Coronet of a baron - link to home page United Kingdom peerage creations 1801 to 2024: a list compiled by David Beamish

Peerage creations from 1880: table showing peerage creation numbers by administration



  Total A H H:I H:S L L:H P X Days
Gladstone (2) 34 1 20 5 4     3 1 1887
Salisbury (1) 14 12 1     1 223
Gladstone (3) 9 7 1     1 174
Salisbury (2) 48 3 35 2 1     6 1 2213
Gladstone (4) 9 1 8     567
Rosebery 11 2 7     2 477
Salisbury (3) 62 2 40 2 1     12 5 2573
Balfour 23 1 17         5   1242
Campbell-Bannerman 21 1 20             854
Asquith 99 5 76 4 1     13   3166
Lloyd George 115 1 90 1       23   2146
Bonar Law 11   7         4   211
Baldwin (1) 8 1 6         1   245
MacDonald (1) 6   5         1   287
Baldwin (2) 50 3 34 1       11 1 1674
MacDonald (2) 77 3 67 1       6   2193
Baldwin (3) 36 2 27         5 2 721
Chamberlain 27 2 21         4   1078
Churchill (1) 66 2 58         6   1903
Attlee 104 9 84 1       10   2283
Churchill (2) 44 3 31 2 1     6 1 1258
Eden 22   18         4   645
Macmillan 108 7 46     46 1 7 1 2473
Douglas-Home 32 3 12     16   1   363
Wilson (1) 131 2 6     122   1   2072
Heath 61 3       58       1354
Wilson (2) 83 3       80       763
Callaghan 60 2       58       1124
Thatcher 216 11 4     201       4226
Major 171 11       160       2347
Blair 386 11 1     357 17     3708
Brown 36 2       34       1049
Cameron 246 N/A 1     243 2     2255
May 45 N/A 1     43   1 1106
Johnson 87 N/A     87   1140
Truss 30 N/A     29 1 49
Sunak 31 N/A     30 1† 506*
  Total A H H:I H:S L L:H P X Days

Peerage types are as follows:

ALife peerage under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 (repealed with effect from 1 October 2009)
HHereditary peerage
H:IHereditary peerage conferred on a holder of a peerage of Ireland
H:S  Hereditary peerage conferred on a holder of a peerage of Scotland
LLife peerage under the Life Peerages Act 1958, or before 1958 under the royal prerogative
L:HLife peerage under the Life Peerages Act 1958 conferred on a hereditary peer
PPromotion in the peerage of a hereditary peer
XAdditional (eXtra) peerage, not being a promotion, conferred on a hereditary peer

The column headed "Days" shows the length in days of each administration. Dates of administrations are shown on a separate page.

† Promotion to a peerage for life (Duke of Edinburgh)

* to 14 March 2024

Last updated: 15 March 2024.

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