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The law applicable to a British hereditary peerage depends on which Kingdom it belongs to. Peerages of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom follow English law; the difference between them is that peerages of England were created before the Act of Union 1707, peerages of Great Britain between 1707 and the Union with Ireland in 1800, and peerages of the United Kingdom since 1800.
Hereditary peers of first creation living at the time the House of Lords Act 1999 came into force. 2: Hereditary peers who had served as Leader of the House of Lords living at the time the House of Lords Act 1999 came into force. 3: Suo jure hereditary peeress not otherwise able to enter the House before the Peerage Act 1963. † Died in office Res
The Lord Great Chamberlain is a hereditary office in gross post among the Cholmondeley, Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby and Carington families.. In 1902 it was ruled by the House of Lords that the then joint office holders (the 1st Earl of Ancaster, the 4th Marquess of Cholmondeley, and the Earl Carrington, later Marquess of Lincolnshire) had to agree on a deputy to exercise the office, subject ...
List of current members of the House of Lords; List of former members of the House of Lords (2000–present) List of hereditary peers in the House of Lords by virtue of a life peerage; List of excepted hereditary peers; List of law life peerages (1876–2009) List of life peerages (1377–1876)
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 sinc
Pages in category "State treasurers of Virginia" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Virginia State Treasurer; B. Robert Butler ...
Subsidiary title of the Earl of Richmond (also Duke of Lennox in the Peerage of Scotland. 1st Earl created Duke of Richmond, 1623. Baron Dormer: 1615: Dormer: extant: Baron Stanhope of Shelford: 1616: Stanhope: extinct 1967: 1st Baron created Earl of Chesterfield in 1628. Baron Teynham: 1616: Roper: extant: Baron Noel of Ridlington: 1617: Noel ...
Peerage of Great Britain: The Duke of Manchester: Angus Montagu: 3 Jun 1985 24 Jul 1986: XB [21] The Duke of Northumberland, DL: Ralph Percy [j] 31 Oct 1995 25 Jun 1996: Con. [22] Dukes in the Peerage of Ireland: The Duke of Leinster: Gerald FitzGerald: 8 Mar 1976 21 Oct 1976: V. Leinster: Other [23] The Duke of Abercorn, KG: James Hamilton [j ...