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The House of Lords [a] is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. [5] Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. [6] One of the oldest extant institutions in the world, its origins lie in the early 11th century and the emergence of bicameralism in the 13th century. [7 ...
Lords Spiritual: Vivienne Faull (Bishop of Bristol) 20 October 2018 Lords Spiritual: Labour: Martha Osamor, Baroness Osamor [cv] 26 November 2018 Life peeress Conservative: Nicola Blackwood, Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford [cw] 4 February 2019 Life peeress Lords Spiritual: Libby Lane (Bishop of Derby) 11 February 2019 Lords Spiritual: Green
Janet Young, Baroness Young was the first woman leader of the House of Lords in 1981. [7] Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond became the first female Law Lord in 2004. [6] Since the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, [9] hereditary peeresses remain eligible for election to the Upper House. Five were elected in 1999 among the 92 ...
Lady Aberdeen is credited with introducing the Golden Retriever to Canada; her father, Sir Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth, a Scottish aristocrat, is best known as the originator of the breed. [34] Aberdeen Avenue in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, was named after Lord and Lady Aberdeen who lived on Bay Street South between 1890 and ...
In 1648, the House of Commons passed an Act abolishing the House of Lords, "finding by too long experience that the House of Lords is useless and dangerous to the people of England." The Peerage was not abolished, and peers became entitled to be elected to the sole remaining House of Parliament.
This is a list of the present and extant Barons (Lords of Parliament, in Scottish terms) in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Note that it does not include those extant baronies which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with higher peerage dignities and are today only seen ...
Lord Astor also began moving towards left-wing politics in his last years, and that exacerbated their differences. However, the couple reconciled before his death on 30 September 1952. [67] [68] Lady Astor's public image suffered, as her ethnic and religious views were increasingly out of touch with cultural changes in Britain.
At the age of 27 on her appointment, Smith became the youngest member of the House of Lords, [17] and the youngest person ever to receive a life peerage, succeeding Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge. [18] Smith was introduced to the House of Lords on 21 March [18] [19] and made her maiden speech on 25 April. [20]