Peerage deaths (so far in) 2023

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Reading about the death of Baron Elton, it did seem to me like we have seen an unusually high number of peerage deaths so far this year.

With 2023, not even three quarters complete, so far, this group has recorded the following peerage deaths:

3rd Baron Hemingford

18th Marquess of Winchester (actually died in 2016)

Baroness (16th in line) Berners

5th Baron Churston

3rd Baron MacAndrew

29th Earl of Crawford and 12th Earl of Balcarres

18th Earl of Perth

5th Viscount Gough (title extinct)

3rd Viscount Knollys

3rd Baron Kirkwood

6th Baron Strathspey

18th Lord Inchiquin

8th Earl Cadogan

3rd Viscount Tenby

8th Baron Harris

8th Baron Bolton

13th Earl of Airlie

4th Baron Baden-Powell

4th Baron Palmer

3rd Baron Bradbury

5th Baron Lawrence (title extinct)

2nd Baron Milverton

2nd Baron Elton

Brooke

[Henry W]

Hemingford actually died Dec 2022.  You missed 7th Baron Camoys, who died early January.

As always I am keeping track - I might work on some sort of numerical tracking by month/year to make it easier to see outliers.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Hi Henry.

Thanks for these two catches.  With regards to Hemingford, I had written in my notes, at the time, that he could have died in early Jan. 2023, but you're right, he actually died in mid Dec. 2022.  As for Camoys,  my notes said it had been posted here  in early January, but I don't think I had written down an actual date of death for him.

So excluding Winchester and now Hemingford, but including Camoys,  I believe that makes 22 hereditary peerage deaths, which does seem high for a non-war year, and with still 3 and 1/2 months to go.  I guess it's not  too surprising , as many of the peers are over 80.

Brooke

[BREMENMURRAY]

Four months still to go in 2023.The other side of the coin is that the numbers reaching 90 seem to be increasing every year

[bx...@yahoo.com]

According to unterstein.net, there are 38 peers and peeresses who were at least 90 (born 1933 and earlier), but that list includes the last two who died, Milverton and Elton.

Out of the remaining 36, the oldest is the only centenarian, Lord Saye and Sele, born 1920.

Brooke

[Henry W]

Brooke, you are correct to say that 2023 is not going to be a good year for the hereditary peers - 22 deaths so far already beats the deaths in the whole year for all of 2017 to 2022 inclusive.

Peerage deaths by year/month

I compiled the above tables from my records of deaths which I have maintained for a few years: Peerage & Baronetage deaths & births

Whilst this year is not going well for the peers, only 11 baronets have their death recorded so far this year, so they may be on for a recent low in the number of baronet deaths.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Hi Henry.

Thanks for actually putting it all in perspective.  It has seemed to me that I'm reading about a hereditary peer dying almost every third of fourth day.

Interesting note about the baronets.   I wonder what the actual average age for them is compared with the hereditary peers.

Thanks again, Henry.

Brooke

[BREMENMURRAY]

Pattern seems to be that there is at least one centenarian at any given time 

[Ivan Prekajski]

There will be two is current one live until February when Earl of Elgin will turn 100.

[colinp]

Of the 712 non-peer baronets listed by Kershaw, 40 are over 90 or will turn 90 this year

[colinp]

My apologies - there are 951 non-peer baronets according to Stephen Kershaw's listing in July 2023