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Peerage of the United Kingdom

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The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain. New peers continued to be created in the Peerage of Ireland until 1898 (the last creation was the Barony of Curzon of Kedleston)

The House of Lords Act 1999 reformed the House of Lords. Until then, all peers of the United Kingdom were automatically members of the House of Lords. However, from that date, most of the hereditary peers ceased to be members, whereas the life peers retained their seats. All hereditary peers of the first creation (i.e. those for whom a peerage was originally created, as opposed to those who inherited a peerage), and all surviving hereditary peers who had served as Leader of the House of Lords, were offered a life peerage to allow them to continue to sit in the House, should they wish.

Peers in the Peerage of Scotland and Peerage of Ireland did not have an automatic seat in the House of Lords following the Acts of Union of 1707 and 1800, though the law permitted a limited number to be elected by their fellows to serve in the House of Lords as representative peers. Some peerages of the United Kingdom were created to get around this obstacle and allow certain Scottish and Irish peers to enjoy the automatic right to sit in the House of Lords[1][2][a][4][5][b]

Key

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Non-partisan   Royal Family/Household
  Civil Service
  Clergy
  HM judiciary
  Commonwealth judiciary
  Privy Counsellor of the United Kingdom/Ireland/Northern Ireland
Partisan   Conservative Party
  Independent politician
  Irish Unionist Alliance
  Labour Party
  Liberal Party
  Liberal Unionist Party
  National Liberal Party
  Scottish Unionist Party
  Speaker of the House of Commons
  Tory Party
  Ulster Unionist Party
  Whig Party
  Commonwealth politician
  Other politician

Ranks

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The ranks of the peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron.[7]

The last non-royal dukedom was created in 1874, and the last marquessate was created in 1936. Creation of the remaining ranks, except baronies for life, mostly ceased once Harold Wilson's Labour government took office in 1964, and only thirteen (nine non-royal and four royal) people have been created hereditary peers since then. These were:

Grantee Date of Creation Title(s) Noted for
Reginald Manningham-Buller, The 1st Baron Dilhorne 7 December 1964 Viscount Dilhorne Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Robert Grimston, Bt. 11 December 1964 Baron Grimston of Westbury Former Member of Parliament
Frederick Erroll 19 December 1964 (extinct 2000) Baron Erroll of Hale Former Cabinet Minister
Robert Renwick, Bt. 23 December 1964 Baron Renwick
Michael Hughes-Young 31 December 1964 Baron St Helens Former Member of Parliament
John Morrison 1 January 1965 Baron Margadale Former Chairman of the 1922 Committee
William Whitelaw 16 June 1983 (extinct 1999) Viscount Whitelaw Former Home Secretary
George Thomas 11 July 1983 (extinct 1997) Viscount Tonypandy Former Speaker of the House of Commons
Harold Macmillan 24 February 1984 Earl of Stockton
Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden
Former Prime Minister
Prince Andrew 23 July 1986 Duke of York
Earl of Inverness
Baron Killyleagh
Second son of Queen Elizabeth II on his wedding day
Prince Edward 19 June 1999 Earl of Wessex
Viscount Severn
Third son of Queen Elizabeth II on his wedding day
Prince William 29 April 2011 Duke of Cambridge
Earl of Strathearn
Baron Carrickfergus
First son of King Charles III on his wedding day
Prince Harry 18 May 2018 Duke of Sussex
Earl of Dumbarton
Baron Kilkeel
Second son of King Charles III on his wedding day
Prince Edward 10 March 2019 Earl of Forfar Third son of Queen Elizabeth II on 55th birthday (used by the Earl and his wife as their primary title when they are in Scotland)[8]

Dukes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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  •   Peerage of the United Kingdom created for a Peer of Scotland or Ireland to have an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
Shield Title Creation Grantee Reason Monarch

11 May 1814 United Kingdom Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington Military Peerage–Army The Prince Regent
on behalf of King George III

28 January 1833 Kingdom of Great Britain George Leveson-Gower, Marquess of Stafford King William IV

27 February 1874 United Kingdom Hugh Grosvenor, Marquess of Westminster Queen Victoria

13 January 1876 Kingdom of England Charles Gordon-Lennox, Duke of Richmond Incumbent cabinet minister

24 May 1881 Prince Leopold Currently suspended

7 April 1892 Kingdom of Scotland George Campbell, Duke of Argyll Former cabinet minister and father-in-law of Princess Louise daughter of Queen Victoria

24 April 1900 United Kingdom Alexander Duff, Earl of Fife Son-in-law of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) [c]

31 March 1928 Prince Henry On his 28th birthday King George V

12 October 1934 Prince George In anticipation of his forthcoming marriage to Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark

23 July 1986 Prince Andrew On his wedding day to Sarah Ferguson Queen Elizabeth II

29 April 2011 Prince William of Wales On his wedding day to Catherine Middleton

18 May 2018 Prince Henry of Wales On his wedding day to Meghan Markle

10 March 2023 Prince Edward On his 59th birthday, (Title not hereditary, it will become extinct on his death) King Charles III

Marquesses in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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  •   Peerage of the United Kingdom created for a Peer of Scotland or Ireland to have an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
Shield Title Creation Grantee Reason Monarch

