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 Portland Grenville Wm. S. Cavendish 1799 1771 + Bandon James Bernard 1800 1785 1772 1790 1801 1774 1682 1792 Bradford Buckinghamsh'e 1822 1797 Burlington Charlemont †Charleville G. Spenc.-Churchill 1702 1793 Carnarvon Richmond St Albans Sutherland Henry George John R. Pindar T. M. Fitzhardinge 1679 G A.F.H.Bridgeman 1815 1789 G. R. H. Hampden 1815 1779 1746 1789 18311 08 1800 1783 James D. Alexander 1800 1812 George Howard 1661 1797 1661 1773 H. J. G Herbert 1793 1800 Chichester Henry T. Pelham 1801 1804 G. W. F. Villiers 1776 1800 Coventry Cowper Craven William Craven 1801 1809 Churchill Clanbrassil Clanwilliam Clements Clifford Clifton Clinton †Clonbrock Cloncurry Colborne Born. Rob. John Carington 1797 1796 Gage Richard Boyle Gardner [E. Shannon, Ire.] 1786 1809 Gifford 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 Grey of Groby [E. of Meath, Ire.] 1831 1772 Grinstead Francis Geo. Spencer 1815 1802 Robert Jocelyn Hamilton [E. of Roden, Ire.] 1821 1788 Harris R. C. F. Meade Hastings [E. of Clanrim, Ire.]1 8 1795 Hatherton Nathaniel Clements 1831 1768 Hawke Hugh Chas. Clifford 1672 1790 Hay John Stuart Bligh [E. of Darnley, Ire.] 1608 1827 Heytesbury Chas. R. Trefusis 1299 1791 Holland Robert Dillon 1790 1807 Hopetown Val. B. Lawless 1831 1773 Howard de WalN.W.Ridl.-Colborne 1839 1779 den Charles Abbot John Colville John Vesey Parnell Chas. C. Pepys Henry Wellesley Hungerford Crewe Edward Crofton Thomas Brand Colchester *Colville Congleton Cottenham Cowley Crewe †Crofton Dacre Dalhousie Defreyne Delamere W. F. S. Ponsonby Ulysses Burgh Henry Prittie Kingston 1835 1800 1826 1811 Langdale 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 [E. Fingall, Ire.] 1831 1791 Melbourne George H. Chichester Feversham Fife Fingall Fisherwick Marq. Donegall and [E. Belfast, Ire.] 1790 1797 [E. Clare, Ire.] 1799 1792 Meldrum Melrose [E. Limerick, Ire.] 1815 1812 Methuen To obviate the difficulty of finding the names of those Scotch and Irish Peers who sit in Parliament under English Tilles, 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 Balcarras, E., see Wigan Do oughmore, E., see Hutchinson Drogheda, M., see Moore Enniskillen, E., see Grimstead Londonderry, M., see Vane Mornington, E., see Maryborough |