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| Chamber of the Most Worthy Peers of the Realm | |
| Native Name: | Câmara dos Digníssimos Pares do Reino |
| Native Name Lang: | pt |
| Coa Pic: | Câmara dos Dignos Pares do Reino.svg |
| Coa Res: | 200px |
| House Type: | Upper house |
| Body: | Cortes Gerais |
| Foundation: | 1826 |
| Disbanded: | 1910 |
| Leader1 Type: | First President (Lord Speaker) of the Chamber |
| Leader1: | Nuno Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo, 6th Duke of Cadaval |
| Leader2 Type: | Last President (Lord Speaker) of the Chamber |
| Leader2: | Gonçalo Pereira da Silva de Sousa e Menezes, 3rd Count of Bertiandos |
| Seats: | 90 |
| Session Room: | Camara dos Pares.jpg |
| Meeting Place: | São Bento Palace Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
The Chamber of Peers of Portugal, alternatively translatable as the House of Lords and formally styled the Chamber of the Most Worthy Peers of the Realm (Portuguese: Câmara dos Pares or Câmara dos Digníssimos Pares do Reino), was the upper house of the Cortes Gerais, the legislature of the Kingdom of Portugal during most of the constitutional monarchy period. Members of the Chamber were Peers of the Realm, appointed directly at the pleasure of the Portuguese monarch.
It was established before the Liberal Wars. It was composed of 90 peers who did not have a hereditary right to sit by descent, but were nominated by the monarch.
The Chamber existed from 1826-1838 and again from 1842-1910, when it was known as the Chamber of Peers of the Realm (Câmara dos Pares do Reino).[1] [2]
One of the members was The 1st Duke of Albuquerque (1815-1890).
The Chamber met at the São Bento Palace.[3] The successor of the Chamber was the Senate.[4]