A peerage is a form of crown distinction, with peerages in the United Kingdom comprising both hereditary and lifetime titled appointments of various ranks, which form both a constituent part of the le
Wax impression of a Great Seal of the Realm (that used 1953–2001), which is affixed to all letters patent creating new peerages
The House of Lords showing government, opposition and the cross benches
The Lord Speaker presiding from the woolsack
Alec Douglas-Home (c.1963), the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to serve from the House of Lords
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The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the gentry of the British Isles.
Peerages in the United Kingdom
…British honours system within the framework of the Constitution of the United Kingdom. The term peerage can be used both collectively, to refer to this entire body of titled nobility (or a subdivision thereof), and individually, to refer to a specific title (modern English language-style using an initial capital in the latter case…
Lady Margaret Beaufort
Elizabeth de Clare
The Lord Bishop William Smyth
Margaret, Countess of Salisbury