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By-elections To The House Of Lords
By-elections to the House of Lords occur when vacancies arise among seats assigned to hereditary peers due to death, resignation, or disqualification. Candidates for these by-elections are limited to holders of hereditary peerages, and their electorates are made up of sitting Lords; in most cases the electorate are those sitting hereditary peers of the same party affiliation as the departed peer. Overview Following the enactment of the House of Lords Act 1999, the number of hereditary peers entitled to sit in the House of Lords was reduced to ninety-two. The Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain were entitled to sit ''ex officio''; the remaining ninety were elected by all the hereditary peers before the passing of the reform. Before the passing of the 1999 Act, the Lords approved a Standing Order stating that the remaining hereditary peers shall consist of: * 2 peers to be elected by the Labour hereditary peers * 42 peers to be elected by the Conservative hereditary p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hereditary Peer
The hereditary peers form part of the peerage in the United Kingdom. As of April 2025, there are 800 hereditary peers: 30 dukes (including six royal dukes), 34 marquesses, 189 earls, 108 viscounts, and 439 barons (not counting subsidiary titles). As a result of the Peerage Act 1963, all peers except those in the peerage of Ireland were entitled to sit in the House of Lords. Since the House of Lords Act 1999 came into force only 92 hereditary peers, elected from all hereditary peers, are permitted to do so, unless they are also life peers. Peers are called to the House of Lords with a writ of summons. Not all hereditary titles are titles of the peerage. For instance, baronets and baronetesses may pass on their titles, but they are not peers. Conversely, the holder of a non-hereditary title may belong to the peerage, as with life peers. Peerages may be created by means of letters patent, but the granting of new hereditary peerages has largely dwindled; only seven hered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater
Nicholas James Christopher Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater (born 9 January 1942), is a British hereditary peer and former member of the House of Lords who sat as a Conservative. He succeeded his great-grandfather in the viscountcy of Ullswater in 1949, being one of very few peers to have succeeded a great-grandfather in a title. He served as a whip and a minister under Margaret Thatcher and John Major between 1989 and 1995 culminating in serving as the Minister of State for Housing from 1994 to 1995. Early life Lowther was the son of John Lowther (1910–1942), and Priscilla Lambert (1917–1945). His father was secretary to HRH The Duke of Kent, who served as best man at their 1937 wedding. His father died alongside the Duke in the Dunbeath air crash. Lowther was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Political career Lowther was made a Lord-in-waiting (whip) in January 1989 by Margaret Thatcher before becoming Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl Of Cranbrook
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook, (born 20 June 1933), styled Lord Medway until 1978, is a British zoologist, biologist, naturalist, and peer. Since 1956, he has been active in the fields of ornithology, mammalogy, and zooarchaeology, and has influenced research and education in Southeast Asia. His career focus was on swiftlets and other small Southeast Asian birds, as well as on mammals, including orangutans. He is the author of ''Wild Mammals of South-East Asia'' (1986), ''Wonders of nature in South-East Asia'' (1997) and ''Swiftlets of Borneo: Builders of Edible Nests'' (2002) and ''Key Environments: Malaysia'' (2013), which had a foreword from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Early life and career Cranbrook was born in London, the eldest child of John Gathorne-Hardy, 4th Earl of Cranbrook, an archaeologist and also a zoologist, and his second wife, Fidelity Seebohm, daughter of Hugh Exton Seebohm and sister of Lord Seebohm. He was educated at Eton Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Brentford
Viscount Brentford, of Newick in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1929 for the Conservative politician Sir William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Baronet, chiefly remembered for his tenure as Home Secretary from 1924 to 1929. He had already been created a baronet, of Holmsbury, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, on 20 September 1919. His younger son, the third Viscount, was also a Conservative politician. On 29 January 1956, two years before he succeeded his elder brother in the viscountcy, he was created a baronet, of Newick. the titles are held by the third Viscount's son, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded in 1983. He is a retired solicitor and has served as the president of the Church Society. The family seat is Cousley Place, near Wadhurst, East Sussex. Viscounts Brentford (1929) *William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford (1865–1932) * Richard Cecil Joynson-Hicks, 2nd Viscount Brentford (1896–1958) * Lancelot W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Norrie
Baron Norrie, of Wellington in New Zealand and of Hawkesbury Upton in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 August 1957 for Sir Willoughby Norrie upon his retirement as Governor-General of New Zealand. the title is held by his eldest son, the second Baron, who succeeded in 1977. Barons Norrie (1957) * (Charles) Willoughby Moke Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie (1893–1977) * George Willoughby Moke Norrie, 2nd Baron Norrie (b. 1936) The heir apparent An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the birth of a more e ... is the present holder's son Hon. Mark Willoughby John Norrie (b. 1972) The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Archie Michael George Norrie (b. 2001) Line of Succession * ''Lt.-Gen. Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, 1st Baron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Cathcart, 7th Earl Cathcart
