This is a list of
life peer
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. In modern times, life peerages, always created at the rank of baron, are created under the Life Peerages ...
ages in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great ...
created under the
Life Peerages Act 1958 from the time the Act came into effect to 1979, grouped by
prime minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...
. During this period there were five prime ministers: three Conservatives,
Harold Macmillan
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative statesman and politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Caricatured as " Supermac", ...
,
Alec Douglas-Home
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (; 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), styled as Lord Dunglass between 1918 and 1951 and being The 14th Earl of Home from 1951 till 1963, was a British Conservative politician who s ...
, and
Edward Heath
Sir Edward Richard George Heath (9 July 191617 July 2005), often known as Ted Heath, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Heath a ...
, and two from the Labour Party,
Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...
(who served twice) and
James Callaghan
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, ( ; 27 March 191226 March 2005), commonly known as Jim Callaghan, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980. Callaghan is ...
.
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Harold Macmillan (1958–1963)
‡ former MP
# former MEP
Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964)
‡ former MP
Harold Wilson (1964–1970)
‡ former MP
# former MEP
Edward Heath (1970–1974)
‡ former MP
# former MEP
Harold Wilson (1974–1976)
‡ former MP
# former MEP
James Callaghan (1976–1979)
‡ former MP
# former MEP
See also
*
List of life peerages
More than 1,500 life peerages have been created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom under the Life Peerages Act 1958.
*List of life peerages (1958–1979)
**Created under the premierships of Harold Macmillan, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Harold Wils ...
(complete list of life peerages granted since 1958)
*
List of hereditary peers in the House of Lords by virtue of a life peerage
References
Notes
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Life Peerages (1958-1979)
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
1950s in the United Kingdom
1960s in the United Kingdom
1970s in the United Kingdom