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'{{EngvarB|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Peerage Act 1963 | type = | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = An Act to authorise the disclaimer for life of certain hereditary peerages; to include among the peers qualified to sit in the House of Lords all peers in the peerage of Scotland and peeresses in their own right in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom; to remove certain disqualifications of peers in the peerage of Ireland in relation to the House of Commons and elections thereto; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | citation_auth = | year = | citation = 1963 c. 48 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = United Kingdom | si_made_date = | si_laid_date = | royal_assent = 31 July 1963 | commencement = 31 July 1963 | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | primary_legislation = | eu_directives = | amendments = {{plainlist| *[[Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974]] *[[House of Lords Act 1999]]}} | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = Amended | status_EW = | status_Scot = | status_IE = | status_NI = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/48/enacted | revised_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/48 | use_new_UK-LEG = yes | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = }} The '''Peerage Act 1963''' (c. 48) is an [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] that permitted women peeresses and all [[Peerage of Scotland|Scottish hereditary peers]] to sit in the [[House of Lords]], and which allows newly inherited [[hereditary peer]]ages to be disclaimed. ==Background== The Act resulted largely from the protests of [[Labour (UK)|Labour]] politician [[Tony Benn]], then the 2nd [[Viscount Stansgate]].<ref name="BBC_2005-07-14">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/82121.stm|title=Disclaiming a peerage|work=BBC News|publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]]|location=London |date=14 July 2005 |access-date=7 June 2008}}</ref> Under British law at the time, [[Peerage of the United Kingdom|peers of the United Kingdom]] (who met certain qualifications, such as age) were automatically members of the [[House of Lords]] and could not sit in or vote in elections for the other chamber, the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. When [[William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate|William Wedgwood Benn]], Tony Benn's father, agreed to accept the Viscountcy, he ascertained that the heir-apparent, his eldest son Michael, did not plan to enter the House of Commons. However, within a few years of the peerage being accepted, Michael Benn was killed in action in the [[World War II|Second World War]]. Tony Benn, his younger brother, became heir-apparent to the peerage and was elected to the House of Commons in 1950. Not wishing to leave it for the other House, he campaigned through the 1950s for a change in the law. In 1960, the 1st Viscount died and Tony Benn inherited the title, automatically losing his seat in the House of Commons as a member for the constituency of [[Bristol South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol South East]]. In the [[1961 Bristol South East by-election|ensuing by-election]], however, Benn was re-elected to the Commons, despite being disqualified. An [[election court]] [[Re Bristol South-East Parliamentary Election|ruled that he could not take his seat]], instead awarding it to the runner-up, the Conservative [[Malcolm St. Clair (UK politician)|Malcolm St Clair]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=How to lose a title |last=Zander |first=Michael, QC |author-link=Michael Zander |journal=New Law Journal |date=11 April 2014 |issue=7602 |url=http://www.newlawjournal.co.uk/nlj/content/how-lose-title |access-date=12 June 2015}}</ref> In 1963, the Conservative Government agreed to introduce a Peerage Bill, allowing individuals to disclaim peerages; it received Royal Assent on 31 July 1963.