Peerage Act 1963

The Act resulted largely from the protests of Labour politician Tony Benn, then the 2nd Viscount Stansgate.[1] Under British law at the time, peers of England, peers of Great Britain and peers of the United Kingdom (who met certain qualifications, such as age which was (and is) 21) were automatically members of the House of Lords (Scottish and Irish peers had imperial status which allowed then to sit in the House of Lords but not as Scottish and Irish peers) and could not sit in or vote in elections for the other chamber, the House of Commons.

Thirty peers in the Peerage of Scotland had imperial status when the Act passed.

When William Wedgwood Benn, Tony Benn's father, agreed to accept the Viscountcy, he ascertained that the heir-apparent, his eldest son Michael, did not plan to enter the House of Commons. However, within a few years of the peerage being accepted, Michael Benn was killed in action in the Second World War. Tony Benn, his younger brother, became heir apparent to the peerage and was elected to the House of Commons in 1950. Not wishing to leave it for the other House, he campaigned through the 1950s for a change in the law. In 1960, the 1st Viscount died and Tony Benn inherited the title, automatically losing his seat in the House of Commons as a member for the constituency of Bristol South East. In the ensuing by-election, however, Benn was re-elected to the Commons, despite being disqualified. An election court ruled that he could not take his seat, instead awarding it to the runner-up, the Conservative Malcolm St Clair.[2]

In 1963, the Conservative Government agreed to introduce a Peerage Bill, allowing individuals to disclaim peerages; it received Royal Assent on 31 July 1963.[3] Tony Benn was the first peer to make use of the Act. St Clair, fulfilling a promise he had made at the time of taking his seat, accepted the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead the previous day,[4] thereby disqualifying himself from the House (outright resignation is prohibited), and Benn was then re-elected in Bristol South East at the ensuing by-election.

To disclaim a hereditary peerage, the peer must deliver an instrument of disclaimer to the lord chancellor within one year of succeeding to the peerage, or within one year after the passage of the Act, or, if under the age of 21 at the time of succession, before the peer's 22nd birthday. If, at the time of succession, the peer is a member of the House of Commons, then the instrument must be delivered within one month of succession, and until such an instrument is delivered, the peer may neither sit nor vote in the lower House. Prior to the House of Lords Act 1999, a hereditary peer could not disclaim a peerage after having applied for a writ of summons to Parliament; now, however, hereditary peers do not have the automatic right to a writ of summons to the House. A peer who disclaims the peerage loses all titles, rights and privileges associated with the peerage; if they are married, so does their spouse. No further hereditary peerage may be conferred upon the person, but a life peerage may be. The peerage remains without a holder until the death of the peer who had made the disclaimer, when it descends to his or her heir in the usual manner.

The one-year window after the passage of the Act soon proved to be of importance at the highest levels of British politics, after the resignation of Harold Macmillan as Prime Minister in October 1963. Two hereditary peers wished to be considered to replace him, but by this time it was considered requisite that a prime minister sit in the Commons. The 2nd Viscount Hailsham and the 14th Earl of Home took advantage of the Act to disclaim their peerages, despite having inherited them in 1950 and 1951 respectively.[1] Sir Alec Douglas-Home, as Lord Home now became, was chosen as prime minister; both men later returned to the House of Lords as life peers.

Since the abolition in 1999 of the general right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords, and the consequent removal of the general disability of such peers to sit in or vote for the House of Commons, it is no longer necessary for hereditary peers to disclaim their peerages for this purpose. In 2001, The 3rd Viscount Thurso became the first British hereditary peer to be elected to the Commons and take his seat. Later that year, Douglas Hogg inherited the peerage his father (Quintin Hogg) had disclaimed, but did not have to disclaim it himself to continue sitting in the House of Commons. In 2004, Michael Ancram became Marquess of Lothian on the death of his father, and was also able to continue sitting as an MP. On their retirements from the House of Commons, Lord Lothian (formerly Lord Ancram) and Hogg entered the House of Lords as life peers, while Lord Thurso was elected as an excepted hereditary peer after losing reelection as an MP. Since the chief purpose for the Act ended in 1999, only one disclaimer has occurred — Christopher Silkin disclaimed the title 3rd Baron Silkin in 2002.

