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(Lord Ellesmere from 1603; Viscount Brackley from 1616) 6 May 1596 5 March 1617 James I (1603–1625) Francis Bacon, Lord Keeper to 1618 (Lord Verulam from 1618 Viscount St Alban from 1621) 7 March 1617 1621 In commission: Commissioners to hear causes in the Court of Chancery. Julius Caesar and others; Commissioners to hear causes in the House ...
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 ...
English Peeresses obtained their first seats in the House of Lords under the Peerage Act 1963 from which date until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 all Peers of England could sit in the House of Lords. The ranks of the English peerage are, in descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. While most newer English ...
Therefore, the years elected below do not represent the main calendar year of service. In 2006, the title Lord Mayor of the City of London was devised, for the most part, to avoid confusion with the office of mayor of London. However, the legal and commonly used title and style remains Lord Mayor of London.
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 ...
Owain Glyndwr's gold Welsh dragon flag. Wales during the medieval age was a land of kingdoms and dynasties. Petty kingdoms, such as Ceredigion and Gwent, were established some time after Britain ceased to be part of the Roman empire in the late 5th century.
As there are 42 dioceses of the Church of England, there are 42 bishops diocesan (including vacancies).Of the 42: both archbishops and the Bishops of London, of Durham and of Winchester, sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual ex officio; a further 21 sit there by seniority (of whom five had their seniority accelerated); the Bishop of Sodor and Man sits ex officio in the Legislative ...
The kings of Munster (Irish: Rí Mumhain) ruled the Kingdom of Munster in Ireland from its establishment during the Irish Iron Age until the High Middle Ages.According to Gaelic traditional history, laid out in works such as the Book of Invasions, the earliest king of Munster was Bodb Derg of the Tuatha Dé Danann.