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Name Summoned to Lords Diocesan bishop as of; Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: Justin Welby [a] 28 November 2011 [b] 2011 Lord Archbishop of York: Stephen Cottrell: 10 February 2014 [c] 2010 Lord Bishop of London: Sarah Mullally: 10 April 2018 2018 Lord Bishop of Durham: vacant: Lord Bishop of Winchester: Philip Mounstephen: 15 November 2023 2023 ...
Thomas Coventry, Lord Keeper (Lord Coventry from 1628) 1625 1640 Charles I (1625–1649) Lord Finch, Lord Keeper [b] 1640 1641 Lord Lyttleton of Mounslow, Lord Keeper (Took Great Seal to the King in 1642) 1641 1645 Richard Lane, Lord Keeper 1645 1650 Charles II Court in exile from 1649; Vacant: 1650 1653 Edward Herbert, Lord Keeper 1653 1654
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary held their seats in the House of Lords for life, remaining as members even after reaching the judicial retirement age of 70 or 75. Former Lord Chancellors and holders of other high judicial office could also sit as Law Lords under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, although in practice this right was only rarely exercised.
Lord Glamis [1] 28 June 1445: Lyon: extant: created Earl of Kinghorne in 1606, which title changed to Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in 1677 Lord Graham: 1445: Graham: extant: created Earl of Montrose in 1505, Marquess of Montrose in 1644 and Duke of Montrose in 1707 Lord Leslie and Ballinbreich: 1445: Leslie: extant: created Earl of Rothes ...
This is a list of the present and extant Barons (Lords of Parliament, in Scottish terms) in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Note that it does not include those extant baronies which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with higher peerage dignities and are today only seen ...
The lords spiritual were bishops, abbots, and other leading clergymen who functioned similarly to feudal barons holding their land per baronium. [5] Generally they were centered at a cathedral or abbey and not a castle and although some were expected to provide soldiers for the king, they were not expected to fight themselves (however some of ...
The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
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 ...