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The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the senior decision-making body of His Majesty's Government. [1] A committee of the Privy Council, it is chaired by the Prime Minister and its members include Secretaries of State and other senior ministers. Members of the Cabinet are appointed by the Prime Minister and are by convention chosen from members ...
The Complete Peerage (full title: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant ); first edition by George Edward Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms; 2nd edition revised by Vicary Gibbs et al.) is a comprehensive work on the titled aristocracy of the British Isles .
British nobility, in the United Kingdom, members of the upper social class, who usually possess a hereditary title. The titled nobility are part of the peerage, which shares the responsibility of government. The peerage comprises five ranks, which are, in descending order, duke, marquess, earl,
Peerages created for prime ministers by reign. King George I, 1714–1727. King George II, 1727–1760. King George III, 1760–1820. King George IV, 1820–1830. King William IV, 1830–1837. Queen Victoria, 1837–1901. King Edward VII, 1901–1910. King George V, 1910–1936.
Since 1800, Irish peers have had the right to stand for election to the United Kingdom House of Commons but they lose the privilege of peerage for the duration of their service in the lower House. Since 1999, hereditary peers of England , Scotland , Great Britain , and the United Kingdom who are not members of the House of Lords may stand for election to the House of Commons.
This is a list of the 189 present and extant earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.Note that it does not include extant earldoms which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with marquessates or dukedoms and are today only seen as subsidiary titles.
The House of Lords [a] is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. [5] Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. [6] One of the oldest institutions in the world, its origins lie in the early 11th century and the emergence of bicameralism in the 13th century.
