Peerage of England
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The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in the United Kingdom in total. English Peeresses obtained their first seats in the House of Lords under the Peerage Act 1963 from which date until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 all Peers of England could sit in the House of Lords.
As of September 2025, there are 93 English peers: 11 dukes (including one royal duke), one marquess, 26 earls, three viscounts and 52 barons (counting peers with a higher title in one of other peerages).
The ranks of the English peerage are, in descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. While most newer English peerages descend only in the male line, many of the older ones (particularly older baronies) can descend through women.
Baronets, while holders of hereditary titles, as such are not peers and not entitled to stand for election in the House of Lords. Knights, dames and holders of other non-hereditary orders, decorations, and medals are also not peers.
The following tables only show peerages still in existence. For lists of every peerage created at a particular rank, including extinct, dormant, and abeyant peerages, see:
- List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
- List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
- List of earldoms
- List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
- List of baronies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
Each peer is listed only by their highest English title. Peers known by a higher title in one of the other peerages are shown in blue, and peers with more than one title of the same rank in the Peerage of England are shown in orange.
Dukes in the Peerage of England
[edit]| Title | Creation | Other dukedom or higher titles |
|---|---|---|
| Duke of Cornwall | 1337 | Usually Prince of Wales as the heir to the British throne; Duke of Rothesay (Scotland) |
| Duke of Norfolk[a] | 1483 | — |
| Duke of Somerset | 1547 | — |
| Duke of Richmond | 1675 | Duke of Gordon (UK); Duke of Lennox (Scotland); Duke of Aubigny (France) |
| Duke of Grafton | 1675 | — |
| Duke of Beaufort | 1682 | — |
| Duke of St Albans | 1684 | — |
| Duke of Bedford | 1694 | — |
| Duke of Devonshire | 1694 | — |
| Duke of Marlborough | 1702 | — |
| Duke of Rutland | 1703 | — |
Marquesses in the Peerage of England
[edit]| Title | Creation | Other marquessate or higher titles |
|---|---|---|
| Marquess of Winchester[b] | 1551 | — |
| Marquess of Worcester | 1643 | Duke of Beaufort (England) |
| Marquess of Tavistock | 1694 | Duke of Bedford (England) |
| Marquess of Hartington | 1694 | Duke of Devonshire (England) |
| Marquess of Blandford | 1702 | Duke of Marlborough (England) |
| Marquess of Granby | 1703 | Duke of Rutland (England) |
Earls in the Peerage of England
[edit]- Subsidiary title
- Holds more than one earldom in the Peerage of England
Viscounts in the Peerage of England
[edit]- Subsidiary title
| Title | Creation | Other viscountcy or higher titles |
|---|---|---|
| Viscount Hereford[d] | 1550 | — |
| Viscount Townshend | 1682 | Marquess Townshend (GB) |
| Viscount Weymouth | 1682 | Marquess of Bath (GB) |
Barons and baronesses in the Peerage of England
[edit]- Subsidiary title
- Holds more than one barony in the Peerage of England
- Subsidiary title and holds more than one barony in the Peerage of England
See also
[edit]- British Honours System
- British nobility
- Forms of address in the United Kingdom
- Gentry
- History of the Peerage
- Landed gentry
- Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom
- Peerage, an exposition of great detail
- Peerage of Ireland
- Peerage of Scotland
- Welsh peers and baronets
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Debretts Peerage". debretts.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016.
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