The Act only applies to titles held in the Peerage of England, the Peerage of Scotland, the Peerage of Great Britain, and the Peerage of the United Kingdom. No provision was made by the Act for titles in the Peerage of Ireland to be disclaimed, as the entitlement of new Irish representative peers to be elected to sit in the House of Lords was considered to have lapsed after most of Ireland became independent as the Irish Free State in December 1922 (and the last surviving Irish representative peer had died in 1961).

The Act granted peers of Scotland the same right to sit in the House of Lords as peers of England, Great Britain or the United Kingdom, thereby ending the election of representative peers, thereby increasing the number of peers of Scotland in the Lords (who did not already sit as holder of another British peerage) from 16 to about 46.[5] An amendment that would have allowed Irish peers to sit in the House as well was defeated by ninety votes to eight.

The Act removed the disqualification of peers of Ireland, by virtue of an Irish peerage, to vote in elections for members of the House of Commons; and to sit in the British House of Commons without losing the privilege of peerage.[6]

The Act also granted suo jure hereditary women peers (other than those in the Peerage of Ireland) the right to sit in the House of Lords, which introduced twelve new women to the House. This was not the first time that women were members of the House of Lords; the Life Peerages Act 1958 allowed all life peers (men and women) to sit in the House. The 2nd Baroness Ravensdale had already entered the Lords in 1958 through the receipt of a life peerage. The women who took their seats in the House after the Peerage Act 1963 and before the House of Lords Act 1999 were:

Female hereditary peers

Key

	Indicates peerage which the holder is currently alive

Who took their seat

[7]

Title	Name	Title by marriage	Date inherited peerage	Date took seat	Date left House of Lords	Ref.
The Baroness Strange of Knokin	Elizabeth Philipps	Viscountess St Davids	23 February 1921 [8]	19 November 1963	12 December 1974	[9]
The Baroness Audley	Rosina MacNamee		3 July 1963	20 November 1963	24 October 1973	[10]
The Baroness Beaumont	Mona Fitzalan-Howard	Baroness Howard of Glossop	1 June 1896 [8]	4 December 1963	31 August 1971	[11]
The Lady Kinloss	Mary Freeman-Grenville		17 October 1944	18 February 1964	11 November 1999	[12]
The Countess of Erroll	Diana Hay		24 January 1941	29 July 1964	16 May 1978	[13]
The Lady Nairne	Katherine Bigham	Viscountess Mersey	3 June 1927	27 October 1964	20 October 1995	[14]
The Lady Sempill	Ann Forbes-Sempill		30 December 1965	19 July 1966	6 July 1995	[15]
The Baroness Berkeley	Mary Foley-Berkeley		5 April 1967 [8]	10 May 1967	17 October 1992	[16]
The Countess of Loudoun	Barbara Abney-Hastings		24 February 1960	22 June 1967	11 November 1999	[17]
The Lady Ruthven of Freeland	Bridget Monckton	Viscountess Monckton of Brenchley	6 April 1956	26 October 1967	17 April 1982	[18]
The Countess of Sutherland	Elizabeth Sutherland		1 January 1963	27 March 1968	11 November 1999	[19]
The Baroness Darcy de Knayth	Davina Ingrams		23 March 1943	15 July 1969	24 February 2008	[20]
The Baroness Dacre	Rachel Douglas-Home		24 February 1970 [8]	28 May 1970	11 November 1999	[21]
The Baroness Portal of Hungerford	Rosemary Portal		22 April 1971	26 April 1972	29 September 1990	[22]
The Baroness Dudley	Barbara Hamilton		19 April 1972	23 May 1973	11 November 1999	[23]
The Baroness Lucas	Anne Palmer		3 November 1958	10 June 1975	31 December 1991	[24]
The Countess of Mar	Margaret of Mar		21 April 1975	28 October 1975	1 May 2020	[25]
The Lady Saltoun	Marjorie Fraser		3 December 1979	13 December 1979	12 December 2014	[26]
The Baroness Braye	Mary Aubrey-Fletcher		19 December 1985	9 April 1986	11 November 1999	[27]
The Baroness Strange	Jean Drummond of Megginch		10 December 1986 [8]	17 December 1986	11 March 2005	[28]
The Countess Mountbatten of Burma	Patricia Knatchbull	Baroness Brabourne	27 August 1979	8 July 1987	11 November 1999
The Baroness Wharton	Myrtle Robertson		4 April 1990 [8]	25 June 1990	15 May 2000	[29]
The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby	Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby		29 March 1983	25 January 1994	11 November 1999	[30]
The Baroness Berners	Pamela Kirkham		30 June 1995 [8]	25 October 1995	11 November 1999	[31]
The Baroness Arlington	Jennifer Forwood		28 April 1999 [8]	27 May 1999	11 November 1999	[32]

