The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between the Acts of Union 1707 and the Acts of Union 1800. It replaced the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland, but was itself replaced by the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1801.
The ranks of the Peerage of Great Britain are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron. Until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, all peers of Great Britain could sit in the House of Lords.
Some peerages of Great Britain were created for peers in the Peerage of Scotland and Peerage of Ireland as they did not have an automatic seat in the House of Lords until the Peerage Act 1963 which gave Scottish Peers an automatic right to sit in the Lords.
In the following table of peers of Great Britain, holders of higher or equal titles in the other peerages are listed. Those peers who are known by a higher title in one of the other peerages are listed in italics.
The ranks of the peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron.[1]
See also: Forms of address in the United Kingdom. Marquesses, earls, viscounts and barons are all addressed as 'Lord X', where 'X' represents either their territory or surname pertaining to their title. Marchionesses, countesses, viscountesses and baronesses are all addressed as 'Lady X'. Dukes and duchesses are addressed just as 'Duke' or 'Duchess' or, in a non-social context, 'Your Grace'.
The last non-royal dukedom of Great Britain was created in 1766, and the last marquessate of Great Britain was created in 1796. Creation of the remaining ranks ceased when the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was formed; subsequent creations of peers were in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The last 8 (6 non-royal and two royal) people who were created hereditary peers (from 1798 to 1800) were:
| Grantee | Date of creation | Title(s) | Noted for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Horatio Nelson | 6 October 1798 (extinct) | Baron Nelson | Military peerage–Navy | |
| Prince Edward | 23 April 1799 (extinct) | Duke of Kent and Strathearn Earl of Dublin | Fourth son of King George III | |
| Prince Ernest Augustus | 23 April 1799 (suspended) | Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale Earl of Armagh | Fifth son of King George III | |
| Sir John Scott | 18 July 1799 | Baron Eldon | He was the incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. | |
| John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare | 31 August 1799 (extinct) | Baron FitzGibbon | He was the incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Ireland. Also he had an imperial peerage in the House of Lords as Irish Peers were not allowed to sit in the Lords. | |
| Alexander Hood, 1st Baron Bridport | 16 June 1800 | Viscount Bridport | Military peerage–Navy | |
| Charles Cadogan, 3rd Baron Cadogan | 27 December 1800 | Earl Cadogan Viscount Chelsea | ||
| James Harris, 1st Baron Malmesbury | 29 December 1800 | Earl of Malmesbury Viscount FitzHarris |
| Shield | Title | Creation | Grantee | Reason | Monarch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1711 | James Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton[2] | His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1963.[3] | Queen Anne | ||
| 28 April 1719 | Charles Montagu, Earl of Manchester | King George I | |||
| 22 October 1766 | Hugh Percy, Earl of Northumberland | Former Viceroy of Ireland. | King George III | ||
| 24 April 1799 | Prince Ernest Augustus | Currently suspended | |||
| Shield | Title | Creation | Grantee | Reason | Monarch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 December 1784 | William Petty, Earl of Shelburne | Former Prime Minister. | King George III | ||
| Marquess of Stafford | 1 March 1786 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Marquess of Townshend" | 31 October 1787 | George Townshend, Viscount Townshend | Military peerage–Army. | ||
| Marquess of Salisbury | 18 August 1789 | James Cecil, Earl of Salisbury | Incumbent Lord Chamberlain of the Household. | ||
| Marquess of Bath | 24 August 1789 | Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth | Incumbent Groom of the Stool. | ||
| Marquess of Abercorn | 15 October 1790 | ||||
| 5 July 1793 | Francis Seymour-Conway, Earl of Hertford | Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household. | |||
| 21 March 1796 | John Stuart, Earl of Bute | ||||
| Shield | Title | Creation | Grantee | Reason | Monarch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 1712 | Incumbent cabinet minister. | Queen Anne | |||
| 2 July 1716 | King George I | ||||
| 2 July 1717 | |||||
| 23 May 1718 | Military peerage–Army. | ||||
| 9 June 1720 | Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party. | ||||
| 11 June 1720 | |||||
| 21 September 1721 | Military peerage–Navy. | ||||
| Viscount Leinster | 21 February 1747 | King George II | |||
| 29 June 1747 | |||||
| 3 April 1761 | King George III | ||||
| Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort | 5 March 1781 | ||||
| Viscount Hamilton | 8 August 1786 | ||||
| Viscount Hood | 1 June 1796 | Military peerage–Navy. | |||
| 26 October 1796 | |||||
See also: List of baronies in the Peerage of Great Britain.