Charles Alan Andrew Cathcart, the 7th Earl Cathcart (born 30 November 1952), styled Lord Greenock until 1999, is a Scottish peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords and Chief of the Name and Arms of Clan Cathcart. Early life Cathcart was born on 30 November 1952. He is the only son of Alan Cathcart, 6th Earl Cathcart and the former Rosemary Clare Marie Gabrielle Smyth-Osborne. After his mother's death, his father married Marie, Lady Weldon. Cathcart was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public school in Berkshire. Having attended the Mons Officer Cadet School, he was commissioned in the Scots Guards, British Army, as a second lieutenant on 5 August 1972. On 2 March 1975, he was moved to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, thereby ending his period of active service. He ceased to belong to the reserve on 5 August 1980. Career Lord Cathcart was an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He succeeded to the title Earl Cathcart upon the de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Weir
Viscount Weir, of Eastwood in the County of Renfrew, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 25 June 1938 for the Scottish businessman, public servant, politician and former President of the Air Council, William Weir, 1st Baron Weir. He had already been created Baron Weir, of Eastwood in the County of Renfrew, on 26 June 1918, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1975. The family previously owned Montgreenan Estate, near Torranyard, Ayrshire. Viscounts Weir (1938) * William Douglas Weir, 1st Viscount Weir (1877–1959) * James Kenneth Weir, 2nd Viscount Weir FRSE (1905–1975) * William Kenneth James Weir, 3rd Viscount Weir (b. 1933) The heir apparent An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Trenchard, 3rd Viscount Trenchard
Hugh Trenchard, 3rd Viscount Trenchard, (born 12 March 1951), is a British soldier and businessman. In 1987, he succeeded to his father's titles. He is one of the ninety hereditary peers in the House of Lords, elected to sit after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, sitting as a Conservative. Background The son of the 2nd Viscount Trenchard and Patricia Bailey, he was educated at Eton College in Berkshire and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1973. Trenchard served in the 4th Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets from 1972 to 1980, reaching the rank of Captain. In 2006, he became Honorary Air Commodore of 600 (City of London) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force. He is a Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire since 2006, and a Lieutenant of the City of London since 2016. He was appointed Senior Adviser to Her Majesty's Government on Japanese Financial Services in 2018. Career Trenchard worked for Kleinwort Benson from 1973 to 1996, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan
Hugh Detmar Torrens O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan (born 14 June 1939), is a British hereditary peer and businessman who sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords from 1994 until 1999. He was educated at Eton College. O'Neill ran Lamont, a textile company in Northern Ireland, in the 1980s and was chairman of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board before taking on the Brasserie St Quentin in Knightsbridge Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park, London, Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End of London, West End. ... in 2002. Notes External links Debrett's People of Today References 1939 births Living people People educated at Eton College 3 High sheriffs of Antrim Crossbench hereditary peers Rathcavan O'Neill dynasty {{UK-baron-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Trench, 9th Earl Of Clancarty
Nicholas Power Richard Le Poer Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty, 8th Marquess of Heusden (born 1 May 1952), is an Anglo-Irish hereditary peer, as well as a nobleman in the Dutch nobility. Lord Clancarty serves as an elected Crossbench hereditary peer in the British House of Lords. His earldom is in the Peerage of Ireland. Early life and education Lord Clancarty was born in Uxbridge on 1 May 1952, the only son of the Hon. Power Edward Ford Le Poer Trench, second son of William Trench, 5th Earl of Clancarty, from his second marriage. He was educated at Westminster School. He also studied at Ashford Grammar School, Plymouth Polytechnic (now University of Plymouth), the University of Colorado in Denver and the University of Sheffield. Membership of House of Lords In 1995 Clancarty succeeded to the earldom and other titles on the death of his childless uncle, Brinsley Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty. He took his seat in the House of Lords at this time as Viscount Clancarty, a title in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell
Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell (28 January 1947 – 12 July 2020) was a British hereditary peer. Life He was educated at Portsmouth University (BSc Mechanical Eng, 1971) and Thames Valley University. He succeeded to the title Baron Monkswell in 1984, and was a Member of the House of Lords from 1985 to 1999. He was a Labour Party Member of Manchester City Council from 1989 to 1994. Lord Monkswell was an unsuccessful candidate in by-elections to the House of Lords in 2003, 2005, and 2011. He died on 12 July 2020 at the age of 73. References 1947 births 2020 deaths Alumni of the University of Portsmouth 5 Gerard Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other Germanic name, early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful ... Labour Party (UK) hereditary peers Monkswell {{UK-baron-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Meston, 3rd Baron Meston
James Meston, 3rd Baron Meston (born 10 February 1950) is a British hereditary peer, a lawyer, and a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Legal career Before succeeding to his family title, the Hon. James Meston (as he then was) was called to the Bar in 1973 and practiced as a barrister until 1999, mainly in family law. He took silk in 1996. Lord Meston was then a Circuit Judge in the Central Family Court from 2000 to 2020, known under the judicial title 'His Honour James Meston KC'. After he retired, he continued to sit as a deputy circuit judge. His chambers are in the Queen Elizabeth Building in Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court entitled to Call to the bar, call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple (with whi .... House of Lords Lord Meston succeeded to his family title in 1984, and sat in the House of Lords, as a member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
