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Teddy Peers (1886–1935), Welsh international footballer Ted Peers (footballer) (1873–1905), English footballer William R. Peers , American general who investigated the My Lai Massacre (Vietnam war)
Peer Joechel (born 1967), German bobsledder; Peer Lisdorf (born 1967), Danish footballer and coach; Peer Lorenzen (born 1944), Danish jurist and judge and section president of the European Court of Human Rights; Peer Mascini (1941–2019), Dutch actor; Peer Moberg (born 1971), Norwegian sport sailor; Peer Nielsen (born 1942), Danish sprint canoer
Peer groups provide perspective outside of the individual's viewpoints. Members inside peer groups also learn to develop relationships with others in the social system. Peers, particularly group members, become important social referents for [25] [26] teaching other members customs, social norms, and different ideologies. [27]
The right to be tried by other peers in the House of Lords was abolished at the request of the Lords in 1948 by Criminal Justice Act 1948. There is no automatic right to a salary for being a peer - this includes peers who serve in parliament, who unlike MP's in the House of Commons, do not receive a salary for their role. However, peers who ...
MPs and life peers Excluding any MP who subsequently was created a hereditary peer or succeeded to a hereditary peerage, and also excluding any life peer who was or is simultaneously a hereditary peer, but including MPs who disclaimed a hereditary peerage in order to sit in the House of Commons (between 1963 and 1999) as well as hereditary ...
The last non-royal dukedom of Great Britain was created in 1766, and the last marquessate of Great Britain was created in 1796. Creation of the remaining ranks ceased when the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was formed; subsequent creations of peers were in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The ranks of the peerage are duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. [7]The last non-royal dukedom was created in 1874, and the last marquessate was created in 1936. . Creation of the remaining ranks, except baronies for life, mostly ceased once Harold Wilson's Labour government took office in 1964, and only thirteen (nine non-royal and four royal) people have been created hereditary peers sinc
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 ...