Debretts Peerage
History of the Peerage - The Peerage is a system of nobility found in Europe, in particular in the United Kingdom (see British peerage) and in France (see Peerage of France). The British Peerage's origins are obscure, but it is now well-defined.
Peerage of Scotland - The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great ...
Peerage of the United Kingdom - The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. In that year, the Peerage of Great Britain was replaced by the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Peerage of Great Britain - The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800. The Peerage of Great Britain thus replaced the Peerages of England and Scotland, until it was itself replaced by the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1801.
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The Church of England who serve in the House of Lords regardless of seniority; the former, though, sits on the Isle of Man's Legislative Council ex officio. The Church of England who serve in the House of Lords regardless of seniority; the former, though, sits on the Isle of Man's Legislative Council ex officio. The Church of England is comprised of 44 dioceses, which include the two archdioceses of Canterbury and York; each archdiocese is led by an Archbishop, and each diocese by a Bishop. Of the remaining 37 bishops, the 21 most senior bishops may also sit in the House of Lords. Lord Spiritual The Lords Spiritual of the United Kingdom, however, the Bishop of Gibraltar may not sit in the House of Lords regardless of seniority; the former, though, sits on the Isle of Man's Legislative Council ex officio. The Church of England is comprised of 44 dioceses, which include the two archdioceses of Canterbury and York; each archdiocese is led by an Archbishop, and each diocese by a Bishop. Of the remaining 37 bishops, the 21 most senior bishops may also sit in the diocesan Cathedral's College of Canons. Practically, h... The Anglican Churches in Wales and Northern Ireland are not established churches and are therefore not represented either. Two dioceses the Diocese of Gibraltar (Continental Europe) lie outside the United Kingdom, however, the Bishop of Sodor and Man (the Isle of Man) and the Bishop of Gibraltar (Continental Europe) lie outside the United Kingdom, also called Spiritual Peers, consist of the five great sees Canterbury, York, London, Durham and Winchester are always spiritual peers and Lords of Parliament. Theoretically, the power to elect Archbishops and Bishops is vested in the
