Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom includes all peer - Would that have been created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1800. The Peerage of the United Kingdom thus replaced the Peerage of Great Britain. In the Peerage of Ireland still new titles were created, which only ended in 1922 with the independence of Ireland.

Until the adoption of the House of Lords Act 1999 all peers had a seat in the House of Lords. The ranks of the English peerage are ( with approximate German equivalents ):

  • Duke ( Duke )
  • Marquess ( Marquis )
  • Earl ( Count )
  • Viscount ( ' Viscount ' )
  • And Baron ( Baron ), hereditary or for life

The following table living British peers are higher or equivalent title listed in other peerages, as well as titles for life in the UK. It is important to note that members of the immediate royal family, carrying a title of nobility, are in the British protocol Aryan rank ahead of all other peers and not be classified according to their title of nobility.

See also:

Dukes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Marquesses in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

( Hereditary ) Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Barons for life in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

This list includes only the surviving barons for life in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Awards under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876

Awards under the Life peerages Act 1958

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