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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 ...
Life peers are either barons (a title in existence since the Middle Ages; holders are usually known as Lord for all but the most formal documents) or baronesses (where female; conventionally they choose to be known as "Lady X" or "Baroness X" as preferred) and are members of the House of Lords for life, but their titles and membership in the ...
In contrast to the English equivalent, the dignity of baron is a non-peerage rank in the Baronage of Scotland, created in the same way as a peerage with crown charter and is protected by the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 recognised by the crown as a title of nobility with status of minor baron.
The formal style for a life peer is as follows (John Smith and Mary Smith refer to any name; London to any territorial designation): In the case of a life baron: The Rt Hon The Lord Smith (of London) (e.g. The Rt Hon The Lord Owen) or The Rt Hon John, Lord Smith (of London) (e.g. The Rt Hon David, Lord Steel of Aikwood)
A Peerage is a form of crown distinction, with Peerages in the United Kingdom comprising both hereditary and lifetime titled appointments of various ranks, which form both a constituent part of the legislative process and the British honours system within the framework of the Constitution of the United Kingdom.
Baron Mowbray and Baron Stourton in Peerage of England The Baron Clinton: 1299 The Baron De La Warr: 1299 Earl De La Warr in the Peerage of Great Britain: The Baron de Clifford: 1299 The Baron Strange: 1299: Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Held with Baron Hungerford and Baron de Moleyns in Peerage of England The Baron ...
3rd Baron inherited the Barony of Botreaux 1520 and created Earl of Huntingdon, 1529 (that title passed to another branch in 1789); 14th Baron created Marquess of Hastings in 1826 (extinct 1868); the Barony of Stanley was called out of abeyance together with this barony for the 20th Baroness in 1921 Baron Herbert: 1461: Herbert, Somerset ...
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