Pre-1876 Life Peerages

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This is a list of Life Peerages prior to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 and the Life Peerages Act 1958.

Contents 1 Richard II (1377-1399) 2 Henry V (1413-1422) 3 Henry VIII (1509-1547) 4 James I (1603-1625) 5 Charles I (1625-1649) 6 Charles II (1660-1685) 7 James II (1685-1689) 8 George I (1714-1727) 9 George II (1727-1760) 10 Victoria (1837-1901)

[edit] Richard II (1377-1399)

• 1377 – Guichard d'Angle, Earl of Huntingdon
• 1385 – Robert de Vere, Marquess of Dublin
  • 1386 – Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland
• 1397 – Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk

[edit] Henry V (1413-1422)

• 1416 – Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter

[edit] Henry VIII (1509-1547)

• 1514: Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey

[edit] James I (1603-1625)

• 1618 – Mary Compton, Countess of Buckingham

[edit] Charles I (1625-1649)

• 1640 – Mary Stafford, Baroness Stafford
  • 1688 – Mary Stafford, Countess of Stafford
• 1641 – Elizabeth Darcy, Countess Rivers
• 1644 – Alice Dudley, Duchess of Dudley

[edit] Charles II (1660-1685)

• 1660 – Catherine Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield
• 1660 – Elizabeth Boyle, Countess of Guilford
• 1660 – William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton
• 1660 – Walter Scott, Earl of Tarras
• 1662 – James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland
• 1673 – Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth
• 1674 – Anne Murray, Viscountess Bayning
• 1674 – Susan Belasyse, Baroness Belasyse
• 1679 – Sarah Corbet, Viscountess Corbet
• 1680 – Elizabeth Walter, Countess of Sheppey
• 1685 – Francis Abercromby, Lord Glasford

[edit] James II (1685-1689)

• 1686 – Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester
• 1688 – Elizabeth Petty, Baroness Shelburne (Peerage of Ireland)

[edit] George I (1714-1727)

• 1716 – Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Munster (Peerage of Ireland)
  • 1719 – Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal
• 1721 – Sophia Charlotte von Platen-Hallermund, Countess of Leinster (Peerage of Ireland)
  • 1722 – Sophia Charlotte von Platen-Hallermund, Countess of Darlington
• 1722 – Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham

[edit] George II (1727-1760)

• 1740 – Amelia Sophia de Walmoden, Countess of Yarmouth
• 1758 – Ellis Bermingham, Countess of Brandon

[edit] Victoria (1837-1901)

• 1840 – Cecilia Underwood, Duchess of Inverness