The Peerage Act 1963 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that permits women peeresses and all Scottish hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords and allows newly inherited hereditary peerages to be disclaimed.
John Archibald Sinclair,3rd Viscount Thurso,known also as John Thurso,is a Scottish businessman,Liberal Democrat politician and hereditary peer who is notable for having served in the House of Lords both before and after a period in the House of Commons.
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington,6th Baron Carrington,Baron Carington of Upton,,was a British Conservative Party politician and hereditary peer who served as Defence Secretary from 1970 to 1974,Foreign Secretary from 1979 to 1982,Chairman of the General Electric Company from 1983 to 1984,and Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988. In Margaret Thatcher's first government,he played a major role in negotiating the Lancaster House Agreement that ended the racial conflict in Rhodesia and enabled the creation of Zimbabwe.
The House of Lords Act 1999 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the House of Lords,one of the chambers of Parliament. The Act was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999. For centuries,the House of Lords had included several hundred members who inherited their seats;the Act removed such a right. However,as part of a compromise,the Act did permit ninety-two hereditary peers to remain in the House on an interim basis. Another ten were created life peers to enable them to remain in the House.
Earl of Clancarty is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland.
Viscount Colville of Culross,in the County of Perth,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 15 July 1902 for the politician and courtier,Charles Colville,10th Lord Colville of Culross. He had already been created Baron Colville of Culross,in the County of Perth,in 1885,also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As of 2018,the titles are held by his great-great-grandson,the fifth Viscount,who succeeded his father in 2010. The fourth Viscount was a judge and politician. Lord Colville of Culross was one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remained in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999,and sat as a crossbencher.
Walter Garrison Runciman,3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford,,usually known informally as Garry Runciman,was a British historical sociologist. A senior research fellow at Trinity College,Cambridge Runciman wrote several publications in his field. He also sat on the Bank of England's Securities and Investment Board and chaired the British Government's Royal Commission on Criminal Justice (1991–1993).
Arthur Desmond Colquhoun Gore,9th Earl of Arran,styled Viscount Sudley between 1958 and 1983,is a British peer and Lord Temporal in the House of Lords,sitting with the Conservative Party.
Charles John Colville,1st Viscount Colville of Culross,,known as The Lord Colville of Culross between 1849 and 1902,was a British nobleman,Conservative politician and courtier.
George Francis William Child Villiers,10th Earl of Jersey,known professionally as William Villiers,is a British nobleman and peer of the Villiers family. He is a former film producer,actor and writer. He is currently Director of Intellectual Property for HandMade Films.
Clan Colville is a Lowland Scottish clan.
John Mark Alexander Colville,4th Viscount Colville of Culross QC was a British judge and politician. He was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999.
Nicholas Le Poer Trench,9th Earl of Clancarty,8th Marquess of Heusden,is an Anglo-Irish peer,as well as a nobleman in the Dutch nobility. Lord Clancarty serves as an elected Crossbench hereditary peer in the British House of Lords. His earldom is in the Peerage of Ireland. He was educated at Westminster School. He also studied at Ashford Grammar School,Plymouth Polytechnic,University of Colorado,Denver,USA,and Sheffield University.
Rupert Victor John Carington,5th Baron Carrington JP,DL,was a British peer.
Guy Vaughan Black,Baron Black of Brentwood is Deputy Chairman of the Telegraph Media Group.
George William Beaumont Howard,13th Earl of Carlisle,styled Viscount Morpeth from 1963 to 1994,is a British nobleman,politician,and hereditary peer.
Following the enactment of the House of Lords Act 1999,the number of hereditary peers entitled to sit in the House of Lords was reduced to ninety-two. Ninety of the first ninety-two were elected by all the hereditary peers before the passing of the reform. Since November 2002,by-elections have been held to fill vacancies left by deaths,resignations or disqualifications of those peers. Since the passing of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014,by-elections have also been held to fill vacancies left by the retirements of those peers.
Admiral John Colville,9th Lord Colville of Culross,styled Master of Colville from 1786 to 1811,was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief,Cork Station.
Charles William Harley Hay,16th Earl of Kinnoull,,styled Viscount Dupplin until 2013,is a Scottish hereditary peer and non-affiliated member of the House of Lords,serving as Chair of the European Union Committee.
