List of related life peers

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This is a list of people with peerages of the United Kingdom created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (whose life peerages are created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876) who are closely related to one another, either by blood up to the degree of third cousins, or by marriage or cohabitation. This list is ordered by the antiquity of the earliest title each family has.

Contents

The Barons Russell of Killowen, Romer and Maugham

The title Baron Russell of Killowen was created three times for father, son and grandson, all of them appointed to be Lords of Appeal in Ordinary. In 1900, the second baron married Mary Emily Ritchie, a daughter of the first (hereditary) Baron Ritchie of Dundee, of Welders, in the parish of Chalfont St. Giles, in the county of Buckingham (1905). The titles are

Frederick Maugham (1866—1958) and Mark Romer (1866—1944) were also high-ranking judges appointed to be Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, the former in 1935 and the latter in 1938. Maugham married Romer's sister, Helen Mary in 1896. He was later appointed Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in 1938 and elevated to be Viscount Maugham, of Hartfield in the County of Sussex in 1939 on his retirement, as was customary. Romer married Anne Wilmot Ritchie, an elder daughter of the aforementioned first Baron Ritchie of Dundee. Their life peerages are

Family tree showing the relationships between The Barons Russell of Killowen, Romer and Viscount Maugham
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Charles Arthur Russell
Baron Russell of Killowen

(1832—1900)
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Charles Thomson Ritchie
1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee

(1838—1906)
Sir Robert Romer
A Lord Justice of Appeal
(1840—1918)
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Francis Xavier Joseph Russell
Baron Russell of Killowen

(1867—1946)
Hon. Mary Emily Ritchie
(1870—1956)
Hon. Anne Wilmot Ritchie
(1869—1948)
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Mark Lemon Romer
Baron Romer

(1866—1944)
Helen Mary Romer
(1872—1950)
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Frederic Herbert Maugham
1st Viscount Maugham
Baron Maugham

(1866—1958)
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Charles Ritchie Russell
Baron Russell of Killowen

(1908—1986)

Asquith/Bonham Carter

Aside from the hereditary Earldom of Oxford and Asquith, and Viscountcy Asquith, of Morley in the West Riding of the County of York, members of the Asquith, Bonham Carter and related families have been ennobled with the following life peerages:

Lord Grimond and The Hon. Laura Bonham Carter married in 1938. Lord Razzall and The Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury became partners [13] in 2008.

Cohen

Lionel Leonard Cohen was made a Law Lord in 1951. Janet Neel married James Lionel Cohen, Lionel's first cousin, in 1971. Janet was ennobled in 2000 after being Governor of the BBC. Their titles are

Shackleton/Salmon

^Nigel Lawson married Vanessa Salmon in 1955. They divorced in 1980. His son Hon. Dominic married Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest in 1991. She is a daughter of the second Viscount Monckton of Brenchley.

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Ebenezer Shackleton
(1784—1856)
Richard Ebenezer Shackleton
(1836—1900)
Henry Shackleton
(b. 1847)
Barnett Salmon
(1829—1897)
Ebenezer ShackletonThe Explorer
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
(1874—1922)
Alfred Salmon
(1868—1928)
Montague Salmon
(b. 1878)
Richard Ebenezer Shackleton
(b. 1899)
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Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton
Baron Shackleton

(1911—1994)
Barnett Alfred Salmon
(1895—1965)
Felix Addison Salmon
(1908—1969)
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Cyril Barnet Salmon
Baron Salmon

(1903—1991)
Lt.-Col. Richard John Shackleton
(1926—1977)
Moira Elizabeth Frances Charkham née Salmon
(b. 1932)
Vanessa Mary Addison Salmon
(d. 1985)
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Nigel Lawson^
Baron Lawson of Blaby

(1932—2023)
Ian Ridgeway Shackleton Coronet of a British Baron.svg
Fiona Sara Shackleton née Charkam
Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia

(b. 1956)
Hon.
Dominic Ralph Campden Lawson

(b. 1956)
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Rosamond Mary Monckton
Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest

(b. 1953)

Sainsbury/Havers/Butler-Sloss

The titles held by members of the grocer Sainsbury family are

Michael Havers was made a life peer upon being appointed to the role of Lord Chancellor under Margaret Thatcher. His sister, Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, was later made a life peer upon recommendation by the House of Lords Appointments Commission. She was the first female Lord Justice of Appeal and the first female President of the Family Division of the High Court. She also chaired part of the inquests into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed. The titles are

