List of peerages held by prime ministers of the United Kingdom

This article lists all peerages held by prime ministers of the United Kingdom, whether created or inherited before or after their premiership. Extant titles are in bold.

Peerages created for prime ministers[]

Title(s)	Created	Prime Minister	Current status	Notes
Reign of King George I, 1714–1727[]
Earl of Clare Viscount Haughton	19 October 1714	Thomas Pelham-Holles 2nd Baron Pelham	Extinct 17 November 1768	Created Before Premiership Created with a special remainder
Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Marquess of Clare	11 August 1715	Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Earl of Clare	Extinct 17 November 1768	Created Before Premiership Created with a special remainder
Reign of King George II, 1727–1760[]
Baron Wilmington	8 January 1728	Sir Spencer Compton	Extinct 2 July 1743	Created Before Premiership
Earl of Wilmington Viscount Pevensey	14 May 1730	Spencer Compton, 1st Baron Wilmington	Extinct 2 July 1743	Created Before Premiership
Earl of Orford Viscount Walpole Baron Walpole of Houghton	6 February 1742	Sir Robert Walpole	Extinct 2 March 1797
Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne	17 November 1756	Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Extinct 25 December 1988	Created with a special remainder
Reign of King George III, 1760–1820[]
Baron Pelham of Stanmer	4 May 1762	Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle	Extant	Created with a special remainder
Earl of Chatham Viscount Pitt	4 August 1766	William Pitt the Elder	Extinct 24 September 1835
Marquess of Lansdowne Earl of Wycombe Viscount Calne and Calston	6 December 1784	William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne	Extant
Baron Grenville	25 November 1790	William Grenville	Extinct 12 January 1834	Created Before Premiership
Viscount Sidmouth	12 January 1805	Henry Addington	Extant
Viscount Wellington Baron Douro	4 September 1809	Sir Arthur Wellesley	Extant	Created Before Premiership
On 5 February 1811, George Prince of Wales became the Prince Regent
Earl of Wellington	28 February 1812	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Viscount Wellington	Extant	Created Before Premiership
Marquess of Wellington	3 October 1812	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Earl of Wellington	Extant	Created Before Premiership
Duke of Wellington Marquess Douro	11 May 1814	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington	Extant	Created Before Premiership
Viscount Gordon	16 July 1814	George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen	Extant	Created Before Premiership
Reign of King George IV, 1820–1830[]
Viscount Goderich	28 April 1827	F. J. Robinson	Extinct 22 September 1923	Created Before Premiership
Reign of King William IV, 1830–1837[]
Earl of Ripon	13 April 1833	F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich	Extinct 22 September 1923
Reign of Queen Victoria, 1837–1901[]
Earl Russell Viscount Amberley	30 July 1861	Lord John Russell	Extant
Earl of Beaconsfield Viscount Hughenden	21 August 1876	Benjamin Disraeli	Extinct 19 April 1881
Reign of King Edward VII, 1901–1910[]
no peerage creations for prime ministers
Reign of King George V, 1910–1936[]
Earl of Midlothian Viscount Mentmore Baron Epsom	3 July 1911	Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery	Extant
Earl of Balfour Viscount Traprain	5 May 1922	Sir Arthur Balfour	Extant	Created with a special remainder
Earl of Oxford and Asquith Viscount Asquith	9 February 1925	H. H. Asquith	Extant
Reign of King Edward VIII, 1936[]
no peerage creations for prime ministers
Reign of King George VI, 1936–1952[]
Earl Baldwin of Bewdley Viscount Corvedale	8 June 1937	Sir Stanley Baldwin	Extant
Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor Viscount Gwynedd	12 February 1945	David Lloyd George	Extant
Reign of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952–present[]
Earl Attlee Viscount Prestwood	16 December 1955	Clement Attlee	Extant
Earl of Avon Viscount Eden	12 July 1961	Sir Anthony Eden	Extinct 17 August 1985
Baron Home of the Hirsel	19 December 1974	Sir Alec Douglas-Home	Extinct 9 October 1995	Life peerage Earl of Home before becoming Prime Minister
Baron Wilson of Rievaulx	16 September 1983	Sir Harold Wilson	Extinct 24 May 1995	Life peerage
Earl of Stockton Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden	24 April 1984	Harold Macmillan	Extant
Baron Callaghan of Cardiff	5 November 1987	Sir James Callaghan	Extinct 26 March 2005	Life peerage
Baroness Thatcher	26 June 1992	Margaret Thatcher	Extinct 8 April 2013	Life peerage

Peerages inherited before, during or after premiership[]

Irish and Scottish Peers did not have an automatic seat in the House of Lords unlike their English and British counterparts, until the Peerage Act 1963 which granted all Scottish Peers (those without Imperial status) to have an automatic seat in the House of Lords until the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and Peers to disclaim their own peerage for the rest of their life, which Alec Douglas-Home did on the 23 October 1963.

Lord Palmerston never sat in the House of Lords, but sat as a Member of Parliament for Tiverton during his two spells as Prime Minister.

