List of Irish representative peers

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The Chamber of the Irish House of Lords was the location of the first election of Irish representative peers. Irish House of Lords chamber 1.jpg
The Chamber of the Irish House of Lords was the location of the first election of Irish representative peers.

This is a list of representative peers elected from the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords after the Kingdom of Ireland was brought into union with the Kingdom of Great Britain. No new members were added to the House after 1919, due to the creation of the Irish Free State, however, the already sitting members continued to remain part of the House, with the last member dying in 1961.

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Once elected, peers held their seats for life. [n 1] Some of these peers were granted a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which gave them a hereditary seat in the House of Lords. These peers also remained as representative peers and were not replaced until their deaths.

List of Irish representative peers

1800–1850

The 2nd Earl of Enniskillen, an Irish representative peer between 1804 and 1840. John Earl of Enniskillin. - etc. etc. etc. (BM 1860,1013.23) (cropped).jpg
The 2nd Earl of Enniskillen, an Irish representative peer between 1804 and 1840.
The 2nd Earl of Caledon, an Irish representative peer between 1804 and 1839. Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon, by Charles Turner, after Richard Rothwell.jpg
The 2nd Earl of Caledon, an Irish representative peer between 1804 and 1839.
The 1st Earl of Blessington, an Irish representative peer between 1809 and 1829. Charles John Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington by James Holmes.jpg
The 1st Earl of Blessington, an Irish representative peer between 1809 and 1829.
The 2nd Earl of Rosse, an Irish representative peer between 1809 and 1841. Pict00132ndEarlofRosseLParsons.jpg
The 2nd Earl of Rosse, an Irish representative peer between 1809 and 1841.
The 2nd Lord Downes, an Irish representative peer between 1833 and 1863. Lord Downes.jpg
The 2nd Lord Downes, an Irish representative peer between 1833 and 1863.
The 3rd Earl of Rosse, an Irish representative peer between 1845 and 1863. William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse photo.jpg
The 3rd Earl of Rosse, an Irish representative peer between 1845 and 1863.
The 4th Earl Belmore, an Irish representative peer between 1857 and 1913. 4thEarlOfBelmore.jpg
The 4th Earl Belmore, an Irish representative peer between 1857 and 1913.
The 4th Earl of Rosse, an Irish representative peer between 1868 and 1908. Lawrence Parsons.jpg
The 4th Earl of Rosse, an Irish representative peer between 1868 and 1908.
The 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston, an Irish representative peer between 1908 and 1925. George Curzon2.jpg
The 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston, an Irish representative peer between 1908 and 1925.
Representative peerElectedReplacingDied
Robert Cuninghame, 1st Baron Rossmore 2 August 18005 August 1801
Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim 2 August 1800 27 July 1804
Otway Cuffe, 1st Earl of Desart 2 August 18009 August 1804
Francis Mathew, 1st Earl Landaff 2 August 180030 July 1806
Laurence Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse 2 August 180020 April 1807
John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde 2 August 180027 July 1808
John Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo 2 August 1800 2 January 1809
Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton 2 August 180014 July 1809
Richard Longfield, 1st Baron Longueville 2 August 1800 23 May 1811
George Nugent, 7th Earl of Westmeath 2 August 1800 30 December 1814
John Crosbie, 2nd Earl of Glandore 2 August 1800 23 October 1815
Robert Howard, 2nd Earl of Wicklow 2 August 1800 23 October 1815
George Agar, 1st Baron Callan 2 August 1800 29 October 1815
Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland 2 August 1800 5 November 1818
Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall 2 August 1800 30 January 1819
Robert Jocelyn, 2nd Earl of Roden 2 August 1800 29 June 1820
Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry 2 August 1800 6 April 1821
James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley 2 August 1800 15 June 1821
Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Earl of Donoughmore 2 August 1800 22 August 1825
Hugh Carleton, 1st Viscount Carleton 2 August 1800 25 February 1826
John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne 2 August 1800 15 September 1828
Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort 2 August 1800 24 October 1829
Francis Bernard, 1st Earl of Bandon 2 August 1800 26 November 1830
Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham 2 August 1800 28 December 1832
Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford 2 August 1800 24 May 1835
Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan 2 August 1800 30 June 1839
Charles O'Neill, 1st Earl O'Neill 2 August 1800 25 March 1841
Edmund Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick 2 August 1800 7 December 1844
Charles Bury, 1st Earl of Charleville 2 November 1801Robert Cuninghame, 1st Baron Rossmore31 October 1835
John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen 13 October 1804Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim31 March 1840
Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon 26 November 1804Otway Cuffe, 1st Earl of Desart8 April 1839
Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont 12 December 1806Francis Matthew, 1st Earl Landaff26 December 1863
George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston 11 July 1807Laurence Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse18 October 1839
Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty 16 December 1808John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde24 November 1837
Charles Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington 15 April 1809John Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo25 May 1829
Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse 22 October 1809Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton24 February 1841
Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford 19 August 1811Richard Longfield, 1st Viscount Longueville27 March 1849
Stephen Moore, 2nd Earl Mount Cashell 24 March 1815George Nugent, 7th Earl of Westmeath27 October 1822
John Maxwell, 2nd Earl of Farnham 2 March 1816John Crosbie, 2nd Earl of Glandore23 July 1823
John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo 2 March 1816Robert Howard, 2nd Earl of Wicklow23 May 1849
William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond 2 March 1816George Agar, 1st Baron Callan21 August 1846
Somerset Butler, 3rd Earl of Carrick 13 March 1819Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland4 February 1838
Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore 5 May 1819Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall18 April 1841
James Blackwood, 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye 7 October 1820Robert Jocelyn, 2nd Earl of Roden8 August 1836
Richard Wingfield, 5th Viscount Powerscourt 3 August 1821Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry9 August 1823
William Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow 10 November 1821Charles O'Hara, 1st Baron Tyrawley22 March 1869
Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton 8 February 1823Stephen Moore, 2nd Earl Mount Cashell20 November 1854
John Evans-Freke, 6th Baron Carbery 30 January 1824John Maxwell, 2nd Earl of Farnham12 May 1845
Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort 30 January 1824Richard Wingfield, 5th Viscount Powerscourt11 November 1842
John Maxwell-Barry, 5th Baron Farnham 17 December 1825Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Earl of Donoughmore20 September 1838
Stephen Moore, 3rd Earl Mount Cashell 1 July 1826Hugh Carleton, 1st Viscount Carleton10 October 1883
Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley 19 December 1828John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne19 October 1854
Richard Butler, 2nd Earl of Glengall 1 September 1829Charles John Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington22 June 1858
Hayes St Leger, 3rd Viscount Doneraile 15 March 1830Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort27 March 1854
George Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath 26 February 1831Francis Bernard, 1st Earl of Bandon5 May 1871
Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes 30 March 1833Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham26 July 1863
James Bernard, 2nd Earl of Bandon 31 July 1835Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford31 October 1856
Edward Plunkett, 14th Baron Dunsany 18 January 1836Charles Bury, 1st Earl of Charleville11 December 1848
Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Viscount Hawarden 31 October 1836James Stevenson Blackwood, 2nd Baron Dufferin12 October 1856
Robert Dillon, 3rd Baron Clonbrock 20 February 1838Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty4 December 1893
Charles Bury, 2nd Earl of Charleville 13 April 1838Somerset Richard Butler, 3rd Earl of Carrick14 July 1851
John Vesey, 2nd Viscount de Vesci 19 January 1839John Maxwell-Barry, 5th Baron Farnham19 October 1855
Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham 2 July 1839Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon20 August 1868
Windham Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl 21 September 1839Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan6 August 1850
Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton 21 January 1840George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston27 December 1869
George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan 22 June 1840John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen10 November 1888
James Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon 8 May 1841Lawence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse30 June 1855
Cadwallader Blayney, 12th Baron Blayney 12 June 1841Charles O'Neill, 1st Earl O'Neill18 January 1874
Richard Handcock, 3rd Baron Castlemaine 6 July 1841Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore4 July 1869
John O'Neill, 3rd Viscount O'Neill 31 January 1843Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort12 February 1855
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse 24 February 1845Edmund Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Limerick31 October 1867
John Crichton, 3rd Earl Erne 24 July 1845John Evans-Freke, 6th Baron Carbery3 October 1885
John Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart 11 December 1846William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond1 April 1865
Eyre Massey, 3rd Baron Clarina 16 April 1849Edward Plunkett, 14th Baron Dunsany18 November 1872
John Browne, 3rd Baron Kilmaine 22 June 1849Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford13 January 1873
George Butler, 5th Earl of Lanesborough 14 August 1849John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo7 July 1866

