The hereditary peers form part of the peerage in the United Kingdom. As of August 2023, there are 805 hereditary peers: 30 dukes (including six royal dukes)...
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is a list of hereditary peers of the House of Lords since the reforms of the House of Lords Act 1999. The Act excluded all hereditary peers who were not...
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Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. Life peers are appointed by...
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Peerages in the United Kingdom (redirect from British Peer)
non-royal awardees of hereditary titles were in the Thatcher era. Since then, ruling parties have instead exclusively created Life Peers and refrained from...
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By-elections to the House of Lords (redirect from Hereditary peer by-election)
assigned to hereditary peers due to death, resignation, or disqualification. Candidates for these by-elections are limited to holders of hereditary peerages...
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This article is a list of hereditary peers who are or have been members of the House of Lords by virtue of a life peerage under the Appellate Jurisdiction...
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House of Lords (redirect from House of Peers of the United Kingdom)
either a political or non-political basis. Hereditary membership was limited in 1999 to 92 excepted hereditary peers: 90 elected through internal by-elections...
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House of Lords Act 1999 (redirect from An Act to restrict membership of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage; to make related provision about disqualifications for voting at elections to, and for membership of, the House of Commons; and for connected purposes)
their seats (hereditary peers); the Act removed such a right. However, as part of a compromise, the Act allowed ninety-two hereditary peers to remain in...
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667 hereditary peers had their entitlement to sit in the House of Lords removed by the House of Lords Act 1999, based on the Orders of precedence in the...
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Lords Temporal (redirect from Temporal peer)
either life peers or hereditary peers, although the hereditary right to sit in the House of Lords was abolished for all but ninety-two peers during the...
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