life peerage

Two years after his death she received a life peerage in her own right.

In his last year, he was the first composer to be given a life peerage.

Those who were not already members of either house received a life peerage on appointment.

Life peerages may be awarded through a number of different routes.

Major has so far declined a life peerage on standing down from Parliament.

On 18 November 1995 it was announced he would receive a life peerage.

This was a rare life peerage and became extinct on her death in 1713.

If they offer me a life peerage I shall turn it down."

It makes possible the conferment of life peerages with a right to sit.

In 1974 he retired from Parliament and was awarded a life peerage.

It was more of a life sentence than a life peerage.

Instead, he chose to accept a life peerage for reasons which remain unknown.

Her life peerage was announced on 19 November 2010.

Life peerages may in certain cases be awarded to hereditary peers.

Like his predecessor, Hogg would leave the seat on being given a life peerage.

She was awarded a life peerage when she joined the government in 2009.

She was the first woman in Northern Ireland to be given a life peerage.

In 2007 he was also connected with cronyism for wanting to give personal friends life peerages.

Bills were later introduced to permit the creation of life peerages, but these failed.

These titles were given only to males and not inheritable much like a life peerage.

Retired as an MP in 2001 and given a life peerage.

Lady Greenfield was awarded a life peerage in 2001.

He accepted a life peerage and sat as a Liberal Democrat.

Like a life peerage in the United Kingdom, it will not be inherited by her children.

On retirement, he was given a life peerage.