George Younger, Bt. |
Former Chairman of the Conservative Party. |
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21 January 1924 |
Earl of Inchcape in the Peerage in the United Kingdom |
James Mackay, Baron Inchcape |
He was the Chairman of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
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16 June 1925 |
Marcus Samuel, Baron Bearsted |
Founder of Royal Dutch Shell. |
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20 January 1927 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir James Craig, Bt., PC (Ire), PC (NI), MP |
Incumbent Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. |
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18 June 1929 |
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The Rt Hon. William Bridgeman, PC[note 11] |
Former Home Secretary. |
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4 July 1929 |
Douglas Hogg, Baron Hailsham |
Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. |
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5 July 1929 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt., PC, PC (NI), MP |
Former Home Secretary. |
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24 February 1933 |
Stanley Buckmaster, Baron Buckmaster |
Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. |
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24 June 1935 |
Charles Bathurst, Baron Bledisloe |
Former Governor-General of New Zealand. |
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29 November 1935 |
Earl of Swinton in the Peerage in the United Kingdom |
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The Rt Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, PC |
Incumbent cabinet minister. |
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17 January 1936 |
Ernest Pollock, Baron Hanworth |
Incumbent Master of the Rolls. |
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31 January 1936 |
Hugh Trenchard, Baron Trenchard |
Former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. |
King Edward VIII |
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8 June 1937 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir Herbert Samuel, PC |
Former Home Secretary. |
King George VI |
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10 June 1937 |
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The Rt Hon. Walter Runciman, PC, MP[note 12] |
Former cabinet minister. |
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11 June 1937 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir J. C. C. Davidson, PC, MP |
Former Chairman of the Conservative Party. |
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25 June 1938 |
William Weir, Baron Weir |
Former cabinet minister. |
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27 June 1938 |
Held by the Earl of Kintore in the Peerage of Scotland since 1974. |
John Baird, Baron Stonehaven |
Former Governor-General of Australia. |
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6 September 1939 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir Thomas Inskip, PC, MP |
Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. |
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20 January 1941 |
William Berry, Baron Camrose |
Co-owner of The Daily Telegraph. |
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12 January 1942 |
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The Rt Hon. William Wedgwood Benn, PC, MP |
Former cabinet minister. |
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27 April 1942 |
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The Rt Hon. David Margesson, PC, MP |
Former cabinet minister. |
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3 May 1943 |
Muriel FitzRoy |
She was the widow of the Speaker of the House of Commons Edward FitzRoy, MP.[note 1] |
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2 July 1945 |
Christopher Addison, Baron Addison |
Former cabinet minister. |
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12 September 1945 |
Gomer Berry, Baron Kemsley |
Co-owner of The Daily Telegraph. |
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13 September 1945 |
George Penny, Baron Marchwood |
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31 January 1946 |
Sir Bernard Montgomery |
Military Peerage–Army. |
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1 March 1946 |
Earl Alexander of Tunis in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
Sir Harold Alexander[note 13] |
Military Peerage–Army. |
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23 August 1946 |
Earl Mountbatten of Burma in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
Lord Louis Mountbatten[note 14] |
Military Peerage–Navy.[note 1] |
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28 January 1952 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir John Anderson, PC, PC (Ire) |
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer. |
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10 April 1952 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bt., PC |
Former Leader of the Liberal Party. |
Queen Elizabeth II |
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1 July 1952 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir Basil Brooke, Bt., PC (NI), MP |
Incumbent Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. |
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5 July 1952 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir Duff Cooper, PC |
Former Ambassador to France. |
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2 July 1953 |
Earl of Woolton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
Frederick Marquis, Baron Woolton |
Incumbent cabinet minister. |
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18 January 1954 |
Frederick Leathers, Baron Leathers |
Former cabinet minister. |
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16 July 1954 |
Herwald Ramsbotham, Baron Soulbury |
Incumbent Governor-General of Ceylon. |
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9 September 1954 |
