Peerage of Great Britain

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The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between the Acts of Union 1707 and the Acts of Union 1800. It replaced the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland, but was itself replaced by the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1801.

The ranks of the Peerage of Great Britain are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron. Until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, all peers of Great Britain could sit in the House of Lords.

Some peerages of Great Britain were created for peers in the Peerage of Scotland and Peerage of Ireland as they did not have an automatic seat in the House of Lords until the Peerage Act 1963 which gave Scottish Peers an automatic right to sit in the Lords.

In the following table of peers of Great Britain, holders of higher or equal titles in the other peerages are listed. Those peers who are known by a higher title in one of the other peerages are listed in italics.

Ranks

The ranks of the peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron.<ref Name="DukesUK">Template:Cite web</ref>

Titles

Template:See also 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'.

Creation of peers

The last non-royal dukedom of Great Britain was created in 1766, and the last marquessate of Great Britain was created in 1796. Creation of the remaining ranks ceased when the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was formed; subsequent creations of peers were in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The last 8 (6 non-royal and two royal) people who were created hereditary peers (from 1798 to 1800) were:

Grantee Date of creation Title(s) Noted for
Sir Horatio Nelson 6 October 1798 (extinct) Baron Nelson Military peerage–Navy
Prince Edward 23 April 1799 (extinct) Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Earl of Dublin 		Fourth son of King George III
Prince Ernest Augustus 23 April 1799 (suspended) Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale
Earl of Armagh 		Fifth son of King George III
Sir John Scott 18 July 1799 Baron Eldon He was the incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare 31 August 1799 (extinct) Baron FitzGibbon He was the incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Ireland.
Also he had an imperial peerage in the House of Lords as Irish Peers were not allowed to sit in the Lords.
Alexander Hood, 1st Baron Bridport 16 June 1800 Viscount Bridport Military peerage–Navy
Charles Cadogan, 3rd Baron Cadogan 27 December 1800 Earl Cadogan
Viscount Chelsea 		 
James Harris, 1st Baron Malmesbury 29 December 1800 Earl of Malmesbury
Viscount FitzHarris 		 

Lists of peers

Lists of extant peerages

Extant dukedoms

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Shield Title Creation Grantee Reason Monarch

Template:Indented plainlist 10 September 1711 Template:Flagicon James Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton<ref group="note" name="Scottish Representative Peer">Scottish Representative Peer</ref> His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1963.<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder">Current peerage with special remainder.</ref> Queen Anne

Template:Indented plainlist 28 April 1719 Template:Flagicon Charles Montagu, Earl of Manchester   King George I

Template:Indented plainlist 22 October 1766 Template:Flagicon Hugh Percy, Earl of Northumberland Former Viceroy of Ireland. King George III

Template:Indented plainlist 24 April 1799 Prince Ernest Augustus Currently suspended

Extant marquessates

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Shield Title Creation Grantee Reason Monarch
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 6 December 1784 Template:Flagicon William Petty, Earl of Shelburne Former Prime Minister. King George III
Template:Sort Marquess of Stafford 1 March 1786 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 31 October 1787 Template:Flagicon George Townshend, Viscount Townshend Military peerage–Army.
Template:Sort Marquess of Salisbury 18 August 1789 Template:Flagicon James Cecil, Earl of Salisbury Incumbent Lord Chamberlain of the Household.
Template:Sort Marquess of Bath 24 August 1789 Template:Flagicon Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth Incumbent Groom of the Stool.
Template:Sort Marquess of Abercorn 15 October 1790 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 5 July 1793 Template:Flagicon Francis Seymour-Conway, Earl of Hertford Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household.
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 21 March 1796 Template:Flagicon John Stuart, Earl of Bute

