Peerage of England

The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in the United Kingdom in total. English Peeresses obtained their first seats in the House of Lords under the Peerage Act 1963 from which date until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 all Peers of England could sit in the House of Lords.

As of September 2025, there are 93 English peers: 11 dukes (including one royal duke), one marquess, 26 earls, three viscounts and 52 barons (counting peers with a higher title in one of other peerages).

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 women.

Baronets, while holders of hereditary titles, as such are not peers and not entitled to stand for election in the House of Lords. Knights, dames and holders of other non-hereditary orders, decorations, and medals are also not peers.

The following tables only show peerages still in existence. For lists of every peerage created at a particular rank, including extinct, dormant, and abeyant peerages, see:

List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland List of earldoms List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland List of baronies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Each peer is listed only by their highest English title. Peers known by a higher title in one of the other peerages are shown in blue, and peers with more than one title of the same rank in the Peerage of England are shown in orange.

Dukes in the Peerage of England

TitleCreationOther dukedom or higher titlesDuke of Cornwall1337Usually Prince of Wales as the heir to the British throne;Duke of Rothesay (Scotland)Duke of Norfolk1483—Duke of Somerset1547—Duke of Richmond1675Duke of Gordon (UK); Duke of Lennox (Scotland); Duke of Aubigny (France)Duke of Grafton1675—Duke of Beaufort1682—Duke of St Albans1684—Duke of Bedford1694—Duke of Devonshire1694—Duke of Marlborough1702—Duke of Rutland1703—

Marquesses in the Peerage of England

TitleCreationOther marquessate or higher titlesMarquess of Winchester1551—Marquess of Worcester1643Duke of Beaufort (England)Marquess of Tavistock1694Duke of Bedford (England)Marquess of Hartington1694Duke of Devonshire (England)Marquess of Blandford1702Duke of Marlborough (England)Marquess of Granby1703Duke of Rutland (England)

Earls in the Peerage of England

TitleCreationOther earldom or higher titlesEarl of Shrewsbury1442Earl Talbot (GB);Earl of Waterford (Ireland)Earl of Derby1485—Earl of Huntingdon1529—Earl of Pembroke1551Earl of Montgomery (England)Earl of Devon1553—Earl of Lincoln1572—Earl of Suffolk1603Earl of Berkshire (England)Earl of Exeter1605Marquess of Exeter (UK)Earl of Salisbury1605Marquess of Salisbury (GB)Earl of Montgomery1605Held with the Earl of Pembroke (England)Earl of Northampton1618Marquess of Northampton (UK)Earl of Denbigh1622?Earl of Desmond (Ireland)Earl of Westmorland1624—Earl of Manchester1626Duke of Manchester (GB)Earl of Berkshire1626Held with the Earl of Suffolk (England)Earl of Lindsey1626Earl of Abingdon (England)Earl of Winchilsea1628Earl of Nottingham (England)Earl of Sandwich1660—Earl of Essex1661—Earl of Carlisle1661—Earl of Doncaster1663Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry (Scotland)Earl of Shaftesbury1672—Earl of Nottingham1681Held with the Earl of Winchilsea (England)Earl of Abingdon1682Held with the Earl of Lindsey (England)Earl of Portland1689—Earl of Scarbrough1690—Earl of Albemarle1697—Earl of Coventry1697—Earl of Jersey1697?—Earl of Cholmondeley1706Marquess of Cholmondeley (UK)

Viscounts in the Peerage of England

TitleCreationOther viscountcy or higher titlesViscount Hereford1550—Viscount Townshend1682Marquess Townshend (GB)Viscount Weymouth1682Marquess of Bath (GB)

Barons and baronesses in the Peerage of England

TitleCreationOther barony or higher titlesBaron de Ros1264—Baron le Despencer1264Viscount Falmouth (GB)Baron Mowbray1283Baron Segrave and Baron Stourton (England)Baron Hastings1295—Baron Furnivall1295—Baron FitzWalter1295—Baron Segrave1295Baron Mowbray and Baron Stourton (England)Baron Clinton1299—Baron De La Warr1299Earl De La Warr (GB)Baron de Clifford1299—The Baron Strange1299Viscount St Davids (UK)Held with Baron Hungerford and Baron de Moleyns (England)Baron Zouche1308—Baroness Willoughby de Eresby1313—Baron Strabolgi1318—Baroness Dacre1321—Baron Darcy de Knayth1332—Baron Cromwell1375—Baron Camoys1383—Baron Grey of Codnor1397—Baron Berkeley1421Lord Gueterbock for Life in the Peerage of the United KingdomBaron Hungerford1426Viscount St Davids (UK)Held with Baron Strange and Baron de Moleyns (England)Baron Latymer1432—Baron Dudley1440—Baron de Moleyns1445Viscount St Davids (UK)Held with Baron Strange and Baron Hungerford (England)Baron Saye and Sele1447—The Baron Stourton1448Baron Mowbray and Baron Segrave (England)Baroness Berners1455—Baron Herbert1461—Baron Willoughby de Broke1491—Baron Vaux of Harrowden1523—Baroness Braye1529—Baron Windsor1529Earl of Plymouth (UK)Baron Burgh1529—Baron Wharton1544—Baron Howard of Effingham1554Earl of Effingham (UK)Baron St John of Bletso1559—Baron Howard de Walden1597—Baron Petre1603—Baron Clifton1608Earl of Darnley (Ireland)Baron Dormer1615—Baron Teynham1616—Baron Brooke1621Earl Brooke and Earl of Warwick (GB)Baron Craven1626Earl of Craven (GB)Baron Strange1628—Baron Stafford1640—Baron Byron1643—Baron Ward1644Earl of Dudley (UK)Baron Lucas1663Baroness Arlington1665—Baron Clifford of Chudleigh1672—Baron Guilford1683Earl of Guilford (GB)Baron Waldegrave1683Earl Waldegrave (GB)Baron Barnard1698—Baron Guernsey1703Earl of Aylesford (GB)Baron Gower1703Duke of Sutherland (UK)Baron Conway1703Marquess of Hertford (GB)Baron Hervey1703Marquess of Bristol (UK)

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