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The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in the United Kingdom in total. English Peeresses obtained their first seats in the House of Lords under the Peerage Act 1963 from which date until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 all Peers of England could sit in the House of Lords.
The ranks of the English peerage are, in descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. While most newer English peerages descend only in the male line, many of the older ones (particularly older baronies) can descend through females. Such peerages follow the old English inheritance law of moieties so all daughters (or granddaughters through the same root) stand as co-heirs, so some such titles are in such a state of abeyance between these.
Baronets, while holders of hereditary titles, as such are not peers and not entitled to stand for election in the House of Lords. Knights, dames and holders of other non-hereditary orders, decorations, and medals are also not peers.
The following tables only show extant peerages. For lists of every peerage created at a particular rank, including extinct, dormant, and abeyant peerages, see:
- List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
- List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
- List of earldoms
- List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
- List of baronies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
Each peer is listed only by their highest English title. Peers known by a higher title in one of the other peerages are shown in blue, and peers with more than one title of the same rank in the Peerage of England are shown in orange.
Dukes in the Peerage of England
Subsidiary title
Title | Creation | Other dukedom or higher titles |
---|---|---|
The Duke of Cornwall | 1337 | Usually Prince of Wales as the heir to the British throne; Duke of Rothesay in the Peerage of Scotland |
The Duke of Norfolk | 1483 | |
The Duke of Somerset | 1547 | |
The Duke of Richmond | 1675 | Duke of Gordon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; Duke of Lennox in the Peerage of Scotland; Duke of Aubigny in the Peerage of France |
The Duke of Grafton | 1675 | |
The Duke of Beaufort | 1682 | |
The Duke of St Albans | 1684 | |
The Duke of Bedford | 1694 | |
The Duke of Devonshire | 1694 | |
The Duke of Marlborough | 1702 | |
The Duke of Rutland | 1703 |
Marquesses in the Peerage of England
Subsidiary title
Title | Creation | Other marquessate or higher titles |
---|---|---|
The Marquess of Winchester | 1551 | |
The Marquess of Worcester | 1643 | Duke of Beaufort in the Peerage of England |
The Marquess of Tavistock | 1694 | Duke of Bedford in the Peerage of England |
The Marquess of Hartington | 1694 | Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England |
The Marquess of Blandford | 1702 | Duke of Marlborough in the Peerage of England |
The Marquess of Granby | 1703 | Duke of Rutland in the Peerage of England |
Earls in the Peerage of England
- Subsidiary title
- Holds more than one earldom in the Peerage of England
Title | Creation | Other earldom or higher titles |
---|---|---|
The Earl of Shrewsbury | 1442 | Earl Talbot in the Peerage of Great Britain; Earl of Waterford in the Peerage of Ireland |
The Earl of Derby | 1485 | |
The Earl of Huntingdon | 1529 | |
The Earl of Pembroke | 1551 | Earl of Montgomery in Peerage of England |
The Earl of Devon | 1553 | |
The Earl of Lincoln | 1572 | |
The Earl of Suffolk | 1603 | Earl of Berkshire in Peerage of England |
The Earl of Exeter | 1605 | Marquess of Exeter in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
The Earl of Salisbury | 1605 | Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain |
The Earl of Montgomery | 1605 | Held with the Earl of Pembroke in Peerage of England |
The Earl of Northampton | 1618 | Marquess of Northampton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
The Earl of Denbigh | 1622? | Earl of Desmond in the Peerage of Ireland |
The Earl of Westmorland | 1624 | |
The Earl of Manchester | 1626 | Duke of Manchester in the Peerage of Great Britain |
The Earl of Berkshire | 1626 | Held with the Earl of Suffolk in Peerage of England |
The Earl of Lindsey | 1626 | Earl of Abingdon in Peerage of England |
The Earl of Winchilsea | 1628 | Earl of Nottingham in Peerage of England |
The Earl of Sandwich | 1660 | |
The Earl of Essex | 1661 | |
The Earl of Carlisle | 1661 | |
The Earl of Doncaster | 1663 | Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland |
The Earl of Shaftesbury | 1672 | |
The Earl of Nottingham | 1681 | Held with the Earl of Winchilsea in Peerage of England |
