Peerage of Great Britain

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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. It replaced the Peerages of England and Scotland, until it was itself replaced by the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1801.

Until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, all Peers of Great Britain could sit in the House of Lords.

The ranks of the Great British peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron.

In the following table of Great British peers, higher or equal titles in the other peerages are listed.

Dukes in the Peerage of Great Britain

Title	Creation	Other titles
The Duke of Brandon	1711	Duke of Hamilton in the Peerage of Scotland
The Duke of Manchester	1719
The Duke of Northumberland	1766

Marquesses in the Peerage of Great Britain

Title	Creation	Other titles
The Marquess of Lansdowne	1784
The Marquess Townshend	1787
The Marquess of Stafford	1786	Duke of Sutherland in the Peerage of the UK
The Marquess of Salisbury	1789
The Marquess of Bath	1789	Viscount Weymouth in the Peerage of England;
The Marquess of Abercorn	1790	Duke of Abercorn in the Peerage of Ireland
The Marquess of Hertford	1793
The Marquess of Bute	1796

Earls in the Peerage of Great Britain

Title	Creation	Other titles
The Earl Ferrers	1711
The Earl of Dartmouth	1711
The Earl of Bristol	1714	Marquess of Bristol in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Tankerville	1714
The Earl of Aylesford	1714
The Earl of Macclesfield	1721
The Earl of Graham	1722	Duke of Montrose in the Peerage of Scotland
The Earl Waldegrave	1729
The Earl of Harrington	1742
The Earl of Portsmouth	1743
The Earl Brooke and of Warwick	1746; 1759
The Earl of Buckinghamshire	1746
The Earl of Guilford	1752
The Earl of Hardwicke	1754
The Earl of Ilchester	1756
The Earl De La Warr	1761
The Earl of Radnor	1765
The Earl Spencer	1765
The Earl Bathurst	1772
The Earl of Hillsborough	1772	Marquess of Downshire in the Peerage of Ireland
The Earl of Ailesbury	1776	Marquess of Ailesbury in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Clarendon	1776
The Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield	1776; 1792
The Earl of Abergavenny	1784	Marquess of Abergavenny in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Uxbridge	1784	Marquess of Anglesey in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl Talbot	1784	Earl of Shrewsbury in the Peerage of England; Earl of Waterford in the Peerage of Ireland
The Earl Grosvenor	1784	Duke of Westminster in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl Camden	1786	Marquess Camden in the Peerage of the UK
The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe	1789
The Earl Fortescue	1789
The Earl of Carnarvon	1793
The Earl Cadogan	1800
The Earl of Malmesbury	1800

Viscounts in the Peerage of Great Britain

Title	Creation	Other titles
The Viscount Bolingbroke and St John	1712; 1716
The Viscount Cobham	1718
The Viscount Falmouth	1720
The Viscount Torrington	1721
The Viscount Leinster	1747	Duke of Leinster in the Peerage of Ireland
The Viscount Hood	1796
The Viscount Lowther	1796	Earl of Lonsdale in the Peerage of the UK

Barons in the Peerage of Great Britain