Family tree showing the relationships between Lords Sainsbury, Havers, Sainsbury of Preston Candover, Sainsbury of Turville and The Baroness Butler-Sloss
John Benjamin Sainsbury
(1871—1956)
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Alan John Sainsbury
Baron Sainsbury

(1902—1998)
Sir
Robert James Sainsbury

(1906—2000)
Sir
Cecil Robert Havers

(1889—1977)
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John Davan Sainsbury
Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover
K.G.
(1927—2022)
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David John Sainsbury
Baron Sainsbury of Turville

(b. 1940)
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Robert Michael Oldfield Havers
Baron Havers

(1923—1992)
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Ann Elizabeth Oldfield Butler-Sloss
Baroness Butler-Sloss

(b. 1933)
The Honourable
Sarah Jane Sainsbury
(b. 1964)
The Honourable
Robert Joseph Neville Galmoye Butler-Sloss
(b. 1962)

Gaitskell and Wasserman

Latvian-born Anna Dora Creditor (1901—1989) was a life-long Labour Party member. In 1937, after divorcing her first husband, she married Hugh Gaitskell, who went on to become Minister for Fuel and Power, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and leader of the Labour Party from 1955 until his sudden death in 1963. After being widowed, Dora Gaitskell was ennobled with a life peerage. She remained in the Labour Party during the high-profile defections to the newly created Social Democratic Party. Her younger daughter, Hon. Cresidda Gaitskell (b. 1942), married Canada-born Gordon Joshua Wasserman in 1964. After a career as a civil servant in the Home Office, and as a consultant in the private sector specialising in policing, he too was ennobled in 2011. The titles are

Hurd/Cowdrey/Kerr/Cameron

Four generations of the Hurd family have sat as Conservative MPs. The two middle generations have been given life peerages (Lord Hurd of Westwell notably serving as Foreign Secretary under Margaret Thatcher and John Major), and the youngest married the daughter of The Most Hon. the Marquess of Lothian and The Rt. Hon. the Lady Herries of Terregles in 2010. Lord Lothian also sat as a Conservative MP, and was given a life peerage upon retirement from the Commons. Despite already succeeding to his titles, he did so after the House of Lords Act 1999 removed the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the Lords, and so required a life peerage to be able to sit there. Lord Lothian married the 16th Lady Herries of Terregles in 1975. Her elder sister, the 14th Lady, married the cricketer Colin Cowdrey in 1985. Cowdrey was given a life peerage by outgoing Prime Minister John Major in 1997. Lord Lothian's sister Lady Cecil married the 27th Lochiel (Chief of Clan Cameron), whose son the 28th Lochiel was ennobled in 2024 upon being made Under-Secretary for Scotland and after serving as an MSP for the Highlands and Islands. The life peerages are

Family tree showing the relationships between Lords Hurd, Hurd of Westwell, Cowdrey of Tonbridge and Kerr of Monteviot
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Anthony Richard Hurd
Baron Hurd

(1901—1966)
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Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard
16th Duke of Norfolk

(1908—1975)
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Peter Francis Walter Kerr
12th Marquess of Lothian

(1922—2004)
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Douglas Richard Hurd
Baron Hurd of Westwell

(b. 1930)
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Michael Colin Cowdrey
Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge

(1932—2000)
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Anne Elizabeth Cowdrey née Fitzalan-Howard
14th Lady Herries of Terregles

(1938—2014)
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Theresa Jane Kerr née Fitzalan-Howard
16th Lady Herries of Terregles
(b. 1945)
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Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr
13th Marquess of Lothian
Baron Kerr of Monteviot

(1945-2024)
Lady
Cecil Nennella Therese Kerr
(b. 1948)
Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel
27th Lochiel

(1946—2023)
Rt. Hon.
Nicholas Richard Hurd

(b. 1962)
Lady
Clare Therese Kerr
(b. 1979)
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Donald Andrew John Cameron of Lochiel
Baron Cameron of Lochiel

(b. 1976)

Lord Cameron of Lochiel is also a cousin once removed of Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington through their common descent from Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel (25th of Lochiel)...Lord Cameron of Lochiel being a grandson of his eldest son Sir Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel, KT and Lord Cameron of Dillington a son of his second son Allan John Cameron.

