The Peerage Act 1963 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that permits women peeresses and all Scottish hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords and allows newly inherited hereditary peerages to be disclaimed.
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. Another ten were created life peers to enable them to remain in the House.
Baron Vaux of Harrowden is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1523 for Sir Nicholas Vaux. The barony was created by writ,which means that it can pass through both male and female lines. Vaux was succeeded by his son,the second Baron. He was a poet and member of the courts of Henry VIII and Edward VI. The Vaux family was related to queen consort Catherine Parr by the first baron's two wives;Elizabeth FitzHugh and Anne Green. On the death in 1663 of his great-grandson,the fifth Baron,the title fell into abeyance between the late Baron's surviving sister Joyce,and the heirs of his deceased sisters Mary,Lady Symeon,and Catherine,Baroness Abergavenny.
Margaret Alison of Mar,31st Countess of Mar,is a Scottish hereditary peer and politician. She was a crossbench member of the House of Lords from 1975 to 2020 and was one of 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the Lords in 1999. She is the holder of the original earldom of Mar,the oldest peerage title in the United Kingdom. She is the only suo jure countess and was the only female hereditary peer in the House of Lords from 2014 to 2020. She is also a farmer and former specialist goats cheesemaker in Great Witley,Worcestershire.
Michael John Brougham,5th Baron Brougham and Vaux,,was a British peer and a member of the House of Lords from 1968 until his death.
Wallace Hamilton Browne,Baron Browne of Belmont,is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician,who has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2006,and was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Belfast from 2007 to 2011.
Alastair John Lyndhurst Bruce,5th Baron Aberdare,,is a British nobleman,and since 2009 a crossbench hereditary peer elected under the House of Lords Act 1999.
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-partisan) member of the House of Lords.
Valerian Bernard Freyberg,3rd Baron Freyberg is a British hereditary peer,who sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.
Christopher Holmes,Baron Holmes of Richmond,,is a British former swimmer and life peer in the House of Lords. He won a total of nine gold,five silver,and one bronze medal at the Paralympic Games. Holmes represented Great Britain at four Paralympic Games between 1988 and 2000 and is the only British Paralympic swimmer to win six gold medals at a single Games.
John David James Dalrymple,14th Earl of Stair is a British politician who,since 2008,has been a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
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.
Godfrey John Bewicke-Copley,7th Baron Cromwell,is a British hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords,sitting as a crossbencher.
Charles William Harley Hay,16th Earl of Kinnoull styled Viscount Dupplin until 2013,is a Scottish hereditary peer and Crossbench member of the House of Lords,who serves as Convenor of the Crossbench Peers.
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.
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.
Edward Sebastian Grigg,4th Baron Altrincham is a British hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords.
Richard John Denison,9th Baron Londesborough,is a British hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords.
James Meston,3rd Baron Meston is a British hereditary peer,a lawyer,and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
