The House of Lords,also known as the House of Peers,is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment,heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons,it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London,England.
Marquess of Salisbury is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for the 7th Earl of Salisbury. Most of the holders of the title have been prominent in British political life over the last two centuries,particularly the 3rd Marquess,who served three times as Prime Minister in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Right Honourable is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom,the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is predominantly used today as a style associated with the holding of certain senior public offices in the United Kingdom,Canada,New Zealand,and to a lesser extent,Australia.
George Samuel Knatchbull Young,Baron Young of Cookham,,known as Sir George Young,6th Baronet,from 1960 to 2015,is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 2015,having represented North West Hampshire from 1997 and Ealing Acton from 1974 to 1997. He has served in Cabinet on three occasions:as Secretary of State for Transport from 1995 to 1997;as the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal from 2010 to 2012;and as Chief Whip of the House of Commons from 2012 to 2014.
Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith,2nd Baron Strathclyde,,known informally as Tom Strathclyde,is a British Conservative politician. Lord Strathclyde served in the political role of Leader of the House of Lords from the 2010 general election until January 2013 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,having been Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords (1998–2010).
Viscount Tenby,of Bulford in the County of Pembroke,is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom,created in 1957 for former Home Secretary,the Hon. Gwilym Lloyd George,second son of Prime Minister David Lloyd George,1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor.
Baron Ashton of Hyde,of Hyde in the County of Chester,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 June 1911 for the industrialist and Liberal politician Thomas Ashton. He had earlier represented Hyde and Luton in the House of Commons.
Thomas Pendry,Baron Pendry,is a Labour Party politician and member of the House of Lords. He was previously the Labour member of parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1970 to 2001. In 2000,prior to his retirement as an MP he was made a member of the Privy Council on the recommendation of Tony Blair. After the 2001 election he was elevated to the peerage on 4 July as Baron Pendry,of Stalybridge in the County of Greater Manchester. He is president of the Football Foundation Ltd and was formerly sports advisor to Tameside District Council Sports Trust.
Nicholas James Christopher Lowther,2nd Viscount Ullswater,is a British hereditary peer and former member of the House of Lords who sat as a Conservative. He succeeded his great-grandfather in the viscountcy of Ullswater in 1949,being one of very few peers to have succeeded a great-grandfather in a title.
In the United Kingdom,life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited,in contrast to hereditary peers. In modern times,life peerages,always created at the rank of baron,are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords,presuming they meet qualifications such as age and citizenship. The legitimate children of a life peer are entitled to style themselves with the prefix "The Honourable",although they cannot inherit the peerage itself.
George Herbert Hyde Villiers,6th Earl of Clarendon,,styled Lord Hyde from 1877 to 1914,was a British Conservative politician from the Villiers family. He served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1931 to 1937.
In the United Kingdom there are at least six Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury,serving as a commission for the ancient office of Treasurer of the Exchequer. The board consists of the First Lord of the Treasury,the Second Lord of the Treasury,and four or more junior lords acting as assistant whips in the House of Commons to whom this title is usually applied.
Sir David Anthony Evennett is a Conservative politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bexleyheath and Crayford at the 2005 general election. Previously he was the MP for Erith and Crayford between the 1983 and 1997 general elections. He served as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from September to October 2022.
Robert Alexander Lindsay,29th Earl of Crawford and 12th Earl of Balcarres,,styled Lord Balniel between 1940 and 1975,is a Scottish hereditary peer and Conservative politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1955 to 1974. The elder son of the 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres,he succeeded to the family titles in 1975. Lord Crawford and Balcarres is the Premier Earl of Scotland and Chief of Clan Lindsay. Following the death of Lord Eden of Winton on 23 May 2020,Lindsay became the surviving former MP with the earliest date of first election,having first entered Parliament at the 1955 general election.
Bertram Stanley Mitford Bowyer,2nd Baron Denham,,was a British Conservative politician,hereditary peer,writer and former member of the House of Lords. He was one of the few people to serve in the governments of five different prime ministers.
Malcolm Ian Sinclair,20th Earl of Caithness,,is a Scottish Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers. He is also 20th Lord Berriedale,15th Baronet,of Canisbay,Co. Caithness,and chief of Clan Sinclair. He is the Chief Executive of the Clan Sinclair Trust.
Oliver Michael Robert Eden,8th Baron Henley,6th Baron Northington PC,is a British hereditary peer and politician,who is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. He has served in a number of ministerial positions in the governments of Margaret Thatcher,John Major,David Cameron and Theresa May,most recently as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Business,Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Alexander Jesse Norman is a British Conservative Party politician,who has served as Minister of State for Decarbonisation and Technology since October 2022. He previously served as Minister of State for the Americas and the Overseas Territories from September to October 2022. He served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 2019 to 2021. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hereford and South Herefordshire since 2010.
James Edward George Younger,5th Viscount Younger of Leckie,is an elected hereditary peer who sits on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords.
Nicholas Edward True,Baron True is a British Conservative politician serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal since September 2022.
