The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801,when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain. New peers continued to be created in the Peerage of Ireland until 1898.
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.
Baron Trevethin,of Blaengawney in the County of Monmouth,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1921 for the prominent judge Sir Alfred Lawrence,Lord Chief Justice of England from 1921 to 1922.
Baron Russell of Liverpool,of Liverpool in the County Palatine of Lancaster,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for Sir Edward Russell. He served as editor of the Liverpool Daily Post for almost fifty years and also briefly represented Glasgow Bridgeton in the House of Commons as a Liberal.
Alastair John Lyndhurst Bruce,5th Baron Aberdare,,is a British nobleman,and since 2009 a crossbench hereditary Lord Temporal.
William James Robert Peel,3rd Earl Peel,,styled Viscount Clanfield until 1969,is a British hereditary peer who was a Conservative peer from 15 May 1973 until October 2006 when,on his appointment as Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household,he became a crossbench (non-party) member of the House of Lords.
Thomas Edward Bridges,2nd Baron Bridges,was a British hereditary peer and diplomat.
Christopher John Suenson-Taylor,3rd Baron Grantchester,is a British peer and Labour politician.
William Lloyd George,3rd Viscount Tenby,JP,is a British peer and former Army officer. Tenby was elected one of the initial ninety hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 until his retirement in 2015.
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.
Godfrey John Bewicke-Copley,7th Baron Cromwell,is a British hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords,sitting as a crossbencher.
Roualeyn Robert Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce,9th Baron Thurlow,is a British hereditary peer and chartered surveyor who sits as a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Patrick John Tristram Lawrence,5th Baron Trevethin and 3rd Baron Oaksey,is a British barrister,hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords. He was educated at Christ Church,Oxford.
John Richard Boyle,15th Earl of Cork and 15th Earl of Orrery is a British hereditary peer and a member of the House of Lords,where he sits as a Crossbencher. Boyle was an officer in the Royal Navy and then had a career in the sugar industry before inheriting his titles in 2003.
Richard Hubert Gordon Gilbey,12th Baron Vaux of Harrowden,is a British hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Rupert Francis John Carington,7th Baron Carrington,,is a British banker,hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Daniel Nicholas Mosley,4th Baron Ravensdale,8th Baronet,,is a British hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords. He is an engineer,currently working as a project director for Atkins. His paternal great-grandfather was Oswald Mosley,leader and founder of the British Union of Fascists.
Richard John Denison,9th Baron Londesborough,is a British hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords.
John Humphrey Arnott Pakington,7th Baron Hampton is a British hereditary peer and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
