List Of Life Peerages (1979–1997)
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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. Life peers are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister. With the exception of the D ...
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 B ...
created under the
Life Peerages Act 1958 The Life Peerages Act 1958 ( 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 21) established the modern standards for the creation of life peers by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. Background This Act was passed during the Conservative governments of 1957–1964, when H ...
from 1979 to 1997, during the tenures of the Conservative
prime ministers A prime minister 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. A prime minister is not the head of state, but rat ...
Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013), was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of th ...
and
John Major Sir John Major (born 29 March 1943) is a British retired politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. Following his defeat to Ton ...
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Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990)

‡ former MP
# former MEP


John Major (1990–1997)

‡ former MP
# former MEP


See also

*
List of life peerages {{UK Peerages, barn More than 1,600 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 Dou ...
(complete list of life peerages granted since 1958) * List of hereditary peers in the House of Lords by virtue of a life peerage


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