4 February 1801 Kingdom of England Henry Cecil, Earl of Exeter King George III

7 September 1812 Kingdom of England Charles Compton, Earl of Northampton The Prince Regent
on behalf of King George III

7 September 1812 Kingdom of Great Britain John Pratt, Earl Camden Former Viceroy of Ireland

3 October 1812 Duke of Wellington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Wellington Military Peerage–Army

4 July 1815 Kingdom of Great Britain Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge Military Peerage–Army

22 November 1815 Kingdom of England George Cholmondeley, Earl of Cholmondeley Incumbent Lord Steward of the Household

17 July 1821 Kingdom of Great Britain Charles Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury King George IV

30 June 1826 Kingdom of Great Britain Frederick Hervey, Earl of Bristol

10 September 1831 Kingdom of Scotland Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis[note 2] King William IV

13 September 1831 Duke of Westminster in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Kingdom of Great Britain Robert Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor

25 June 1838 United Kingdom Constantine Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave Incumbent Viceroy of Ireland Queen Victoria

14 January 1876 Kingdom of Great Britain William Nevill, Earl of Abergavenny

22 August 1892 United Kingdom Lawrence Dundas, Earl of Zetland Former Viceroy of Ireland

27 October 1902 Kingdom of Scotland John Hope, Earl of Hopetoun Incumbent Governor-General of Australia King Edward VII

4 January 1916 Kingdom of Scotland John Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen Former Governor General of Canada and former Viceroy of Ireland King George V

7 November 1917 Grand Duchy of Hesse Prince Louis of Battenberg He relinquished his German titles

7 May 1926 United Kingdom Rufus Isaacs, Earl of Reading Former Viceroy of India and former Lord Chief Justice of England

Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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  •   Peerage of the United Kingdom created for a Peer of Scotland or Ireland to have an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
Shield Title Creation Grantee Reason Monarch

21 April 1801 Kingdom of Great Britain Alexander Wedderburn, Baron Loughborough Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain[note 1] King George III

18 June 1801 Kingdom of England William Craven, Baron Craven

19 June 1801 Kingdom of Great Britain George Onslow, Baron Onslow

22 June 1801 Kingdom of Great Britain Charles Marsham, Baron Romney

23 June 1801 Kingdom of Great Britain Thomas Pelham, Baron Pelham of Stanmer

26 June 1801 Kingdom of Great Britain Thomas Egerton, Baron Grey de Radcliffe [note 1]

14 May 1804 Kingdom of Great Britain Edward Clive, Baron Clive Incumbent Viceroy of Ireland

20 November 1805 William Nelson Brother of Horatio Nelson[note 1]

11 April 1806 United Kingdom Charles Grey, Baron Grey Military Peerage–Army

7 April 1807 Kingdom of Great Britain William Lowther, Viscount Lowther

19 July 1809 Kingdom of Great Britain Dudley Ryder, Baron Harrowby Former Foreign Secretary

28 February 1812 Duke of Wellington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Prince Regent
on behalf of King George III
United Kingdom Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington Military Peerage–Army

7 September 1812 Marquess of Normanby in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Kingdom of Ireland Henry Phipps, Baron Mulgrave Former Foreign Secretary

7 September 1812 Kingdom of Great Britain Edward Lascelles, Baron Harewood

24 February 1813 Kingdom of Great Britain Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Baron Minto Incumbent Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William

16 July 1814 United Kingdom William Cathcart, Viscount Cathcart Military Peerage–Army

24 November 1815 Kingdom of Ireland James Grimston, Viscount Grimston

28 November 1815 Kingdom of Great Britain John Eliot, Baron Eliot [note 1]

29 November 1815 Kingdom of Great Britain John Parker, Baron Boringdon

30 November 1815 Kingdom of Great Britain Orlando Bridgeman, Baron Bradford

7 July 1821 Kingdom of Great Britain John Scott, Baron Eldon Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain King George IV

16 July 1821 United Kingdom Richard Curzon-Howe, Viscount Curzon

18 July 1821 Kingdom of Great Britain John Rous, Baron Rous

4 February 1822 Kingdom of Great Britain Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Marquess of Buckingham [note 1]

Earl Vane
Viscount Seaham
8 July 1823 Kingdom of Ireland Charles Vane, Marquess of Londonderry Former Ambassador to Austria[note 1]

6 October 1827 Kingdom of Great Britain John Campbell, Baron Cawdor

15 September 1831 Held by the Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England since 1858. King William IV
Lord George Cavendish[note 3]

15 September 1831 United Kingdom Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson Incumbent Master of the Buckhounds

23 March 1833 United Kingdom John Lambton, Baron Durham Incumbent Ambassador to Russia

10 May 1833 United Kingdom Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Granville Incumbent Ambassador to France and former Ambassador to Russia

27 January 1837 Kingdom of England Kenneth Howard, Baron Howard of Effingham Military Peerage–Army

28 January 1837 Kingdom of Great Britain Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, Baron Ducie

30 January 1837 Kingdom of Great Britain Charles Anderson-Pelham, Baron Yarborough

11 August 1837 Kingdom of Scotland James Innes-Ker, Duke of Roxburghe Queen Victoria

12 August 1837 Thomas Coke

2 July 1838 Marquess of Zetland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Kingdom of Great Britain Lawrence Dundas, Baron Dundas