Who did not take their seat

[33]

Title	Name	Title by marriage	Date inherited peerage
The Baroness Furnivall	Mary Dent		3 May 1913 [8]
The Countess of Seafield	Nina Caroline Studley-Herbert		12 November 1915
The Baroness Zouche	Mary Frankland		7 April 1917
The Countess of Dysart	Wenefryde Scott		22 November 1935
The Baroness Berners	Vera Williams		19 April 1950
The Baroness de Ros	Georgiana Maxwell		9 August 1958 [8]
The Countess of Kintore	Ethel Keith-Falconer	Viscountess Stonehaven	26 May 1966
The Baroness Wharton	Elisabeth Kemeys-Tynte		22 July 1969
The Lady Herries of Terregles	Anne Fitzalan-Howard	Baroness Cowdrey of Tonbridge	31 January 1975
The Countess of Dysart	Rosamund Greaves		2 June 1975

Scottish peers with imperial status

Peer	Imperial title(s)
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton	Duke of Brandon
Walter Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch and 10th Duke of Queensbury	Earl of Doncaster
Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll	Duke of Argyll
	Baron Sundridge
	Baron Hamilton of Hameldon
Angus Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose	Earl Graham of Belford
George Innes-Ker, 9th Duke of Roxburghe	Earl Innes
Douglas Gordon, 12th Marquess of Huntly	Baron Meldrum
David Hay, 12th Marquess of Tweeddale	Baron Tweeddale
Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian	Baron Ker of Kersehugh
David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres	Baron Wigan
Donald Erskine, 16th Earl of Buchan	Baron Erskine
Archibald Montgomerie, 17th Earl of Eglinton	Earl of Winton
	Baron Ardrossan
Archibald Stuart, 19th Earl of Moray	Baron Stuart
Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home	Baron Douglas
Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne	Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
	Baron Bowes
Randolph Stewart, 12th Earl of Galloway	Baron Stewart of Garlies
William Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnoull	Baron Hay of Pedwardine
Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin and 14th Earl of Kincardine	Baron Elgin
David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss and 8th Earl of March	Baron Wemyss
Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie	Baron Ramsey
Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee	Baron Glassary
Arthur Keith-Falconer, 10th Earl of Kintore[lower-alpha 1]	Baron Kintore
John Murray, 9th Earl of Dunmore	Baron Dunmore
John Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair	Baron Oxenfoord
Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery	Earl of Midlothian
	Baron Rosebury
Patrick Boyle, 8th Earl of Glasgow	Baron Fairlie
Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat	Baron Lovat
John Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone	Baron Elphinstone
Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier	Baron Ettrick
Eric Rollo, 13th Lord Rollo	Baron Dunning
Kenneth Kinnaird, 12th Lord Kinnaird[lower-alpha 2]	Baron Kinnaird

Notes

1. The Barony of Kintore in the Peerage of the United Kingdom was extinct on 26 May 1966
2. The Lordship of Kinnaird in the Peerage of Scotland and Barony of Kinnaird in the Peerage of the United Kingdom was extinct on 27 February 1997