Brooke

Both Barbara and her husband Henry Brooke were given life peerages, as was their son, Peter. The titles are:

Spencer-Churchill/Soames/Sandys

Clementine Churchill, wife of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, was created a life peer after her husband's death. One of their daughters, Diana, married Duncan Sandys in 1935 and they divorced in 1960 before he was made a life peer. Another daughter, Mary, married Christopher Soames in 1947, who was later ennobled in like manner. Their son, Nicholas, was also ennobled. The titles are:

Ardwick and Johnson

John Beavan (1910—1994), a left wing newspaper editor and Labour Party MEP, was ennobled in 1970. In 2021, his granddaughter Carrie Symonds (b. 1988) married then Prime Minister Boris Johnson (whose father incidentally served as a Conservative Party MEP), who recommended his brother, the former Universities Minister Jo (b. 1971), to be ennobled in 2020. The titles are:

Family tree showing the relationships between Lords Ardwick and Johnson of Marylebone
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John Beavan
Baron Ardwick

(1910—1994)
The Honourable
Matthew Symonds
(b. 1953)
Stanley Johnson
(b. 1940)
Carrie Symonds
(b. 1988)
The Right Honourable
Boris Johnson
(b. 1964)
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Jo Johnson
Baron Johnson of Marylebone

(b. 1971)

Hogg and Boyd-Carpenter

Aside from the hereditary Barony and Viscountcy Hailsham, of Hailsham in the County of Sussex created for Douglas Hogg, four members of these families have been given life peerages. Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham disclaimed his hereditary peerage in 1963, allowing him to take up a seat in the House of Commons. He was later given a life peerage in 1979 when he was appointed to the role of Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. His daughter-in-law was likewise ennobled for life as was her father. The 3rd Viscount was also given a life peerage, which enables him to sit in the House of Lords following the House of Lords Act 1999, which automatically excludes most hereditary peers. The life peerages are

Family tree showing the relationships between Lords Hailsham of St Marylebone, Hailsham of Kettlethorpe, Boyd-Carpenter and Baroness Hogg
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Quintin McGarel Hogg
Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone

2nd Viscount Hailsham 1950—1963
(1907—2001)
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John Boyd-Carpenter
Baron Boyd-Carpenter

(1908—1998)
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Douglas Martin Hogg
3rd Viscount Hailsham
Baron Hailsham of Kettlethorpe

(b. 1945)
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Sarah Elizabeth Mary Hogg née Boyd-Carpenter
Viscountess Hailsham
Baroness Hogg

(b. 1946)

Rayne/Vane-Tempest-Stewart/Goldsmith

The two daughters of the 8th Marquess of Londonderry connect two life peers; through marriage in one case through descent in the other. Lord Londonderry's elder daughter Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart married Sir Max Rayne in 1965. Lord Londonderry's younger daughter Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart married Sir James Goldsmith (knighted in Harold Wilson's so-called 'lavender list'); one of their sons, Zac Goldsmith, was given a life peerage by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to enable him to stay on in the Cabinet after losing his Richmond Park seat in the 2019 snap General Election. The titles are

Jay/Callaghan/Hunt/Bottomley/Swann

The following life peers are related:

Peggy Garnett married Douglas Jay in 1933, but later divorced. Christopher Garnett is married to the Hon. Su Garnett. Margaret Callaghan married Peter Jay in 1961. They divorced in 1986, and Lady Jay of Paddington has since remarried.

Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay is apparently closely related to Lady Bottomley of Nettlestone, but it is unclear how exactly. Lord Hunt of Chesterton is related in the male line to John Samuel Hunt, as was Lord Hunt of Hawley, although this relation is very distant.

James Clerk Maxwell Garnett
(1880—1958)
Mr. Jay
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Michael Meredith Swann
Baron Swann

(1920—1990)
William John Poulton Maxwell Garnett
(1921—1997)
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Leonard James Callaghan
Baron Callaghan of Cardiff
KG
(1912—2005)
Margaret Christian "Peggy" Jay née Garnett
(1913—2008)
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Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay
Baron Jay

(1907—1996)
Captain Alan David Hastings Jay, DSO DSC RN
(1904—1978)
The Hon.
Su Garnett
née Swann
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Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley née Garnett
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone

(b. 1948)
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Julian Charles Roland Hunt
Baron Hunt of Chesterton

(b. 1941)
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Margaret Ann Jay née Callaghan
Baroness Jay of Paddington

(b. 1939)
The Hon.
Peter Jay

(b. 1937)
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Michael Hastings Jay
Baron Jay of Ewelme

(b. 1946)

Wolfson/Rawlings

The titles held by members of the Wolfson family are

Lord Wolfson of Sunningdale and The Baroness Rawlings were married in 1962. Their marriage was dissolved in 1967.

