List of law life peerages
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This is a list of life peerages in the peerage of the United Kingdom created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. On 1 October 2009, the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 was repealed by Schedule 18 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005[1][2] owing to the creation of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. As a result, the power to create law life peers lapsed, although the validity of life peerages created thereunder remains intact.
1870s
[edit]Date of creation | Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Date of extinction |
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16 October 1876 | Colin Blackburn | Baron Blackburn | of Killearn in the County of Stirling | 8 January 1896 |
17 October 1876 | Edward Gordon ‡ | Baron Gordon of Drumearn | of Drumearn in the County of Stirling | 21 August 1879 |
‡ former MP
1880s
[edit]Date of creation | Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Date of extinction |
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28 April 1880 | William Watson ‡ | Baron Watson | of Thankerton in the County of Lanark | 14 September 1899 |
23 June 1882 | John FitzGerald ‡ | Baron FitzGerald | of Kilmarnock in the County of Dublin | 16 October 1889 |
25 January 1887 | Edward Macnaghten ‡ | Baron Macnaghten | of Runkerry in the County of Antrim | 17 February 1913 |
5 December 1889 | Michael Morris ‡ | Baron Morris | of Spiddal in the County of Galway | 8 September 1901 |
‡ former MP
1890s
[edit]Date of creation | Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Date of extinction |
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28 January 1891 | James Hannen | Baron Hannen | of Burdock in the County of Sussex | 29 March 1894 |
23 September 1893 | Charles Bowen | Baron Bowen | of Colwood in the County of Sussex | 10 April 1894 |
7 May 1894 | Charles Russell ‡ | Baron Russell of Killowen | of Killowen in the County of Down | 10 August 1900 |
13 August 1894 | Horace Davey ‡ | Baron Davey | of Fernhurst in the County of Sussex | 20 February 1907 |
14 November 1899 | James Robertson, Lord Robertson ‡§ | Baron Robertson | of Forteviot in the County of Perth | 2 February 1909 |
‡ former MP
§ former Senator of the College of Justice
1900s
[edit]Date of creation | Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Date of extinction |
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10 May 1900 | Nathaniel Lindley | Baron Lindley | of East Carleton in the County of Norfolk | 9 December 1921 |
19 December 1905 | John Atkinson ‡ | Baron Atkinson | of Glenwilliam in the County of Limerick | 13 March 1932 |
6 March 1907 | Richard Collins | Baron Collins | of Kensington in the County of London | 3 January 1911 |
22 February 1909 | Thomas Shaw ‡ | Baron Shaw | of Dunfermline in the County of Fife | 28 June 1937 |
‡ former MP
1910s
[edit]Date of creation | Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Date of extinction |
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7 October 1910 | William Robson ‡ | Baron Robson | of Jesmond in the County of Northumberland | 11 September 1918 |
1 October 1912 | John Fletcher Moulton ‡ | Baron Moulton | of Bank in the County of Southampton | 9 March 1921 |
4 March 1913 | Robert Parker | Baron Parker of Waddington | of Waddington in the County of York | 12 July 1918 |
20 October 1913 | John Hamilton | Baron Sumner | of Ibstone in the County of Buckingham | 24 May 1934 |
‡ former MP
1920s
[edit]Date of creation | Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Date of extinction |
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1 June 1921 | Edward Carson ‡ | Baron Carson | of Duncairn in the County of Antrim | 22 October 1935 |
12 October 1923 | Robert Younger | Baron Blanesburgh | of Alloa in the County of Clackmannan | 17 August 1946 |
6 February 1928 | James Atkin | Baron Atkin | of Aberdovey in the County of Merioneth | 25 June 1944 |
