Peerage of England

The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in the United Kingdom in total.
English Peeresses obtained their first seats in the House of Lords under the Peerage Act 1963 from which date until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 all Peers of England could sit in the House of Lords.
The ranks of the English peerage are, in descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. While most newer English peerages descend only in the male line, many of the older ones (particularly older baronies) can descend through females. Such peerages follow the old English inheritance law of moieties so all daughters (or granddaughters through the same root) stand as co-heirs, so some such titles are in such a state of abeyance between these.
Baronets, while holders of hereditary titles, as such are not peers and not entitled to stand for election in the House of Lords. Knights, dames and holders of other non-hereditary orders, decorations, and medals are also not peers.
The following tables only show extant peerages. For lists of every peerage created at a particular rank, including extinct, dormant, and abeyant peerages, see:
* List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland 
* List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
* List of earldoms
* List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
* List of baronies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
Each peer is listed only by their highest English title. Peers known by a higher title in one of the other peerages are shown in blue, and peers with more than one title of the same rank in the Peerage of England are shown in orange.
==Dukes in the Peerage of England==
Title 	Creation	Other dukedom or higher titles
The Duke of Cornwall 	1337 	Usually Prince of Wales as the heir to the British throne;Duke of Rothesay in the Peerage of Scotland
The Duke of Norfolk 	1483 	
The Duke of Somerset 	1547 	
The Duke of Richmond 	1675 	Duke of Gordon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; Duke of Lennox in the Peerage of Scotland; Duke of Aubigny in the Peerage of France
The Duke of Grafton 	1675 	
The Duke of Beaufort 	1682 	
The Duke of St Albans 	1684 	
The Duke of Bedford 	1694 	
The Duke of Devonshire 	1694 	
The Duke of Marlborough	1702 	
The Duke of Rutland 	1703 	
==Marquesses in the Peerage of England==
Title 	Creation	Other marquessate or higher titles
The Marquess of Winchester	1551 	
==Earls in the Peerage of England==
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Title 	Creation	Other earldom or higher titles
The Earl of Shrewsbury 	1442 	Earl Talbot in the Peerage of Great Britain;Earl of Waterford in the Peerage of Ireland
The Earl of Derby 	1485 	
The Earl of Huntingdon 	1529 	
The Earl of Pembroke 	1551 	Earl of Montgomery in Peerage of England
The Earl of Devon 	1553 	
The Earl of Lincoln 	1572 	
The Earl of Suffolk 	1603 	Earl of Berkshire in Peerage of England
The Earl of Exeter 	1605 	Marquess of Exeter in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Earl of Salisbury 	1605 	Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Earl of Montgomery 	1605 	Held with the Earl of Pembroke in Peerage of England
The Earl of Northampton 	1618 	Marquess of Northampton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Earl of Denbigh 	1622? 	Earl of Desmond in the Peerage of Ireland
The Earl of Westmorland 	1624 	
The Earl of Manchester 	1626 	Duke of Manchester in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Earl of Berkshire 	1626 	Held with the Earl of Suffolk in Peerage of England
The Earl of Lindsey 	1626 	Earl of Abingdon in Peerage of England
The Earl of Winchilsea 	1628 	Earl of Nottingham in Peerage of England
The Earl of Sandwich 	1660 	
The Earl of Essex 	1661 	
The Earl of Carlisle 	1661 	
The Earl of Doncaster 	1663 	Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland
The Earl of Shaftesbury 	1672 	
The Earl of Nottingham 	1681 	Held with the Earl of Winchilsea in Peerage of England
The Earl of Abingdon 	1682 	Held with the Earl of Lindsey in Peerage of England
The Earl of Portland 	1689 	
The Earl of Scarbrough 	1690 	
The Earl of Albemarle 	1697 	
The Earl of Coventry 	1697 	
The Earl of Jersey 	1697? 	
The Earl of Cholmondeley	1706 	Marquess of Cholmondeley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
==Viscounts in the Peerage of England==
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Title 	Creation	Other viscountcy or higher titles
The Viscount Hereford 	1550 	
The Viscount Townshend	1682 	Marquess Townshend in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Viscount Weymouth 	1682 	Marquess of Bath in the Peerage of Great Britain
==Barons and baronesses in the Peerage of England==
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Title 	Creation	Other barony or higher titles
The Baron de Ros 	1264 	
The Baron le Despencer 	1264 	Viscount Falmouth in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Baron Mowbray 	1283 	Baron Segrave and Baron Stourton in Peerage of England
The Baron Hastings 	1295 	
The Baron FitzWalter 	1295 	
The Baron Segrave 	1295 	Baron Mowbray and Baron Stourton in Peerage of England
The Baron Clinton 	1299 	
The Baron De La Warr 	1299 	Earl De La Warr in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Baron de Clifford 	1299 	
The Baron Strange 	1299 	Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United KingdomHeld with Baron Hungerford and Baron de Moleyns in Peerage of England
The Baron Zouche 	1308 	
The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby	1313 	
The Baron Strabolgi 	1318 	
The Baroness Dacre 	1321 	
The Baron Darcy de Knayth 	1332 	
The Baron Cromwell 	1375 	
The Baron Camoys 	1383 	
The Baron Grey of Codnor 	1397 	
The Baron Berkeley 	1421 	Lord Gueterbock for Life in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Hungerford 	1426 	Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United KingdomHeld with Baron Strange and Baron de Moleyns in Peerage of England
The Baron Latymer 	1432 	
The Baron Dudley 	1440 	
The Baron de Moleyns 	1445 	Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United KingdomHeld with Baron Strange and Baron Hungerford in Peerage of England
The Baron Saye and Sele 	1447 	
The Baron Stourton 	1448 	Baron Mowbray and Baron Segrave in Peerage of England
The Baroness Berners 	1455 	
The Baron Herbert 	1461 	
The Baron Willoughby de Broke 	1491 	
The Baron Vaux of Harrowden 	1523 	
The Baroness Braye 	1529 	
The Baron Windsor 	1529 	Earl of Plymouth in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Burgh 	1529 	
The Baron Wharton 	1544 	
The Baron Howard of Effingham 	1554 	Earl of Effingham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron St John of Bletso 	1559 	
The Baroness Howard de Walden 	1597 	
The Baron Petre 	1603 	
The Baron Clifton 	1608 	Earl of Darnley in the Peerage of Ireland
The Baron Dormer 	1615 	
The Baron Teynham 	1616 	
The Baron Brooke 	1621 	Earl Brooke and Earl of Warwick in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Baron Craven 	1626 	Earl of Craven in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Baron Strange 	1628 	
The Baron Stafford 	1640 	
The Baron Byron 	1643 	
The Baron Ward 	1644 	Earl of Dudley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Lucas 	1663 	
The Baroness Arlington 	1665 	
The Baron Clifford of Chudleigh 	1672 	
The Baron Guilford 	1683 	Earl of Guilford in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Baron Waldegrave 	1683 	Earl Waldegrave in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Baron Barnard 	1698 	
The Baron Guernsey 	1703 	Earl of Aylesford in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Baron Gower 	1703 	Duke of Sutherland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Baron Conway 	1703 	Marquess of Hertford in the Peerage of Great Britain
The Baron Hervey 	1703 	Marquess of Bristol in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
==See also==
* British Honours System
* British nobility
* Forms of address in the United Kingdom
* Gentry
* History of the Peerage
* Landed gentry
* Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom
* Peerage, an exposition of great detail
* Peerage of Ireland
* Peerage of Scotland
* Welsh peers and baronets
== Notes ==
==References==
 
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