Wright and McDonald

Patrick Richard Henry Wright (1931–2020) was a diplomat and civil servant, notably serving as Head of HM Diplomatic Service and Private Secretary (Overseas Affairs) to two Prime Ministers, Harold Wilson and James Callaghan from 1974 to 1977. His only daughter, Olivia (b. 1963), married Simon McDonald (b. 1961) in 1989. McDonald is also a diplomat and civil servant, notably being the last professional head of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office before the creation of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He was nominated for a life peerage in 2020. The titles are:

Neuberger

Julia Schwab, who married Professor Anthony Neuberger, is Britain's second female Rabbi (serving at the South London Liberal Synagogue from 1977 to 1989). A former member of the Social Democratic Party, she stood unsuccessfully for Tooting in 1983. She was later ennobled in 2004, sitting with the Liberal Democrats, but joined the Crossbenches after being appointed Senior Rabbi at the West London Synagogue [46] in 2011. Her brother-in-law was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2005, and later served as President of the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (analogous to the position of Senior Law Lord).

Watson of Thankerton

Both William Watson (1827–1899) and his third son, William Watson (1873–1948), were high ranking judges. Each was appointed Lord Advocate, and subsequently a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. The titles are

The Barons Parker of Waddington

The title was created for father and son. Robert Parker (1857—1918) was a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary; his third and youngest son Hubert (1900—1972) was a senior judge unusually appointed to the role of Lord Chief Justice of England by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. The latter's title was created under the Life Peerages Act. The titles are

Younger

Aside from the hereditary Viscountcy Younger of Leckie, of Alloa in the County of Clackmannan (1923), two members of the Younger family have been ennobled for life. The younger brother of the first Viscount was a Law Lord and the 4th Viscount was given a peerage in the lifetime of his father, there being no possibility of a writ in acceleration as the Viscounts have no subsidiary barony. The life peerages are

Keith

Both James Keith (1886—1964) and his only son, Henry Shanks Keith (1920—2002), were high-ranking judges. Both were Senators of the College of Justice and subsequently Law Lords, each taking the Scottish judicial title Lord Keith in 1937 and 1971 respectively, and then taking the following titles upon being made Law Lords:

Morrison and Mandelson

Both notable Labour Party politicians, Herbert Morrison and his grandson Peter Mandelson were given life peerages. Morrison held the position of Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons under Clement Attlee, later 1st Earl Attlee, as well as several other Cabinet positions. Mandelson was a key figure in the 'New Labour' movement and a close confidant of 'New Labour' Prime Minister Tony Blair, who appointed him to several Cabinet positions, as well as to the position of European Commissioner for Trade. The titles are

Two of Liberal politician and solicitor Isaac Foot's children were given life peerages. Hugh was a British colonial administrator and diplomat, rising to the position of Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations. John, considered by his brother Michael (leader of the Labour Party from 1980–3) to be the best orator and the "ablest member of the family", was a Liberal politician. Michael refused a life peerage. The titles are:

Bannerman and Michie

Both John Bannerman and his daughter Ray Michie were ennobled for life. Their titles are

O'Neill

Members of the O'Neill dynasty (whose members hold the hereditary peerages Baron O'Neill, of Shanes Castle, in the county of Antrim (1868) and Baron Rathcavan, of The Braid in the County of Antrim (1953), and who are distantly related to the Chichesters (headed by the Marquess of the County of Donegal), Captain Terence Marne O'Neill and Onora Sylvia O'Neill were both ennobled as life peers. They are second cousins, sharing Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill as an ancestor. Terence was a leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and antepenultimate Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1963 to 1969. He was followed in these roles by his 8th cousin James Chichester-Clarke. Onora is a distinguished philosopher, former President of the British Academy, and member (and honorary member) of many other learned institutions including the Royal Irish Academy. She was also Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and is President of the Society for Applied Philosophy. Their titles are