16 August 1841 United Kingdom Charles Noel, Baron Barham

6 July 1846 Held by the Duke of Sutherland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom since 1963.
Lord Francis Egerton[note 4] Former cabinet minister

18 September 1847 United Kingdom John Byng, Baron Strafford Military Peerage–Army

11 June 1850 United Kingdom Charles Pepys, Baron Cottenham Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

11 April 1857 United Kingdom Henry Wellesley, Baron Cowley Incumbent Ambassador to France

23 June 1859 Kingdom of Scotland Archibald Montgomerie, Earl of Eglinton Incumbent Viceroy of Ireland

17 February 1860 Kingdom of England William Ward, Baron Ward

30 July 1861 Lord John Russell[note 5] Former Prime Minister

21 October 1861 Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland [note 1]

1 June 1866 Kingdom of Great Britain John Wodehouse, Baron Wodehouse Incumbent Viceroy of Ireland

15 January 1876 United Kingdom Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, Baron Wharncliffe [note 1]

27 September 1878 United Kingdom Hugh Cairns, Baron Cairns Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

28 April 1880 United Kingdom Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Baron Lytton Incumbent Viceroy of India

30 December 1882 United Kingdom Roundell Palmer, Baron Selborne Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

3 July 1885 Stafford Northcote, Bt. Incumbent First Lord of the Treasury

22 August 1892 United Kingdom Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount Cranbrook Former Home Secretary

6 August 1901 United Kingdom Evelyn Baring, Viscount Cromer Incumbent Consul-General of Egypt King Edward VII

18 December 1905 Kingdom of England Robert Windsor-Clive, Baron Windsor Former cabinet minister

22 December 1905 United Kingdom Cecil Foljambe, Baron Hawkesbury Incumbent Lord Steward of the Household

3 July 1911 Kingdom of Scotland Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery Former Prime Minister King George V

22 February 1915 United Kingdom Michael Hicks Beach, Viscount St Aldwyn Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

20 December 1917 Marquess of Reading in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom Rufus Isaacs, Viscount Reading Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of England

27 September 1919 David Beatty Military Peerage–Navy

29 September 1919 Douglas Haig Military Peerage–Army

30 September 1919 United Kingdom Edward Guinness, Viscount Iveagh

5 May 1922 Arthur Balfour Former Prime Minister[note 1]

9 February 1925 H. H. Asquith Former Prime Minister

29 June 1925 United Kingdom John Jellicoe, Viscount Jellicoe Former Governor-General of New Zealand

20 June 1929 United Kingdom James Mackay, Viscount Inchcape Chairman of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

10 July 1929 United Kingdom William Peel, Viscount Peel Former cabinet minister

1 June 1937 Kingdom of Scotland Claude Bowes-Lyon, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Father-in-law of King George VI King George VI

8 June 1937 Stanley Baldwin Former Prime Minister

11 July 1944 United Kingdom Edward Wood, Viscount Halifax Former Viceroy of India

8 January 1945 United Kingdom Alexander Hore-Ruthven, Baron Gowrie Incumbent Governor-General of Australia

12 February 1945 David Lloyd George Former Prime Minister

18 October 1947 United Kingdom Louis Mountbatten, Viscount Mountbatten of Burma Incumbent Governor-General of India[note 1]

11 March 1952 United Kingdom Harold Alexander, Viscount Alexander of Tunis Former Governor General of Canada Queen Elizabeth II

5 May 1955 United Kingdom Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Viscount Swinton Former cabinet minister

16 December 1955 Clement Attlee Former Prime Minister

9 December 1956 United Kingdom Frederick Marquis, Viscount Woolton Former Chairman of the Conservative Party

6 October 1961 Antony Armstrong-Jones Husband of Princess Margaret

24 February 1984 Harold Macmillan Former Prime Minister

19 June 1999 Prince Edward On his wedding day to Sophie Rhys-Jones

10 March 2019 Prince Edward On his 55th Birthday, (Title used in Scotland only)

Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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  •   Peerage of the United Kingdom created for a Peer of Scotland or Ireland to have an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
Shield Title Creation Grantee Reason Monarch

27 April 1801 Kingdom of Great Britain John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent Military Peerage–Navy[note 1] King George III

27 February 1802 Earl Howe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Kingdom of Great Britain Assheton Curzon, Baron Curzon

24 December 1802 Henry Dundas Former Home Secretary

12 January 1805 Henry Addington Former Prime Minister

17 February 1806 Earl of Lichfield in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Thomas Anson Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

9 November 1807 Earl Cathcart in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Kingdom of Scotland William Cathcart, Lord Cathcart[note 2] Military Peerage Army

4 September 1809 Duke of Wellington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Arthur Wellesley[note 6] Military Peerage–Army

16 July 1814 Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in the Peerage of the United Kingdom The Prince Regent
on behalf of King George III
Kingdom of Scotland George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen[note 2] Former Ambassador to Austria

12 August 1815 Earl Granville in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Granville Leveson-Gower[note 7] Former cabinet minister

10 December 1816 United Kingdom Edward Pellew, Baron Exmouth Military Peerage–Navy

14 July 1821 Kingdom of Ireland Richard Hely-Hutchinson, Earl of Donoughmore [note 1] King George IV

8 December 1823 Kingdom of Ireland Richard Trench, Earl of Clancarty Incumbent Ambassador to the Netherlands

8 February 1827 United Kingdom Stapleton Cotton, Baron Combermere Military Peerage–Army

27 September 1842 United Kingdom Rowland Hill, Baron Hill Military Peerage–Army[note 1] Queen Victoria

2 May 1846 Henry Hardinge Incumbent Viceroy of India

21 February 1866 Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Charles Wood, Bt. Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