The Earl of Abingdon | 1682 | Held with the Earl of Lindsey in Peerage of England |
The Earl of Portland | 1689 | |
The Earl of Scarbrough | 1690 | |
The Earl of Albemarle | 1697 | |
The Earl of Coventry | 1697 | |
The Earl of Jersey | 1697? | |
The Earl of Cholmondeley | 1706 | Marquess of Cholmondeley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
Viscounts in the Peerage of England
- Subsidiary title
Title | Creation | Other viscountcy or higher titles |
---|---|---|
The Viscount Hereford | 1550 | |
The Viscount Townshend | 1682 | Marquess Townshend in the Peerage of Great Britain |
The Viscount Weymouth | 1682 | Marquess of Bath in the Peerage of Great Britain |
Barons and baronesses in the Peerage of England
- Subsidiary title
- Holds more than one barony in the Peerage of England
- Subsidiary title and holds more than one barony in the Peerage of England
Title | Creation | Other barony or higher titles |
---|---|---|
The Baron de Ros | 1264 | |
The Baron le Despencer | 1264 | Viscount Falmouth in the Peerage of Great Britain |
The Baron Mowbray | 1283 | Baron Segrave and Baron Stourton in Peerage of England |
The Baron Hastings | 1295 | |
The Baron FitzWalter | 1295 | |
The Baron Segrave | 1295 | Baron Mowbray and Baron Stourton in Peerage of England |
The Baron Clinton | 1299 | |
The Baron De La Warr | 1299 | Earl De La Warr in the Peerage of Great Britain |
The Baron de Clifford | 1299 | |
The Baron Strange | 1299 | Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Held with Baron Hungerford and Baron de Moleyns in Peerage of England |
The Baron Zouche | 1308 | |
The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby | 1313 | |
The Baron Strabolgi | 1318 | |
The Baroness Dacre | 1321 | |
The Baron Darcy de Knayth | 1332 | |
The Baron Cromwell | 1375 | |
The Baron Camoys | 1383 | |
The Baron Grey of Codnor | 1397 | |
The Baron Berkeley | 1421 | Lord Gueterbock for Life in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
The Baron Hungerford | 1426 | Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Held with Baron Strange and Baron de Moleyns in Peerage of England |
The Baron Latymer | 1432 | |
The Baron Dudley | 1440 | |
The Baron de Moleyns | 1445 | Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Held with Baron Strange and Baron Hungerford in Peerage of England |
The Baron Saye and Sele | 1447 | |
The Baron Stourton | 1448 | Baron Mowbray and Baron Segrave in Peerage of England |
The Baroness Berners | 1455 | |
The Baron Herbert | 1461 | |
The Baron Willoughby de Broke | 1491 | |
The Baron Vaux of Harrowden | 1523 | |
The Baroness Braye | 1529 | |
The Baron Windsor | 1529 | Earl of Plymouth in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
The Baron Burgh | 1529 | |
The Baron Wharton | 1544 | |
The Baron Howard of Effingham | 1554 | Earl of Effingham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
The Baron St John of Bletso | 1559 | |
The Baron Howard de Walden | 1597 | |
The Baron Petre | 1603 | |
The Baron Clifton | 1608 | Earl of Darnley in the Peerage of Ireland |
The Baron Dormer | 1615 | |
The Baron Teynham | 1616 | |
The Baron Brooke | 1621 | Earl Brooke and Earl of Warwick in the Peerage of Great Britain |
The Baron Craven | 1626 | Earl of Craven in the Peerage of Great Britain |
The Baron Strange | 1628 | |
The Baron Stafford | 1640 | |
The Baron Byron | 1643 | |
The Baron Ward | 1644 | Earl of Dudley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
The Baron Lucas | 1663 | |
The Baroness Arlington | 1665 | |
The Baron Clifford of Chudleigh | 1672 | |
The Baron Guilford | 1683 | Earl of Guilford in the Peerage of Great Britain |
The Baron Waldegrave | 1683 | Earl Waldegrave in the Peerage of Great Britain |
The Baron Barnard | 1698 | |
The Baron Guernsey | 1703 | Earl of Aylesford in the Peerage of Great Britain |
The Baron Gower | 1703 | Duke of Sutherland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
The Baron Conway | 1703 | Marquess of Hertford in the Peerage of Great Britain |
The Baron Hervey | 1703 | Marquess of Bristol in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
See also
- British Honours System
- British nobility
- Forms of address in the United Kingdom
- Gentry
- History of the Peerage
- Landed gentry
- Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom
- Peerage, an exposition of great detail
- Peerage of Ireland
- Peerage of Scotland
- Welsh peers and baronets
Notes
- As Premier Duke of England
- As Premier Marquess of England
- As Premier Earl of England
- As Premier Viscount of England
- As Premier Baron of England
References
- "Debretts Peerage". debretts.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016.
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