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 females.

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:

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

Subsidiary title

Title	Creation	Other dukedom or higher titles
Duke of Cornwall	1337	Usually Prince of Wales as the heir to the British throne; Duke of Rothesay in the Peerage of Scotland
Duke of Norfolk^[a]	1483
Duke of Somerset	1547
Duke of Richmond	1675	Duke of Gordon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; Duke of Lennox in the Peerage of Scotland; Duke of Aubigny in the Peerage of France
Duke of Grafton	1675
Duke of Beaufort	1682
Duke of St Albans	1684
Duke of Bedford	1694
Duke of Devonshire	1694
Duke of Marlborough	1702
Duke of Rutland	1703

Marquesses in the Peerage of England

Subsidiary title

Title	Creation	Other marquessate or higher titles
Marquess of Winchester^[b]	1551
Marquess of Worcester	1643	Duke of Beaufort in the Peerage of England
Marquess of Tavistock	1694	Duke of Bedford in the Peerage of England
Marquess of Hartington	1694	Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England
Marquess of Blandford	1702	Duke of Marlborough in the Peerage of England
Marquess of Granby	1703	Duke of Rutland in the Peerage of England

Earls in the Peerage of England

Subsidiary title
Holds more than one earldom in the Peerage of England

Title	Creation	Other earldom or higher titles
Earl of Shrewsbury^[c]	1442	Earl Talbot in the Peerage of Great Britain; Earl of Waterford in the Peerage of Ireland
Earl of Derby	1485
Earl of Huntingdon	1529
Earl of Pembroke	1551	Earl of Montgomery in Peerage of England
Earl of Devon	1553
Earl of Lincoln	1572
Earl of Suffolk	1603	Earl of Berkshire in Peerage of England
Earl of Exeter	1605	Marquess of Exeter in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Salisbury	1605	Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain
Earl of Montgomery	1605	Held with the Earl of Pembroke in Peerage of England
Earl of Northampton	1618	Marquess of Northampton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl of Denbigh	1622?	Earl of Desmond in the Peerage of Ireland
Earl of Westmorland	1624
Earl of Manchester	1626	Duke of Manchester in the Peerage of Great Britain
Earl of Berkshire	1626	Held with the Earl of Suffolk in Peerage of England
Earl of Lindsey	1626	Earl of Abingdon in Peerage of England
Earl of Winchilsea	1628	Earl of Nottingham in Peerage of England
Earl of Sandwich	1660
Earl of Essex	1661
Earl of Carlisle	1661
Earl of Doncaster	1663	Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland
Earl of Shaftesbury	1672
Earl of Nottingham	1681	Held with the Earl of Winchilsea in Peerage of England
Earl of Abingdon	1682	Held with the Earl of Lindsey in Peerage of England
Earl of Portland	1689
Earl of Scarbrough	1690
Earl of Albemarle	1697
Earl of Coventry	1697
Earl of Jersey	1697?
Earl of Cholmondeley	1706	Marquess of Cholmondeley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Viscounts in the Peerage of England

Subsidiary title

Title	Creation	Other viscountcy or higher titles
Viscount Hereford^[d]	1550
Viscount Townshend	1682	Marquess Townshend in the Peerage of Great Britain
Viscount Weymouth	1682	Marquess of Bath in the Peerage of Great Britain

Barons and baronesses in the Peerage of England

Subsidiary title
Holds more than one barony in the Peerage of England
Subsidiary title and holds more than one barony in the Peerage of England

Title	Creation	Other barony or higher titles
Baron de Ros^[e]	1264
Baron le Despencer	1264	Viscount Falmouth in the Peerage of Great Britain
Baron Mowbray	1283	Baron Segrave and Baron Stourton in Peerage of England
Baron Hastings	1295
Baron Furnivall	1295
Baron FitzWalter	1295
Baron Segrave	1295	Baron Mowbray and Baron Stourton in Peerage of England
Baron Clinton	1299
Baron De La Warr	1299	Earl De La Warr in the Peerage of Great Britain
Baron de Clifford	1299
The Baron Strange	1299	Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Held with Baron Hungerford and Baron de Moleyns in Peerage of England
Baron Zouche	1308
Baroness Willoughby de Eresby	1313
Baron Strabolgi	1318
Baroness Dacre	1321
Baron Darcy de Knayth	1332
Baron Cromwell	1375
Baron Camoys	1383
Baron Grey of Codnor	1397
Baron Berkeley	1421	Lord Gueterbock for Life in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Hungerford	1426	Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Held with Baron Strange and Baron de Moleyns in Peerage of England
Baron Latymer	1432
Baron Dudley	1440
Baron de Moleyns	1445	Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Held with Baron Strange and Baron Hungerford in Peerage of England
Baron Saye and Sele	1447
The Baron Stourton	1448	Baron Mowbray and Baron Segrave in Peerage of England
Baroness Berners	1455
Baron Herbert	1461
Baron Willoughby de Broke	1491
Baron Vaux of Harrowden	1523
Baroness Braye	1529
Baron Windsor	1529	Earl of Plymouth in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Burgh	1529
Baron Wharton	1544
Baron Howard of Effingham	1554	Earl of Effingham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron St John of Bletso	1559
Baron Howard de Walden	1597
Baron Petre	1603
Baron Clifton	1608	Earl of Darnley in the Peerage of Ireland
Baron Dormer	1615
Baron Teynham	1616
Baron Brooke	1621	Earl Brooke and Earl of Warwick in the Peerage of Great Britain
Baron Craven	1626	Earl of Craven in the Peerage of Great Britain
Baron Strange	1628
Baron Stafford	1640
Baron Byron	1643
Baron Ward	1644	Earl of Dudley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Lucas	1663
Baroness Arlington	1665
Baron Clifford of Chudleigh	1672
Baron Guilford	1683	Earl of Guilford in the Peerage of Great Britain
Baron Waldegrave	1683	Earl Waldegrave in the Peerage of Great Britain
Baron Barnard	1698
Baron Guernsey	1703	Earl of Aylesford in the Peerage of Great Britain
Baron Gower	1703	Duke of Sutherland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Conway	1703	Marquess of Hertford in the Peerage of Great Britain
Baron Hervey	1703	Marquess of Bristol in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Notes

↑ As Premier Duke of England
↑ As Premier Marquess of England
↑ As Premier Earl of England^[1]
↑ As Premier Viscount of England
↑ As Premier Baron of England

References

↑ "Debretts Peerage". debretts.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016.

[1] As Premier Duke of England

[2] As Premier Marquess of England

[4] As Premier Earl of England^[1]

[5] As Premier Viscount of England

[6] As Premier Baron of England

[3] "Debretts Peerage". debretts.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016.

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