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Peerage of Great Britain ( English Peerage of Great Britain ) includes all currently existing peers created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union of 1707 , but before the Act of Union of 1800 . He replaced the peers of England and Scotland until it was replaced by his peers of the United Kingdom in 1801 .
Prior to the passage of the House of Lords Act of 1999, all British peers could sit in the House of Lords .
The ranks of British peerage, in descending order, are the Duke , Marquis , Earl , Viscount and Baron .
The following table of British peers lists higher or equal titles in other peers.
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Dukes of Great Britain
See also List of Ducal Titles of the British Isles
| Title | Creature | Other ducal titles |
|---|---|---|
| Duke Brandon | since 1711 | Duke of Hamilton in a scourge of Scotland |
| Duke of Manchester | since 1719 | |
| Duke of Northumberland | since 1766 |
Awnings in the UK
See also List of Marquise British Isles
| Title | Creature | Other titles |
|---|---|---|
| Marquis Lansdowne | since 1784 | |
| Marquis Townsend | since 1787 | |
| Marquis Stafford | since 1786 | duke of sutherland in peerdom of the united kingdom |
| Marquis of Salisbury | since 1789 | |
| Marquis Bath | since 1789 | Viscount Weymouth in a peerage of England |
| Marquis Abercorn | since 1790 | Duke of Abercorn |
| Marquis Hartford | since 1793 | |
| Marquis Butte | since 1796 |
Earls of Great Britain
See also List of Earls of British Isles
| Title | Creature | Other counts or top titles |
|---|---|---|
| Count Ferrers | since 1711 | |
| Count Dartmouth | since 1711 | |
| Count Bristol | since 1714 | Marquis of Bristol in a peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Count Tankerville | since 1714 | |
| Earl Aysford | since 1714 | |
| Earl Mcclesfield | since 1721 | |
| Earl Graham | since 1722 | Duke Montrose in the scourge of Scotland |
| Earl Walgrave | since 1729 | |
| Earl Harrington | since 1742 | |
| Earl of Portsmouth | since 1743 | |
| Earl Brooke and Warwick | since 1746; since 1759 | |
| Earl Buckinghamshire | since 1746 | |
| Count guildford | since 1752 | |
| Earl Hardwick | since 1754 | |
| Earl of Ilchester | since 1756 | |
| Count de la Warr | since 1761 | |
| Count Radnor | since 1765 | |
| Count Spencer | since 1765 | |
| Earl Bathurst | since 1772 | |
| Earl Hillsboro | since 1772 | marquis downshire in peerry of Ireland |
| Earl of Aylesbury | since 1776 | Marquis Aylesbury in a peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Count Clarendon | since 1776 | |
| Earl Mansfield and Mansfield | since 1776; since 1792 | |
| Count Abergavenny | since 1784 | Marquis of Abergavenny in the United Kingdom |
| Earl of Uxbridge | since 1784 | Marquis of Anglesey in a peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Earl Talbot | since 1784 | Earl of Shrewsbury in a slaughter of England; Earl of Waterford in Ireland |
| Count Grosvenor | since 1784 | Duke of Westminster in the United Kingdom |
| Count Camden | since 1786 | Marquis Camden in a peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Earl Mount Edgcamb | since 1789 | |
| Count Fortescue | since 1789 | |
| Count Carnarvon | since 1793 | |
| Count Cadogan | since 1800 | |
| Earl of Mumblesbury | since 1800 |
Viscounts in the UK
See also List of Viscount Titles of the British Isles
| Title | Creature | Other Viscount or higher titles |
|---|---|---|
| Viscount Bolingbroke and St. John | since 1712; since 1716 | |
| Viscount Cobham | since 1718 | |
| Viscount Falmouth | since 1720 | |
| Viscount Torrington | since 1721 | |
| Viscount Leinster | since 1747 | duke of lenster in peerry of ireland |
| Viscount Hood | since 1796 | |
| Viscount Lawther | since 1796 | Earl of Lonsdale in the United Kingdom |
UK Barons
See also List of Baronial Titles of the British Isles
| Title | Creature | Other baronial or higher titles |
|---|---|---|
| Baron Middleton | since 1711 | |
| Baron Boyle of Marston | since 1711 | Earl of Cork and Earl of Orreri in the ranks of Ireland |
| Baron Hay | since 1711 | Earl Kinnole in a scourge of Scotland |
| Baron Onslow | since 1716 | Earl Onslow in the United Kingdom |
| Baron Romney | since 1716 | Earl of Romney in the United Kingdom |
| Baron Newburgh | since 1716 | marquis of chumley in peerdom of the united kingdom |
| Baron Walpole and Walpole | since 1723; since 1756 | |
| Baron king | since 1725 | Earl of Lovelace in the United Kingdom |
| Baron Monson | since 1728 | |
| Baron Bruce from Tottenham Hotspur | since 1746 | Marquis Aylesbury in a peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Baron Ponsonby | since 1749 | Earl of Bessborough in Ireland |
| Baron Vir | since 1750 | Duke of St. Albans in the slaughter of England |
| Baron Scarsdale | since 1761 | Viscount Scarsdale in a peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Baron Boston | since 1761 | |
| Baron Pelam of Stenmer | since 1762 | Earl of Chichester in the United Kingdom |
| Baron Vernon | since 1762 | |
| Baron Ducie | since 1763 | Earl of Ducie in a peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Baron Digby | since 1765 | Baron Digby |
| Baron Sandridge | since 1766 | Duke of Argyll in a peery of Scotland and a peery of the United Kingdom |
| Baron hawk | since 1776 | |
| Baron Brownlow | since 1776 | |
| Baron Harrowby | since 1776 | Earl of Harrowby in a peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Baron Foley | since 1776 | |
| Baron Cranley | since 1776 | Earl Onslow in the United Kingdom |
| Baron Dinevor | since 1780 | |
| Baron Walsingham | since 1780 | |
| Baron Babot | since 1780 | |
| Baron Southampton | since 1780 | |
| Baron Grantley | since 1782 | |
| Baron Rodney | since 1782 | |
| Baron Eliot | since 1784 | Earl of St. Germain in the United Kingdom |
| Baron Somers | since 1784 | |
| Baron Boringdon | since 1784 | Earl Morley in a peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Baron Tyrone | since 1786 | Marquis of Waterford in a league of Ireland |
| Baron Carleton | since 1786 | earl shannon in peerry of ireland |
| Baron Suffield | since 1786 | |
| Baron Kenyon | since 1788 | |
| Baron Howe | since 1788 | Earl Howe of the United Kingdom |
| Baron Breibrook | since 1788 | |
| Baron Fisherwick | since 1790 | Marquis of Donegal in the peerry of Ireland |
| Baron Verulam | since 1790 | Earl of Verulam in the United Kingdom |
| Baron Gage | since 1790 | Viscount Gage in Ireland |
| Baron Tarlow | since 1792 | |
| Baron Auckland | since 1793 | Baron Auckland |
| Baron Bradford | since 1794 | Earl Bradford in a peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Baron Dundas | since 1794 | Marquis of Shetland in a peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Baron Mendip | since 1794 | Earl Normanton of Ireland |
| Baron Mulgrave | since 1794 | Marquis Normanby in a peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Baron Yarborough | since 1794 | Earl of Yarborough in the United Kingdom |
| Baron Loughborough | since 1795 | Earl Rosslyn in a peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Baron Rose | since 1796 | Earl Stradbroke in the United Kingdom |
| Baron Stewart | since 1796 | Earl of Moray in a scourge of Scotland |
| Baron Stewart | since 1796 | Earl of Galloway in Scotland |
| Baron Harwood | since 1796 | Earl Harwood in a peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Baron Kodor | since 1796 | Count Kodor in the United Kingdom |
| Baron Carrington | since 1797 | Baron Carrington in the ranks of Ireland; Baron Carington of Upton for life in the UK |
| Baron Bolton | since 1797 | |
| Baron Minto | since 1797 | Earl Minto in a peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Baron Lilford | since 1797 | |
| Baron Woodhouse | since 1797 | Earl of Kimberly in the United Kingdom |
| Baron Eldon | since 1799 | Earl Eldon in the United Kingdom |
See also
- British reward system
- Peer of England
- Purest of Ireland
- United Kingdom Peerity
- The scum of Scotland
- Gentry