1850–1900

Representative peerElectedReplacingDied
Randall Plunkett, 15th Baron Dunsany 19 November 1850Windham Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl7 April 1852
Denis Daly, 2nd Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal 23 September 1851Charles Bury, 2nd Earl of Charleville11 January 1893
Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo 22 June 1852Randall Edward Plunkett, 15th Baron Dunsany12 August 1867
Richard White, 2nd Earl of Bantry 1 July 1854Hayes St Leger, 3rd Viscount Doneraile16 July 1868
Edward Ward, 4th Viscount Bangor 9 January 1855Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley14 September 1881
Hayes St Leger, 4th Viscount Doneraile 2 May 1855Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton26 August 1887
Arthur Hill-Trevor, 3rd Viscount Dungannon 11 September 1855John O'Neill, 3rd Viscount O'Neill11 August 1862
Henry Dawson-Damer, 3rd Earl of Portarlington 24 October 1855James Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon1 March 1889
James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford 23 January 1856John Vesey, 2nd Viscount de Vesci20 November 1887
Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount de Vesci 10 January 1857Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Viscount Hawarden23 December 1875
Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore 13 January 1857James Bernard, 2nd Earl of Bandon6 April 1913
Francis Bernard, 3rd Earl of Bandon 21 August 1858Richard Butler, 2nd Earl of Glengall17 February 1877
Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden 2 December 1862Mark Trevor, 3rd Viscount Dungannon9 January 1905
Lucius O'Brien, 13th Baron Inchiquin 20 October 1863Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes22 March 1872
Edward Plunkett, 16th Baron Dunsany 8 March 1864Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont22 February 1889
John Vereker, 3rd Viscount Gort 13 June 1865John Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart20 October 1865
Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt 26 December 1865John Vereker, 3rd Viscount Gort5 June 1904
George Upton, 3rd Viscount Templetown 14 September 1866George Butler, 5th Earl of Lanesborough4 January 1890
William Annesley, 4th Earl Annesley 15 October 1867Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo10 August 1874
Theobald Butler, 14th Baron Dunboyne 11 January 1868William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse22 March 1881
Charles Allanson-Winn, 3rd Baron Headley 28 September 1868Richard White, 2nd Earl of Bantry30 July 1877
Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse 22 December 1868Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham29 August 1908
William Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry 6 July 1869William Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow15 January 1884
Geoffrey Guthrie-Browne, 2nd Baron Oranmore and Browne 6 September 1869Richard Handcock, 3rd Baron Castlemaine15 November 1900
John Butler, 6th Earl of Lanesborough 5 April 1870Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton12 September 1905
Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry 10 July 1871George Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath8 February 1914
Charles Howard, 5th Earl of Wicklow 19 June 1872Lucius O'Brien, 13th Baron Inchiquin20 June 1881
Edward Crofton, 3rd Baron Crofton 11 February 1873Eyre Massey, 3rd Baron Clarina22 September 1912
