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unusual facts about hereditary peer



Baron Zouche

Another grandson of Alan de la Zouche was William la Zouche, Lord of Haryngworth, who was summoned to Parliament as Baron Zouche, of Haryngworth, on 16 August 1308.

Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie

Alexander Patrick Greysteil Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie PC, FRSL (born 26 November 1939), usually known as Grey Gowrie, is a Scottish hereditary peer.

St Marylebone by-election, 1963

The St Marylebone by-election of 5 December 1963 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Wavell Wakefield became a hereditary peer.

Subsidiary title

Before the House of Lords Act 1999, which abolished the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords, an heir apparent could be summoned to the Lords, before his parent's death, by a writ of acceleration – that is, by accelerating the inheritance of a junior title (usually a barony).


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Edward Baldwin

Edward Baldwin, 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (born 1938), British educator and Crossbench elected hereditary peer in the House of Lords

John Hely-Hutchinson

John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore (1757–1832), Anglo-Irish politician, hereditary peer and soldier.

King's Lynn by-election, 1943

Although a hereditary peer, his succession in 1920 to the title of Baron Fermoy had not disqualified him from the House of Commons, because his title was in the Peerage of Ireland, and did not grant a seat in the House of Lords.

Marcus Beresford, 7th Baron Decies

Marcus Hugh Tristram de la Poer Beresford, 7th Baron Decies (born 5 August 1948) is an Anglo-Irish hereditary peer.