This is a list of Members of the United Kingdom House of Lords who were born, live or lived in

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. This list does not include hereditary peers whose only parliamentary service was in the House of Lords prior to the passage of the

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, and who lost their seats under that Act. Nor does it include those in the

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, who have never had an automatic right to a seat in the

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at Westminster. There is no such thing as the ''Peerage of Northern Ireland'' and peers do not represent geographic areas as such. Some do, however, choose titles which reflect geographical localities, e.g. Lord Kilclooney; this is, however, entirely nominal.

Current members

Living former members

* The Duke of Abercorn former Ulster Unionist Westminster MP * The Lord Glentoran, elected hereditary peer, son and grandson of Ulster Unionist Stormont MPs * The Baroness Paisley of St. George's, Vice-president of the Democratic Unionist Party, widow of Lord Bannside * The Lord Carswell, former

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and Law Lord

Deceased members

* The 4th Duke of Abercorn, member of the

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. * The Lord Ballyedmond, businessman and member of the

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. Previously, he sat as a

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil (, ; meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party ( ga, audio=ga-Fianna Fáil.ogg, Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a conservative and Christian- ...

senator in

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in Dublin. * The Lord Bannside,

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and founding leader of the

Democratic Unionist Party The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a unionist, loyalist, and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley, who led the party for the next 37 years. Currently led by J ...

(DUP). * The Lord Blease, trade unionist and one-time member of the

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* The Baroness Blood Trade unionist and women's campaigner * The 1st Viscount Brookeborough,

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, leader of the

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* The 2nd Viscount Brookeborough, Ulster Unionist Stormont MP * The Lord Cooke of Islandreagh, member of the

* The 1st Viscount Craigavon, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party * The 4th Lord Dunleath, Alliance Party Stormont MP. * The Lord Faulkner of Downpatrick, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Chief Executive of Northern Ireland, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party * The Lord Fitt, founder leader of the

Social Democratic and Labour Party The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ( ga, Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is a social-democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has eight members in the Northern Ireland ...

(SDLP) * The 1st Lord Glentoran, Ulster Unionist Stormont MP. * The 2nd Lord Glentoran, Ulster Unionist Stormont MP. * The Lord Hutton, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and

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* The Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore,

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, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and Law Lord * The Lord Laird, chairman of the

Ulster-Scots Agency The Ulster-Scots Agency (''Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch'') is a cross-border body for Ireland which seeks to "promote the study, conservation and development of Ulster-Scots as a living language, to encourage and develop the full range of its atten ...

and Stormont MP * The Lord Lowry,

* The Lord MacDermott, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland * Lord Mawhinney,

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and Minister of State for Health * The Lord McConnell, Ulster Unionist Stormont MP * The Lord Molyneaux of Killead, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party * The Lord Moyola, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and Ulster Unionist leader. * The Lord O'Neill of the Maine, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party. * The 1st Lord Rathcavan, Ulster Unionist Westminster and Stormont MP. * The 2nd Lord Rathcavan, Ulster Unionist and, later, Alliance Party politician. * The 27th Baroness de Ros, ''

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'' peeress. * The Lord Smith of Clifton, Liberal Democrat spokesman on Northern Ireland * The Lord Steinberg, businessman and member of the Conservative Party * The Lord Trimble First Minister of Northern Ireland, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party. * The 5th Duke of Westminster, Ulster Unionist Westminster MP.

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