Edward O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin 5 April 1873John Browne, 3rd Baron Kilmaine9 April 1900
Richard Handcock, 4th Baron Castlemaine 9 May 1874Cadwallader Blayney, 12th Baron Blayney26 April 1892
John Scott, 4th Earl of Clonmell 10 November 1874William Annesley, 4th Earl of Annesley22 June 1891
John Massy, 6th Baron Massy 14 March 1876Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount de Vesci28 November 1915
Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl of Annesley 28 April 1877Francis Bernard, 3rd Earl of Bandon15 December 1908
James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon 30 October 1877Charles Allanson-Winn, 3rd Baron Headley27 April 1898
James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon 6 June 1881Theobald Butler, 14th Baron Dunboyne18 May 1924
Edward Leeson, 6th Earl of Milltown 23 August 1881Charles Howard, 5th Earl of Wicklow30 May 1890
Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey 31 December 1881Edward Ward, 4th Viscount Bangor28 July 1915
Charles Allanson-Winn, 4th Baron Headley 20 December 1883Stephen Moore, 3rd Earl Mount Cashell13 January 1913
Hercules Rowley, 4th Baron Langford 14 March 1884William Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry29 October 1919
Henry Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor 12 January 1886John Crichton, 3rd Earl Erne23 February 1911
Henry King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston 24 October 1887Hayes St Leger, 4th Viscount Doneraile13 January 1896
Cecil Howard, 6th Earl of Wicklow 23 January 1888James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford24 July 1891
Eyre Massey, 4th Baron Clarina 31 December 1888George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan16 December 1897
Thomas McClintock-Bunbury, 2nd Baron Rathdonnell 8 April 1889Edward Plunkett, 16th Baron Dunsany22 May 1929
Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan 19 April 1889Henry Dawson-Damer, 3rd Earl of Portarlington5 June 1914
Francis Browne, 4th Baron Kilmaine 21 February 1890George Upton, 3rd Viscount Templetown9 November 1907
Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo 14 July 1890Edward Leeson, 6th Earl of Milltown31 December 1927
William Evans-Freke, 8th Baron Carbery 3 August 1891John Scott, 4th Earl of Clonmell7 November 1894
Henry Prittie, 4th Baron Dunalley 9 October 1891Cecil Howard, 6th Earl of Wicklow5 August 1927
Hamilton Deane-Morgan, 4th Baron Muskerry 13 June 1892Richard Handcock, 4th Baron Castlemaine9 June 1929
John Plunkett, 17th Baron Dunsany 6 March 1893Denis Daly, 2nd Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal16 January 1899
Henry Upton, 4th Viscount Templetown 29 January 1894Robert Dillon, 3rd Baron Clonbrock30 September 1939
Luke Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock 21 January 1895William Evans-Freke, 8th Baron Carbery12 May 1917
George Dawson-Damer, 5th Earl of Portarlington 20 March 1896Henry King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston31 August 1900
Albert Handcock, 5th Baron Castlemaine 7 March 1898Eyre Massey, 4th Baron Clarina6 July 1937
Somerset Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham 22 July 1898James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon22 November 1900
Ponsonby Moore, 9th Earl of Drogheda 31 March 1899John Plunkett, 17th Baron Dunsany28 October 1908