Irish peers with imperial status

Peer	Imperial title(s)
Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster	Viscount Leinster
	Baron Kildare
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn	Marquess of Abercorn
	Viscount Hamilton
John Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford	Baron Tyrone
Arthur Hill, 7th Marquess of Downshire	Earl of Hillsborough
	Baron Harwich
Edward Chichester, 6th Marquess of Donegall	Baron Fisherwick
Michael Taylour, 6th Marquess of Headfort	Baron Kenlis
Denis Browne, 10th Marquess of Sligo	Baron Monteagle
George Loftus, 7th Marquess of Ely	Baron Loftus
Frederick Conyngham, 6th Marquess Conyngham	Baron Minster
Alistair Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of Londonderry	Earl Vane
	Baron Stewart
Arthur Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde[lower-alpha 1]	Baron Ormonde
William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and 12th Earl of Orrery	Baron Boyle of Marston
Anthony Brabazon, 14th Earl of Meath	Baron Chaworth
Oliver Plunket, 12th Earl of Fingall[lower-alpha 2]	Baron Fingall
Charles Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda	Baron Moore
Arthur Forbes, 9th Earl of Granard	Baron Granard
Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 10th Earl Fitzwilliam[lower-alpha 3]	Earl Fitzwilliam
	Baron Fitzwilliam
Peter Bligh, 10th Earl of Darnley	Baron Clifton
Frederick Perceval, 11th Earl of Egmont[lower-alpha 4]	Baron Lovel and Holland
Frederick Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough[lower-alpha 5]	Earl of Bessborough
	Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby
	Baron Duncannon
Brian Butler, 9th Earl of Carrick	Baron Butler of Mount Juliet
Robert Boyle, 8th Earl of Shannon	Baron Carleton
Arthur Gore, 8th Earl of Arran	Baron Sudley
James Stopford, 8th Earl of Courtown	Baron Saltersford
Hugh Molyneux, 7th Earl of Sefton[lower-alpha 6]	Baron Sefton
John Meade, 6th Earl of Clanwilliam	Baron Clanwilliam
Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford	Baron Silchester
	Baron Pakenham
David Cole, 6th Earl of Enniskillen	Baron Grinstead
Henry Crichton, 6th Earl Erne	Baron Fermanagh
George Bingham, 6th Earl of Lucan	Baron Bingham
John Hely-Hutchinson, 7th Earl of Donoughmore	Viscount Hutchinson
Edmund Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick	Baron Foxford
Richard Trench, 6th Earl of Clancarty	Viscount Clancarty
	Baron Trench
Archibald Acheson, 6th Earl of Gosford	Baron Worlingham
	Baron Acheson
Edward Ellis Agar, 5th Earl of Normanton	Baron Somerton
William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel	Baron Hare
Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly	Baron Ranfurly
Nicholas Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston	Baron Gormanston
Piers Butler, 16th Viscount Mountgarret	Baron Mountgarret
John Whyte-Melville-Skeffington, 13th Viscount Massereene and 6th Viscount Ferrard	Baron Oriel
Richard Dawnay, 10th Viscount Downe	Baron Dawnay
Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 10th Viscount Boyne	Baron Brancepeth
Henry Gage, 6th Viscount Gage	Baron Gage
Simon Monckton-Arundell, 9th Viscount Galway[lower-alpha 7]	Baron Monckton
Mervyn Patrick Wingfield, 9th Viscount Powerscourt	Baron Powerscourt
Henry Monck, 6th Viscount Monck	Baron Monck
Edward Digby, 11th Baron Digby	Baron Digby
William Edwardes, 7th Baron Kensington	Baron Kensington
Edward Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield	Baron Stanley of Alderley
	Baron Eddisbury
William Warner Westenra, 7th Baron Rossmore	Baron Rossmore
Michael Eden, 7th Baron Henley	Baron Northington
John Henniker-Major, 7th Baron Henniker	Baron Hartismere
Milo Talbot, 7th Baron Talbot of Malahide	Baron Talbot de Malahide[lower-alpha 8]
William Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew	Baron Carew
Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne	Baron Mereworth

• Ian Eden, 9th Baron Auckland and Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington are not counted on the list as they were both the 9th and 6th Barons of their respective Peerages in both the Peerage of Great Britain and Peerage of Ireland and their place in the order of precedence was Barons of the Peerage of Great Britain.