6 July 1868 Kingdom of Ireland Alexander Hood, Baron Bridport Military Peerage–Army

28 March 1873 United Kingdom Edward Portman, Baron Portman

4 May 1878 Earl of Cranbrook in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Gathorne Hardy Former Home Secretary

4 March 1884 Henry Brand[note 8] Former Speaker of the House of Commons

11 November 1891 Emily Smith Widow of the First Lord of the Treasury William Henry Smith[note 1]

9 May 1895 Earl Peel in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Arthur Peel Former Speaker of the House of Commons

3 August 1895 United Kingdom Henry Holland, Baron Knutsford Former cabinet minister

11 November 1897 United Kingdom William Brett, Baron Esher Former Master of the Rolls

25 July 1899 Earl of Cromer in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Evelyn Baring, Baron Cromer Incumbent Consul-General of Egypt

18 December 1900 George Goschen Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

19 December 1900 Matthew White Ridley, Bt. Former Home Secretary

12 July 1902 Kingdom of Scotland Charles Colville, Lord Colville of Culross[note 2] Former Master of the Buckhounds King Edward VII

6 July 1905 William Gully Former Speaker of the House of Commons

18 December 1905 Earl of Iveagh in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Edward Guinness, Baron Iveagh

19 December 1905 Earl Spencer in the Peerage of Great Britain.
Charles Spencer[note 9] Incumbent Lord Chamberlain of the Household

6 January 1906 Earl St Aldwyn in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Michael Hicks Beach Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

4 July 1911 United Kingdom Francis Knollys, Baron Knollys Incumbent Private Secretary to the Sovereign King George V

5 July 1911 United Kingdom Wentworth Beaumont, Baron Allendale

6 July 1911 Aretas Akers-Douglas Former Home Secretary

2 November 1911 Kingdom of Ireland George Curzon, Baron Curzon of Kedleston Former Viceroy of India[note 1]

22 June 1916 United Kingdom John Bigham, Baron Mersey Judicial Peer

26 June 1916 Marquess of Reading in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Rufus Isaacs, Baron Reading Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of England

2 January 1917 United Kingdom Weetman Pearson, Baron Cowdray Incumbent cabinet minister

23 June 1917 United Kingdom Hudson Kearley, Baron Devonport Former cabinet minister

23 June 1917 United Kingdom United States William Waldorf Astor, Baron Astor The first man from the United States to be created a Hereditary Peer

15 January 1918 Earl Jellicoe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
John Jellicoe Military Peerage–Navy[note 1]

15 June 1918 United Kingdom Ivor Guest, Baron Wimborne Incumbent Viceroy of Ireland

17 June 1918 United Kingdom John Philipps, Baron St Davids

17 May 1919 United Kingdom Harold Harmsworth, Baron Rothermere Founder of the Daily Mail

7 October 1919 Edmund Allenby Military Peerage–Army[note 1]

3 June 1921 United Kingdom Frederic Thesiger, Baron Chelmsford Incumbent Viceroy of India

4 June 1921 Walter Long Former Leader of the Irish Unionist Alliance

8 July 1921 James Lowther[note 10] Former Speaker of the House of Commons

20 February 1923 George Younger, Bt. Former Chairman of the Conservative Party

21 January 1924 Earl of Inchcape in the Peerage in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom James Mackay, Baron Inchcape Chairman of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

16 June 1925 United Kingdom Marcus Samuel, Baron Bearsted Founder of Royal Dutch Shell

20 January 1927 James Craig, Bt. Incumbent Prime Minister of Northern Ireland

18 June 1929 William Bridgeman[note 11] Former Home Secretary

4 July 1929 United Kingdom Douglas Hogg, Baron Hailsham Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
5 July 1929 William Joynson-Hicks, Bt. Former Home Secretary

24 February 1933 United Kingdom Stanley Buckmaster, Baron Buckmaster Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

24 June 1935 United Kingdom Charles Bathurst, Baron Bledisloe Former Governor-General of New Zealand

29 November 1935 Earl of Swinton in the Peerage in the United Kingdom
Philip Cunliffe-Lister Incumbent cabinet minister

17 January 1936 United Kingdom Ernest Pollock, Baron Hanworth Incumbent Master of the Rolls

31 January 1936 United Kingdom Hugh Trenchard, Baron Trenchard Former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police King Edward VIII

8 June 1937 Herbert Samuel Former Home Secretary King George VI

10 June 1937 Walter Runciman[note 12] Former cabinet minister
11 June 1937 J. C. C. Davidson Former Chairman of the Conservative Party

25 June 1938 United Kingdom William Weir, Baron Weir Former cabinet minister

27 June 1938 Held by the Earl of Kintore in the Peerage of Scotland since 1974.
United Kingdom John Baird, Baron Stonehaven Former Governor-General of Australia
6 September 1939 Thomas Inskip Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
20 January 1941 United Kingdom William Berry, Baron Camrose Co-owner of The Daily Telegraph