11 February 1929 | Thomas Tomlin | Baron Tomlin | of Ash in the County of Kent | 13 August 1935 |
1 May 1929 | William Watson ‡ [3] | Baron Thankerton | of Thankerton in the County of Lanark | 13 June 1948 |
18 November 1929 | Frank Russell[4] | Baron Russell of Killowen | of Killowen in the County of Down | 20 December 1946 |
‡ former MP
1930s
[edit]Date of creation | Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Date of extinction |
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3 February 1930 | Hugh Macmillan | Baron Macmillan | of Aberfeldy in the County of Perth | 5 September 1952 |
11 April 1932 | Robert Wright | Baron Wright | of Durley in the County of Wiltshire | 27 June 1964 |
7 October 1935 | Frederic Maugham | Baron Maugham | of Hartfield in the County of Sussex | 23 March 1958 |
14 October 1935 | Adair Roche | Baron Roche | of Chadlington in the County of Oxford | 22 December 1956 |
5 January 1938 | Mark Romer | Baron Romer | of New Romney in the County of Kent | 19 August 1944 |
28 March 1938 | Samuel Porter | Baron Porter | of Longfield in the County of Tyrone | 13 February 1956 |
1940s
[edit]Date of creation | Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Date of extinction |
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18 April 1944 | Gavin Simonds | Baron Simonds | of Sparsholt in the County of Southampton | 28 June 1971 |
19 July 1944 | Rayner Goddard | Baron Goddard | of Aldbourne in the County of Wiltshire | 29 May 1971 |
9 January 1946 | Augustus Uthwatt | Baron Uthwatt | of Lathbury in the County of Buckingham | 24 April 1949 |
5 February 1946 | Herbert du Parcq | Baron du Parcq | of Grouville in the Island of Jersey | 27 April 1949 |
6 January 1947 | Wilfrid Normand, Lord Normand ‡§ | Baron Normand | of Aberdour in the County of Fife | 5 October 1962 |
18 April 1947 | Fergus Morton | Baron Morton of Henryton | of Henryton in the County of Ayr | 18 July 1973 |
23 April 1947 | John MacDermott | Baron MacDermott | of Belmont in the City of Belfast | 13 July 1979 |
6 October 1948 | James Reid ‡ | Baron Reid | of Drem in the County of East Lothian | 29 March 1975 |
1 June 1949 | Cyril Radcliffe | Baron Radcliffe | of Werneth in the County Palatine of Lancaster | 1 April 1977 |
‡ former MP
§ former Senator of the College of Justice
1950s
[edit]Date of creation | Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Date of extinction |
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29 September 1950 | James Tucker | Baron Tucker | of Great Bookham in the County of Surrey | 17 November 1975 |
23 April 1951 | Cyril Asquith[5] | Baron Asquith of Bishopstone | of Bishopstone in the County of Sussex | 24 August 1954 |
12 November 1951 | Lionel Cohen | Baron Cohen | of Walmer in the County of Kent | 9 May 1973 |
4 November 1953 | James Keith, Lord Keith § | Baron Keith of Avonholm | of St. Bernard's in the City of Edinburgh | 29 June 1964 |
4 October 1954 | Donald Somervell ‡ | Baron Somervell of Harrow | of Ewelme in the County of Oxford | 18 November 1960 |
24 April 1957 | Alfred Denning | Baron Denning | of Whitchurch in the County of Southampton | 5 March 1999 |
6 April 1959 | David Jenkins | Baron Jenkins | of Ashley Gardens in the City of Westminster | 21 July 1969 |
‡ former MP
§ former Senator of the College of Justice
1960s
[edit]Date of creation | Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Date of extinction |
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7 January 1960 | John Morris | Baron Morris of Borth-y-Gest | of Borth-y-Gest in the County of Caernarvon | 9 June 1979 |
1 October 1960 | Charles Hodson | Baron Hodson | of Rotherfield Greys in the County of Oxford | 11 March 1984 |
20 January 1961 | Christopher Guest, Lord Guest § | Baron Guest | of Graden in the County of Berwick | 25 September 1984 |
11 October 1961 | Patrick Devlin | Baron Devlin | of West Wick in the County of Wilts | 9 August 1992 |
19 April 1962 | Edward Pearce | Baron Pearce | of Sweethaws in the County of Sussex | 26 November 1990 |