Notes

1. The Marquessate of Ormonde in the Peerage of Ireland and the Barony of Ormonde was extinct on 25 October 1997
2. The Earldom of Fingall in the Peerage of Ireland and the Barony of Fingall in the Peerage of the United Kingdom was extinct on 5 March 1984
3. The Earldom of Fitzwilliam in the Peerage of Ireland, the Earldom of Fitzwilliam and the Barony of Fitzwilliam in the Peerage of Great Britain was extinct on 21 September 1979
4. The Earldom of Egmont in the Peerage of Ireland and the Barony of Lovel and Holland in the Peerage of Great Britain was extinct on 6 November 2011
5. The Earldom of Bessborough in the Peerage of the United Kingdom was extinct on 5 December 1993
6. The Earldom of Sefton in the Peerage of Ireland and the Barony of Sefton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom was extinct on 13 April 1972
7. The Barony of Monckton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom was extinct on 1 January 1971
8. The Barony of Talbot de Malahide in the Peerage of the United Kingdom was extinct on 14 April 1973

Irish peers with full voting rights

Peer	Notes
Gilbert Charles Nugent, 12th Earl of Westmeath
Michael Lambart, 12th Earl of Cavan
Denis Butler, 9th Earl of Lanesborough[lower-alpha 1]
John Savile, 7th Earl of Mexborough
Ronald Turnour, 7th Earl Winterton
Barclay King-Tenison, 11th Earl of Kingston
Robert Jocelyn, 9th Earl of Roden
Ernest Vaughan, 7th Earl of Lisburne
Randal McDonnell, 8th Earl of Antrim
George Dawson-Damer, 7th Earl of Portarlington
Terence Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo	Stood for South Dorset in 1964
Robert Annesley, 9th Earl Annesley
William Howard, 8th Earl of Wicklow[lower-alpha 2]
John Lowry-Corry, 8th Earl Belmore
Percy Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon[lower-alpha 3]
Arthur Stuart, 8th Earl Castle Stewart
Denis Alexander, 6th Earl of Caledon
Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse
Richard Wyndham-Quin, 6th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl[lower-alpha 4]
Patrick Needham, 5th Earl of Kilmorey
Noel Graham-Toler, 6th Earl of Norbury
Francis Annesley, 14th Viscount Valentia
Michael Dillon, 20th Viscount Dillon
Robert Caulfeild, 10th Viscount Charlemont
Richard Molesworth, 11th Viscount Molesworth
Adam Chetwynd, 9th Viscount Chetwynd
Pyers Southwell, 7th Viscount Southwell
John Vesey, 6th Viscount de Vesci
Alan Hewitt, 8th Viscount Lifford
Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor
Richard St Leger, 9th Viscount Doneraile
Henry Pomeroy, 9th Viscount Harberton
Robert Maude, 8th Viscount Hawarden
Henry Upton, 5th Viscount Templetown[lower-alpha 5]
Standish Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort
Michael de Courcy, 34th Baron Kingsale
Randal Plunkett, 19th Baron of Dunsany
Charles Barnewall, 19th Baron Trimlestown
Patrick Butler, 18th Baron Dunboyne
Otway Plunkett, 16th Baron Louth
Donough O'Brien, 16th Baron Inchiquin
John Evans-Freke, 10th Baron Carbery
John Aylmer, 9th Baron Aylmer
Barry Maxwell, 12th Baron Farnham
John Lysaght, 7th Baron Lisle
Robert Wynn, 6th Baron Newborough
Alexander Macdonald, 7th Baron Macdonald
Hugh Massy, 9th Baron Massy
Matthew Deane, 7th Baron Muskerry
John Browne, 6th Baron Kilmaine
Frederick Cavendish, 7th Baron Waterpark
Henry Graves, 7th Baron Graves
Henry Hotham, 7th Baron Hotham
Rowland Allanson-Winn, 6th Baron Headley[lower-alpha 6]
Edward Crofton, 5th Baron Crofton
Peter ffrench, 7th Baron ffrench
Hugh Shore, 6th Baron Teignmouth[lower-alpha 7]
Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy, 9th Baron Langford
Arthur Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 7th Baron Ventry
Henry Prittie, 6th Baron Dunalley
John Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris
Robert Trench, 4th Baron Ashtown
Charles Thellusson, 8th Baron Rendlesham
John Handcock, 7th Baron Castlemaine
Arthur Beresford, 6th Baron Decies
George Canning, 5th Baron Garvagh
Edward Bellew, 5th Baron Bellew
Edmund Roche, 5th Baron Fermoy
Thomas McClintock-Bunbury, 5th Baron Rathdonnell