1900–1919

Representative peerElectedReplacingDied
Reymond de Montmorency, 3rd Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency 5 June 1900Edward O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin7 May 1902
Lucius O'Brien, 15th Baron Inchiquin 23 November 1900George Dawson-Damer, 5th Earl of Portarlington9 December 1929
Robert Butler, 16th Baron Dunboyne 4 January 1901Geoffrey Guthrie-Browne, 2nd Baron Oranmore and Browne29 August 1913
Anthony Nugent, 11th Earl of Westmeath 4 February 1901Somerset Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham12 December 1933
Geoffrey Browne, 3rd Baron Oranmore and Browne 11 July 1902Reymond de Montmorency, 3rd Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency30 June 1927
Charles Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew 1 August 1904Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt15 July 1911
Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley 10 March 1905Cornwallis Maude, 1st Earl de Montalt10 April 1927
Ralph Howard, 7th Earl of Wicklow 27 November 1905John Butler, 6th Earl of Lanesborough11 October 1946
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston 21 January 1908Francis Browne, 4th Baron Kilmaine20 March 1925
Frederic Trench, 3rd Baron Ashtown 4 November 1908Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse20 March 1946 [n 1]
Arthur Maxwell, 11th Baron Farnham 18 December 1908Ponsonby Moore, 9th Earl of Drogheda5 February 1957
Yvo Vesey, 5th Viscount de Vesci 13 February 1909Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl of Annesley16 August 1958
John Browne, 5th Baron Kilmaine 14 April 1911Henry Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor27 August 1946
William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse 9 October 1911Charles Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew10 June 1918
John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies 18 November 1912Edward Crofton, 3rd Baron Crofton31 January 1944
Maxwell Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor 7 March 1913Charles Allanson-Winn, 4th Baron Headley17 November 1950
Charles Butler, 7th Earl of Lanesborough 2 June 1913Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore18 August 1929
Henry Moore, 10th Earl of Drogheda 21 November 1913Robert Butler, 16th Baron Dunboyne22 November 1957
George Bellew-Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew 20 April 1914Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry15 June 1935
George Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan 10 August 1914Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan20 April 1949
Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan 24 September 1915Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey28 August 1946
Arthur Crofton, 4th Baron Crofton 10 January 1916Frederic Trench, 3rd Baron Ashtown15 June 1942
Francis Needham, 4th Earl of Kilmorey 14 February 1916John Massy, 6th Baron Massy11 January 1961
Henry King-Tenison, 9th Earl of Kingston 13 July 1917Luke Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock11 January 1946
James Caulfeild, 8th Viscount Charlemont 19 August 1918William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse30 August 1949
Robert Jocelyn, 8th Earl of Roden 22 December 1919Hercules Rowley, 4th Baron Langford30 October 1956

Remaining representative peers after 1922

Representative peerElectedDied
James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon 6 June 188118 May 1924
George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston 21 January 190820 March 1925
Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley 10 March 190510 April 1927
Geoffrey Browne, 3rd Baron Oranmore and Browne 11 July 190230 June 1927
Henry Prittie, 4th Baron Dunalley 9 October 18915 August 1927
Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo 14 July 189031 December 1927
Thomas McClintock-Bunbury, 2nd Baron Rathdonnell 8 April 188922 May 1929
Hamilton Deane-Morgan, 4th Baron Muskerry 13 June 18929 June 1929
Charles Butler, 7th Earl of Lanesborough 2 June 191318 August 1929
Lucius O'Brien, 15th Baron Inchiquin 23 November 19009 December 1929
Anthony Nugent, 11th Earl of Westmeath 4 February 190112 December 1933
George Bellew-Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew 20 April 191415 June 1935
Albert Handcock, 5th Baron Castlemaine 7 March 18986 July 1937
Henry Upton, 4th Viscount Templetown 29 January 189430 September 1939
Arthur Crofton, 4th Baron Crofton 10 January 191615 June 1942
John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies 18 November 191231 January 1944
Henry King-Tenison, 9th Earl of Kingston 13 July 191711 January 1946
John Browne, 5th Baron Kilmaine 14 April 191127 August 1946
Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan 24 September 191528 August 1946
Ralph Howard, 7th Earl of Wicklow 27 November 190511 October 1946
George Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan 10 August 191420 April 1949
James Caulfeild, 8th Viscount Charlemont 19 August 191830 August 1949
Maxwell Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor 7 March 191317 November 1950
Robert Jocelyn, 8th Earl of Roden 22 December 191930 October 1956
Arthur Maxwell, 11th Baron Farnham 18 December 19085 February 1957
Henry Moore, 10th Earl of Drogheda 21 November 191322 November 1957
Yvo Vesey, 5th Viscount de Vesci 13 February 190916 August 1958
Francis Needham, 4th Earl of Kilmorey 14 February 191611 January 1961

