終身貴族(英語:Life peer),是英國貴族的一種。與一般貴族不同的是,終身貴族只限於個人,不能讓其子女世襲繼承,因此也被稱為一代貴族。終身貴族由英國君主在英國首相建議下任命。現時的終身貴族由《1958年終身貴族法》所管制,爵位只限於男爵(除了愛丁堡公爵愛德華王子)。終身貴族的稱呼與勳爵一樣,而且都可以成為英國上議院的議員。成為終身貴族,可以選擇封邑,但這個「封邑」只是象徵儀式,一代貴族並沒有獲得稅收權。
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著名的終身貴族
參考
- Boothroyd, D. (2004). "Life Peerages created under the Life Peerages Act 1958." (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館)
- Cox, N. (1997). "The British Peerage: The Legal Standing of the Peerage and Baronetage in the overseas realms of the Crown with particular reference to New Zealand." New Zealand Universities Law Review. (Vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 379-401).
- Farnborough, T. E. May, 1st Baron. (1896). Constitutional History of England since the Accession of George the Third, 11th ed. London: Longmans, Green and Co. (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館)
- Life Peerages Act 1958. (6 & 7 Elizabeth 2 c. 21). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館)
- "Lords of Appeal in Ordinary." (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed. London: Cambridge University Press.
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