List of baronies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

The peerage is the collective term for all those holding titles of nobility of all degrees. The term superseded the term "baronage" used of the feudal era. A Barony is a rank or dignity of a man or a woman who is a participant of a small rank of a British nobility.

Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland
ExtantAll
DukesDukedoms
MarquessesMarquessates
EarlsEarldoms
ViscountsViscountcies
BaronsBaronies
En, Sc, GB, Ir, UK (Law, Life:
1958–1979, 1979–1997, 1997–2010, 2010–present)
BaronetsBaronetcies

British Isles

Hereditary baronies

The hereditary Baronies fall into five classes:

These have precedence in the order named, except that Baronies of Ireland created after 1 January 1801 (the date of the Union between Great Britain and Ireland) yield to earlier-created Baronies of the United Kingdom.

Life baronies

The life Baronies fall into two classes:

All life Baronies are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, and rank amongst hereditary Baronies in that Peerage (and each other) by date of creation.

Hereditary feudal baronies

These are distinct from the titles above, created by writ or patent, and were constituents of the now defunct feudal baronage and are not therefore constituents of the modern, post-feudal peerage:

See also

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