Peerage of Great Britain

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The Peerage of Great Britain includes all peer dignities that were created in the Kingdom of Great Britain under the Act of Union 1707 through the Act of Union 1800 . The Peerage of Great-Britain thus replaced the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland until it was itself replaced by the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1801 .

Until the House of Lords Act was passed in 1999 , all peers had a seat in the House of Lords . The ranks of the British peerage are Duke , Marquess , Earl , Viscount and Baron .

The following table of currently existing British peers lists higher or equivalent titles in other peerages.

See also:

Dukes in the Peerage of Great Britain

title Year of award Other titles
The Duke of Brandon 1711 Duke of Hamilton in the Peerage of Scotland
The Duke of Manchester 1719  
The Duke of Northumberland 1766  

Marquesses in the Peerage of Great Britain

title Year of award Other titles
The Marquess of Lansdowne 1784  
The Marquess Townshend 1787  
The Marquess of Stafford 1786 Duke of Sutherland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Marquess of Salisbury 1789  
The Marquess of Bath 1789  
The Marquess of Abercorn 1790 Duke of Abercorn in the Peerage of Ireland
The Marquess of Hertford 1793  
The Marquess of Bute 1796  

Earls in the Peerage of Great Britain

title Year of award Other titles
The Earl Ferrers 1711  
The Earl of Dartmouth 1711  
The Earl of Bristol 1714 Marquess of Bristol in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Earl of Tankerville 1714  
The Earl of Aylesford 1714  
The Earl of Macclesfield 1721  
The Earl Graham 1722 Duke of Montrose in the Peerage of Scotland
The Earl Waldegrave 1729  
The Earl of Harrington 1742  
The Earl of Portsmouth 1743  
The Earl Brooke or Earl of Warwick 1746; 1759 Although the title Earl Brooke was created earlier than the title Earl of Warwick , its bearer is named after his second title, as this has a longer tradition through previous awards
The Earl of Buckinghamshire 1746  
The Earl of Guilford 1752  
The Earl of Hardwicke 1754  
The Earl of Ilchester 1756  
The Earl De La Warr 1761  
The Earl of Radnor 1765  
The Earl Spencer 1765  
The Earl Bathurst 1772  
The Earl of Hillsborough 1772 Marquess of Downshire in the Peerage of Ireland
The Earl of Ailesbury 1776 Marquess of Ailesbury in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Earl of Clarendon 1776  
The Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield 1776; 1792  
The Earl of Abergavenny 1784 Marquess of Abergavenny in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Earl of Uxbridge 1784 Marquess of Anglesey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Earl Talbot 1784 Earl of Shrewsbury in the Peerage of England;
Earl of Waterford in the Peerage of Ireland
The Earl Grosvenor 1784 Duke of Westminster in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Earl Camden 1786 Marquess Camden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 1789  
The Earl Fortescue 1789  
The Earl of Carnarvon 1793  
The Earl Cadogan 1800  
The Earl of Malmesbury 1800  

Viscounts in the Peerage of Great Britain

title Year of award Other titles
The Viscount Bolingbroke and St. John 1712; 1716  
The Viscount Cobham 1718  
The Viscount Falmouth 1720  
The Viscount Torrington 1721  
The Viscount Leinster 1747 Duke of Leinster in the Peerage of Ireland
The Viscount Hood 1796  
The Viscount Lowther 1796 Earl of Lonsdale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Barons in the Peerage of Great Britain

title Year of award Other titles
The Baron Middleton 1711  
The Baron Boyle of Marston 1711 Earl of Cork and Orrery in the Peerage of Ireland
The Baron Hay of Pedwardine 1711 Earl of Kinnoull in the Peerage of Scotland
The Baron Onslow 1716 Earl of Onslow in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Romney 1716 Earl of Romney in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Newburgh 1716 Marquess of Cholmondeley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Walpole and Walpole 1723; 1756  
The Baron King 1725 Earl of Lovelace in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Monson 1728  
The Baron Bruce of Tottenham 1746 Marquess of Ailesbury in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby 1749 Earl of Bessborough in the Peerage of Ireland
The Baron Vere 1750 Duke of St. Albans in the Peerage of England
The Baron Scarsdale 1761 Viscount Scarsdale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Boston 1761  
The Baron Pelham 1762 Earl of Chichester in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Vernon 1762  
The Baron Ducie 1763 Earl of Ducie in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Digby 1765 Baron Digby in the Peerage of Ireland
The Baron Sundridge 1766 Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Hawke 1776  
The Baron Brownlow 1776  
The Baron Harrowby 1776 Earl of Harrowby in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Foley 1776  
The Baron Cranley 1776 Earl of Onslow in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Dynevor 1780  
The Baron Walsingham 1780  
The Baron Bagot 1780  
The Baron Southampton 1780  
The Baron Grantley 1782  
The Baron Rodney 1782  
The Baron Eliot 1784 Earl of St. Germans in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Somers 1784  
The Baron Boringdon 1784 Earl of Morley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Tyrone 1786 Marquess of Waterford in the Peerage of Ireland
The Baron Carleton 1786 Earl of Shannon in the Peerage of Ireland
The Baron Suffield 1786  
The Baron Kenyon 1788  
The Baron Howe 1788 Earl Howe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Braybrooke 1788  
The Baron Fisherwick 1790 Marquess of Donegall in the Peerage of Ireland
The Baron Verulam 1790 Earl of Verulam in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron's Gage of High Meadow 1790 Viscount Gage in the Peerage of Ireland
The Baron Thurlow 1792  
The Baron Auckland 1793 Baron Auckland in the Peerage of Ireland
The Baron Bradford 1794 Earl of Bradford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Dundas 1794 Marquess of Zetland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Mendip 1794 Earl of Normanton in the Peerage of Ireland
The Baron Mulgrave 1794 Marquess of Normanby in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Yarborough 1794 Earl of Yarborough in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Loughborough 1795 Earl of Rosslyn in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Rous 1796 Earl of Stradbroke in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Stuart of Castle Stuart 1796 Earl of Moray in the Peerage of Scotland
The Baron Stewart of Garlies 1796 Earl of Galloway in the Peerage of Scotland
The Baron Harewood 1796 Earl of Harewood in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Cawdor 1796 Earl Cawdor in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Carrington 1797 Baron Carrington in the Peerage of Ireland;
Baron Carington of Upton for Life in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Bolton 1797  
The Baron Minto 1797 Earl of Minto in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Lilford 1797  
The Baron Wodehouse 1797 Earl of Kimberley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Eldon 1799 Earl of Eldon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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