Both are related in the male line to Lt-Col. Hon. John Chichester (1609–1643/7/8), son of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester (c. 1568–1648), who is related in the male line to Marion Caroline Dehra Chichester (1904—1976), mother of James Dawson Chichester-Clarke, who followed Lord O'Neill of the Maine as leader of the UUP and who was the penultimate Northern Irish PM from 1969 to 1971. During the leadership election, O'Neill cast the tiebreaking vote in Chichester-Clarke's favour, although it has been suggested that this support was not due to a familial connection but rather politicking. Chichester-Clarke was later ennobled with the title Baron Moyola, of Castledawson in the County of Londonderry (1971, Ulster Unionist Party)

Janner

Both Barnett Janner (1892—1982) and his son, Greville Ewan Janner (1928—2015), served as Members of Parliament for Leicester West, Greville directly following his father. They were both subsequently ennobled with life peerages, which are

Mackie

Brothers John Mackie, Baron John-Mackie (1909-1994) and George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie (1919-2015), formerly Labour and Liberal MPs respectively, were created life peers in 1981 and 1974 respectively.

Fraser

Ian Fraser was ennobled as a Law Lord in 1975. His son, a former Treasurer of the Conservative Party, was ennobled in David Cameron's Resignation Honours List. The titles are

Descendants of the 27th Earl of Crawford

Just under a year before succeeding to the Earldoms, Robert Lindsay (then styled Lord Balniel) was given a life peerage. It is notable that he entered the House of Lords in this way, as he could conceivably have entered by writ in acceleration using one of his father's junior titles (such as the Wigan Barony, or even the Lindsay and Balniel Lordship of Parliament, with which was then styling himself). Two of his first cousins were also ennobled for life, Baroness Manningham-Buller being the second daughter of Rt. Hon. Viscount Dilhorne, first holder of the most junior viscountcy. The titles are

Vaizey

John Ernest Vaizey (1929—1984), an economist specialising in education, was given a life peerage in Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson's so-called 'lavender list'. His son, Ed Vaizey (b. 1968), was a Conservative MP, and was given a life peerage by Conservative PM Boris Johnson in the delayed 2019 Dissolution Honours list.

Maude

Angus Edmund Upton Maude (1912—1993), was a Conservative MP and rose to the position of Paymaster General. His second son, Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude (b. 1953) also became a Conservative MP and served in numerous cabinet positions, culminating in the roles of Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General. At the 1983 General Election, Angus stood down from the Commons (receiving a life peerage) and Francis entered Parliament. Francis was ennobled with a life peerage when he stood down from Parliament in 2015, and was subsequently appointed a Minister of State for Trade and Investment. The titles are

Prior

Jim Prior,Baron Prior (1927-2016) was created a life peer in 1987, his son David Prior, Baron Prior of Brampton was likewise so created in 2015.

Palumbo

Both Peter Palumbo and his eldest son, James, were ennobled. Their titles are

Lane-Fox

The titles held by members of the Lane-Fox family are

Smith

After John Smith QC MP, Leader of the Labour Party, died of a heart attack in 1994, his widow Elizabeth Margaret Smith was ennobled. Their youngest daughter the Hon. Catherine Smith KC, who took silk in 2021, was appointed Advocate General for Scotland by newly-elected Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer KC in 2024 and subsequently ennobled. The titles are

Gummer

Two of the sons of the Reverend Canon Selwyn Gummer (1907—1999) were ennobled. Both John (b. 1939) and Peter Selwyn Gummer (b. 1942) are Conservative politicians, with John serving as Chairman of the party, and as Secretary of State for the Environment. Their titles are

Morris

Alf Morris, his brother Charles, and Charles's daughter Estelle were all Labour Members of Parliament. Alf and Estelle were both ennobled for life, their titles being

Hendy

Both John Hendy KC (b. 1948) and his brother, Sir Peter Hendy, CBE (b. 1953) were ennobled. John is a barrister, who often represents unions and union members, such as National Union of Journalists member Dave Wilson in the case Wilson and Palmer v United Kingdom [2002] ECHR 552. Peter works in transport, latterly as Commissioner of Transport for London, and currently as the chair of Network Rail. The brothers' mother is the youngest daughter of the 6th Baron Wynford, of Wynford Eagle in the County of Dorset (1829). Their titles are:


Sieff

Israel Sieff, Baron Sieff and his son Marcus Sieff, Baron Sieff of Brimpton were both chairmen of Marks and Spencer in which their family was long involved through intermarriage with the founding family of Baron Marks of Broughton.