Notes

1. The Earldom of Lanesborough was extinct on 21 December 1998
2. The Earldom of Wicklow was extinct on 8 February 1978
3. The Earldom of Bandon was extinct on 8 February 1979
4. The Earldom of Dunraven and Mount-Earl was extinct on 25 March 2011
5. The Viscountcy of Templetown was extinct on 10 February 1981
6. The Barony of Headley was extinct on 23 February 1994
7. The Barony of Teignmouth was extinct on 7 July 1981

Key

	Indicates peerage which is currently disclaimed

Title(s)	Disclaimed by; life	Time disclaimed	Notes	Ref.
Viscount Stansgate	Tony Benn 2nd Viscount 1925–2014	1963 to 2014	Extant; inherited in 2014 by Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate	[1][4]
Baron Altrincham	John Grigg 2nd Baron 1924–2001	1963 to 2001	Extant; inherited in 2001 by Anthony Grigg, 3rd Baron Altrincham	[4][34]
Earl of Home	Sir Alec Douglas-Home 14th Earl 1903–1995[lower-alpha 1]	1963 to 1995	Extant; inherited in 1995 by David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home	[35][1]
Viscount Hailsham	Quintin Hogg 2nd Viscount 1907–2001[lower-alpha 2]	1963 to 2001	Extant; inherited in 2001 by Douglas Martin Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham	[36][1]
Baron Southampton	Charles FitzRoy 5th Baron 1904–1989	1964 to 1989	Extant; inherited in 1989 by Charles FitzRoy, 6th Baron Southampton	[37]
Baron Monkswell	William Collier 4th Baron 1913–1984	1964 to 1984	Extant; inherited in 1984 by Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell	[38]
Baron Beaverbrook	Sir Max Aitken, Bt. 2nd Baron 1910–1985	1964 to 1985	Extant; inherited in 1985 by Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook	[39]
Earl of Sandwich	Victor Montagu 10th Earl 1906–1995	1964 to 1995	Extant; inherited in 1995 by John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich	[40]
Baron Fraser of Allander	Sir Hugh Fraser, Bt. 2nd Baron 1936–1987	1966 to 1987	Extinct 1987	[41]
Earl of Durham	Antony Lambton 6th Earl 1922–2006	1970 to 2006	Extant; inherited in 2006 by Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham	[42]
Baron Sanderson of Ayot	Alan Lindsay Sanderson 2nd Baron born 1931	Since 1971		[43]
Baron Reith	Christopher Reith 2nd Baron 1928–2016	1972 to 2016	Extant; inherited in 2016 by James Reith, 3rd Baron Reith	[44]
Baron Silkin	Arthur Silkin 2nd Baron 1916–2001	1972 to 2001	Inherited in 2001 by Christopher Silkin, 3rd Baron Silkin, who also disclaimed the peerage	[45]
Baron Archibald	George Christopher Archibald 2nd Baron 1926–1996	1975 to 1996	Extinct 1996	[46]
Baron Merthyr	Trevor Lewis 4th Baron 1935–2015	1977 to 2015	Extant; inherited in 2015 by David Lewis, 5th Baron Merthyr	[47]
Earl of Selkirk	Lord James Douglas-Hamilton 11th Earl born 1942[lower-alpha 3]	Since 1994		[48]
Viscount Camrose	Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell 3rd Viscount 1911–2001	1995 to 2001	Extant; inherited in 2001 by Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose	[49]
Baron Silkin	Christopher Silkin 3rd Baron born 1947	Since 2002		[50]

Notes

• Peerage Act 1963 (Wikisource)
• List of peerages inherited by women
• House of Lords Reform Act 2014

• Cox, Noel. "The Legal Standing of the Peerage and Baronetage." New Zealand Universities Law Review.
• Peerage Act 1963.
• Women Hereditary Peers
• Image of the Act on the Parliamentary website