26 November 1963 | Gerald Upjohn | Baron Upjohn | of Little Tey in the County of Essex | 27 January 1971 |
11 January 1964 | Terence Donovan ‡ | Baron Donovan | of Winchester in the County of Southampton | 12 December 1971 |
1 October 1964 | Richard Wilberforce | Baron Wilberforce | of the City and County of Kingston-upon-Hull | 15 February 2003 |
18 February 1965 | Colin Pearson | Baron Pearson | of Minnedosa in Canada and of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
31 January 1980 |
30 September 1968 | Kenneth Diplock | Baron Diplock | of Wansford in the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough | 14 October 1985 |
‡ former MP
§ former Senator of the College of Justice
1970s
[edit]Date of creation | Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Date of extinction |
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12 March 1971 | Geoffrey Cross | Baron Cross of Chelsea | of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | 4 August 1989 |
4 October 1971 | James Shaw, Lord Kilbrandon § | Baron Kilbrandon | of Kilbrandon in the County of Argyll | 10 September 1989 |
10 January 1972 | Cyril Salmon | Baron Salmon | of Sandwich in the County of Kent | 7 November 1991 |
1 October 1974 | Edmund Davies | Baron Edmund-Davies | of Aberpennar in the County of Mid Glamorgan | 26 December 1992 |
13 January 1975 | Ian Fraser, Lord Fraser § | Baron Fraser of Tullybelton | of Bankfoot in the County of Perth | 17 February 1989 |
30 September 1975 | Charles Ritchie Russell[6] | Baron Russell of Killowen | of Killowen in the County of Down | 23 June 1986 |
10 January 1977 | Henry Keith, Lord Keith[7] § | Baron Keith of Kinkel | of Strathtummel in the District of Perth and Kinross | 21 June 2002 |
30 September 1977 | Leslie Scarman | Baron Scarman | of Quatt in the County of Salop | 8 December 2004 |
28 September 1979 | Geoffrey Lane | Baron Lane | of St. Ippollitts in the County of Hertfordshire | 22 August 2005 |
§ former Senator of the College of Justice
1980s
[edit]Date of creation | Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Date of extinction |
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15 April 1980 | Eustace Roskill | Baron Roskill | of Newtown in the County of Hampshire | 4 October 1996 |
29 September 1980 | Nigel Bridge | Baron Bridge of Harwich | of Harwich in the County of Essex | 20 November 2007 |
24 September 1981 | Henry Brandon | Baron Brandon of Oakbrook | of Hammersmith in Greater London | 24 March 1999 |
12 March 1982 | John Brightman | Baron Brightman | of Ibthorpe in the County of Hampshire | 6 February 2006 |
30 September 1982 | Sydney Templeman | Baron Templeman | of White Lackington in the County of Somerset | 4 June 2014 |
23 May 1985 | Hugh Griffiths[8] | Baron Griffiths | of Govilon in the County of Gwent | 30 May 2015 |
30 January 1986 | Desmond Ackner | Baron Ackner | of Sutton in the County of West Sussex | 21 March 2006 |
31 January 1986 | Peter Oliver | Baron Oliver of Aylmerton | of Aylmerton in the County of Norfolk | 17 October 2007 |
9 February 1986 | Robert Goff | Baron Goff of Chieveley | of Chieveley in the Royal County of Berkshire | 14 August 2016 |
9 February 1988 | Charles Jauncey, Lord Jauncey § | Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle | of Comrie in the District of Perth and Kinross | 18 July 2007 |
§ former Senator of the College of Justice
1990s
[edit]Date of creation | Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Date of retirement (if applicable) |
Date of extinction (if applicable) |
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1 October 1991 | Nick Browne-Wilkinson | Baron Browne-Wilkinson | of Camden in the London Borough of Camden | 1 March 2016 [9] | 25 July 2018 |
10 January 1992 | Michael Mustill | Baron Mustill | of Pateley Bridge in the County of North Yorkshire | 24 April 2015 | |
11 March 1992 | Gordon Slynn | Baron Slynn of Hadley | of Eggington in the County of Bedfordshire | 7 April 2009 | |