McAlpine

Sir Robert Edwin McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of Moffat and his son Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, were of the family of the McAlpine baronets, the former best known for leading the family business Sir Robert McAlpine and the latter for his service to the Conservative Party.












See also

The title Baroness Ravensdale of Kedleston, of Kedleston, in the County of Derby (1958) was given to Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale, of Ravensdale in the County of Derby (1911) to enable her to take a seat in the House of Lords as it was only after the Peerage Act 1963 that suo jure peeresses could sit in the House by virtue of their hereditary peerages. She was the eldest daughter of The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, and therefore related to not only future Barons Ravensdale, but also the Barons and Viscounts Scarsdale.

Baroness Swanborough, of Swanborough in the County of Sussex (1958), who was the widow of Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading.

Baroness Northchurch, of Chiswick in the County of Middlesex (1963), who was the wife of J. C. C. Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson.

Baroness Emmet of Amberley, of Amberley in the County of Sussex (1965), who was the eldest daughter of Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell.

Baron Beaumont of Whitley, of Child's Hill in Greater London (1967), who was in line to succeed to the Allendale Barony (currently subsidiary to the Viscountcy).

Baroness Masham of Ilton, of Masham in the North Riding of the County of York (1970), who is the widow of David Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton.

George Emslie (1919—2002) was appointed to be a Senator of the College of Justice, [77] taking the judicial title Lord Emslie in 1970. He was later made a life peer with the title Baron Emslie, of Potterton in the District of Gordon in 1980. [78] Two of his children followed in his footsteps to be appointed Senators, Derek (b. 1949) took the title Lord Kingarth upon his appointment in 1997, and Nigel (b. 1947) took his father's title, Lord Emslie, upon his appointment in 2001. [79]

Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, of Potterton in the County of Aberdeen (1970), who married the 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir as her second husband in 1948.

Baron Tanlaw, of Tanlawhill in the County of Dumfries (1971), who is in the line of succession to the Earldom of Inchcape.

Baron Charteris of Amisfield, of Amisfield in the District of East Lothian (1978), who was in line to succeed to the Earldoms of Wemyss and March.

Baron Howard of Henderskelfe, of Henderskelfe in the County of North Yorkshire (1983), who was in line to succeed to the Earldom of Carlisle.

Baron Silkin of Dulwich, of North Leigh in the County of Oxfordshire (1985), who was in line to succeed to the Silkin Barony.

Baroness Eccles of Moulton, of Moulton in the County of North Yorkshire (1990), who is the wife of John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles.

Baron Cavendish of Furness, of Cartmel in the County of Cumbria (1990), who is in the line of succession to the Dukedom of Devonshire.

Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, of Willimoteswick in the County of Northumberland (1992), who was in line to succeed to the Ridley Viscountcy

Baron Onslow of Woking, of Woking in the County of Surrey (1997), who was in line to succeed to the Barony of Onslow.

Baron Waldegrave of North Hill, of Chewton Mendip in the County of Somerset (1999), who is in the line of succession to the Earldom of Waldegrave.

Baron Howard of Rising, of Castle Rising in the County of Norfolk (2004), who is in the line of succession to the Earldoms of Suffolk and Berkshire.

Baron Hamilton of Epsom, of West Anstey in the County of Devon (2005), who is in the line of succession to the Barony of Hamilton of Dalzell.

Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen, of Owlpen in the County of Gloucestershire (2014), who is the only daughter of John Wyndham, 6th Baron Leconfield and 1st Baron Egremont.

Baron Bridges of Headley, of Headley Heath in the County of Surrey (2015), who is in the line of succession to the Barony of Bridges.

Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest, of Earlsdown in the County of East Sussex (2024), who is the only daughter of Gilbert Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley.

Lady Arden of Heswall (2018), entitled to be "designated by the courtesy style and title...of "Lady"" by Royal Warrant [80] as a Supreme Court Justice, married Baron Mance, of Frognal in the London Borough of Camden (2005) [81] in 1973, whom she replaced on the Supreme Court when he retired. While explicitly not a life peerage, but a judicial title similar to those held by the Senators of the College of Justice, she would have received a life peerage under the Appellate Jurisdiction Acts had she theoretically been made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary before the creation of the Supreme Court under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, as her husband was.