| Shield | Title | Creation | Grantee | Reason | Monarch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baron Boyle of Marston | 5 September 1711 | His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999. | Queen Anne | ||
| Baron Hay | 31 December 1711 | ||||
| Baron Bathhurst | 1 January 1712 | ||||
| Baron Middleton | 1 January 1712 | Former Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire and Newark. | |||
| Baron Parker | 10 March 1716 | King George I | |||
| Baron Onslow | 19 June 1716 | ||||
| Baron Romney | 22 June 1716 | ||||
| Baron Newburgh | 10 July 1716 | ||||
| Baron Cadogan | 8 May 1718 | ||||
| Baron Percy | 21 January 1722[4] | ||||
| Baron Walpole | 1 June 1723 | ||||
| Baron Hobart | 28 May 1728 | King George II | |||
| Baron Monson | 28 May 1728 | Former Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire, Castle Rising and Cricklade. | |||
| Baron Harrington | 6 January 1730 | ||||
| Baron Hardwicke | 23 November 1733 | ||||
| Baron Talbot of Hensol | 5 December 1733 | ||||
| Baron Ilchester | 11 May 1741 | ||||
| Baron Strangways | 11 May 1741 | ||||
| Baron Edgcumbe | 20 April 1742 | ||||
| Baron Bruce | 17 April 1746 | ||||
| Baron Fortescue | 5 July 1746 | ||||
| Baron Ilchester and Stavordale | 12 January 1747 | ||||
| Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby | 12 June 1749 | His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999. | |||
| Baron Vere of Hanworth | 28 March 1750 | ||||
| Baron Hyde | 3 June 1756 | ||||
| Baron Walpole | 4 June 1756 | ||||
| Baron Harwich | 17 November 1756 | ||||
| Baron Wycombe | 17 May 1760 | ||||
| Baron Mount Stuart of Wortley | 3 April 1761 | King George III | |||
| Baron Grosvenor | 8 April 1761 | ||||
| Baron Scarsdale | 9 April 1761 | ||||
| Baron Boston | 10 April 1761 | Former Member of Parliament for Launceston and Bodmin. | |||
| Baron Pelham of Stanmer | 4 May 1762 | ||||
| Baron Vernon | 12 May 1762 | Former Member of Parliament for Lichfield and Derby. | |||
| Baron Ducie | 27 April 1763 | ||||
| Baron Camden | 17 July 1765 | ||||
| Baron Digby | 19 August 1765 | His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999. | |||
| Baron Sundridge | 22 December 1766 | ||||
| Baron Apsley | 24 January 1771 | ||||
| Baron Brownlow | 20 May 1776 | Former Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire and Stamford. | |||
| Baron Cardiff | 20 May 1776 | ||||
| Baron Cranley | 20 May 1776 | ||||
| Baron Foley | 20 May 1776 | Former Member of Parliament for Stafford. | |||
| Baron Hamilton of Hameldon | 20 May 1776 | ||||
| Baron Harrowby | 20 May 1776 | ||||
| Baron Hawke | 20 May 1776 | Military peerage–Navy. | |||
| Baron Southampton | 17 September 1780 | Military peerage–Army. | |||
| Baron Bagot | 12 October 1780 | Former Member of Parliament for the Staffordshire. | |||
| Baron Dynevor | 17 October 1780 | Incumbent Lord Steward of the Household. | |||
| Baron Porchester | 17 October 1780 | ||||
| Baron Walsingham | 17 October 1780 | Former Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. | |||
| Baron Grantley | 9 April 1782 | Former Speaker of the House of Commons. | |||
| Baron Rodney | 19 June 1782 | Military peerage–Navy. | |||
| Baron Lovaine | 28 January 1784 | ||||
| align=center | Baron Somers | 17 May 1784 | Former Member of Parliament for Reigate. | ||
| Baron Boringdon | 18 May 1784 | ||||
| Baron Eliot | 13 June 1784 | ||||
| Baron Carleton | 21 August 1786 | His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999. | |||
| Baron Suffield | 21 August 1786 | Former Member of Parliament for the Whig Party. | |||
| Baron Tyrone | 21 August 1786 | ||||
| Baron Kenyon | 9 June 1788 | Incumbent Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. | |||
| Baron Howe | 19 August 1788 | ||||
| Baron Braybrooke | 5 September 1788 | Military peerage–Army. | |||
| Baron Malmesbury | 19 September 1788 | ||||
| Baron Fisherwick | 3 July 1790 | ||||
| Baron Verulam | 6 July 1790 | ||||
| Baron Gage | 1 November 1790 | His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999. | |||
| Baron Thurlow | 11 June 1792 | Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. | |||
| Baron Auckland | 22 May 1793 | His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999. | |||
| Baron Bradford | 13 August 1794 | ||||
| Baron Clive | 13 August 1794 | ||||
| Baron Curzon | 13 August 1794 | ||||
| Baron Dundas | 13 August 1794 | ||||
| Baron Lyttelton | 13 August 1794 | ||||
| Baron Mendip | 13 August 1794 | ||||
| Baron Mulgrave | 13 August 1794 | ||||
| Baron Yarborough | 13 August 1794 | ||||
| Baron Hood | 27 May 1795 | ||||
| Baron Loughborough | 31 October 1795 | ||||
| Baron Rous | 28 May 1796 | ||||
| Baron Brodrick | 1 June 1796 | His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999. | |||
| Baron Stuart | 4 June 1796 | His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1963. | |||
| Baron Stewart of Garlies | 6 June 1796 | His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1963. | |||
| Baron Saltersford | 7 June 1796 | His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999. | |||
| Baron Harewood | 18 June 1796 | ||||
| Baron Cawdor | 21 June 1796 | ||||
| Baron Bolton | 20 October 1797 | Former cabinet minister. | |||
| Baron Carrington | 20 October 1797 | His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999. | |||
| Baron Minto | 20 October 1797 | ||||
| Baron Lilford | 26 October 1797 | Former Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire. | |||
| Baron Wodehouse | 26 October 1797 | ||||
| Baron Eldon | 18 July 1799 | ||||
| Shield | Title | Creation | Extinct | Grantee | Reason | Monarch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baron King | 29 May 1725 | 31 January 2018 | Sir Peter King | Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. | King George I | |
| Baron Lovel and Holland | 7 May 1762 | 6 November 2011 | John Perceval, Earl of Egmont, MP | His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999. | King George III | |
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