# List of peerages created for speakers of the House of Commons

This page lists all peerages created for retiring speakers of the House of Commons. Extant titles are in bold.

## Peerages created for the Speaker of the House of Commons

| Title | Created | Speaker | Current status | Notes |
| Reign of Queen Anne, 1707–1714 |||||
| no peerage creations for Speakers |||||
| Reign of King George I, 1714–1727 |||||
| Baron Onslow | 19 June 1716 | Sir Richard Onslow, Bt. | Extant | Created with a special remainder |
| Reign of King George II, 1727–1760 |||||
| Baron Wilmington | 8 January 1728 | Sir Spencer Compton | Extinct 2 July 1743 | |
| Earl of Wilmington | 14 May 1730 | The 1st Baron Wilmington | Extinct 2 July 1743 | |
| Reign of King George III, 1760–1820 |||||
| Baron Grantley | 9 April 1782 | Sir Fletcher Norton | Extant | |
| Baron Grenville | 25 November 1790 | William Grenville | Extinct 12 January 1834 | |
| Baron Redesdale | 15 February 1802 | Sir John Mitford | Extinct 2 May 1886 | |
| Viscount Sidmouth | 12 January 1805 | Henry Addington | Extant | |
| On 5 February 1811, George Prince of Wales became the Prince Regent |||||
| Baron Colchester | 3 June 1817 | Charles Abbot | Extinct 26 February 1919 | |
| Reign of King George IV, 1820–1830 |||||
| no peerage creations for Speakers |||||
| Reign of King William IV, 1830–1837 |||||
| Viscount Canterbury Baron Bottesford | 10 March 1835 | Charles Manners-Sutton | Extinct 26 February 1941 | |
| Reign of Queen Victoria, 1837–1901 |||||
| Baron Dunfermline | 7 June 1839 | James Abercromby | Extinct 2 July 1868 | |
| Viscount Eversley | 11 April 1857 | Charles Shaw-Lefevre | Extinct 28 December 1888 | |
| Viscount Ossington | 13 February 1872 | Evelyn Denison | Extinct 7 March 1873 | |
| Viscount Hampden | 4 March 1884 | Henry Brand | Extant | Succeeded as 23rd Baron Dacre in 1890. |
| Viscount Peel | 9 May 1895 | Arthur Peel | Extant | 2nd Viscount was created Earl Peel 10 July 1929 |
| Reign of King Edward VII, 1901–1910 |||||
| Viscount Selby | 6 July 1905 | William Gully | Extant | |
| Reign of King George V, 1910–1936 |||||
| Viscount Ullswater | 8 July 1921 | James Lowther | Extant | |
| Reign of King Edward VIII, 1936 |||||
| no peerage creations for Speakers |||||
| Reign of King George VI, 1936–1952 |||||
| Viscount Ruffside | 14 December 1951 | Douglas Clifton Brown | Extinct 5 May 1958 | |
| Reign of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952–2022 |||||
| Viscount Dunrossil | 12 November 1959 | William Morrison | Extant | |
| Baron Maybray-King | 2 March 1971 | Horace King | Extinct 3 September 1986 | Life peerage |
| Baron Selwyn-Lloyd | 8 March 1976 | Selwyn Lloyd | Extinct 17 May 1978 | Life peerage |
| Viscount Tonypandy | 11 July 1983 | George Thomas | Extinct 22 September 1997 | |
| Baron Weatherill | 15 July 1992 | Bernard Weatherill | Extinct 6 May 2007 | Life peerage |
| Baroness Boothroyd | 15 January 2001 | Betty Boothroyd | Extinct 26 February 2023 | Life peerage |
| Baron Martin of Springburn | 25 August 2009 | Michael Martin | Extinct 29 April 2018 | Life peerage |
| Reign of King Charles III, 2022–present |||||
| no peerage creations for Speakers |||||

## Speakers never raised to the peerage

| Speaker | Notes | Constituency | Related peerage |
| John Smith | Died as an MP | Andover as Speaker | |
| John Smith | Died as an MP | East Looe as MP | |
| Sir William Bromley | Died as an MP | Oxford University | |
| Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bt. | Died as a commoner | Suffolk | |
| Arthur Onslow | Died as a commoner | Surrey | |
| Sir John Cust, Bt. | Died as an MP | Grantham | |
| Charles Wolfran Cornwall | Died in Office | Rye | |
| John Henry Whitley | Turned down Peerage | Halifax | |
| Edward FitzRoy | Died in Office | Daventry | His widow was created Viscountess Daventry in 1943, which title is extant. |
| Sir Harry Hylton-Foster | Died in Office | Cities of London and Westminster | His widow was created Baroness Hylton-Foster for life in 1965. |
| John Bercow | Currently living as a commoner | Buckingham | |