Extant earldoms

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Shield Title Creation Grantee Reason Monarch
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 3 September 1711 Template:Flagicon Robert Shirley, Baron Ferrers of Chartley Queen Anne
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 5 September 1711 Template:Flagicon William Legge, Baron Dartmouth Former cabinet minister.
Template:Sort Earl of Tankerville 19 October 1714 Template:Flagicon Charles Bennet, Baron Ossulston King George I
Template:Sort Earl of Aylesford 19 October 1714 Template:Flagicon Heneage Finch, Baron Guernsey Former cabinet minister.
Template:Sort Earl of Bristol 19 October 1714 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 15 November 1721 Template:Flagicon Thomas Parker, Baron Parker Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 23 May 1722 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 13 September 1729 Template:Flagicon James Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave Incumbent Ambassador of the Holy Roman Empire King George II
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 9 February 1742 Template:Flagicon William Stanhope, Baron Harrington Incumbent cabinet minister.
Template:Sort Earl of Portsmouth 11 April 1743 Template:Flagicon John Wallop, Viscount Lymington
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 7 July 1746 Template:Flagicon Francis Greville, Baron Brooke
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 8 July 1746 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Earl of Buckinghamshire 5 September 1746 Template:Flagicon John Hobart, Baron Hobart
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 2 October 1749 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 3 August 1750 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Earl of Guilford 8 April 1752 Template:Flagicon Francis North, Baron Guilford
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 2 April 1754 Template:Flagicon Philip Yorke, Baron Hardwicke Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Template:Sort Earl of Ilchester 17 June 1756 Template:Flagicon Stephen Fox-Strangways, Baron Ilchester and Stavordale <ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Earl of Warwick 30 November 1759 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 18 March 1761 Template:Flagicon John West, Baron De La Warr King George III
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 31 October 1765 Template:Flagicon William Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone <ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 1 November 1765 Template:Flagicon John Spencer, Viscount Spencer
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 27 August 1772 Template:Flagicon Allen Bathurst, Baron Bathurst
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 28 August 1772 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Earl of Ailesbury 10 June 1776 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Earl of Clarendon 14 June 1776 Template:Flagicon Thomas Villiers, Baron Hyde Incumbent cabinet minister.
Template:Sort Earl of Mansfield 31 October 1776 Template:Flagicon William Murray, Baron Mansfield Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench.<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 17 May 1784 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Earl of Uxbridge 19 May 1784 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 3 July 1784 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 5 July 1784 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 13 May 1786 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 31 August 1789 Template:Flagicon George Edgcumbe, Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 1 September 1789 Template:Flagicon Hugh Fortescue, Baron Fortescue
Template:Sort Earl of Beverley 2 November 1790 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Earl of Mansfield 1 August 1792 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Earl of Carnarvon 3 July 1793 Template:Flagicon Henry Herbert, Baron Porchester
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 27 December 1800 Template:Flagicon Charles Cadogan, Baron Cadogan
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 29 December 1800 Template:Flagicon James Harris, Baron Malmesbury

Extant viscountcies

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Shield Title Creation Grantee Reason Monarch

Template:Indented plainlist 7 July 1712 Template:Sort Incumbent cabinet minister.<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/> Queen Anne

Template:Indented plainlist 2 July 1716 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/> King George I
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 2 July 1717 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>

Template:Indented plainlist 23 May 1718 Template:Sort Military peerage–Army.<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>

Template:Indented plainlist 9 June 1720 Template:Sort Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party.
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Template:Indented plainlist 21 September 1721 Template:Sort Military peerage–Navy.
Template:Sort Viscount Leinster 21 February 1747 Template:Sort King George II
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 29 June 1747 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 3 April 1761 Template:Sort King George III
Template:Sort Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort 5 March 1781 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Viscount Hamilton 8 August 1786 Template:Sort

Viscount Hood 1 June 1796 Template:Sort Military peerage–Navy.
Template:Sort Template:Indented plainlist 26 October 1796 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>

