Divisions of the Peerage

Peerage of England

Peerage of Scotland

Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Great Britain

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain. The Peerage is a system of Titles of Nobility in the United Kingdom, part of the British honours system. The Peerage of England comprises all Peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant Peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of The Peerage is a system of Titles of Nobility in the United Kingdom, part of the British honours system. The phrase Act of Union 1800 (or sometimes Act of Union 1801) (Acht an Aontais 1800 is used to describe two complementary Acts whose official United Kingdom titles are Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant Peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of New peers continued to be created in the Peerage of Ireland until the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922. The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann (1922&ndash1937 was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by

The ranks of the peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron. A duke is a member of the Nobility, historically of highest rank below the Sovereign, and historically controlled a Duchy or a Dukedom A marquess (ˈmɑrkwɪs or marquis (/mɑrˈkiː/ is a Nobleman of hereditary rank in various European monarchies and some of their colonies Earl was the Anglo-Saxon form and jarl the Scandinavian form of a title meaning " Chieftain " and referring especially to chieftains A viscount ( VAI-count is a member of the European Nobility whose comital title ranks usually as in the British peerage, above a Baron is a specific Title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin (liber ^[1]

Until the House of Lords Act 1999 was passed, all Peers of the United Kingdom were members of the House of Lords. The House of Lords Act 1999 (1999 c 34 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999 This is a list of members of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" However, from that date most of the hereditary peers were expelled as part of Parliamentary reform. Hereditary peers form part of the Peerage in the United Kingdom.

Lists of Peers

• Dukes: see List of Dukes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Marquesses: see List of Marquesses in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Earls and Countesses: see List of Earls and Countesses in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Viscounts: see List of Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Hereditary Barons: see List of Hereditary Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Life Barons and Baronesses: see List of Life Barons and Baronesses in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

References

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