In 1604, the Baron le Despencer case was the first peerage abeyance ever settled ; the second was at the Restoration in 1660.

It was entirely possible for a peerage to remain in abeyance for centuries.

In 1876 Disraeli was raised to the peerage as the Earl of Beaconsfield, capping nearly four decades in the House of Commons.

As his ship was readied for battle, Nelson held a final dinner with Vanguard < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s officers, announcing as he rose: " Before this time tomorrow I shall have gained a peerage or Westminster Abbey ," in reference to the rewards of victory or the traditional burial place of British military heroes.

Coat of arms of the Earl Attlee | Earls Attlee He retired from the Commons and was elevated to the peerage to take his seat in the House of Lords as Earl Attlee and Viscount Prestwood on 16 December 1955.

Upon his father succeeding to the family peerage in 1987, he was henceforth known as The Hon.

The dukedom was created in 1702 by Queen Anne ; John Churchill, whose wife was a favourite of the queen, had earlier been made Lord Churchill of Eyemouth in the Scottish peerage ( 1682 ), which became extinct with his death, and Earl of Marlborough ( 1689 ) by King William III.

In 1866 Bulwer-Lytton was raised to the peerage as Baron Lytton.

Lord Lytton held that seat until 1866, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lytton of Knebworth in the County of Hertford.

Bacon continued to use his influence with the king to mediate between the throne and Parliament and in this capacity he was further elevated in the same peerage, as Viscount St Alban, on 27 January 1621.

In 1682 he was made Lord Chancellor of Scotland, and was created, on 13 November, Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Formartine, and Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie, in the Scottish peerage, being appointed also Sheriff Principal of Aberdeenshire and Midlothian.

In 1873 Bruce relinquished the home secretaryship, at Gladstone's request, to become Lord President of the Council, and was raised to the peerage as Baron Aberdare, of Duffryn in the County of Glamorgan, on 23 August that year.

Further, as a reward for his leadership in North Africa and Italy, Alexander, along with a number of other prominent British Second World War military leaders, was elevated to the peerage on 1 March 1946 by King George VI ; he was created Viscount Alexander of Tunis and Errigal in the County of Donegal.

He was raised to the peerage as Baron Abinger, of Abinger in the County of Surrey and of the City of Norwich, in 1835, taking his title from the Surrey estate he had bought in 1813.

" When his peerage was first announced, he said, " It will give me the opportunity ... to contribute to the national debate on issues like higher education, research, Europe and foreign policy.

Kinnock was a long-time critic of the House of Lords, and his acceptance of a peerage led him to be accused of hypocrisy, by Will Self, among others.

Still, Richard Bennett was in 1941, six years after he stepped down as prime minister, elevated to the peerage by King George VI as Viscount Bennett, of Mickleham in the County of Surrey and of Calgary and Hopewell in the Dominion of Canada.

Formerly, the peerage bestowed was usually an earldom ( which was always hereditary ), with Churchill offered a dukedom.

Until the mid-1930s, the Prime Minister of Japan was normally granted a title in the peerage ( kazoku ) usually just prior to entering office if he had not already been ennobled.

The peerage was abolished by the Supreme Commander Allied Powers in October 1947.

Hogg was the first to return to the House of Lords as a life peer after having disclaimed an hereditary peerage.

* Trevor Oswin Lewis, 4th Baron Merthyr, 4th Bt-who also disclaimed his peerage 1977

Later that year, Douglas Hogg inherited the peerage his father ( Quintin Hogg ) had disclaimed, but did not have to disclaim it himself to continue sitting in the House of Commons.

He disclaimed the peerage in 1963 on the day the Peerage Act 1963 passed into law and made it possible for him to do so.

He inherited the Viscountcy on 12 October 2001 upon the death of his father who had disclaimed that title for life in 1963, but who later accepted a life peerage in 1970 ; he is the grandson of Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham, also a former Lord Chancellor.

the title is held by his younger brother, who succeeded to the disclaimed peerage in 2001.

When the third Baron disclaimed the title in 2002, the barony of Silkin became the first peerage ever to be disclaimed twice.

However, he disclaimed the peerage for life the same year.

His grandson, the fourth Baron ( who succeeded his uncle in the title ), disclaimed the peerage on 7 April 1964.

He disclaimed the peerage for life on 26 April 1977, three weeks after succeeding his father.

His only son, the second Baron, disclaimed the peerage for life in 1972.

Of his three sons, his eldest, Arthur, a civil servant, disclaimed the peerage.

Samuel's son Christopher also disclaimed the hereditary peerage on the death of his uncle Arthur in 2001, the first time a peerage has been disclaimed twice.

His son, the second Baron, disclaimed the peerage ten days after his succession in 1975.

It occurred briefly in 1963, when Alec Douglas-Home was appointed Prime Minister: he disclaimed his peerage on 23 October, and was not returned to the Commons until a by-election on 7 November.

Lord Fraser of Allander's son, the second Baron, disclaimed the peerage for life in 1966.

If the daughter is an only child or her sisters are deceased and have no living issue, she ( or her heir ) is vested with the title ; otherwise, since a peerage cannot be shared nor divided, the dignity goes into abeyance between the sisters or their heirs, and is held by no one.

Although required by the tenets of constitutional monarchy to be non-partisan while in office, governors were frequently former politicians, many being members of the House of Lords by virtue of their peerage.

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* 1999 – The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.

In the 1960s, inspired by Screamin ' Jay Hawkins, he changed his stage name to " Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow ", despite having no connection with the peerage.

* 1264 – In the Peerage of England, the title Baron de Ros, the oldest continuously held peerage title in England, is created by writ of summons.

Although required by the tenets of constitutional monarchy to be nonpartisan while in office, governors general were frequently former politicians ; a number held seats in the House of Lords by virtue of their inclusion in the peerage.

Like Tony Benn ( a personal friend despite political differences, whose peerage Powell helped to renounce so that Benn remain in the Commons ), he was seen by supporters as putting conscience and duty to his constituents before loyalty to his party or the sake of his career.

Powell's speeches and TV interviews throughout his political life displayed a suspicion towards " the Establishment " in general, and by the 1980s there was a regular expectation that he would make some sort of speech or act in a way designed to upset the government and ensure he would not be offered a life peerage ( and thus be transferred to the House of Lords ), which, some believe, had not any intention of accepting so long as Edward Heath sat in the Commons.

On 17 February 1332, Philip VI bestowed it on his son John the Good, who, when he became king in turn ( 22 August 1350 ), gave the countship to his second son Louis I, raising it to a duchy in the peerage of France by letters patent of 25 October 1360.

* In the Peerage of England, the title Baron de Ros, the oldest continuously held peerage title in England, is created by writ of summons.

At the same time, Edward expanded the ranks of the peerage upwards, by introducing the new title of duke for close relatives of the king.

However, when a woman marries a prince who does not hold a peerage, she is known as HRH Princess husband's Christian name, followed by whatever territorial or titular designation.

He was promptly rewarded by being removed from that House by being given a peerage.

Currently a few hereditary peers, who are elected to represent the others, also retain the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords, only 90 members sitting by virtue of a hereditary peerage remain.