Extant baronies

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Shield Title Creation Grantee Reason Monarch
Template:Sort Baron Boyle of Marston 5 September 1711 Template:Sort His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999. Queen Anne
Template:Sort Baron Hay 31 December 1711 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Bathhurst 1 January 1712 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Middleton 1 January 1712 Template:Sort Former Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire and Newark.
Template:Sort Baron Parker 10 March 1716 Template:Sort King George I
Template:Sort Baron Onslow 19 June 1716 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Romney 22 June 1716 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Newburgh 10 July 1716 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Cadogan 8 May 1718 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Percy 21 January 1722<ref>Created by error</ref> Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Walpole 1 June 1723 Template:Sort <ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Hobart 28 May 1728 Template:Sort King George II
Template:Sort Baron Monson 28 May 1728 Template:Sort Former Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire, Castle Rising and Cricklade.
Template:Sort Baron Harrington 6 January 1730 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Hardwicke 23 November 1733 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Talbot of Hensol 5 December 1733 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Ilchester 11 May 1741 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Strangways 11 May 1741 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Edgcumbe 20 April 1742 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Bruce 17 April 1746 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Fortescue 5 July 1746 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Ilchester and Stavordale 12 January 1747 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby 12 June 1749 Template:Sort His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999.
Template:Sort Baron Vere of Hanworth 28 March 1750 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Hyde 3 June 1756 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Walpole 4 June 1756 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Harwich 17 November 1756 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Wycombe 17 May 1760 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Mount Stuart of Wortley 3 April 1761 Template:Sort King George III
Template:Sort Baron Grosvenor 8 April 1761 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Scarsdale 9 April 1761 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Boston 10 April 1761 Template:Sort Former Member of Parliament for Launceston and Bodmin.
Template:Sort Baron Pelham of Stanmer 4 May 1762 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Vernon 12 May 1762 Template:Sort Former Member of Parliament for Lichfield and Derby.
Template:Sort Baron Ducie 27 April 1763 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Camden 17 July 1765 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Digby 19 August 1765 Template:Sort His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999.<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Sundridge 22 December 1766 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Apsley 24 January 1771 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Brownlow 20 May 1776 Template:Sort Former Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire and Stamford.
Template:Sort Baron Cardiff 20 May 1776 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Cranley 20 May 1776 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Foley 20 May 1776 Template:Sort Former Member of Parliament for Stafford.
Template:Sort Baron Hamilton of Hameldon 20 May 1776 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Harrowby 20 May 1776 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Hawke 20 May 1776 Template:Sort Military peerage–Navy.
Template:Sort Baron Southampton 17 September 1780 Template:Sort Military peerage–Army.
Template:Sort Baron Bagot 12 October 1780 Template:Sort Former Member of Parliament for the Staffordshire.
Template:Sort Baron Dynevor 17 October 1780 Template:Sort Incumbent Lord Steward of the Household.<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Porchester 17 October 1780 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Walsingham 17 October 1780 Template:Sort Former Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
Template:Sort Baron Grantley 9 April 1782 Template:Sort Former Speaker of the House of Commons.
Template:Sort Baron Rodney 19 June 1782 Template:Sort Military peerage–Navy.
Template:Sort Baron Lovaine 28 January 1784 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>

Baron Somers 17 May 1784 Template:Sort Former Member of Parliament for Reigate.
Template:Sort Baron Boringdon 18 May 1784 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Eliot 13 June 1784 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Carleton 21 August 1786 Template:Sort His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999.
Template:Sort Baron Suffield 21 August 1786 Template:Sort Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party.
Template:Sort Baron Tyrone 21 August 1786 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Kenyon 9 June 1788 Template:Sort Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench.
Template:Sort Baron Howe 19 August 1788 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Braybrooke 5 September 1788 Template:Sort Military peerage–Army.<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Malmesbury 19 September 1788 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Fisherwick 3 July 1790 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Verulam 6 July 1790 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Gage 1 November 1790 Template:Sort His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999.<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Thurlow 11 June 1792 Template:Sort Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Auckland 22 May 1793 Template:Sort His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999.
Template:Sort Baron Bradford 13 August 1794 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Clive 13 August 1794 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Curzon 13 August 1794 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Dundas 13 August 1794 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Lyttelton 13 August 1794 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Mendip 13 August 1794 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Mulgrave 13 August 1794 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Yarborough 13 August 1794 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Hood 27 May 1795 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Loughborough 31 October 1795 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Rous 28 May 1796 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Brodrick 1 June 1796 Template:Sort His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999.<ref group="note" name="Special Remainder"/>
Template:Sort Baron Stuart 4 June 1796 Template:Sort<ref group="note" name="Scottish Representative Peer"/> His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1963.
Template:Sort Baron Stewart of Garlies 6 June 1796 Template:Sort His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1963.
Template:Sort Baron Saltersford 7 June 1796 Template:Sort His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999.
Template:Sort Baron Harewood 18 June 1796 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Cawdor 21 June 1796 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Bolton 20 October 1797 Template:Sort Former cabinet minister.
Template:Sort Baron Carrington 20 October 1797 Template:Sort His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999.
Template:Sort Baron Minto 20 October 1797 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Lilford 26 October 1797 Template:Sort Former Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire.
Template:Sort Baron Wodehouse 26 October 1797 Template:Sort
Template:Sort Baron Eldon 18 July 1799 Template:Sort

Extinct peerages since the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999

Extinct baronies

Shield Title Creation Extinct Grantee Reason Monarch

Baron King 29 May 1725 31 January 2018 Sir Peter King Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. King George I

Baron Lovel and Holland 7 May 1762 6 November 2011 Template:Flagicon John Perceval, Earl of Egmont, MP His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999. King George III

Current titles without heirs

Current peers of Great Britain

Title Monarch
Barons
Baron Brownlow King George III
Baron Hawke King George III

Current Scottish and Irish peers with British titles

Currently none

See also

Notes

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References

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