List of life peerages before 1876

This is a list of Life Peerages created 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 See also

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

Henry V (1413-1422)

1416 – Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter

Henry VIII (1509-1547)

1514: Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey

James I (1603-1625)

1618 – Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham

Charles I (1625-1649)

1640 – Mary Howard, Baroness Stafford
- 1688 – Mary Howard, Countess of Stafford
1641 – Elizabeth Savage, Countess Rivers
1644 – Alice Dudley, Duchess of Dudley

Charles II (1660-1685)

1660 – Katherine Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield
1660 – Elizabeth Boyle, Countess of Guilford
1660 – William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton
1660 – Walter Scott, Earl of Tarras
1672 – 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

James II (1685-1689)

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

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 Kielmansegg, Countess of Leinster (Peerage of Ireland)
- 1722 – Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington
1722 – Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham

George II (1727-1760)

See also

List of peerages created for women