Peerage of England
The Peerage of England includes all peer dignities that were created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union 1707 . That year the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland were replaced by the Peerage of Great Britain .
Until the House of Lords Act was passed in 1999 , all peers had a seat in the House of Lords . The ranks of the English peerage are Duke , Marquess , Earl , Viscount, and Baron . While most of the newer English titles are only inherited in the male line, there is also inheritance in the female line in older (especially older baronies). According to the English law of inheritance, all daughters are co-heirs, so that many older titles of the English peerage are in a limbo ( Abeyance ) with several female co-heirs .
In the following overviews of all currently existing English peers, higher or equivalent titles in other peerages are given. On the other hand, each peer is only listed for its highest English title.
See also:
Dukes in the Peerage of England
title | Year of award | Other titles |
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The Duke of Cornwall | 1337 | 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 Lennox in the Peerage of Scotland; Duke of Gordon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
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
title | Year of award | Other titles |
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The Marquess of Winchester | 1551 |
Earls in the Peerage of England
title | Year of award | Other titles |
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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 and Montgomery | 1551; 1605 | |
The Earl of Devon | 1553 | |
The Earl of Lincoln | 1572 | |
The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire | 1603; 1626 | |
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 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 Lindsey and Abingdon | 1626; 1682 | |
The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham | 1628; 1681 | |
The Earl of Sandwich | 1660 | |
The Earl of Essex | 1661 | |
The Earl of Cardigan | 1661 | Marquess of Ailesbury in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
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 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 (Vice Counts) in the Peerage of England
title | Year of award | Other titles |
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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 in the Peerage of England
title | Year of award | Other titles |
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The Baron de Ros | 1264 | |
The Baron le Despencer | 1264 | Viscount Falmouth in the Peerage of Great Britain |
The Baron Mowbray , Segrave and Stourton | 1283; 1295; 1448 | |
The Baron Hastings | 1295 | |
The Baron FitzWalter | 1295 | |
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 , Hungerford and de Moleyns | 1299; 1426; 1445 | Viscount St. Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
The Baron Zouche | 1308 | |
The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby | 1313 | |
The Baron Strabolgi | 1318 | |
The Baron Dacre | 1321 | |
The Baroness Gray de Ruthyn | 1324 | |
The Baron Darcy de Knayth | 1332 | |
The Baron Cromwell | 1375 | |
The Baron Camoys | 1383 | |
The Baron Gray of Codnor | 1397 | |
The Baron Berkeley | 1421 | Baron Gueterbock for life |
The Baron Latymer | 1432 | |
The Baron Dudley | 1440 | |
The Baron Saye and Sele | 1447 | |
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 Wentworth | 1529 | Earl of Lytton 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 Baroness 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 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 | Lord Dingwall in the Peerage of Scotland |
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; Marquess of Stafford in the Peerage of Great Britain |
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; Earl of Bristol in the Peerage of Great Britain |