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9 unusual facts about peerage of the United Kingdom


Baron Panmure

Baron Panmure, of Brechin and Navar in the County of Forfar, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Duke of Gordon

The title Duke of Gordon has been created once in the Peerage of Scotland and again in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Earl of Dalhousie

In 1815 he was created Baron Dalhousie, of Dalhousie Castle in the County of Edinburgh, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which entitled him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords.

Earl of Dunmore

In 1831 he was created Baron Dunmore, of Dunmore in the Forest of Athole in the County of Perth, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him and his descendants a permanent seat in the House of Lords.

Earl of Fife

In 1889, Alexander Duff married Princess Louise, the third child and eldest daughter of the future King Edward VII; two days after the wedding, Queen Victoria elevated him to the dignity of Duke of Fife in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Earl of Fife is a title that has been in existence twice: once as a Gaelic comital lordship in medieval Scotland, and from 1885 to 1912 as an earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created by Queen Victoria for Alexander Duff.

Earl of Glasgow

The fourth Earl was created Baron Ross, of Hawkhead in the County of Renfrew, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, a title which became extinct on the death of the sixth Earl in 1890.

Earl of Oxford and Asquith

Earl of Oxford and Asquith is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Peerage of the United Kingdom

All hereditary peers of the first creation (i.e., those for whom a peerage was originally created, as opposed to those who inherited a peerage from an ancestor), and all surviving hereditary peers who had served as Leader of the House of Lords were offered a life peerage in order to allow them to sit in the House should they so choose.


Baron Aldington

Baron Aldington, of Bispham in the County Borough of Blackpool, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Astor of Hever

Baron Astor of Hever, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Borwick

Baron Borwick, of Hawkshead in the County of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Bridges

Baron Bridges, of Headley in the County of Surrey and of Saint Nicholas at Wade in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Cadman

Baron Cadman, of Silverdale in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Catto

Baron Catto, of Cairncatto in the County of Aberdeen, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Charnwood

Baron Charnwood, of Castle Donington in the County of Leicester, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Clitheroe

Baron Clitheroe of Downham in the County of Lancaster is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Clydesmuir

Baron Clydesmuir, of Braidwood in the County of Lanark, Scotland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Dickinson

Baron Dickinson, of Painswick in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Harvey of Tasburgh

Baron Harvey of Tasburgh, of Tasburgh in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Kensington

Baron Kensington is a title that has been created three times, in the Peerages of England, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Baron Meston

Baron Meston, of Agra in the Indian Empire and Dunnottar in the County of Kincardine, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly

Baron Ponsonby, of Imokilly in County Cork, also referred to as Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly, in the County of Cork, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Remnant

Baron Remnant, of Wenhaston in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Sheffield

Baron Sheffield is a title that has been created four times: once in the Peerage of England, twice in the Peerage of Ireland, and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Sudeley

The third creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1838 when Charles Hanbury-Tracy was created Baron Sudeley, of Toddington in the County of Gloucester.

Henry Westenra, 4th Baron Rossmore

Henry Cairns Westenra, 4th Baron Rossmore of Monaghan (14 November 1851 – 28 March 1874) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and peer who was briefly a member of the House of Lords before his death at the age of 22 in a riding accident.

James Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde

James Arthur Norman Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde, CVO MC (25 April 1893 – 1971) was a British peer.

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn

In 1866, he was appointed Viceroy of Ireland, and two years later was created Marquess of Hamilton (in the Peerage of the United Kingdom) and Duke of Abercorn (in the Peerage of Ireland), resigning shortly after Gladstone won the 1868 general election.

Marquess of Ailesbury

His son, Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury was created Viscount Savernake, of Savernake Forest in the County of Wilts, Earl Bruce, of Whorlton in the County of York, and Marquess of Ailesbury, in the County of Buckingham, on 17 July 1821, all in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Nick Hurd

The Hon Nick Hurd MP is eldest son of the Conservative Life Peer, Douglas, Lord Hurd of Westwell formerly Member of Parliament, Foreign Secretary and leadership contender under Baroness Thatcher and successively under Sir John Major.

Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford

and translated the Rimas of Luís de Camões, and in 1825 was created Baron Penshurst, of Penshurst in the County of Kent, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, enabling him to sit in the House of Lords.

Sandridge

The title Baron Sandridge was given to Churchill by James II in 1685, and was his first English peerage title (his earlier title, Baron Eyemouth, had been created in 1682 by James's predecessor, Charles II, in the Peerage of Scotland).

Serene Highness

These were the Dukes and Princes of Teck and the Princes of Battenberg, who were compensated with peerages, viz. Marquess of Cambridge and Earl of Athlone for the Tecks, and Marquess of Milford Haven and Marquess of Carisbrooke for the Battenbergs.

Viscount Chilston

Viscount Chilston, of Boughton Malherbe in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Viscount Combermere

Viscount Combermere, of Bhurtpore in the East Indies and of Combermere in the County Palatine of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Viscount Eccles

Viscount Eccles, of Chute in the County of Wiltshire, England, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Viscount Hall

Viscount Hall, of Cynon Valley in the County of Glamorgan, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Viscount Stuart of Findhorn

Viscount Stuart of Findhorn, of Findhorn in the County of Moray, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.


see also

Earl Fife

In 1889, the 6th Earl Fife was further created Duke of Fife, in Scotland, and Marquess of Macduff, in the County of Banff, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, two days after his marriage to Princess Louise of Wales, the eldest daughter of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII).

HolmPatrick

Baron HolmPatrick, of HolmPatrick in the County of Dublin, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Lord Kennet

Baron Kennet, of the Dene in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Lord Norwich

Viscount Norwich, a title created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1952

Marquess of Milford Haven

He was at the same time made Earl of Medina and Viscount Alderney, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Viscount Melbourne

In 1839, nine years before he succeeded his brother, he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in his own right as Baron Beauvale, of Beauvale in the County of Nottingham.

Wrottesley

Baron Wrottesley, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (and any member of the Wrottesley family holding that title)