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Earl Erne, of Crom Castle in the County of Fermanagh, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1789 for John Creighton, 2nd Baron Erne, who had earlier represented Lifford in the Irish House of Commons. He had already been made Viscount Erne, of Crom Castle in the County of Fermanagh, in 1781, also in the Peerage of Ireland, and sat from 1800 to 1828 as an Irish representative peer in the British House of Lords. The title of Baron Erne, of Crom Castle in the County of Fermanagh, was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1768 for his father Abraham Creighton. The Earl was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. On his death the titles passed to his nephew, the third Earl. He was an Irish Representative Peer from 1845 to 1885 and also served as Lord Lieutenant of County Fermanagh during the same period. In 1876 he was created Baron Fermanagh, of Lisnaskea in the County of Fermanagh, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. This was to allow the Earls to sit in the House of Lords by right, rather than having to stand for election as Representative Peers. An earlier title of Baroness Fermanagh in the Peerage of Ireland was created for Mary Verney on 13 June 1792, but became extinct on her death on 15 November 1810.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Earl of Donoughmore</span> Title in the peerage of Ireland

Earl of Donoughmore is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It is associated with the Hely-Hutchinson family. Paternally of Gaelic Irish descent with the original name of Ó hÉalaighthe, their ancestors had long lived in the County Cork area as allies of the Mac Cárthaigh clan; they lost out during the times of Oliver Cromwell. One branch of the family converted to the Anglican Church and after inheriting territories through his mother and adding "Hutchinson" to Hely, became the Earl of Donoughmore.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Earl of Oxford and Asquith</span> Earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Earl of Oxford and Asquith is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1925 for the Liberal politician H. H. Asquith. He was Home Secretary from 1892 to 1895, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1905 to 1908, Leader of the Liberal Party from 1908 to 1926 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. Asquith was made Viscount Asquith, of Morley in the West Riding of the County of York, at the same time, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. This title is used as a courtesy title by the heir apparent to the earldom.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Earl of Dudley</span> Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viscount Eccles</span> Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Viscount Eccles, of Chute in the County of Wiltshire, England, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 14 January 1964 for the Conservative politician David Eccles, 1st Baron Eccles. He had already been created Baron Eccles, of Chute in the County of Wiltshire, on 1 August 1962. As of 2017 the titles are held by his son, the second Viscount, who succeeded in 1999. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sits as a Conservative. His wife Diana Eccles was created a life peer as Baroness Eccles of Moulton, of Moulton in the County of North Yorkshire, on 10 May 1990, making the couple an unusual husband and wife pair both sitting in the House of Lords. Lady Eccles of Moulton also sits on the Conservative benches.

Baron Rathcavan, of The Braid in the County of Antrim, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 February 1953 for the Unionist politician Sir Hugh O'Neill, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Cleggan in the County of Antrim, on 17 June 1929. O'Neill was the third son of Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill and the uncle of the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine. Lord Rathcavan was also a male-line descendant of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, the second Baron. He succeeded his father as Unionist Member of Parliament for Antrim in 1952, a seat he held until 1959, and was later a member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. As of 2014 the titles are held by his son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1994.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baron Ravensdale</span> Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Baron Ravensdale, of Ravensdale in the County of Derby, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for the Conservative politician George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon, of Kedleston, who had previously served as Viceroy of India.

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter</span> English publisher and politician

Mark Raymond Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter was an English publisher and politician. A member of the Bonham-Carter family, he was created a life peer in 1986.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maurice Bonham-Carter</span> British politician (1880–1960)

Sir Maurice Bonham-Carter was an English Liberal politician. He was H. H. Asquith's Principal Private Secretary during Asquith's time as prime minister from 1910 to 1916 and later served in other government posts. He played cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club in the early 20th century. The actress Helena Bonham Carter is his granddaughter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury</span> British Liberal Democrat politician

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Asquith family</span> 20th century English family

The Asquiths were originally a middle-class family from the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. They were members of the Congregational church, whose family name derived from the village of Askwith. The first prominent member of the family was H. H. Asquith, who was prime minister from 1908 to 1916. In 1925, Asquith was raised to the peerage as Earl of Oxford and Asquith. His great-grandson Raymond is the present Earl.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bonham Carter family</span> British family

The Bonham-Carter family is a British family that has included several prominent people active in various spheres in the United Kingdom.

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