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43072 |date=2 August 1963 |pages=6533–6534 }}</ref> Tony Benn was the first peer to make use of the Act. St Clair, fulfilling a promise he had made at the time of taking his seat, accepted the office of [[Steward of the Manor of Northstead]] the previous day,<ref name="LG43072" /> thereby disqualifying himself from the House ([[resignation from the British House of Commons|outright resignation is prohibited]]), and Benn was then re-elected in Bristol South East at the ensuing by-election. ==Disclaiming peerages== To disclaim a hereditary peerage, the peer must deliver an instrument of disclaimer to the Lord Chancellor within one year of succeeding to the peerage, or within one year after the passage of the Act, or, if under the age of 21 at the time of succession, before the peer's 22nd birthday. If, at the time of succession, the peer is a member of the House of Commons, then the instrument must be delivered within one month of succession, and until such an instrument is delivered, the peer may neither sit nor vote in the lower House. Prior to the [[House of Lords Act 1999]], a hereditary peer could not disclaim a peerage after having applied for a [[Hereditary peer#Writs of summons|writ of summons]] to Parliament; now, however, hereditary peers do not have the automatic right to a writ of summons to the House. A peer who disclaims the peerage loses all titles, rights and privileges associated with the peerage; if they are married, so does their spouse. No further hereditary peerage may be conferred upon the person, but a life peerage may be. The peerage remains without a holder until the death of the peer who had made the disclaimer, when it descends to his or her heir in the usual manner. The one-year window after the passage of the Act soon proved to be of importance at the highest levels of British politics, after the resignation of [[Harold Macmillan]] as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] in October 1963. Two hereditary peers wished to be considered to replace him, but by this time [[Constitutional conventions of the United Kingdom|it was considered requisite]] that a Prime Minister sit in the Commons. [[Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham|The 2nd Viscount Hailsham]] and [[Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home|The 14th Earl of Home]] took advantage of the Act to disclaim their peerages, despite having inherited them in 1950 and 1951 respectively.<ref name="BBC_2005-07-14"/> [[Sir Alec Douglas-Home]], as Lord Home now became, was chosen as Prime Minister; both men later returned to the House of Lords as [[life peer]]s. Since the abolition in 1999 of the general right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords, and the consequent removal of the general disability of such peers to sit in or vote for the House of Commons, it is no longer necessary for hereditary peers to disclaim their peerages for this purpose. In 2001, [[John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso|The 3rd Viscount Thurso]] became the first British hereditary peer to be elected to the Commons and take his seat. 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. In 2004, [[Michael Ancram]] became [[Marquess of Lothian]] on the death of his father, and was also able to continue sitting as an MP. On their retirements from the House of Commons, Lord Lothian (formerly Lord Ancram) and Hogg entered the House of Lords as life peers, while Lord Thurso was elected as an excepted hereditary peer after losing reelection as an MP. Since the chief purpose for the Act ended in 1999, only one disclaimer has occurred — Christopher Silkin disclaimed the title 3rd [[Baron Silkin]] in 2002. The Act only applies to titles held in the [[Peerage of England]], the [[Peerage of Scotland]], the [[Peerage of Great Britain]], and the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. No provision was made by the Act for titles in the [[Peerage of Ireland]] to be disclaimed, as the entitlement of new Irish [[representative peer]]s to be elected to sit in the [[House of Lords]] was considered to have lapsed after [[Republic of Ireland|most of Ireland]] became independent as the [[Irish Free State]] in December 1922 (and the last surviving Irish representative peer had died in 1961). ==Other provisions== The Act granted Peers of Scotland the same right to sit in the House of Lords as Peers of England, Great Britain or the United Kingdom, thereby ending the election of [[Peers and Parliament|representative peer]]s, thereby increasing the number of Peers of Scotland in the Lords (who did not already sit as holder of another British peerage) from 16 to about 46.<ref name="Times">{{cite news |title=Election By Scots Peers |newspaper=The Times |location=London |date=7 October 1959 |page=14 |url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=wes_ttda&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&docId=CS235887943&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 |url-access=subscription }} There were 115 Peers of Scotland at the time of the last representatives' election in 1959, but most of these already sat in the Lords as they held another title in the Peerage of England, Great Britain or the United Kingdom. [[Peerage of Scotland]] lists only 45 exclusively-Scottish peers as of 2020, and the [[Earl of Breadalbane and Holland|Earldom of Breadalbane and Holland]] (plus subsidiary titles) was the only exclusively Scottish peerage to become dormant or extinct since 1963.