house on a hilltop overlooking the village of Appomattox Court House, once owned by Sheriff Plunkett, was owned and occupied by a George Peers. Peers...

hereditary peers 15 peers elected by the whole House By convention, whole-House elections elect members of the same affiliation as the departed peer. These...

The House of Peers (貴族院, Kizoku-in) was the upper house of the Imperial Diet as mandated under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan (in effect from...

Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. Life peers are appointed by...

indeed of the whole House, are life peers. As of March 2024,[update] there are 670 life peers eligible to vote in the House. Life peers rank only as barons...

The House of Peers (Spanish: Estamento de Próceres) was the upper house in the Spanish Cortes between 1834 and 1836. The House was created by the Royal...

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill is a Bill of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Bill, if passed, will entirely remove hereditary peers from...

convince some peers to vote for reform, Tony Blair announced that he would compromise by allowing a number of hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords...

hereditary peers, elected by and from all hereditary peers, are permitted to do so, unless they are also life peers. Peers are called to the House of Lords...

secular members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the British Parliament. These can be either life peers or hereditary peers, although the hereditary...