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List Of Life Peerages (2024–present)
This is a list of life peerages in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 since 2024, during the tenure of Labour prime minister Sir Keir Starmer. __TOC__ Sir Keir Starmer (2024–present) ‡ Former MP # Former MEP Life peerages yet to be created * Sir Tim Barrow * Simon Case * Dame Katherine Grainger * Sharon White, Lady Chote See also * List of life peerages * List of hereditary peers in the House of Lords by virtue of a life peerage A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Life Peerages (2024-present) 2024-present 2020s in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Peer
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. Life peers are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister. With the exception of the Dukedom of Edinburgh awarded for life to Prince Edward in 2023, all life peerages conferred since 2009 have been created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 with the rank of baron, and entitle their holders to sit and vote in the House of Lords so long as they meet qualifications such as age and citizenship. The legitimate children of a life peer appointed under the Life Peerages Act 1958 are entitled to style themselves with the prefix "The Honourable", although they cannot inherit the peerage. Prior to 2009, life peers of baronial rank could also be created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 for senior judges, referred to as Law Lords, with functions then taken over by the new Supreme Court. Before 1887 The Crown, as '' foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hermer
Richard Simon Hermer, Baron Hermer, (born 1968) is a British barrister and life peer who has served as Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland since July 2024. Born in South Glamorgan, Hermer attended Cardiff High School. He went on to study politics and modern history at the University of Manchester and later pursued a legal career, being called to the bar in 1993. He joined Doughty Street Chambers in the same year and took silk in 2009, before leaving in 2012 to join Matrix Chambers. He later became the Chair of Matrix's Management Committee, and was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2019. He has worked on numerous Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Supreme Court cases, including ''Lungowe v Vedanta Resources plc'' and ''Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell plc''. He argued that Shamima Begum should have been allowed to return to the United Kingdom to participate in her appeal when he intervened for Liberty (advocacy group), Liberty in ''Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