</ref> An amendment that would have allowed Irish peers to sit in the House as well was defeated by ninety votes to eight. The Act removed the disqualification of Peers of Ireland, by virtue of an Irish peerage, to vote in elections for members of the House of Commons; and to sit in the British House of Commons without losing the privilege of peerage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/48/enacted/data.htm|title=Peerage Act 1963|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref> The Act also granted ''[[suo jure]]'' hereditary women peers (other than those in the Peerage of Ireland) the right to sit in the House of Lords, which introduced twelve new women to the House. This was not the first time that women were members of the House of Lords; the [[Life Peerages Act 1958]] allowed all life peers (men and women) to sit in the House. The [[Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale|2nd Baroness Ravensdale]] had already entered the Lords in 1958 through the receipt of a life peerage. The women who took their seats in the House after the Peerage Act 1963 and before the House of Lords Act 1999 were: ===Female Hereditary Peers=== ====Who took their seat==== {|class="wikitable sortable" |+<ref>{{cite web |url=https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/LLN-2018-0014 |title=Lords Membership: Lists of Current and Former Female Peers |date=30 January 2018 |website=parliament.uk |access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref> |- ! Title ! Name ! data-sort-type="date" | Date inherited Peerage ! data-sort-type="date" | Date took seat ! data-sort-type="date" | Date left House of Lords ! class="unsortable" | <abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> |- | data-sort-value="Strange" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Strange|The Baroness Strange of Knokin]] | [[Elizabeth Philipps, Viscountess St Davids]] | 23 February 1921 <ref name="Abeyance Terminated">Abeyance Terminated</ref> | 19 November 1963 | 12 December 1974 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1963-11-19/debates/49c64c2f-b302-4fab-874a-965cd1e382e5/BaronessStrangeOfKnokin|title=Baroness Strange Of Knokin - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Audley" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Audley|The Baroness Audley]] | Rosina MacNamee | 3 July 1963 | 20 November 1963 | 24 October 1973 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1963-11-20/debates/7ae69e62-9cdd-4bbb-a55a-2a632e2b1fd3/HouseOfLords|title=House Of Lords - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Beaumont" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Beaumont|The Baroness Beaumont]] | [[Mona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont|Mona Fitzalan-Howard, Baroness Howard of Glossop]] | 1 June 1896 <ref name="Abeyance Terminated"/> | 4 December 1963 | 31 August 1971 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1963-12-04/debates/445ba38a-bc9e-4043-9c66-78a061ce4a2b/BaronessBeaumont|title=Baroness Beaumont - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Kinloss" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Lord Kinloss|The Lady Kinloss]] | [[Mary Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss|Mary Freeman-Grenville]] | 17 October 1944 | 18 February 1964 | [[House of Lords Act 1999|11 November 1999]] | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1964-02-18/debates/0a757222-83a5-4df2-b5e5-18cac5d0982f/HouseOfLords|title=House Of Lords - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Erroll" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Earl of Erroll|The Countess of Erroll]] | [[Diana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll|Diana Hay]] | 24 January 1941 | 29 July 1964 | 16 May 1978 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1964-07-29/debates/c1913362-9d33-4102-8cd1-4aed8d51e6f7/HouseOfLords|title=House Of Lords - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Nairne" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Lord Nairne|The Lady Nairne]] | Katherine Bigham, Viscountess Mersey | 3 June 1927 | 27 October 1964 | 20 October 1995 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1964-10-27/debates/e448093c-0333-458a-b607-3e60b0545dd2/LeaveOfAbsence|title=Leave Of Absence - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Sempill" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Lord Sempill|The Lady Sempill]] | Ann Forbes-Sempill | 30 December 1965 | 19 July 1966 | 6 July 1995 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1966-07-19/debates/540347be-0ec2-4825-a137-74ed8a393ce6/HouseOfLords|title=House Of Lords - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Berkeley" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Berkeley|The Baroness Berkeley]] | [[Mary Foley-Berkeley, 17th Baroness Berkeley|Mary Foley-Berkeley]] | 5 April 1967 <ref name="Abeyance Terminated"/> | 10 May 1967 | 17 October 1992 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1967-05-10/debates/9e0e2078-0c7d-48d5-be93-1606980d4b9f/BaronessBerkeley|title=Baroness Berkeley - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Loudoun" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Earl of Loudoun|The Countess of Loudoun]] | [[Barbara Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun|Barbara Abney-Hastings]] | 24 February 1960 | 22 June 1967 | [[House of Lords Act 1999|11 November 1999]] | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1967-06-22/debates/5da05efe-9bc6-4390-baad-041003437bd6/HouseOfLords|title=House Of Lords - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Ruthven of Freeland" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Lord Ruthven of Freeland|The Lady Ruthven of Freeland]] | [[Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland|Bridget Monckton, Viscountess Monckton of Brenchley]] | 6 April 1956 | 26 October 1967 | 17 April 1982 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1967-10-26/debates/d30131ab-49b2-449f-9359-ff89580aed50/LordDelacourt-Smith|title=Lord Delacourt-Smith - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Sutherland" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Earl of Sutherland|The Countess of Sutherland]] | [[Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland|Elizabeth Sutherland]] | 1 January 1963 | 27 March 1968 | [[House of Lords Act 1999|11 November 1999]] | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1968-03-26/debates/f6f0bfca-37b2-48c3-9061-6f18fa57147f/HouseOfLords|title=House Of Lords - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Darcy de Knayth" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Darcy de Knayth|The Baroness Darcy de Knayth]] | [[Davina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth|Davina Ingrams]] | 23 March 1943 | 15 July 1969 | 24 February 2008 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1969-07-15/debates/69a928f9-485f-4419-b87e-90998c9f0ba3/HouseOfLords|title=House Of Lords - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Dacre" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Dacre|The Baroness Dacre]] | [[Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre|Rachel Douglas-Home]] | 24 February 1970 <ref name="Abeyance Terminated"/> | 28 May 1970 | [[House of Lords Act 1999|11 November 1999]] | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1970-05-28/debates/e46bf960-7fc7-4105-8fc6-397679cdc6f3/BaronessDacre|title=Baroness Dacre - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Portal of Hungerford" | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Baron Portal of Hungerford|The Baroness Portal of Hungerford]] | Rosemary Portal | 22 April 1971 | 26 April 1972 | 29 September 1990 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1972-04-26/debates/5c607fcd-6de1-4752-b132-929b93041466/BaronessPortalOfHungerFord|title=Baroness Portal Of Hunger Ford - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Dudley" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Dudley|The Baroness Dudley]] | Barbara Hamilton | 19 April 1972 | 23 May 1973 | [[House of Lords Act 1999|11 November 1999]] | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1973-05-23/debates/c5cf26fa-a864-44b1-bf3c-23986fa663e0/HouseOfLords|title=House Of Lords - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Lucas" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Lucas|The Baroness Lucas]] | Anne Palmer | 3 November 1958 | 10 June 1975 | 31 December 1991 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1975-06-10/debates/b36019ec-6222-484a-83f3-d39bff5d0382/HouseOfLords|title=House Of Lords - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Mar" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Earl of Mar|The Countess of Mar]] | [[Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar|Margaret of Mar]] | 21 April 1975 | 28 October 1975 | 1 May 2020 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1975-10-28/debates/6ae81a52-7278-4550-a3a3-c60755fa9f27/TheLordBishopOfNorwich|title=The Lord Bishop Of Norwich - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Saltoun of Abernethy" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Lord Saltoun|The Lady Saltoun]] | [[Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun|Marjorie Fraser]] | 3 December 1979 | 13 December 1979 | 12 December 2014 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1979-12-13/debates/3093a239-eccc-4068-8c10-051dc28ab91b/HouseOfLords|title=House