12 January 1942 William Wedgwood Benn Former cabinet minister

27 April 1942 David Margesson Former cabinet minister

3 May 1943 Muriel FitzRoy Widow of the Speaker of the House of Commons Edward FitzRoy[note 1]

2 July 1945 United Kingdom Christopher Addison, Baron Addison Former cabinet minister

12 September 1945 United Kingdom Gomer Berry, Baron Kemsley Co-owner of The Daily Telegraph

13 September 1945 United Kingdom George Penny, Baron Marchwood

31 January 1946 Bernard Montgomery Military Peerage–Army

1 March 1946 Earl Alexander of Tunis in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Harold Alexander[note 13] Military Peerage–Army

23 August 1946 Earl Mountbatten of Burma in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Louis Mountbatten[note 14] Military Peerage–Navy[note 1]

28 January 1952 John Anderson Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

10 April 1952 Archibald Sinclair, Bt. Former Leader of the Liberal Party Queen Elizabeth II

1 July 1952 Basil Brooke, Bt. Incumbent Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
5 July 1952 Duff Cooper Former Ambassador to France

2 July 1953 Earl of Woolton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Frederick Marquis, Baron Woolton Incumbent cabinet minister

18 January 1954 United Kingdom Frederick Leathers, Baron Leathers Former cabinet minister
16 July 1954 United Kingdom Herwald Ramsbotham, Baron Soulbury Incumbent Governor-General of Ceylon

9 September 1954 Oliver Lyttelton[note 15] Former cabinet minister

18 March 1955 Godfrey Huggins Incumbent Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

12 January 1956 United Kingdom William Sidney, Baron De L'Isle and Dudley Former cabinet minister

11 February 1957 Walter Monckton Former cabinet minister

12 February 1957 Gwilym Lloyd George[note 16] Former Home Secretary

10 July 1957 United Kingdom Harold Mackintosh, Baron Mackintosh of Halifax Owner of John Mackintosh & Sons Ltd

12 November 1959 William Morrison Former Speaker of the House of Commons

20 November 1959 James Stuart[note 17] Former cabinet minister

20 January 1960 United Kingdom John Kemp, Baron Rochdale

15 July 1960 William Slim Incumbent Governor-General of Australia

2 August 1960 Antony Head Incumbent High Commissioner to Nigeria

8 September 1960 Alan Lennox-Boyd Former cabinet minister

22 August 1962 United Kingdom Percy Mills, Baron Mills Former cabinet minister

8 November 1963 John Hare[note 18] Incumbent Chairman of the Conservative Party

14 January 1964 United Kingdom David Eccles, Baron Eccles Former cabinet minister

7 December 1964 United Kingdom Reginald Manningham-Buller, Baron Dilhorne Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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  •   Peerage of the United Kingdom created for a Peer of Scotland or Ireland to have an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
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Baron Loftus 19 January 1801 Kingdom of Ireland Charles Loftus, Marquess of Ely King George III

Baron Grey 23 June 1801 Earl Grey in the Peerage of United Kingdom
Charles Grey

Baron Nelson 18 August 1801 Earl Nelson in the Peerage of United Kingdom
Kingdom of Great Britain Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson Military Peerage–Navy[note 1]

Baron Ellenborough 19 April 1802 Edward Law Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench

Baron Sandys 19 June 1802 Held by the Marquess of Downshire in the Peerage of Ireland since 2013
Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire Wife of The Marquess of Downshire[note 1]

Baron Barham 1 May 1805 Earl of Gainsborough in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Charles Middleton, Bt. Military Peerage–Navy[note 1]

Baron Erskine 10 February 1806 Held by the Earl of Buchan in the Peerage of Scotland since 1960
Thomas Erskine[note 19] Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Baron Monteagle 20 February 1806 Kingdom of Ireland John Browne, Marquess of Sligo

Baron Ardrossan 21 February 1806 Kingdom of Scotland Hugh Montgomerie, Earl of Eglinton[note 2]

Baron Granard 24 February 1806 Kingdom of Ireland George Forbes, Earl of Granard

Baron Ailsa 12 November 1806 Marquess of Ailsa in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Kingdom of Scotland Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis[note 2]

Baron Manners 20 April 1807 Thomas Manners-Sutton[note 20] Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Ireland

Baron Hopetoun 3 February 1809 Marquess of Linlithgow in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Kingdom of Scotland James Hope-Johnstone, Earl of Hopetoun[note 21] [note 1]

Baron Niddry 17 May 1814 Marquess of Linlithgow in the Peerage of the United Kingdom The Prince Regent
on behalf of King George III
John Hope[note 22] Military Peerage–Army

Baron Combermere 17 May 1814 Viscount Combermere in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Stapleton Cotton, Bt. Military Peerage–Army

Baron Exmouth 1 June 1814 Viscount Exmouth in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Edward Pellew, Bt. Military Peerage–Navy

Baron Stewart 1 July 1814 Held by the Marquess of Londonderry in the Peerage of Ireland since 1822
Charles Stewart[note 23] Incumbent Ambassador to Austria

Baron Trench 4 August 1815 Kingdom of Ireland Richard Trench, Earl of Clancarty Incumbent Ambassador to the Netherlands

Baron Meldrum 11 August 1815 Kingdom of Scotland George Gordon, Earl of Aboyne[note 2]