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The Rt Hon. Oliver Lyttelton, MP, PC[note 15] |
Former cabinet minister. |
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18 March 1955 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir Godfrey Huggins, PC, MP |
Incumbent Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. |
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12 January 1956 |
William Sidney, Baron De L'Isle and Dudley |
Former cabinet minister. |
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11 February 1957 |
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The Rt Hon. Sir Walter Monckton, PC, MP |
Former cabinet minister. |
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12 February 1957 |
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The Rt Hon. Gwilym Lloyd George, PC, MP[note 16] |
Former Home Secretary. |
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10 July 1957 |
Harold Mackintosh, Baron Mackintosh of Halifax |
Owner of John Mackintosh & Sons Ltd. |
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12 November 1959 |
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The Rt Hon. William Morrison, PC, MP |
Former Speaker of the House of Commons. |
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20 November 1959 |
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The Rt Hon. James Stuart, PC[note 17] |
Former cabinet minister. |
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20 January 1960 |
John Kemp, Baron Rochdale |
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15 July 1960 |
Sir William Slim |
Incumbent Governor-General of Australia. |
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2 August 1960 |
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The Rt Hon. Antony Head, PC, MP |
Incumbent High Commissioner to Nigeria. |
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8 September 1960 |
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The Rt Hon. Alan Lennox-Boyd, PC, MP |
Former cabinet minister. |
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22 August 1962 |
Percy Mills, Baron Mills |
Former cabinet minister. |
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8 November 1963 |
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The Rt Hon. John Hare, PC, MP[note 18] |
Incumbent Chairman of the Conservative Party. |
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14 January 1964 |
David Eccles, Baron Eccles |
Former cabinet minister. |
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7 December 1964 |
Reginald Manningham-Buller, Baron Dilhorne |
Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. |
Extinct baronies
Shield |
Title |
Creation |
Extinct |
Grantee |
Reason |
Monarch |
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Baron Deramore |
18 November 1885 |
20 August 2006 |
Sir Thomas Bateson, Bt. |
Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party.[note 1] |
Queen Victoria |
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Baron Herschell |
8 February 1886 |
26 October 2008 |
The Rt Hon. Sir Farrer Herschell |
He was the incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. |
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Baron Lyell |
4 July 1914 |
11 January 2017 |
Sir Leonard Lyell, Bt. |
Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party. |
King George V |
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Baron Melchett |
15 June 1928 |
29 August 2018 |
The Rt Hon. Sir Alfred Mond, Bt., MP |
He was a former cabinet minister. |
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Baron Sysonby |
24 June 1935 |
23 October 2009 |
The Rt Hon. Sir Frederick Ponsonby[note 24] |
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Baron Wardington |
17 July 1936 |
19 March 2019 |
Beaumont Pease, Esq. |
He was the Chairman of Lloyds Bank. |
King Edward VIII |
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Baron Chatfield |
4 June 1937 |
30 September 2007 |
Sir Ernle Chatfield |
Military Peerage–Navy |
King George VI |
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Baron Birdwood |
25 January 1938 |
11 July 2015 |
Sir William Birdwood, Bt. |
Military Peerage–Army |
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Baron Belstead |
27 January 1938 |
3 December 2005 |
Sir John Ganzoni, Bt., MP |
Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party. |
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Baron Balfour of Inchrye |
5 July 1945 |
14 April 2013 |
The Rt Hon. Harold Balfour |
Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party. |
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Baron Broughshane |
19 September 1945 |
24 March 2006 |
Sir William Davison, MP |
Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party. |
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Baron Wilson |
12 March 1946 |
1 February 2009 |
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson |
Military Peerage–Army |
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Baron Citrine |
16 July 1946 |
5 August 2006 |
Sir Walter Citrine |
He was the incumbent General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress. |
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Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor |
13 April 1949 |
27 January 2002 |
Sir Gordon Macdonald |
He was the former Governor of Newfoundland. |
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Baron Greenhill |
8 July 1950 |
13 January 2020 |
Ernest Greenhill, Esq. |
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Baron Strang |
16 January 1954 |
19 December 2014 |
Sir William Strang |
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Queen Elizabeth II |
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Baron Gladwyn |
12 April 1960 |
15 August 2017 |
Sir Gladwyn Jebb |
He was the former Ambassador to France. |
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Baron Erroll of Hale |
19 December 1964 |
14 September 2000 |
The Rt Hon. Frederick Erroll, MP |
He was a former cabinet minister. |
Current titles without heirs
Current Scottish and Irish peers with British titles
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