Of Lords - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Braye" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Braye|The Baroness Braye]] | Mary Aubrey-Fletcher | 19 December 1985 | 09 April 1986 | [[House of Lords Act 1999|11 November 1999]] | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1986-04-09/debates/52b3fe1a-0f32-41fc-929b-426e24a1c815/HouseOfLords|title=House Of Lords - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Strange" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Strange|The Baroness Strange]] | [[Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange|Jean Drummond of Megginch]] | 10 December 1986 <ref name="Abeyance Terminated"/> | 17 December 1986 | 11 March 2005 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1986-12-17/debates/b4d6fad2-b304-417c-a4a5-71b0c7117460/BaronyOfStrange|title=Barony Of Strange - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Mountbatten of Burma" | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Earl Mountbatten of Burma|The Countess Mountbatten of Burma]] | [[Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma|Patricia Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne]] | 27 August 1979 | 8 July 1987 | [[House of Lords Act 1999|11 November 1999]] | |- | data-sort-value="Wharton" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Wharton|The Baroness Wharton]] | [[Ziki Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton|Myrtle Robertson]] | 4 April 1990 <ref name="Abeyance Terminated"/> | 25 June 1990 | 15 May 2000 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1990-06-25/debates/e4ce9cc5-2d31-4d21-a416-f83f59122057/TheBaronyOfWharton|title=The Barony Of Wharton - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Willoughby de Eresby" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Willoughby de Eresby|The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby]] | [[Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby|Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby]] | 29 March 1983 | 25 January 1994 | [[House of Lords Act 1999|11 November 1999]] | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1994-01-25/debates/1d30c08c-802a-43dc-b4ba-6a511f4b0e2a/HouseOfLords|title=House Of Lords - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Berners" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Berners|The Baroness Berners]] | [[Pamela Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners|Pamela Kirkham]] | 30 June 1995 <ref name="Abeyance Terminated"/> | 25 October 1995 | [[House of Lords Act 1999|11 November 1999]] | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1995-10-25/debates/e27aebab-3605-4f97-9e50-70736405b094/TheBaronyOfBerners|title=The Barony Of Berners - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- | data-sort-value="Arlington" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Arlington|The Baroness Arlington]] | [[Jennifer Forwood, 11th Baroness Arlington|Jennifer Forwood]] | 28 April 1999 <ref name="Abeyance Terminated"/> | 27 May 1999 | [[House of Lords Act 1999|11 November 1999]] | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1999-05-27/debates/d2bcf8cc-c2fa-45e9-9769-30bd66a5207c/TheBaronyOfArlington|title=The Barony Of Arlington - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> |- |} ====Who didn't take their seat==== {|class="wikitable sortable" |+<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324210726/http://www.qub.ac.uk/cawp/UKhtmls/formerlords.htm |title=FORMER WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS |date=29 January 2022 |website=Queen's University Belfast |access-date=29 January 2022}}</ref> |- ! Title ! Name ! data-sort-type="date" | Date inherited Peerage |- | data-sort-value="Furnivall" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Furnivall|The Baroness Furnivall]] | Mary Dent | 3 May 1913 <ref name="Abeyance Terminated"/> |- | data-sort-value="Seafield" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Earl of Seafield|The Countess of Seafield]] | [[Nina Ogilvie-Grant-Studley-Herbert, 12th Countess of Seafield|Nina Caroline Studley-Herbert]] | 12 November 1915 |- | data-sort-value="Zouche" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Zouche|The Baroness Zouche]] | Mary Frankland | 7 April 1917 |- | data-sort-value="Dysart" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Earl of Dysart|The Countess of Dysart]] | [[Wenefryde Scott, 10th Countess of Dysart|Wenefryde Scott]] | 22 November 1935 |- | data-sort-value="Berners" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Berners|The Baroness Berners]] | Vera Williams | 19 April 1950 |- | data-sort-value="de Ros" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron de Ros|The Baroness de Ros]] | [[Georgiana Maxwell, 26th Baroness de Ros|Georgiana Maxwell]] | 9 August 1958 <ref name="Abeyance Terminated"/> |- | data-sort-value="Kintore" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Earl of Kintore|The Countess of Kintore]] | Ethel Keith-Falconer, Viscountess Stonehaven | 26 May 1966 |- | data-sort-value="Wharton" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Baron Wharton|The Baroness Wharton]] | [[Elisabeth Kemeys-Tynte, 10th Baroness Wharton|Elisabeth Kemeys-Tynte]] | 22 July 1969 |- | data-sort-value="Harries of Terregles" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Lord Herries of Terregles|The Lady Herries of Terregles]] | [[Anne Cowdrey, 14th Lady Herries of Terregles|Anne Fitzalan-Howard, Baroness Cowdrey of Tonbridge]] | 31 January 1975 |- | data-sort-value="Dysart" | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Earl of Dysart|The Countess of Dysart]] | [[Rosamund Greaves, 11th Countess of Dysart|Rosamund Greaves]] | 2 June 1975 |- |} ===Scottish Hereditary Peers=== ====Representative peers became automatic members==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Peer !! Elected as Representative Peer |- | [[Iain Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl]] | 1 October 1958 |- | [[Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness]] | 21 February 1950 |- | [[John Erskine, Earl of Mar and Kellie (1921–1993)|John Erskine, 13th Earl of Mar and 16th Earl of Kellie]] | 6 October 1959 |- | [[David Drummond, 8th Earl of Perth]] | 2 April 1952 |- | [[George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington]] | 16 November 1922 |- | [[David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie]] | 13 January 1922 |- | [[George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk]] | 6 July 1945 |- | [[David Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk]] | 6 October 1959 |- | [[Ian Cochrane, 14th Earl of Dundonald]] | 6 October 1959 |- | [[Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes]] | 23 May 1955 |- | [[Alexander Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun]] | 15 November 1935 |- | [[Charles St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair]] | 6 October 1959 |- | [[William Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill]] | 15 November 1935 |- | [[George Bruce, 7th Lord Balfour of Burleigh]] | 16 November 1922 |- | [[Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron]] | 6 July 1945 |- | [[Henry Hepburne-Scott, 10th Lord Polwarth]] | 6 July 1945 |- |} ====Eligible to sit==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Peer !! Notes |- | [[David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry]] | |- | Lionel Erskine-Young, 29th Earl of Mar | |- | Sholto Douglas, 20th Earl of Morton | |- | [[Malcolm Leslie, 20th Earl of Rothes]] | Former Representative Peer |- | Alfred Maitland, 16th Earl of Lauderdale | |- | William Lindesay-Bethune, 14th Earl of Lindsay | Former Representative Peer |- | [[Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven]] | |- | John Campbell, 10th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland | |- | [[Cecil FitzMaurice, 8th Earl of Orkney]] | |- | [[Lucius Cary, 14th Viscount Falkland]] | |- | [[Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott]] | |- | [[Angus Campbell-Gray, 22nd Lord Gray]] | |- | John Sandilands, 13th Lord Torphichen | |- | [[Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay]] | |- | James Erskine-Murray, 13th Lord Elibank | |- | Robert Hamilton, 13th Lord Belhaven and Stenton | |- |} ====Peers with Imperial status==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Peer !! Imperial Title |- | [[Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton]] | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Duke of Brandon |- | [[Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch|Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch and 10th Duke of Queensbury]] | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} Earl of Doncaster |- | [[Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll]] | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Duke of Argyll{{efn|Junior titles are {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Baron Sundridge]] and {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Baron Hamilton of Hameldon]]}} |- | [[James Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose]] | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Earl Graham of Belford |- | [[George Innes-Ker, 9th Duke of Roxburghe]] | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Earl Innes |- | [[Douglas Gordon, 12th Marquess of Huntly]] | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Meldrum |- | [[David Hay, 12th Marquess