Baron Grinstead 11 August 1815 Kingdom of Ireland John Cole, Earl of Enniskillen

Baron Foxford 11 August 1815 Kingdom of Ireland Edmund Pery, Earl of Limerick

Baron Churchill 11 August 1815 Lord Francis Spencer[note 24] Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Harris 11 August 1815 George Harris Military Peerage–Army

Baron Hill 16 January 1816 Viscount Hill in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Rowland Hill, Baron Hill Military Peerage–Army[note 1]

Baron Ker of Kersehugh 17 July 1821 Kingdom of Scotland William Kerr, Marquess of Lothian[note 2] King George IV

Baron Minster 17 July 1821 Kingdom of Ireland Henry Conyngham, Marquess Conyngham Incumbent Lord Steward of the Household

Baron Wemyss 17 July 1821 Kingdom of Scotland Francis Douglas, Earl of March, also held with the Earl of Wemyss since 1826

Baron Silchester 17 July 1821 Kingdom of Ireland Thomas Pakenham, Earl of Longford

Baron Oriel 17 July 1821 Held by the Viscount Ferrard in the Peerage of Ireland since 1826, and Viscount Massereene since 1843
John Foster Former Speaker of the House of Commons of Ireland

Baron Ravensworth 17 July 1821 Thomas Liddell, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Delamere 17 July 1821 Thomas Cholmondeley Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Forester 17 July 1821 Cecil Weld-Forester Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Rayleigh 18 July 1821 Lady Charlotte Strutt Wife of Joseph Strutt[note 1]

Baron Gifford 30 January 1824 Robert Gifford Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Baron Wigan 5 July 1826 Kingdom of Scotland James Lindsay, Earl of Balcarres, also held with the Earl of Crawford since 1848

Baron Ranfurly 6 July 1826 Kingdom of Ireland Thomas Knox, Viscount Northland

Baron Wharncliffe 12 July 1826 Earl of Wharncliffe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
James Stuart-Wortley[note 25] Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Feversham 14 July 1826 Charles Duncombe Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Seaford 15 July 1826 Charles Ellis Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Plunket 1 May 1827 William Plunket Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas for Ireland

Baron Cowley 21 January 1828 Earl Cowley in the Peerage of United Kingdom
Henry Wellesley[note 26] Incumbent Ambassador to Austria

Baron Heytesbury 23 January 1828 William à Court, Bt. Incumbent Ambassador to Russia

Baron Rosebery 26 January 1828 Kingdom of Scotland Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery[note 2]

Baron Clanwilliam 28 January 1828 Kingdom of Ireland Richard Meade, Earl of Clanwilliam Former Minister of Prussia

Baron Durham 29 January 1828 Earl of Durham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
John Lambton Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Skelmersdale 30 January 1828 Edward Bootle-Wilbraham Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Wynford 5 June 1829 William Best Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Baron Kilmarnock 17 June 1831 Kingdom of Scotland William Hay, Earl of Erroll[note 2] [note 27] King William IV

Baron Kenlis 10 September 1831 Kingdom of Ireland Thomas Taylour, Marquess of Headfort

Baron Chaworth 10 September 1831 Kingdom of Ireland John Brabazon, Earl of Meath

Baron Oakley 10 September 1831 Held by the Earl Cadogan in the Peerage of Great Britain since 1832
George Cadogan[note 28] Military Peerage–Navy

Baron Poltimore 10 September 1831 George Bampfylde, Bt.

Baron Mostyn 10 September 1831 Edward Lloyd Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Templemore 10 September 1831 Held by the Marquess of Donegall in the Peerage of Ireland since 1975
Arthur Chichester[note 29] Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron de Saumarez 15 September 1831 James Saumarez, Bt. Military Peerage–Navy

Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe 22 December 1832 Held by the Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England since 1834
Edward Smith-Stanley, Lord Stanley[note 30]

Baron Denman 28 March 1834 Thomas Denman Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench

Baron Duncannon 19 July 1834 Held by the Earl of Bessborough in the Peerage of Ireland since 1844
John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon[note 31] Incumbent Home Secretary

Baron Abinger 12 January 1835 James Scarlett Incumbent Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer

Baron De L'Isle and Dudley 13 January 1835 Viscount De L'Isle in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Philip Sidney, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Tory Party

Baron Ashburton 10 April 1835 Alexander Baring Former cabinet minister

Baron Hatherton 11 May 1835 Edward Littleton Former cabinet minister

Baron Strafford 12 May 1835 Earl of Strafford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
John Byng[note 32] Military Peerage–Army

Baron Worlingham 13 June 1835 Kingdom of Ireland Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford

Baron Cottenham 20 January 1836 Earl of Cottenham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Charles Pepys Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Baron Stratheden 22 January 1836 Lady Mary Campbell Wife of John Campbell[note 1]

Baron Portman 27 January 1837 Viscount Portman in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Edward Portman Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Lovat 28 January 1837 Thomas Fraser also held with the Lord of Lovat since 1854

Baron Rossmore 7 July 1838 Kingdom of Ireland Warner Westenra, Baron Rossmore Queen Victoria

Baron Carew 9 July 1838 Kingdom of Ireland Robert Carew, Baron Carew

Baron de Mauley 10 July 1838 William Ponsonby[note 33] Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Wrottesley 11 July 1838 John Wrottesley Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Sudeley 12 July 1838 Charles Hanbury-Tracy Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Methuen 13 July 1838 Paul Methuen Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Stanley of Alderley 9 May 1839 John Stanley, Bt.

