This is a list of life

peerage A peerage is a legal system historically comprising various hereditary titles (and sometimes non-hereditary titles) in a number of countries, and composed of assorted noble ranks. Peerages include: Australia * Australian peers Belgium * Be ...

s 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

Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 The Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 ( 39 & 40 Vict c 59) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the judicial functions of the House of Lords by allowing senior judges to sit in the House of Lords as life peers, known as ...

. On 1 October 2009, the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 was repealed by Schedule 18 to the

Constitutional Reform Act 2005 The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c 4) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, relevant to UK constitutional law. It provides for a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom to take over the previous appellate jurisdiction of the Law L ...

owing to the creation of the

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ( initialism: UKSC or the acronym: SCOTUK) is the final court of appeal in the United Kingdom for all civil cases, and for criminal cases originating in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. As the Unite ...

. As a result, the power to create law life peers lapsed, although the validity of life peerages created thereunder remains intact.

1870s

‡ former MP

1880s

‡ former MP

1890s

‡ former MP

1900s

‡ former MP

1910s

‡ former MP

1920s

‡ former MP

1930s

1940s

‡ former MP

1950s

‡ former MP

1960s

‡ former MP

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Law life peers subsequently created hereditary peers

Other peers who served as Law Lords

Hereditary peers

Peers created under the Life Peerages Act 1958

List of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary

This is a complete list of people who have been appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary under the terms of the

. On 1 October 2009, the Lords Appeal in Ordinary became the first

Justices A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ...

of the

. Those appointees who were not already members of the

House of Lords The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment, heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminst ...

were created

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 ...

s; for their titles see above. Initially it was intended that peers created in this way would only sit in the

while serving their term as judges, but in 1887 (on the retirement of Lord Blackburn) the

Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1887 In law, an appeal is the process in which cases are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision. Appeals function both as a process for error correction as well as a process of clarifying and ...

provided that former judges would retain their seats for life. Under the terms of the

, which transferred the

judicial functions of the House of Lords Whilst the House of Lords of the United Kingdom is the upper chamber of Parliament and has government ministers, it for many centuries had a judicial function. It functioned as a court of first instance for the trials of peers, for Impeachment i ...

to the new Supreme Court, previous Law Lords who were transferred to the Supreme Court do not have the right to speak and vote in the House until they leave office.Constitutional Reform Act 2005, section 137
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References

Notes

Citations

Sources

* Chris Cook and Brendan Keith, ''British Historical Facts 1830–1900'', Macmillan, 1975 * David Butler and Gareth Butler, ''Twentieth-Century British Political Facts 1900–2000'', Macmillan, 2000 * Sir John Sainty, "The Judges of England 1272–1990", Selden Society 1993

External links

United Kingdom peerage creations 1801 to 2011 - "Chronological list 1801–2011"
(David Beamish)

(David Beamish) * ttp://www.peerages.info/lawlords.htm United Kingdom peerage creations 1801 to 2011 - "Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876–2009"(David Beamish) {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Law Life Peerages Law life peerages Law life peerages

1870s

1880s

1890s

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Law life peers subsequently created hereditary peers

Other peers who served as Law Lords

Hereditary peers

Peers created under the Life Peerages Act 1958

List of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary

See also

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