Peerage of England

The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain.

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 peerages descend only in the male line, many of the older ones (particularly older baronies) can descend through females. Such peerages follow the old English inheritance law of moieties so all daughters (or granddaughters through the same root) stand as co-heirs, so some such titles are in such a state of abeyance between these.

Baronets, while holders of hereditary titles, as such are not peers and not entitled to stand for internal delegation, that is election, in the House of Lords. Knights, Dames and holders of other non-hereditary orders, decorations and medals are also not peers.

In the following table, each peer is listed only by his or her highest English title (with the exception of the Duke of Norfolk/Earl of Arundel) showing higher or equal titles in the other peerages. Those peers who are known by a higher title in one of the other peerages are listed in italics.

Dukes in the Peerage of England

Title	Creation	Other Dukedom or higher titles
The Duke of Cornwall	1337	Usually Prince of Wales as the heir to the British throne; Duke of Rothesay in the Peerage of Scotland.
The Duke of Norfolk	1483[1]
The Duke of Somerset	1547
The Duke of Richmond	1675	Duke of Gordon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; Duke of Lennox in the Peerage of Scotland.
The Duke of Grafton	1675
The Duke of Beaufort	1682
The Duke of St Albans	1684
The Duke of Bedford	1694
The Duke of Devonshire	1694
The Duke of Marlborough	1702
The Duke of Rutland	1703

Marquesses in the Peerage of England

Title	Creation	Other Marquisette or higher titles
The Marquess of Winchester	1551[2]

Earls in the Peerage of England

•   Subsidiary title.

Title	Creation	Other Earldom or higher titles
The Earl of Arundel	1138[3] Oldest Extant Earldom; Oldest Extant Peerage	Duke of Norfolk in the Peerage of England; Earl Marshal.
The Earl of Shrewsbury	1442 [4][5]	Earl Talbot in the Peerage of Great Britain; Earl of Waterford in the Peerage of Ireland.
The Earl of Derby	1485
The Earl of Huntingdon	1529
The Earl of Pembroke	1551	Earl of Montgomery in Peerage of England.
The Earl of Devon	1553
The Earl of Lincoln	1572
The Earl of Suffolk	1603	Earl of Berkshire in Peerage of England.
The Earl of Exeter	1605	Marquess of Exeter in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Salisbury	1605	Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Earl of Montgomery	1605	Held with the Earl of Pembroke in Peerage of England.
The Earl of Northampton	1618	Marquess of Northampton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Denbigh	1622?	Earl of Desmond in the Peerage of Ireland.
The Earl of Westmorland	1624
The Earl of Manchester	1626	Duke of Manchester in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Earl of Berkshire	1626	Held with the Earl of Suffolk in Peerage of England.
The Earl of Lindsey	1626	Earl of Abingdon in Peerage of England.
The Earl of Winchilsea	1628	Earl of Nottingham in Peerage of England.
The Earl of Sandwich	1660
The Earl of Essex	1661
The Earl of Carlisle	1661
The Earl of Doncaster	1663	Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland.
The Earl of Shaftesbury	1672
The Earl of Nottingham	1681	Held with the Earl of Winchilsea in Peerage of England.
The Earl of Abingdon	1682	Held with the Earl of Lindsey in Peerage of England.
The Earl of Portland	1689
The Earl of Scarbrough	1690
The Earl of Albemarle	1697
The Earl of Coventry	1697
The Earl of Jersey	1697?
The Earl of Cholmondeley	1706	Marquess of Cholmondeley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Viscounts in the Peerage of England

•   Subsidiary title.

Title	Creation	Other Viscountcy or higher titles
The Viscount Hereford	1550[6]
The Viscount Townshend	1682	Marquess Townshend in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Viscount Weymouth	1682	Marquess of Bath in the Peerage of Great Britain.

Barons and Baronesses in the Peerage of England

•   Subsidiary title.

Title	Creation	Other Barony or higher titles
The Baron de Ros	1264[7]
The Baron le Despencer	1264	Viscount Falmouth in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Baron Mowbray	1283	Baron Segrave and Baron Stourton in Peerage of England.
The Baron Hastings	1295
The Baron FitzWalter	1295
The Baron Segrave	1295	Baron Mowbray and Baron Stourton in Peerage of England.
The Baron Clinton	1299
The Baron De La Warr	1299	Earl De La Warr in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Baron de Clifford	1299
The Baron Strange	1299	Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Held with Baron Hungerford and Baron de Moleyns in Peerage of England.
The Baron Zouche	1308
The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby	1313
The Baron Strabolgi	1318
The Baroness Dacre	1321
The Baron Darcy de Knayth	1332
The Baron Cromwell	1375
The Baron Camoys	1383
The Baron Grey of Codnor	1397
The Baron Berkeley	1421	Lord Gueterbock for Life in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Baron Hungerford	1426	Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Held with Baron Strange and Baron de Moleyns in Peerage of England.
The Baron Latymer	1432
The Baron Dudley	1440
The Baron de Moleyns	1445	Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Held with Baron Strange and Baron Hungerford in Peerage of England.
The Baron Saye and Sele	1447
The Baron Stourton	1448	Baron Mowbray and Baron Segrave in Peerage of England.
The Baroness Berners	1455
The Baron Herbert	1461
The Baron Willoughby de Broke	1491
The Baron Vaux of Harrowden	1523
The Baroness Braye	1529
The Baron Windsor	1529	Earl of Plymouth in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Baron Burgh	1529
The Baron Wharton	1544
The Baron Howard of Effingham	1554	Earl of Effingham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Baron St John of Bletso	1559
The Baroness Howard de Walden	1597
The Baron Petre	1603
The Baron Clifton	1608	Earl of Darnley in the Peerage of Ireland.
The Baron Dormer	1615
The Baron Teynham	1616
The Baron Brooke	1621	Earl Brooke and of Warwick in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Baron Craven	1626	Earl of Craven in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Baron Strange	1628
The Baron Stafford	1640
The Baron Byron	1643
The Baron Ward	1644	Earl of Dudley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Baron Lucas	1663	Lord Dingwall in the Peerage of Scotland.
The Baroness Arlington	1665
The Baron Clifford of Chudleigh	1672
The Baron Guilford	1683	Earl of Guilford in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Baron Waldegrave	1683	Earl Waldegrave in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Baron Barnard	1698
The Baron Guernsey	1703	Earl of Aylesford in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Baron Gower	1703	Duke of Sutherland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Baron Conway	1703	Marquess of Hertford in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Baron Hervey	1703	Marquess of Bristol in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

See also

• British Honours System
• British nobility
• Forms of address in the United Kingdom
• Gentry
• History of the Peerage
• Landed gentry
• Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom
• Peerage, an exposition of great detail
• Peerage of Ireland
• Peerage of Scotland
• Welsh peers and baronets

References

1. Premier Duke of England
2. Premier Marquess of England
3. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; reprinted in six volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 233.
4. Premier Earl of England
5. Debretts Peerage
6. Premier Viscount of England
7. Premier Baron of England