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Biographies
Aitken, William Maxwell
Allenby, Henry Hynman
Anson, George
Ashley-Cooper, Anthony
Asquith, Henry Herbert
Attlee, Clement Richard
Baden-Powell, Robert
Baldwin, Stanley
Balfour, Arthur James
Banks Jenkinson, Robert
Bathurst, Henry
Beatty, David
Benn, Anthony Wedgewood
Brooke, Alan Francis
Brudenell, James Thomas
Byng
Callaghan, James
Carson, Edward
Cavendish, William
Channon, Henry Paul Guinness
Charles
Clive, Robert
Coe, Sebastian Newbold
Compton
Cooper, Alfred Duff
Cornwallis, Charles
Cowper, William
Dalberg
Dalton, Edward Hugh John Neale
Disraeli, Benjamin
Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick
Dowding, Hugh
Dundas, Henry Melville
Edward VIII
Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot
George IV
George V
George VI
Gibson, Edward
Giffard, Hardinge Stanley
Goderich, Frederick John Robinson
Goschen
Greville
Grey, Charles
Grimmond, Jo
Guest
Haig, Douglas
Haldane, Robert Anthony
Hamilton, James
Hardy
Harris, Arthur Travers
Hogg
Horne
Ironside
Jervis, John
Joseph
Lamb, William
Lowe
MacMillan, Maurice Harold
Millais
Montgomery, Bernard Law
Morrison
Nelson, Horatio
Olivier
Philip
Pitt the Elder, William
Rodney, George Brydges
Runciman, Walter
Rushworth, John Rushworth
Russell
Seymour-Conway, Edward
Simon
Somerset, Fitzroy
Stanley, Edward
Stanley, Frederick Arthur
Sturdee
Temple, Henry John
Thomson, William
Townshend, Thomas
Vansittart
Victoria
Walpole, Robert
Wavell
Webb
Wellesley, Arthur
Whitelaw
William Augustus
William IV
Williams
Wilson, James Harold
Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley
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Peerage
History of Great Britain

              

1694
Cavendish, William
Devonshire Created Duke of Devonshire, 4th
1706
Cowper, William
Created Earl Cowper, 1st
1718
Cowper, William
Created Viscount Fordwich and Earl Cowper
1726
William Augustus
Cumberland Created the Duke of Cumberland
1727
Compton
London Walpole draws up a long civil list, Compton is passed over for PM & created Earl
1742
Walpole, Robert
London Created Earl of Orford, 1st
1747
Anson, George
Cape Finisterre Appointed Vice Admiral & created Baron Anson of Soberton after victory at Cape Finisterre
1750
Seymour-Conway, Edward
London Created Earl of Hertford, 2nd
1759
Greville
Warwick Created Earl of Warwick
1762
Clive, Robert
Plassey Created Baron Clive of Plassey
1762
George IV
17th Aug London Created Prince of Wales & Earl of Chester
1764
Rodney, George Brydges
Rodney is created a Baronet
1765
George IV
London Created Knight of the Garter
1766
Pitt the Elder, William
Chatham Created Earl of Chatham
1771
Bathurst, Henry
24th Jan Apsley Created 1st Lord Apsley, Baron of Apsley, Sussex
1773
Greville
Warwick Created Earl of Warwick
1775
Bathurst, Henry
16th Sep Battlesden Created 2nd Baron Bathurst of Battlesden, co. Bedford
16th Sep Bathurst Created 2nd Earl Bathurst of Bathurst, Sussex
1782
Rodney, George Brydges
Saints Raised to the peerage after the Battle of the Saints
19th June Created Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke, Somerset, by patent, and the House of Commons vote him a pension of œ2000 a year
1783
Townshend, Thomas
Created Baron Sydney
1789
Townshend, Thomas
Created Viscount Sydney
1789
William IV
Westminster Abbey Created the Duke of Clarence
Munster Created the Earl of Munster
1792
Cornwallis, Charles
Created Marquis Cornwallis, 1st
1793
Seymour-Conway, Edward
London Created Marquis of Hertford
1794
Bathurst, Henry
Created Earl Bathurst, 3rd
1797
Jervis, John
St Vincent Created Earl of St Vincent, after the battle of St Vincent
1799
Nelson, Horatio
Bronte Created Duke of Bronte by the King of Naples after saving their family
1802
Dundas, Henry Melville
Melville Created Viscount of Melville
1802
Temple, Henry John
Created Viscount Palmerston
1803
Banks Jenkinson, Robert
Created Lord Hawkesbury
1808
Banks Jenkinson, Robert
Liverpool Created Earl Liverpool, 2nd
1809
Wellesley, Arthur
4th Sep Talavera Created Viscount Wellington of Talavera
1812
Wellesley, Arthur
Feb Rodrigo Created Duque de Ciudad de Rodrigo
Feb Wellington Created Earl of Wellington
18th Aug Wellington Created Marquess of Wellington
