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Peerage
A peer of the realm is one who holds a title of nobility and the estate bestowed upon him by the monarch. Although other members of his family might be addressed as "Lord" and "Lady," they are not peers; their titles are all courtesy titles, including his wife's (although she is usually called a "peeress"). A duke or duchess is addressed as "Your Grace" by social inferiors and as "Duke" or "Duchess" by social equals. All other peers and peeresses are called "Lord" or "Lady."
The five titles, in descending order of precedence, or rank, are:
Duke
Marquess
Earl
Viscount
Baron
To visit the House of Lords, click on Parliament.
Lords of the Blog
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Feb 04, 2012 03:23AM
The membership of the House of Lords was extended to women in 1958. This was forty years after women were able to be elected to the House of Commons. Today, the proportion of women in the Lords is the same as that in the Commons, though women tend to be more prominent in leadership positions [...]
Feb 04, 2012 01:25AM
And when did you last see your father?
There have been conflicting stories in the press this week about how and whether the government intends to change the law in order to ensure that both parents see more of their children after divorce. Some reports said that there would be introduced a legal presumption of equally shared parenting; others that it would not [...]
Feb 02, 2012 06:50AM
The Financial Privilege Amendment
Yesterday afternoon in the Commons, just before the debate on the Lords? Amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill, the Speaker announced ?I must draw the House?s attention to the fact that financial privilege is involved in a substantial number of Lords amendments. If the House agrees to these amendments, I shall ensure that the appropriate entry [...]
Jan 31, 2012 03:07PM
There is a statutory limit on the number of ministers who can sit in the House of Commons, whether paid or unpaid, and a statutory limit on the number of ministers who can receive a ministerial salary. As a result, this Government, like its predecessor, has appointed a number of unpaid ministers, especially in the Lords. [...]
Jan 30, 2012 07:14AM
Congolese Elections: Democratisation is a process, not an event.
On December 17 2010, a young Tunisian man set himself on fire. This desperate act helped to spark a political revolution in the Arab world. Images of people revolting against notoriously oppressive regimes captivated onlookers worldwide. More than a year later, the world is indeed a different place ? long-term dictators have been unseated, governments [...]
Jan 27, 2012 10:18AM
The solution to the dilemma of the banker’s bonus is obvious. Mr. Hester should take it, and give it to charity. That way the contract he seems to have had with RBS is fulfilled; honour is preserved; and the money goes back to the people for good purposes. The chair of RBS and of the [...]
Jan 27, 2012 07:10AM
The Benefit Cap and Child Support
No-one who has been reading this blog for a while will be surprised that I voted with the Government on the Benefit Cap last Monday night and also for the Changes to the Child Support Agency on Wednesday. There is however a good case for compromise on the benefit cap in one respect. The cap is [...]
Jan 26, 2012 08:34AM
The Inheritance (Cohabitants) Bill received its first reading on the 12th January. It is based on a Law Commission Report, Law Com no. 331 (2011) http://www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission/docs/lc331_intestacy_report.pdf which, after consultation, recommended that the law be changed so that cohabitants would have an automatic claim to the property of their partner if he or she died intestate, provided [...]
Jan 26, 2012 03:18AM
Each year, I table a question asking how many items of mail were received in the Palace of Westminster in the previous year. I have previously written on how the number of letters we receive has declined in recent years. In 2006, for example, 4,789,935 items of post were received. In 2010, the figure was [...]
Jan 26, 2012 03:05AM
The Government has suffered two defeats this week on the Welfare Reform Bill, both attracting considerable media attention. The fact of defeat is, as I have previously noted, not particularly unusual. These two defeats, though, are noteworthy, the first for the fact that it was Liberal Democrat votes that accounted for it. The Government is [...]
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Lords of the Blog Feb 04, 2012 03:23AM The membership of the House of Lords was extended to women in 1958. This was forty years after women were able to be elected to the House of Commons. Today, the proportion of women in the Lords is the same as that in the Commons, though women tend to be more prominent in leadership positions [...] Feb 04, 2012 01:25AM And when did you last see your father? There have been conflicting stories in the press this week about how and whether the government intends to change the law in order to ensure that both parents see more of their children after divorce. Some reports said that there would be introduced a legal presumption of equally shared parenting; others that it would not [...] Feb 02, 2012 06:50AM The Financial Privilege Amendment Yesterday afternoon in the Commons, just before the debate on the Lords? Amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill, the Speaker announced ?I must draw the House?s attention to the fact that financial privilege is involved in a substantial number of Lords amendments. If the House agrees to these amendments, I shall ensure that the appropriate entry [...] Jan 31, 2012 03:07PM There is a statutory limit on the number of ministers who can sit in the House of Commons, whether paid or unpaid, and a statutory limit on the number of ministers who can receive a ministerial salary. As a result, this Government, like its predecessor, has appointed a number of unpaid ministers, especially in the Lords. [...] Jan 30, 2012 07:14AM Congolese Elections: Democratisation is a process, not an event. On December 17 2010, a young Tunisian man set himself on fire. This desperate act helped to spark a political revolution in the Arab world. Images of people revolting against notoriously oppressive regimes captivated onlookers worldwide. More than a year later, the world is indeed a different place ? long-term dictators have been unseated, governments [...] Jan 27, 2012 10:18AM The solution to the dilemma of the banker’s bonus is obvious. Mr. Hester should take it, and give it to charity. That way the contract he seems to have had with RBS is fulfilled; honour is preserved; and the money goes back to the people for good purposes. The chair of RBS and of the [...] Jan 27, 2012 07:10AM The Benefit Cap and Child Support No-one who has been reading this blog for a while will be surprised that I voted with the Government on the Benefit Cap last Monday night and also for the Changes to the Child Support Agency on Wednesday. There is however a good case for compromise on the benefit cap in one respect. The cap is [...] Jan 26, 2012 08:34AM The Inheritance (Cohabitants) Bill received its first reading on the 12th January. It is based on a Law Commission Report, Law Com no. 331 (2011) http://www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission/docs/lc331_intestacy_report.pdf which, after consultation, recommended that the law be changed so that cohabitants would have an automatic claim to the property of their partner if he or she died intestate, provided [...] Jan 26, 2012 03:18AM Each year, I table a question asking how many items of mail were received in the Palace of Westminster in the previous year. I have previously written on how the number of letters we receive has declined in recent years. In 2006, for example, 4,789,935 items of post were received. In 2010, the figure was [...] Jan 26, 2012 03:05AM The Government has suffered two defeats this week on the Welfare Reform Bill, both attracting considerable media attention. The fact of defeat is, as I have previously noted, not particularly unusual. These two defeats, though, are noteworthy, the first for the fact that it was Liberal Democrat votes that accounted for it. The Government is [...] Marquess
Earl
Viscount
Baron
To visit the House of Lords, click on Parliament.
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