Name	Courtesy title (before inheriting main title)	Inherited title	When inherited (before premiership unless stated)	Sat in the House of Commons
Thomas Pelham(-Holles)		2nd Baron Pelham of Laughton	1712	No
John Stuart	Lord Mount Stuart	3rd Earl of Bute^[1]	1723	No
Charles Watson-Wentworth	Earl of Malton	2nd Marquess of Rockingham	1750	No
William Cavendish	Marquess of Hartington Baron Cavendish of Hardwick by writ of acceleration	4th Duke of Devonshire	1755	Yes
Augustus FitzRoy	Earl of Euston	3rd Duke of Grafton	1757	Yes
William Petty	Viscount FitzMaurice	2nd Earl of Shelburne^[2]	1761	Yes
William Cavendish-Bentinck	Marquess of Titchfield	3rd Duke of Portland	1762	Yes
Frederick North	Lord North	2nd Earl of Guilford	1790 (after premiership)	Yes
George Hamilton-Gordon	Lord Haddo	3rd Earl of Aberdeen^[3]	1801	No
Henry John Temple	Lord Temple	3rd Viscount Palmerston	1802	Yes
Charles Grey	Viscount Howick	2nd Earl Grey	1807	Yes
Robert Jenkinson	Baron Hawkesbury by writ of acceleration	2nd Earl of Liverpool	1808	Yes
William Lamb		2nd Viscount Melbourne^[4]	1828	Yes
Edward Smith-Stanley	Lord Stanley Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe by writ of acceleration	14th Earl of Derby	1851	Yes
Archibald Primrose	Lord Dalmeny	5th Earl of Rosebery^[5]	1868	No
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil	Viscount Cranborne	3rd Marquess of Salisbury	1868	Yes
Alec Douglas-Home	Lord Dunglass	14th Earl of Home^[6]	1951 (disclaimed it in 1963)	Yes

Prime ministers never raised to the peerage[]

Prime Minister	Notes	Constituency	Related peerage
Henry Pelham	Died in Office	Sussex	He was in line to the Barony of Pelham of Laughton which the title was extinct in 1768.
George Grenville	Died as an MP	Buckingham	He and his male line descendants were in line to the Viscounty of Cobham which was extinct in 1889.
William Pitt the Younger	Died in Office	Cambridge University	He was in line to the Earldom of Chatham which the title was extinct in 1835.
Spencer Perceval	Died in Office	Northampton	He and his male line descendants were in line to the Earldom of Egmont which the title was extinct in 2011.
George Canning	Died in Office	Seaford	His widow was created Viscountess Canning in 1828, and his son Charles Canning, 2nd Viscount Canning became Earl Canning in 1859 and the title was extinct in 1862.
Sir Robert Peel, Bt.	Died as an MP	Tamworth	His baronetcy merged with the Earldom of Peel in 1942.
William Ewart Gladstone	Died as a commoner		He and his male line descendants are in the line of the Gladstone Baronetcy.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman	Died as an MP	Stirling Burghs
Bonar Law	Died as an MP	Glasgow Central	His third and last surviving son Richard Law became Baron Coleraine in 1954.
Ramsay MacDonald	Died as an MP	Combined Scottish Universities
Neville Chamberlain	Died as an MP	Birmingham Edgbaston
Sir Winston Churchill	Died as a commoner		He and his male line descendants are in the line of the Dukedom of Marlborough. Twice offered and declined a Dukedom. His widow was created Baroness Spencer-Churchill for life in 1965.
Sir Edward Heath	Died as a commoner
Sir John Major	Currently living as a commoner
Sir Tony Blair	Currently living as a commoner
Gordon Brown	Currently living as a commoner
David Cameron	Currently living as a commoner
Theresa May	Currently serving as an MP	Maidenhead

Notes[]

^ Sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer.
^ Sat in the House of Lords as Baron Wycombe in the Peerage of Great Britain.
^ Sat in the House of Lords as Viscount Gordon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
^ Sat in the House of Lords as Baron Melbourne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
^ Sat in the House of Lords as Baron Rosebery in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
^ Sat in the House of Lords as Baron Douglas of Douglas in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

External links[]

Prime Ministers in History from the 10 Downing Street website.

[1] Sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer.

[2] Sat in the House of Lords as Baron Wycombe in the Peerage of Great Britain.

[3] Sat in the House of Lords as Viscount Gordon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

[4] Sat in the House of Lords as Baron Melbourne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

[5] Sat in the House of Lords as Baron Rosebery in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

[6] Sat in the House of Lords as Baron Douglas of Douglas in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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List of peerages held by prime ministers of the United Kingdom

Contents

Peerages created for prime ministers[]

Reign of King George I, 1714–1727[]

Reign of King George II, 1727–1760[]

Reign of King George III, 1760–1820[]

Reign of King George IV, 1820–1830[]

Reign of King William IV, 1830–1837[]

Reign of Queen Victoria, 1837–1901[]

Reign of King Edward VII, 1901–1910[]

Reign of King George V, 1910–1936[]

Reign of King Edward VIII, 1936[]

Reign of King George VI, 1936–1952[]

Reign of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952–present[]

Peerages inherited before, during or after premiership[]

Prime ministers never raised to the peerage[]

See also[]

Notes[]

External links[]