Gareth Wyn Williams,Baron Williams of Mostyn,,was a Welsh barrister and Labour politician who was Leader of the House of Lords,Lord President of the Council and a member of the Cabinet from 2001 until his sudden death in 2003.
The Peerage Act 1963 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that permits female hereditary peers and all Scottish hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords and allows newly inherited hereditary peerages to be disclaimed.
David George Clark,Baron Clark of Windermere PC DL is a British Labour Party politician,former cabinet minister and author.
Robert Edward Sheldon,Baron Sheldon PC was a British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton under Lyne from 1964 to 2001.
Baron Simon of Wythenshawe,of Didsbury in the City of Manchester,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1947 for Ernest Simon,an industrialist and politician,and his heirs male. He had previously served as a member of the Manchester City Council and as Lord Mayor of Manchester and is chiefly remembered for the slum clearances and housing projects he initiated in the city,notably the Wythenshawe estate. Simon also sat as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington,but joined the Labour Party in 1946. As of 2022 the title is held by his granddaughter Matilda Simon,the third Baron,who succeeded her father in 2002,and came out in 2015 as the first openly transgender peer in the United Kingdom.
Baron Silkin,of Dulwich in the County of London,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 July 1950 for the solicitor and Labour politician Lewis Silkin. The peerage was disclaimed by both his eldest son,the second Baron,and the latter's nephew,the third Baron. When the third Baron disclaimed the title in 2002,the barony of Silkin became the first peerage ever to be disclaimed twice;and the only disclaimer since the House of Lords Act 1999
His Majesty's Advocate General for Scotland is one of the Law Officers of the Crown,whose duty it is to advise the Crown and His Majesty's Government on Scots law. The Office of the Advocate General for Scotland is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. The position is currently occupied by Catherine Smith KC.
In the United Kingdom,life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited,in contrast to hereditary peers. Life peers are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister. With the exception of the Dukedom of Edinburgh awarded for life to Prince Edward in 2023,all life peerages conferred since 2009 have been created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 with the rank of baron and entitle their holders to sit and vote in the House of Lords,presuming they meet qualifications such as age and citizenship. The legitimate children of a life peer appointed under the Life Peerages Act 1958 are entitled to style themselves with the prefix "The Honourable",although they cannot inherit the peerage itself. Prior to 2009,life peers of baronial rank could also be so created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 for senior judges.
William Allen Jowitt,1st Earl Jowitt,was a British Liberal Party,National Labour and then Labour Party politician and lawyer who served as Lord Chancellor under Clement Attlee from 1945 to 1951.
Anthony Paul Lester,Baron Lester of Herne Hill,QC was a British barrister and member of the House of Lords. He was at different times a member of the Labour Party,Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Democrats. Lester was best known for his influence on race relations legislation in the United Kingdom and as a founder-member of groups such as the Institute of Race Relations,the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination and the Runnymede Trust. Lester was also a prominent figure in promoting birth control and abortion through the Family Planning Association,particularly in Northern Ireland.
Jeremy Hugh Beecham,Baron Beecham is a British Labour politician and a senior figure in English local government. He was leader of Newcastle City Council and the first Chairman of the Local Government Association. He was the elected Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party.
Ignatius John O'Brien,1st Baron Shandon,,known as Sir Ignatius O'Brien,Bt,between 1916 and 1918,was an Irish lawyer and politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland between 1913 and 1918.
Stanley Clinton Clinton-Davis,Baron Clinton-Davis,was a British politician and solicitor. A member of the Labour Party,he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney Central from 1970 to 1983,and was a minister in the Labour governments of Harold Wilson,James Callaghan and Tony Blair. He was European Commissioner in the Delors Commission (1985–1989). In 1990,he became a life peer,sitting on the Labour benches in the House of Lords until his retirement in 2018.
Dafydd Elystan Elystan-Morgan,Baron Elystan-Morgan,known as Elystan Morgan,was a Welsh politician. He sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords from 1981 to 2020,and served as a Labour MP from 1966 to 1974.
William Draper Best,1st Baron Wynford,PC,was a British politician and judge. He served as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas from 1824 to 1829.
Leslie Maurice Lever,Baron Lever,GCSG was a British Labour politician. He was Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick from 1950 to 1970,when he retired. Subsequently,he was given a life peerage as Baron Lever,of Ardwick in the City of Manchester on 10 July 1975.
Gwilym Prys Prys-Davies,Baron Prys-Davies was a Welsh Labour politician. He was a pioneer of the use of the Welsh language for official purposes,and in 1982 became the first member of the House of Lords to take the oath of allegiance in Welsh.
Basil Thomas Wigoder,Baron Wigoder QC was a politician and barrister in the United Kingdom.
John Hannett,Baron Hannett of Everton,is a British trade unionist and formerly General Secretary of the Union of Shop,Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW). He was appointed a member of the House of Lords in 2024.