Representative peers with a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

No Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Representative peerElectedDied Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TitleCreatedNote
1 John Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo 2 August 18002 January 1809 Baron Monteagle 20 February 1806Both titles are extant
2 Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty 16 December 180824 November 1837 Baron Trench 4 August 1815Both titles are extant
Viscount Clancarty 8 December 1823Both titles are extant
3 John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen 13 October 180431 March 1840 Baron Grinstead 11 August 1815Both titles are extant
4 Edmund Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick 2 August 18007 December 1844 Baron Foxford 11 August 1815Both titles are extant
5 Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Earl of Donoughmore 2 August 180022 August 1825 Viscount Hutchinson 14 July 1821Both titles are extant
6 Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham 2 August 180028 December 1832 Baron Minster 17 July 1821Both titles are extant
7 George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston 11 July 180718 October 1839 Baron Kingston 17 July 1821Both titles are extant
8 Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford 2 August 180024 May 1835 Baron Silchester 17 July 1821Both titles are extant
9 William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond 2 March 181621 August 1846 Baron Tadcaster 3 July 1826Both titles are extinct
10 Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont 12 December 180626 December 1863 Baron Charlemont 13 February 1837Both titles are extinct
11 John Crichton, 3rd Earl Erne 24 July 18453 October 1885 Baron Fermanagh 13 January 1876Both titles are extant
12 Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt 26 December 18655 June 1904 Baron Powerscourt 27 June 1885Both titles are extant
13 Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden 2 December 18629 January 1905 Earl de Montalt 9 September 1886UK title is extinct
14 George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston [1] 21 January 190820 March 1925 Earl Curzon of Kedleston 2 November 1911Both titles are extinct
Viscount Scarsdale UK title is extant
Baron Ravensdale UK title is extant
15 Marquess Curzon of Kedleston 28 June 1921Both titles are extinct
16 Geoffrey Browne, 3rd Baron Oranmore and Browne 11 July 190230 June 1927 Baron Mereworth 19 January 1926Both titles are extant
17 George Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan 10 August 191420 April 1949 Baron Bingham 26 June 1934Both titles are extant
18 Henry Moore, 10th Earl of Drogheda 21 November 191322 November 1957 Baron Moore 30 January 1954Both titles are extant

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The history of the British peerage, a system of nobility found in the United Kingdom, stretches over the last thousand years. The current form of the British peerage has been a process of development. While the ranks of baron and earl predate the British peerage itself, the ranks of duke and marquess were introduced to England in the 14th century. The rank of viscount came later, in the mid-15th century. Peers were summoned to Parliament, forming the House of Lords.

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The Lords Temporal are secular members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the British Parliament. These can be either life peers or hereditary peers, although the hereditary right to sit in the House of Lords was abolished for all but ninety-two peers during the 1999 reform of the House of Lords. The term is used to differentiate these members from the Lords Spiritual, who sit in the House as a consequence of being bishops in the Church of England.

Since 1997 the United Kingdom government has been engaged in reforming the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The history of reform before 1997, is set out in sections below about reforms of composition and powers carried out in the past and of unsuccessful proposals and attempts at reform in the twentieth century. Proposals include decreasing the number of lords, introducing a system where lords are democratically elected, or abolition of the House of Lords in favour of a unicameral Parliament.

The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the (landed) gentry. The nobility of its four constituent home nations has played a major role in shaping the history of the country, although the hereditary peerage now retain only the rights to stand for election to the House of Lords, dining rights there, position in the formal order of precedence, the right to certain titles, and the right to an audience with the monarch. More than a third of British land is in the hands of aristocrats and traditional landed gentry.

By-elections to the House of Lords occur when vacancies arise among seats assigned to hereditary peers due to death, resignation, or disqualification. Candidates for these by-elections are limited to holders of hereditary peerages, and their electorates are made up of sitting Lords; in most cases the electorate are those sitting hereditary peers of the same party affiliation as the departed peer.

A peerage is a legal system historically comprising various hereditary titles in a number of countries, and composed of assorted noble ranks.

References

  1. ↑ Also inherited Baron Scarsdale in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1916 after the death of his father Alfred Curzon, 4th Baron Scarsdale.
  1. 1 2 Lord Ashtown's bankruptcy was reported on 28 October 1915, thereby disqualifying him from the House of Lords. He was therefore replaced before his death.
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