The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in the United Kingdom in total.
The Peerage of Great Britain – titles created for the Kingdom of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. The Peerage of Ireland – titles created for the Kingdom of Ireland before the Acts of Union in 1801, and some titles created later. The Peerage of the United Kingdom – most titles created since 1801 to the present.
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain .
TitleCreationGranteeReason19 January 1801—23 June 1801Earl Grey in the Peerage of United ...Earl Grey in the Peerage of United ...23 June 1801—18 August 1801Earl Nelson in the Peerage of United ...Earl Nelson in the Peerage of United ...The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between the Acts of Union 1707 and the Acts of Union 1800. It replaced the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland, but was itself replaced by the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1801.
TitleCreationGranteeReason5 September 1711Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery, also held ...His descendants sat in the House of Lords ...31 December 1711Held by the Earl of Kinnoull in the ...Held by the Earl of Kinnoull in the ...1 January 1712Earl Bathurst in the Peerage of Great ...Earl Bathurst in the Peerage of Great ...1 January 1712Sir Thomas Willoughby, Bt., MPFormer Member of Parliament for ...The history of the British peerage, a system of nobility found in the United Kingdom, stretches over the last thousand years. The current form of the British peerage has been a process of development. While the ranks of baron and earl predate the British peerage itself, the ranks of duke and marquess were introduced to England in the 14th century.