of Tweeddale]] | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Tweeddale |- | [[Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian]] | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Ker of Kersehugh |- |} #[[David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford|David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres]] Baron Wigan UK #Donald Erskine, 16th Earl of Buchan Baron Erskine UK #[[Archibald Montgomerie, 17th Earl of Eglinton]] Earl of Wonton and Baron Ardrossan (UK) #Archibald Stuart, 19th Earl of Moray Baron Stuart GB # # # ;Notes {{notelist}} ==List of disclaimed peerages== {| class="wikitable" |+Key |- | style="background: #ececec; text-align:center" | {{double-dagger}} | Indicates peerage which is currently disclaimed |} {| class="wikitable" ! scope="col" | Title(s) ! scope="col" | Disclaimed by; life ! scope="col" | Time disclaimed ! scope="col" | Notes ! scope="col" | <abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> |- | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Viscount Stansgate]] | [[Tony Benn]]<br>2nd Viscount<br>1925–2014 | 1963 to 2014 | Extant; inherited in 2014 by [[Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate]] | <ref name="BBC_2005-07-14"/><ref name=LG43072>{{London Gazette |issue=43072 |date=2 August 1963 |page=6534 }}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Baron Altrincham]] | [[John Grigg (writer)|John Grigg]]<br>2nd Baron<br>1924–2001 | 1963 to 2001 | Extant; inherited in 2001 by [[Anthony Grigg, 3rd Baron Altrincham]] | <ref name=LG43072 /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/hllreform.pdf |title=Proposals for reform of the composition and powers of the House of Lords, 1968–1998 |access-date=16 June 2008 |date=14 July 1998 |work=Library Note (LLN 98/004) |publisher=House of Lords Library |page=81 |quote=Mr. Grigg, who had disclaimed his hereditary peerage as Lord Altrincham in 1963 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061120192741/http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/HLLReform.pdf |archive-date=20 November 2006 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Earl of Home]] | [[Alec Douglas-Home|Sir Alec Douglas-Home]]<br>14th Earl<br>1903–1995{{efn|Created life peer as ''Baron Home of the Hirsel'', 1974.}} | 1963 to 1995 | Extant; inherited in 1995 by [[David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home]] | <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43143 |date=25 October 1963 |page=8770 }}</ref><ref name="BBC_2005-07-14"/> |- | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Viscount Hailsham]] | [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone|Quintin Hogg]]<br>2nd Viscount<br>1907–2001{{efn|Created life peer as ''Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone'', 1970.}} | 1963 to 2001 | Extant; inherited in 2001 by [[Douglas Hogg|Douglas Martin Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham]] | <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43164 |date=22 November 1963 |page=9515 }}</ref><ref name="BBC_2005-07-14"/> |- | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Baron Southampton]] | [[Charles FitzRoy (1904-1989)|Charles FitzRoy]]<br>5th Baron<br>1904–1989 | 1964 to 1989 | Extant; inherited in 1989 by [[Charles FitzRoy, 6th Baron Southampton]] | <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43273 |date=17 March 1964 |page=2387 }}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Baron Monkswell]] | [[William Collier, 4th Baron Monkswell|William Collier]]<br>4th Baron<br>1913–1984 | 1964 to 1984 | Extant; inherited in 1984 by [[Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell]] | <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43293 |date=10 April 1964 |page=3085 }}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Baron Beaverbrook]] | [[Sir Max Aitken, 2nd Baronet|Sir Max Aitken, Bt.]]<br>2nd Baron<br>1910–1985 | 1964 to 1985 | Extant; inherited in 1985 by [[Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook]] | <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43353 |date=12 June 1964 |page=5065 }}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Earl of Sandwich]] | [[Victor Montagu]]<br>10th Earl<br>1906–1995 | 1964 to 1995 | Extant; inherited in 1995 by [[John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich]] | <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43394 |date=28 July 1964 |page=6412 }}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Baron Fraser of Allander]] | [[Sir Hugh Fraser, 2nd Baronet|Sir Hugh Fraser, Bt.]]