1 October 1992 | Harry Woolf[a] | Baron Woolf | of Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond | ||
1 October 1993 | Tony Lloyd[b] | Baron Lloyd of Berwick | of Ludlay in the County of East Sussex | 27 March 2015 [9] | 9 December 2024 |
11 January 1994 | Michael Nolan | Baron Nolan | of Brasted in the County of Kent | 22 January 2007 | |
3 October 1994 | Donald Nicholls[c] | Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead | of Stoke D'Abernon in the County of Surrey | 3 April 2017 [9] | 25 September 2019 |
11 January 1995 | Johan Steyn[b] | Baron Steyn | of Swafield in the County of Norfolk | 28 November 2017 | |
21 February 1995 | Lennie Hoffmann[c] | Baron Hoffmann | of Chedworth in the County of Gloucestershire | ||
1 October 1996 | James Clyde, Lord Clyde § | Baron Clyde | of Briglands in Perth and Kinross | 6 March 2009 | |
6 January 1997 | Brian Hutton[b] | Baron Hutton | of Bresagh in the County of Down | 23 April 2018 [9] | 14 July 2020 |
28 July 1997 | Mark Saville[d] | Baron Saville of Newdigate | of Newdigate in the County of Surrey | 20 June 2024 [9] | |
1 October 1998 | John Hobhouse | Baron Hobhouse of Woodborough | of Woodborough in the County of Wiltshire | 15 March 2004 | |
1 October 1998 | Peter Millett | Baron Millett | of St Marylebone in the City of Westminster | 4 May 2017 [9] | 27 May 2021 |
12 January 1999 | Nick Phillips[e] | Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers | of Belsize Park in the London Borough of Camden |
§ former Senator of the College of Justice
2000s
[edit]Date of creation | Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Date of retirement (if applicable) |
Date of extinction (if applicable) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 July 2000 | Richard Scott[b] | Baron Scott of Foscote | of Foscote in the County of Buckinghamshire | 21 December 2016 [9] | |
1 October 2002 | Robert Walker[d] | Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe | of Gestingthorpe in the County of Essex | 17 March 2021 [9] | 16 November 2023 |
12 January 2004 | Brenda Hale[f] | Baroness Hale of Richmond | of Easby in the County of North Yorkshire | ||
12 January 2004 | Robert Carswell[b] | Baron Carswell | of Killeen in the County of Down | 29 October 2019 [9] | 4 May 2023 |
13 January 2004 | Simon Brown[d] | Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood | of Eaton-under-Heywood in the County of Shropshire | 19 June 2023 [9] | 7 July 2023 |
3 October 2005 | Jonathan Mance[g] | Baron Mance | of Frognal in the London Borough of Camden | ||
11 January 2007 | David Neuberger[e] | Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury | of Abbotsbury in the County of Dorset | ||
21 April 2009 | Lawrence Collins[d] | Baron Collins of Mapesbury | of Hampstead Town in the London Borough of Camden | ||
29 June 2009 | Brian Kerr | Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore | of Tonaghmore in the County of Down | 1 December 2020 |
Law life peers subsequently created hereditary peers
[edit]Law Lord | Life Peerage | Date | Hereditary Peerage | Date | Notes |
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Michael Morris‡ | Baron Morris | 5 December 1889 | Baron Killanin | 15 June 1900 | Extant |
Thomas Shaw‡ | Baron Shaw | 20 February 1909 | Baron Craigmyle | 7 March 1929 | Extant |
John Hamilton | Baron Sumner | 20 Oct 1913 | Viscount Sumner | 31 January 1927 | Extinct at his death 1930 |
Frederic Maugham | Baron Maugham | 7 October 1935 | Viscount Maugham | 22 September 1939 | Extinct at death of 2nd Viscount 1981 |
Gavin Simonds | Baron Simonds | 18 Apr 1944 | Baron Simonds | 24 Jun 1952 | Extinct at his death 1971 |
Viscount Simonds | 18 Oct 1954 | ||||
Cyril Radcliffe | Baron Radcliffe | 1 June 1949 | Viscount Radcliffe | 11 Jul 1962 | Extinct at his death 1977 |
‡ former MP
Other peers who served as Law Lords
[edit]Hereditary peers
[edit]Law Lord | Title | Created | Became Law Lord | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