1814
Wellesley, Arthur
3rd May Wellington Created Duke of Wellington
1816
Greville
Warwick Created Earl of Warwick
1827
Goderich, Frederick John Robinson
Raised to the peerage as Viscount Goderich, of Nocton in the County of Lincoln
1828
Grey, Charles
Created Earl Grey, succeeds to his father's peerage
1828
Lamb, William
Melbourne Created Viscount Melbourne, 2nd
1831
William IV
8th Sep St Andrews Created the Duke of St Andrews
1833
Goderich, Frederick John Robinson
Created Earl of Ripon
1837
Brudenell, James Thomas
Created Earl Cardigan, 7th
1844
Stanley, Edward
London Enters the Lords as a Baronet
1851
Ashley-Cooper, Anthony
Created Earl of Shaftesbury, 7th
1852
Somerset, Fitzroy
20th Oct Created Baron Raglan
1853
Greville
Warwick Created Earl of Warwick
1861
Russell
Kingston Created Earl of Kingston, 1st
1868
Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot
Created Marquis of Salisbury, 3rd
1869
Dalberg
London Created Baron Acton, 1st
1876
Disraeli, Benjamin
Created Earl Beaconsfield
Victoria makes Disraeli the Earl of Beaconsfield for making her Empress of India
1876
Victoria
Victoria makes Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield for passing the Royal Titles Bill
1878
Hardy
Cranboork Created a Viscount
1880
Lowe
Sherbrooke Created Viscount Sherbrooke
1885
Gibson, Edward
Ashbourne Created Baron Ashbourne, of Ashbourne in the County of Meath
1885
Giffard, Hardinge Stanley
Halbsbury Created Baron Halsbury, of Halsbury in the County of Devon, and appointed Lord Chancellor, thus forming a remarkable exception to the rule that no criminal lawyer ever reaches the woolsack
1885
Hamilton, James
Succeeds as Duke of Abercorn, 2nd
1885
Millais
Created Baron Millais, 1st artist to receive a Baronetcy
1886
Stanley, Frederick Arthur
London Created Baron Stanley of Preston
1892
George V
24th May York Created Duke of York
1892
Hardy
Cranboork Created an Earl of Cranbrook, 1st
1892
Thomson, William
Created Baron Kelvin, 1st
1893
Greville
Warwick Created Earl of Warwick
1898
Giffard, Hardinge Stanley
Tiverton Created Earl of Halsbury and Viscount Tiverton, of Tiverton in the County of Devon
1900
Goschen
Created Viscount Goschen
1906
Runciman, Walter
Created a Baronet
1910
Guest
Ashby Created Lord Ashby
1911
Haldane, Robert Anthony
Cloan Created Viscount Cloan
1916
Sturdee
Created Baron Sturdee
1917
Aitken, William Maxwell
Created Baron Aitken
1919
Allenby, Henry Hynman
6th Aug Created Viscount Allenby, 1st
1919
Beatty, David
6th Aug Created Earl Beatty, 1st
1919
Byng
Created Baron Byng of Vimy, 1st
1919
Haig, Douglas
Bemersyde Created Earl of Bemersyde, 1st
1919
Horne
Stirkoke Created Baron Stirkoke, 1st
1920
George VI
23rd June York Created the Duke of York & takes his seat in the House of Lords
1921
Carson, Edward
1st June Duncairn Created a life peer as Baron Carson, of Duncairn in the County of Antrim
1922
Balfour, Arthur James
Created Earl Balfour
1924
Greville
Warwick Created Earl of Warwick
1925
Asquith, Henry Herbert
Created Earl & Knight of the Garter
1925
Rushworth, John Rushworth
London Created Earl Jellicoe, 1st
1925
Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley
London Created Baron Irwin
1926
Byng
Vimy Created Viscount Byng of Vimy, 1st
1928
Greville
Warwick Created Earl of Warwick
1928
Hogg
Hailsham Created Viscount Hailsham
1929
Baden-Powell, Robert
Created Baron Baden-Powell, 1st
1929
Webb
London Created Baron Passfield, 1st
1933
Runciman, Walter
Shoreston Raised to the peerage as Baron Runciman of Shoreston
1934
Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley
Halifax Created Earl Halifax, 3rd
1937
Baldwin, Stanley
Bewdley Created Earl of Bewdley, 1st
1937
Edward VIII
8th Mar London Created Duke of Windsor
1940
Simon
London Created Viscount Simon
1941
Ironside
London Created Baron Ironside, 1st
1941
Vansittart
London Created Baron Denham, 1st
1942
Dowding, Hugh
Created Baron Dowding of Bentley Priory
1943
Wavell
London Created Earl Wavell, 1st
1945
Brooke, Alan Francis
Created Baron Brooke, 1st
1946
Brooke, Alan Francis
Created Viscount Brooke
1946
Montgomery, Bernard Law
Alemen Created Viscount Alemen
1947
George VI
20th Nov Makes Philip the Duke of Edinburgh prior to his wedding to Elizabeth
1947