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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 ...
(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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 (Birth–Death) Term of office Party John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower (1675–1709) [Note 9] 12 May 1702 10 June 1706 Tory James Stanley 10th Earl of Derby (1664–1736) 10 June 1706 21 September 1710 — William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton (c. 1692–1741) 21 September 1710 6 November 1714 — Heneage Finch 1st Earl of Aylesford
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.
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 ...