<br>2nd Baron<br>1936–1987 | 1966 to 1987 | Extinct 1987 | <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=44197 |date=13 December 1966 |page=13471 }}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Earl of Durham]] | [[Antony Lambton]]<br>6th Earl<br>1922–2006 | 1970 to 2006 | Extant; inherited in 2006 by [[Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham]] | <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=45048 |date=24 February 1970 |page=2263 }}</ref> |-style="background: #ececec;" | {{double-dagger}}{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Baron Sanderson of Ayot]] | [[Alan Lindsay Sanderson]]<br>2nd Baron<br>born 1931 | Since 1971 | | <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=45484 |date=30 September 1971 |page=10509 }}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Baron Reith]] | [[Christopher Reith]]<br>2nd Baron<br>1928–2016 | 1972 to 2016 | Extant; inherited in 2016 by [[James Reith, 3rd Baron Reith]] | <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=45657 |date=27 April 1972 |page=4999 }}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Baron Silkin]] | [[Arthur Silkin]]<br>2nd Baron<br>1916–2001 | 1972 to 2001 | Inherited in 2001 by [[Christopher Silkin, 3rd Baron Silkin]], who also disclaimed the peerage | <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=45675 |date=22 May 1972 |page=6131 }}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Baron Archibald]] | [[George Christopher Archibald]]<br>2nd Baron<br>1926–1996 | 1975 to 1996 | Extinct 1996 | <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=46514 |date=11 March 1975 |page=3312 }}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Baron Merthyr]] | [[Trevor Lewis (writer)|Trevor Lewis]]<br>4th Baron<br>1935–2015 | 1977 to 2015 | Extant; inherited in 2015 by [[David Lewis, 5th Baron Merthyr]] | <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=47209 |date=29 April 1977 |page=5835 }}</ref> |-style="background: #ececec;" | {{double-dagger}}{{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland}} [[Earl of Selkirk]] | [[James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas|Lord James Douglas-Hamilton]]<br>11th Earl<br>born 1942{{efn|Created life peer as ''Baron Selkirk of Douglas'', 1997.}} | Since 1994 | | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199495/cmhansrd/1994-11-28/Debate-1.html |title=Hansard, Vol 250 Col 931 |date=28 November 1994 |access-date=16 June 2008 |quote=The House has been officially notified today that the hon. Member for Edinburgh, West has disclaimed the title under the provisions of the Peerage Act 1963.}}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Viscount Camrose]] | [[Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell]]<br>3rd Viscount<br>1911–2001 | 1995 to 2001 | Extant; inherited in 2001 by [[Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose]] | <ref>{{cite news |first=Duff |last=Hart-Davis |title=Lord Hartwell (obituary) |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lord-hartwell-728988.html |work=Independent.co.uk |publisher=[[Independent News and Media]] |location=London |date=4 April 2001 |access-date=16 June 2008}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |-style="background: #ececec;" | {{double-dagger}}{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Baron Silkin]] | [[Christopher Silkin]]<br>3rd Baron<br>born 1947 | Since 2002 | | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld200102/ldjournal/235/141.htm#page_724 |title=House of Lords Journal 235 (Session 2001–02) |access-date=16 June 2008 |date=16 May 2002 |page=724 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605022529/http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld200102/ldjournal/235/141.htm#page_724 |archive-date=5 June 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- |} ;Notes {{notelist}} ==See also== *[[wikisource:Peerage Act 1963|Peerage Act 1963]] (Wikisource) * [[List of peerages inherited by women]] * [[House of Lords Reform Act 2014]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=420754 Cox, Noel. "The Legal Standing of the Peerage and Baronetage." ''New Zealand Universities Law Review''.] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110113170544/http://home.freeuk.net/don-aitken/peer63.htm Peerage Act 1963.] *[http://www.qub.ac.uk/cawp/UKhtmls/formerlords.htm Women Hereditary Peers] *[https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/houseoflords/house-of-lords-reform/from-the-collections/from-the-parliamentary-collections-lords-reform/lords-reform-1963-1999/peerage-act-1963/ Image of the Act on the Parliamentary website] {{UK legislation}} [[Category:United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1963]] [[Category:Constitutional laws of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Tony Benn]] [[Category:Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning the House of Lords]]'