List of peerages created for speakers of the House of Commons
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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
[edit]Title | Created | Speaker | Current status | Notes |
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Reign of Queen Anne, 1707–1714[edit] | ||||
no peerage creations for Speakers | ||||
Reign of King George I, 1714–1727[edit] | ||||
Baron Onslow | 19 June 1716 | Sir Richard Onslow, Bt. | Extant | Created with a special remainder |
Reign of King George II, 1727–1760[edit] | ||||
Baron Wilmington | 8 January 1728 | Sir Spencer Compton[1] | 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[edit] | ||||
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[2] | 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[edit] | ||||
no peerage creations for Speakers | ||||
Reign of King William IV, 1830–1837[edit] | ||||
Viscount Canterbury Baron Bottesford |
10 March 1835 | Charles Manners-Sutton[3] | Extinct 26 February 1941 | |
Reign of Queen Victoria, 1837–1901[edit] | ||||
Baron Dunfermline | 7 June 1839 | James Abercromby[4] | 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[5][6] | Extant | |
Viscount Peel | 9 May 1895 | Arthur Peel | Extant | [7] |
Reign of King Edward VII, 1901–1910[edit] | ||||
Viscount Selby | 6 July 1905 | William Gully | Extant | |
Reign of King George V, 1910–1936[edit] | ||||
Viscount Ullswater | 8 July 1921 | James Lowther[8] | Extant | |
Reign of King Edward VIII, 1936[edit] | ||||
no peerage creations for Speakers | ||||
Reign of King George VI, 1936–1952[edit] | ||||
Viscount Ruffside | 14 December 1951 | Douglas Clifton Brown | Extinct 5 May 1958 | |
Reign of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952–2022[edit] | ||||
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[edit] | ||||
no peerage creations for Speakers |
Speakers never raised to the peerage
[edit] Eligible for Peerage
Speaker | Notes | Constituency | Related peerage |
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John Smith | Died as an MP | Andover as Speaker | |
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[9] | Died in Office | Daventry | His widow was created Viscountess Daventry in 1943. |
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 |
See also
[edit]- List of speakers of the British House of Commons
- List of peerages held by prime ministers of the United Kingdom
- List of peerages created for lord chancellors and lord keepers
Notes
[edit]- ^ 3rd son of James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton.
- ^ Served also as Prime Minister before the viscountcy was created.
- ^ Great-Grandson of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland.
- ^ 3rd son of Mary Abercromby, 1st Baroness Abercromby.
- ^ 2nd son of Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre.
- ^ In addition inherited the title of Baron Dacre in 1890.
- ^ On 10 July 1929 the title was promoted to the Earldom of Peel.
- ^ Grandson of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale.
- ^ 2nd son of Charles FitzRoy, 3rd Baron Southampton.
External links
[edit]- [1] from the Parliament of the United Kingdom website.