Pre-1876 Life Peerages

This is a list of Life Peerages created prior to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 and the Life Peerages Act 1958.

Richard II (1377-1399)

*1377 – Guichard d'Angle, Earl of Huntingdon
*1385 – Robert de Vere, Marquess of Dublin
**1386 – Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland
*1397 – Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk

Henry V (1413-1422)

*1416 – Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter

Henry VIII (1509-1547)

*1514: Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey

James I (1603-1625)

*1618 – Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham

Charles I (1625-1649)

*1640 – Mary Howard, Baroness Stafford
**1688 – Mary Howard, Countess of Stafford
*1641 – Elizabeth Savage, Countess Rivers
*1644 – Alice Dudley, Duchess of Dudley

Charles II (1660-1685)

*1660 – Katherine Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield
*1660 – Elizabeth Boyle, Countess of Guilford
*1660 – William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton
*1660 – Walter Scott, Earl of Tarras
*1672 – James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland
*1673 – Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth
*1674 – Anne Murray, Viscountess Bayning
*1674 – Susan Belasyse, Baroness Belasyse
*1679 – Sarah Corbet, Viscountess Corbet
*1680 – Elizabeth Walter, Countess of Sheppey
*1685 – Francis Abercromby, Lord Glasford

James II (1685-1689)

*1686 – Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester
*1688 – Elizabeth Petty, Baroness Shelburne (Peerage of Ireland)

George I (1714-1727)

*1716 – Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Munster (Peerage of Ireland)
**1719 – Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal
*1721 – Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg, Countess of Leinster (Peerage of Ireland)
**1722 – Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington
*1722 – Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham

George II (1727-1760)

*1740 – Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden, Countess of Yarmouth
*1758 – Ellis Bermingham, Countess of Brandon

Victoria (1837-1901)

*1840 – Cecilia Underwood, Duchess of Inverness