Peers who succeeded before the Queen

[Ind_Duke]

Who are the peers who succeeded before the accession of the Queen on Feb 6, 1952? Is there a list of peers by their date of succession available online?

I could think of only the following peers.

1. Baron Monk Bretton (1933)

2. Baron Carrington      (1938)

3. Earl of Suffolk           (1941)

4. Duke of Kent             (1942)

5. Earl of Chichester     (1944)

6. Duke of Edinburgh    (1947)

7. Baron Denham         (1948)

8. Viscount Ullswater     (1949)

[uwe...@web.de]

http://www.unterstein.net/or/ThePeerage.html

[John B-H]

These living peers became peers before the accession of the Queen:

1. Baron Monk Bretton                       1933

2. Baron Carrington                            1938

3. Viscount Gormanston                     1940

4. Earl of Suffolk                                 1941

5. Baron Sudeley                                1941

6. Duke of Kent                                   1942

7. Baron Dickinson                             1943

8. Earl of Plymouth                             1943

9. Earl of Chichester                           1944

10. Baron Davies                                1944

11. Baron O'Neill                                 1944

12. Duke of Edinburgh                        1947

13. Baron Denham                              1948

14. Viscount Ullswater                         1949

15. Baron Chetwode                            1950

16. Baron Gisborough                         1951

17. Viscount Gough                             1951

Duke of Edinburgh was created a peer. Others inherited their peerages.

maanantai 27. marraskuuta 2017 15.05.43 UTC+2 uwe...@web.de kirjoitti:

http://www.unterstein.net/or/ThePeerage.html

[Ind_Duke]

Thank you very much for the comprehensive list. It would be interesting to watch if the Queen outlives all of them. 

[Ind_Duke]

That's the most comprehensive list I have come across. Thanks a lot..

On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 6:35:43 PM UTC+5:30, uwe...@web.de wrote:

http://www.unterstein.net/or/ThePeerage.html

[BREMENMURRAY]

List is now shorter with the recent death of the Earl of Plymouth

[ThomasFoolery]

Prince Charles sort of inheretited his dukedoms and other titles at the same moment his mother became Queen, of course. Trying to think back... has this happened before?

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Looking at the ages of the peers in 2018:

Monk Bretton 94

Carrington 99

Gormanston 79

Suffolk 83

Sudeley 79

Kent 83

Dickinson 92

Chichester 74

Davies 78

O'Neill 85

Edinburgh 97

Denham 91

Ullswater 76

Chetwode 81

 Gisborough 91

Gough 77

It will be interesting to see whether or not any of them survives to see Charles crowned King.

As an aside, did  the Earl of Chichester succeed to his title as the result of World War II and if so, is he the last such peer?

Thanks.

Brooke

[BREMENMURRAY]

No the Duke of Kent succeeded as a result of WWII

On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 7:23:45 AM UTC, Ind_Duke wrote:

[Henry W]

The Earl of Suffolk succeeded due to WWII - his father was in bomb disposal.

The Viscount Ullswater succeeded early due to WWII. His father had died in the same plane crash as Prince George, Duke of Kent, thus meaning he was his g-grandfathers heir, when ordinarily he might have succeeded much later if his father had lived.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Thanks BREMENMURRAY and Henry W,

Brooke

On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 2:23:45 AM UTC-5, Ind_Duke wrote:

[BREMENMURRAY]

The father of Viscount Gormanston died at Dunkirk

On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 7:23:45 AM UTC, Ind_Duke wrote:

[Ind_Duke]

There are now 14 living peers who became peers before the accession of the Queen:

1. Baron Monk Bretton                       1933

2. Viscount Gormanston                     1940

3. Earl of Suffolk                                 1941

4. Baron Sudeley                                1941

5. Duke of Kent                                   1942

6. Earl of Chichester                           1944

7. Baron Davies                                  1944

8. Baron O'Neill                                   1944

9. Duke of Edinburgh                          1947

10. Baron Denham                              1948

11. Viscount Ullswater                         1949

12. Baron Chetwode                            1950

13. Baron Gisborough                         1951

14. Viscount Gough                             1951

[BREMENMURRAY]

Lord Monk Bretton is also the second oldest of the hereditary barons behind Lord Saye and Sele

On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 7:23:45 AM UTC, Ind_Duke wrote:

[malcolm davies]

Note that the peers 2-8 succeeded because their father was killed on wartime service,for the most part in action.

[Troy]

I recall reading that there was at least one Peer whose father died in action in WW2 while the former was in utero, making him - like the Christmas Carol - Lord at thy birth. Does anyone know who this was & was there more than one such case?

[John B-H]

The Earl of Chichester was born as an earl on 14 April 1944 as his father had died in a road accident on 21 February while on active service.

[BREMENMURRAY]

The others listed were born in the lifetime of their fathers

On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 7:23:45 AM UTC, Ind_Duke wrote: