The Parliament of Great Britain consists of a House of Lords and a House of Commons. HOUSE OF LORDS. The House of Lords consists of Lords Temporal, who are Peers of the realm, and whose honors, immunities, and privileges, are hereditary; and Lords Spiritual, consisting of Archbishops and Bishops. The House of Lords is composed of all the five orders of nobility of England, viz. dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons, who have attained the age of 21 years, and labor under no disqualification; of 16 representative peers from Scotland; 28 representative peers from Ireland; 2 English archbishops and 24 bishops, and 4 representative Irish bishops. A List of the House of Peers, with the Title, Family Name, Date of Creation, and Birth of the present Peer. The Titles here given are those by which the Noblemen sit in the House of Peers. Those marked thus (*) are Scotch Representative Peers; thus (†), Irish Representative Peers. The Scotch representative peers are chosen for each Parliament, and those so designated in the following list were members of the last Parliament. Manchester Grenville Henry Vane Wm. S. Cavendish F. G. D. Osborne 1833 1788 Cadogan 1694 1790 Caledon 1675 1790 Camperdown G. Spenc.-Churchill 1702 1793 Carnarvon Portland Richmond St. Albans Sutherland George Cadogan James D. Alexander 1800 1812 1661 1797 George Howard 1661 1773 H. J. G. Herbert 1793 1800 Charlemont Fran. Wm. Caulfield 1763 1775 G.G.S. Leves.-Gower 1833 1786 Coventry 1814 1769 Cowper 1790 1811 De La Warr James Hamilton Hen. P. Fitzmaurice 1784 1780 Ellenborough C. Henry Phipps 1838 1797 Essex 1812 1790 Falmouth 1822 1785 Fortescue Glengall †Gosford Graham 1784 1792 Granville 1639 1785 Guilford Geo. J. S. West 1761 1791 Wm. B. P. Feilding Edward S. Stanley William Courtenay 1553 1777 W.P.Montagu-Doug las-Scott H.S.F'x-Strangways 1756 1787|| Beresford J. H. R. Innes-Ker Bolingbroke 1795 1800 †Hawarden 1806 1778 Hutchinson G. Elliot-Mur.-Kny- 1813 1782 Lake Stephen Moore A. Geo. Onslow Horatio Walpole 1458 1789 1781 1792 John Arbuthnott 1641 1778 1823 1770 Lorton [D. Leinster, Ire.] 1747 1791 Rob. Edw. King 1806 1773 1766 1786 T. J. H. Fitzmaurice 1696 1803 Sidmouth Edward Harley 1711 1773 *Strathallan 1706 1783 1804 1785 Henry Maynard 1801 John R. Townshend 1789 1805 Barons.216. 1765 1779 Abercromby Fred.John Robinson 1833 1782 Abinger 1721 1812 Clanbrassil Clanwilliam Clements Clifford Clifton Clinton Colchester *Colville Congleton Cottenham Cowley Rob. John Carington 1797 1796 Gage Richard Boyle Gardner [E. Shannon, Ire.] 1786 1809 Gi ord John Thynne 1784 1772 Glenelg John Proby Glenlyon [E. Carysfort, Ire.] 1801 1780 Godolphin Richard Handcock 1812 1791 Granard F. Wm. Caulfield [E. Charlemont, Ire.] 1837 1775 Grantley John C. Brabazon [E. of Meath, Ire.] 1831 1772 Francis Geo. Spencer 1815 1802 Robert Jocelyn Grey of Groby Grinstea 1 Hamilton [E. of Roden, Ire.] 1821 1788 Harris 1608 1827 Heyte bury 1817 1798 Howden 1609 1768 Hunsdon 1841 1805 1836 1781 Keane 1828 1773 Kenlis 1806 1812 1797 1806 Kenmare 1307 1774 Kenyon James A. B. Ramsay [E Dalhousie, Sc.] 1815 1812 Kerr Arthur French 1839 Crewe †Crofton Dacre Dalhousie Defreyne Delamere [ley Thos. Cholmondeley 1821 1767 W. F. S. Ponsonby Ulysses Burgh Henry Prittie Kilmarnock Kingston 1835 1800 1826 1811 Langdale 1831 1767 Lauderdale 1786 1811 1615 1790 Leigh 1790 1775 Lilford 1822 1788 Lismore 1800 1775 James Abercromby 1839 1776 Loftus Chas. A. Murray [E. Dunmore, Sc.] 1831 1841 Lovat Edw. W. Plunkett Geo Talbot Rice 1461 1773 Lovell & Holl. 1780 1765 1841 1797 Lurgan 1806 1773 Lyndhurst 1756 1799 Lyttleton 1826 1798 Manners Maryborough [E. Fife, Ire.] 1827 1776 A. James Plunkett Erskine Farnham Feversham Fife Fingall Fisherwick [E. Fingall, Ire.] 1831 1791 Melbourne George H. Chichester [E. Belfast, Ire.] 1790 1797 [E. Clare, Ire.] 1799 1792 Thos. Henry Foley J. G. W. Forester Wm. H. T. Pery Meldrum Melrose 1776 1808 Mendip 1821 1801 1821 Metcalfe [E Limerick, Ire.] 1815 1812 Methuen P. C. S. Smythe Strafford John Byng 1835 Petre [V. Strangford, Ire ]1 25 1780 Stuart 1603 1793 1796 1771 Stuart de Decies 1839 1803 1838 1798 1786 1813 J. G. B. Ponsonby Sundridge and [E. Bessboro', Ire.] 174 1809 Hamilton Francis Stuart [E. Moray, Sc.] H. Villiers-Stuart C. Hanbury-Tracy J. D. E. H. Campbell [D. Argyll, Sc.] 1766 1777 William O'Brien [M. Thomond, Ire.] 1826 [M. Waterford, Ire ] 1786 1811 1797 1828 Vaux of [E. Roseberry, Sc.] 1828 1783 [E. Glasgow, Sc.] 1815 1792 1796 1794 Wenlock [E. of Wemyss, Sc.] 1821 1772 [E. Balcarres, Sc.] 1826 17 3 [E. Courtown, Ire.] 1835 1829 1798 To obviate the difficulty of finding the names of those Scotch and Irish Peers who sit in Parliament under English Titles, but who are commonly addressed by their higher Scotch or Irish Titles, the following list is subjoined : Aberdeen, E., see Gordon Argyll, D., see Sundridge Athol, D., see Strange Drogheda, M., яee Moore Londonderry, M., see Vane Mornington, E., see Maryborough |