Baron Leigh 11 May 1839 Chandos Leigh
Baron Monteagle of Brandon 5 September 1839 Thomas Spring Rice Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

Baron Campbell 30 June 1841 Held by the Baron Stratheden in the Peerage in the United Kingdom since 1861
John Campbell Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Ireland

Baron Oxenfoord 16 July 1841 Kingdom of Scotland John Dalrymple, Earl of Stair [note 1]

Baron Vivian 19 August 1841 Hussey Vivian, Bt. Former Master-General of the Ordnance

Baron Congleton 20 August 1841 Henry Parnell, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Acheson 18 September 1847 Held by the Earl of Gosford in the Peerage of Ireland since 1849
Archibald Acheson, Viscount Acheson[note 34]

Baron Eddisbury 12 May 1848 Held by the Baron Stanley of Alderley in the Peerage in the United Kingdom since 1850
Edward Stanley[note 35] Former cabinet minister

Baron Elgin 13 November 1849 Kingdom of Scotland James Bruce, Earl of Elgin

Baron Londesborough 4 March 1850 Lord Albert Denison[note 36] Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron de Freyne 5 April 1851 United Kingdom Arthur French, Baron de Freyne Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party[note 1]

Baron Raglan 20 October 1852 Lord FitzRoy Somerset[note 37] Incumbent Master-General of the Ordnance

Baron Belper 29 August 1856 Edward Strutt Former cabinet minister

Baron Ebury 15 September 1857 Held by the Earl of Wilton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom since 1999
Lord Robert Grosvenor[note 38]

Baron Chesham 15 January 1858 Charles Cavendish[note 39] Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party

Baron Chelmsford 1 March 1858 Viscount Chelmsford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Frederic Thesiger Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Baron Churston 2 August 1858 John Yarde-Buller, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Leconfield 14 April 1859 George Wyndham

Baron Lyveden 28 June 1859 Robert Vernon Smith Former cabinet minister

Baron Brougham and Vaux 22 March 1860 United Kingdom Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain[note 1]

Baron Herbert of Lea 15 January 1861 Held by the Earl of Pembroke in the Peerage of England since 1862
Sidney Herbert[note 40] Former cabinet minister

Baron Westbury 27 June 1861 Richard Bethell Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Baron Annaly 19 August 1863 Henry White Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Buckhurst 27 April 1864 Held by the Earl De La Warr in the Peerage of Great Britain since 1873
Elizabeth Sackville-West, Countess De La Warr Wife of George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr[note 1]

Baron Northbrook 4 January 1866 Francis Baring, Bt. Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

Baron Monck 12 July 1866 Kingdom of Ireland Charles Monck, Viscount Monck Incumbent Governor General of Canada

Baron Hartismere 13 July 1866 Kingdom of Ireland John Henniker-Major, Baron Henniker

Baron Lytton 14 July 1866 Earl of Lytton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Hylton 16 July 1866 William Jolliffe, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Penrhyn 3 August 1866 Edward Douglas-Pennant[note 41] Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Brancepeth 31 August 1866 Kingdom of Ireland Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, Viscount Boyne

Baron Cairns 27 February 1867 Earl Cairns in the Peerage in the United Kingdom
Hugh Cairns Former cabinet minister

Baron O'Neill 18 April 1868 William O'Neill[note 42]

Baron Napier of Magdala 17 July 1868 Robert Napier Former Acting Viceroy of India

Baron Gormanston 8 December 1868 Kingdom of Ireland Edward Preston, Viscount Gormanston

Baron Dunning 29 June 1869 Kingdom of Scotland William Rollo, Lord Rollo[note 2]

Baron Balinhard 7 December 1869 Held by the Duke of Fife in the Peerage of the United Kingdom since 1992
Kingdom of Scotland James Carnegie, Earl of Southesk

Baron Hare 8 December 1869 Kingdom of Ireland William Hare, Earl of Listowel

Baron Howard of Glossop 9 December 1869 Held by the Duke of Norfolk in the Peerage of England since 1975
Lord Edward Fitzalan-Howard[note 43] Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

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Baron Acton 11 May 1869 John Dalberg-Acton, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Wolverton 14 May 1869 George Glyn Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Kildare 3 May 1870 Held by the Duke of Leinster in the Peerage of Ireland since 1874
Charles FitzGerald, Marquess of Kildare[note 44]

Baron O'Hagan 14 June 1870 Thomas O'Hagan Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Ireland

Baron Sandhurst 28 March 1871 William Mansfield Military Peerage–Army

Baron Ettrick 16 July 1872 Kingdom of Scotland Francis Napier, Lord Napier Former Acting Viceroy of India

Baron Selborne 23 October 1872 Earl of Selborne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Roundell Palmer Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Baron Somerton 9 April 1873 Kingdom of Ireland James Agar, Earl of Normanton

Baron Aberdare 23 August 1873 Henry Bruce Former Home Secretary

Baron Moncreiff 9 January 1874 James Moncreiff, Bt. Incumbent Lord Justice Clerk

Baron Coleridge 10 January 1874 John Coleridge Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Baron Cottesloe 2 March 1874 Thomas Fremantle, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Hampton 6 March 1874 John Pakington, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Douglas of Douglas 11 June 1875 Kingdom of Scotland Cospatrick Douglas-Home, Earl of Home[note 2]

Baron Ramsay 12 June 1875 Kingdom of Scotland George Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie

Baron Fermanagh 13 January 1876 Kingdom of Ireland John Crichton, Earl Erne

Baron Harlech 14 January 1876 John Ormsby-Gore Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party[note 1]

Baron Tollemache 17 January 1876 John Tollemache Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Gerard 18 January 1876 Robert Gerard, Bt.

