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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.
Until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, all Peers of England could sit in the House of Lords. (Women peers of England were only granted seats with the Peerage Act 1963.)
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. Under English inheritance law all daughters are co-heirs, so many older English peerage titles have fallen into abeyance between various female co-heirs.
Baronets, while holders of hereditary titles, are not peers and not entitled to sit in the House of Lords (unless they also hold a peerage). Knights, Dames, and holders of other non-hereditary orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom 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.
Title | Creation | Other Dukedom or higher titles |
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The Duke of Cornwall | 1337 | Usually Prince of Wales as the heir to the throne Duke of Rothesay in the Peerage of Scotland. |
The Duke of Norfolk | 1483 | |
The Duke of Somerset | 1547 | |
The Duke of Richmond | 1675 | Duke of Lennox in the Peerage of Scotland; Duke of Gordon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. |
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 |
Title | Creation | Other Marquisette or higher titles |
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The Marquess of Winchester | 1551 |
Title | Creation | Other Earldom or higher titles |
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The Earl of Arundel | 1138 Oldest Extant Earldom; Oldest Extant Peerage |
Duke of Norfolk in the Peerage of England; Earl Marshal. |
The Earl of Shrewsbury | 1442 |
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. |
Title | Creation | Other Viscountcy or higher titles |
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The Viscount Hereford | 1550 | |
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. |
Title | Creation | Other Barony or higher titles |
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The Baron de Ros | 1264 | |
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 Stange 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 Stange 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. |