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The following are lists of members of the House of Lords: List of current members of the House of Lords; List of life peerages; List of excepted hereditary peers; List of former members of the House of Lords (2000–present) List of hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999
Twenty-six bishops of the Church of England sit in the House of Lords: the Archbishops of Canterbury and of York, the Bishops of London, of Durham and of Winchester, and the next 21 most senior diocesan bishops (with the exception of the Bishop in Europe and the Bishop of Sodor and Man).
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 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 ...
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)
This is a list of women who have been sat as members of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. Unless stated otherwise the reason for leaving the Lords is death. Unless stated otherwise the reason for leaving the Lords is death.
Apart from retired Lords Spiritual and the surviving hereditary peers excluded under the House of Lords Act 1999, including the Marquess of Cholmondeley who was exempt from the 1999 Act by virtue of his position as Lord Great Chamberlain until the accession of Charles III in September 2022, [1] there are a number of living peers who have permanently ceased to be members of the House.
Hereditary peers excluded under the House of Lords Act 1999 # Title Name Date succeeded [a] Introduction or Sat first in the Lords Qualifying title(s) [b] Aff. Ref. Royal family: The Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, OM, GBE, AC, QSO, CD, PC: Philip Mountbatten: 20 Nov 1947 [c] 21 Jul 1948: XB [1] The Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, AK, QSO, CD, PC ...