Baron Sackville 2 October 1876 Mortimer Sackville-West[note 45] [note 1]

Baron Norton 16 April 1878 Charles Adderley Former cabinet minister

Baron Wimborne 30 April 1880 Viscount Wimborne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Ivor Guest, Bt.

Baron Trevor 5 May 1880 Lord Edwin Hill-Trevor[note 46] Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Brabourne 26 May 1880 Held by the Earl Mountbatten of Burma in the Peerage of the United Kingdom since 2017
Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Ampthill 11 March 1881 Lord Odo Russell[note 47] Incumbent Ambassador to Germany

Baron Tweeddale 6 October 1881 Kingdom of Scotland William Hay, Marquess of Tweeddale

Baron Derwent 10 October 1881 Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Hothfield 11 October 1881 Henry James Tufton, Bt.

Baron Tennyson 24 January 1884 Alfred Tennyson Incumbent Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom

Baron Strathspey 17 June 1884 Kingdom of Scotland James Ogilvy-Grant, Earl of Seafield [note 48]

Baron Monk Bretton 4 November 1884 John George Dodson Former cabinet minister

Baron Northbourne 5 November 1884 Walter James, Bt.

Baron Sudley 7 November 1884 Kingdom of Ireland Arthur Gore, Earl of Arran

Baron Powerscourt 27 June 1885 Kingdom of Ireland Mervyn Wingfield, Viscount Powerscourt

Baron Northington 28 June 1885 Kingdom of Ireland Anthony Henley, Baron Henley

Baron Rothschild 29 June 1885 Nathan Rothschild, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Revelstoke 30 June 1885 Edward Baring

Baron Monkswell 1 July 1885 Robert Collier Former cabinet minister

Baron Ashbourne 4 July 1885 Edward Gibson Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Ireland
Baron St Oswald 6 July 1885 Rowland Winn Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Esher 24 July 1885 Viscount Esher in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
William Brett Incumbent Master of the Rolls

Baron Montagu of Beaulieu 29 December 1885 Lord Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu[note 49] Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Elphinstone 30 December 1885 Kingdom of Scotland William Elphinstone, Lord Elphinstone[note 2]

Baron Colville of Culross 31 December 1885 Viscount Colville of Culross in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Kingdom of Scotland Charles Colville, Lord Colville of Culross[note 2]

Baron Hindlip 16 February 1886 Henry Allsopp, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party
Baron Grimthorpe 17 February 1886 Edmund Beckett, Bt. [note 1]

Baron Kensington 23 March 1886 Kingdom of Ireland William Edwardes, Baron Kensington

Baron Hamilton of Dalzell 14 August 1886 John Hamilton Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Stanley of Preston 27 August 1886 Held by the Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England since 1893
Frederick Stanley[note 50] Incumbent cabinet minister

Baron Bowes 1 July 1887 Kingdom of Scotland Claude Bowes-Lyon, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne[note 2]

Baron St Levan 1 July 1887 John St Aubyn, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Unionist Party

Baron Basing 7 July 1887 George Sclater-Booth Former cabinet minister

Baron de Ramsey 8 July 1887 Edward Fellowes Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party
Baron Addington 22 July 1887 John Hubbard Former Governor of the Bank of England

Baron Knutsford 23 February 1888 Viscount Knutsford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Henry Holland, Bt. Former cabinet minister

Baron Savile 27 October 1888 John Savile Former Ambassador to Italy[note 1]

Baron Iveagh 21 February 1891 Earl of Iveagh in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Edward Guinness, Bt.

Baron Cromer 20 June 1892 Earl of Cromer in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Evelyn Baring Incumbent Consul-General of Egypt

Baron Ashcombe 22 August 1892 George Cubitt Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Crawshaw 25 August 1892 Thomas Brooks, Bt.

Baron Amherst of Hackney 26 August 1892 William Tyssen-Amherst Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party[note 1]

Baron Newton 27 August 1892 William Legh Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Dunleath 29 August 1892 John Mulholland Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Swansea 9 June 1893 Henry Vivian, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Hawkesbury 24 June 1893 Earl of Liverpool in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Cecil Foljambe Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party

Baron Aldenham 31 January 1896 Hucks Gibbs Former Governor of the Bank of England

Baron Fairlie 23 July 1897 Kingdom of Scotland David Boyle, Earl of Glasgow Former Governor of New Zealand

Baron Dawnay 24 July 1897 Kingdom of Ireland Hugh Dawnay, Viscount Downe

Baron HolmPatrick 27 July 1897 Ion Hamilton Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

Baron Burton 29 November 1897 United Kingdom Michael Bass, Baron Burton Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party[note 1]

Baron Glanusk 26 January 1899 Joseph Bailey, Bt. Former Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party
Baron Cranworth 28 January 1899 Robert Gurdon Former Member of Parliament for the Liberal Unionist Party

Baron Avebury 22 January 1900 John Lubbock, Bt. Former Chairman of the London County Council