George Cave‡ | Viscount Cave | 14 November 1918 | 15 January 1919 | Extinct at his death 1928 |
Geoffrey Lawrence | Baron Oaksey | 13 January 1947 | 15 April 1947 | Extant |
Wilfrid Greene | Baron Greene | 16 July 1941 | 1 June 1949 | Extinct at his death 1952 |
Raymond Evershed | Baron Evershed | 20 January 1956 | 19 April 1962 | Extinct at his death 1966 |
Reginald Manningham-Buller‡ | Baron Dilhorne | 17 July 1962 | 9 June 1969 | Extant |
Viscount Dilhorne | 7 December 1964 |
‡ former MP
Peers created under the Life Peerages Act 1958
[edit]Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Created | Became Law Lord | Date of extinction (if applicable) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jocelyn Edward Salis Simon‡ | Baron Simon of Glaisdale | of Glaisdale in the North Riding of the County of York | 5 February 1971 | 19 April 1971 | 7 May 2006 |
James Peter Hymers Mackay | Baron Mackay of Clashfern | of Eddrachillis in the District of Sutherland | 6 July 1979 | 1 October 1985 | |
James Arthur David Hope | Baron Hope of Craighead | of Bamff in the District of Perth and Kinross | 28 February 1995 | 1 October 1996 | |
Robin Brunskill Cooke | Baron Cooke of Thorndon | of Wellington in New Zealand, and of Cambridge in the county of Cambridgeshire |
3 April 1996 | 8 May 1996 | 30 August 2006 |
Thomas Henry Bingham | Baron Bingham of Cornhill | of Boughrood in the County of Powys | 4 June 1996 | 6 June 2000 | 11 September 2010 |
Alan Ferguson Rodger | Baron Rodger of Earlsferry | of Earlsferry in the District of North East Fife | 29 April 1992 | 1 October 2001 | 26 June 2011 |
‡ former MP
List of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
[edit]This is a complete list of people who have been appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary under the terms of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. On 1 October 2009, the Lords Appeal in Ordinary became the first Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Those appointees who were not already members of the House of Lords were created life peers; for their titles see above. Initially it was intended that peers created in this way would only sit in the House of Lords while serving their term as judges, but in 1887 (on the retirement of Lord Blackburn) the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1887 provided that former judges would retain their seats for life. Under the terms of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, which transferred the judicial functions of the House of Lords to the new Supreme Court, previous Law Lords who were transferred to the Supreme Court do not have the right to speak and vote in the House until they leave office.[10][11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Former Lord Chief Justice.
- ^ a b c d e Former Lord of the Appeal.
- ^ a b Former Second Senior Lord of Appeal.
- ^ a b c d Former Justice of the Supreme Court.
- ^ a b Former President of the Supreme Court.
- ^ Former President of the Supreme Court.
- ^ Former Deputy President of the Supreme Court.
Citations
[edit]- ^ Statute Law Database
- ^ UK Statute Law Database
- ^ Son of William Watson, Baron Watson.
- ^ Son of Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen.
- ^ Son of H. H. Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith.
- ^ Son of Frank Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen.
- ^ Son of James Keith, Baron Keith of Avonholm.
- ^ Husband of Heather Brigstocke, Baroness Brigstocke.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Accordance with Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.
- ^ House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, Schedule 1, Part I
- ^ Constitutional Reform Act 2005, section 137
Sources
[edit]- Chris Cook and Brendan Keith, British Historical Facts 1830–1900, Macmillan, 1975
- David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth-Century British Political Facts 1900–2000, Macmillan, 2000
- Sir John Sainty, "The Judges of England 1272–1990", Selden Society 1993