Hereditary peers older than Her Majesty

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With the death of Lord Monk Bretton, there are now only 5 peers who are older than the Queen.: Lord Saye and Sele (1920), Earl of Elgin (1924), Lord Walsingham (1925),  Lord Wakehurst (1925) and the Marquess of Ailesbury (March 31, 1926)

Brooke

[Ivan Prekajski]

Peers and baronets older then HM The Queen.

-Nathaniel Thomas Allen Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele (b. 22 Sep 1920)

-Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine (b. 17 Feb 1924)
-John de Grey, 9th Baron Walsingham (b. 21 Feb 1925)

-Anthony Martin Grosvenor Christopher, Baron Christopher (b. 23 Apr 1925)

-John Christopher Loder, 3rd Baron Wakehurst (b. 23 Sep 1925)

-Michael Sidney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury (b. 31 Mar 1926)

-Sir Humphreys Moon, presumed 7th Baronet (b. 9 Oct 1919)

-Sir John Ernest Michael Conant, 2nd Baronet (b. 24 Apr 1923)

-Sir Peter Frederick Leighton Mills, 3rd Baronet (b. 9 Jul 1924)

-Sir Benjamin David Ross Brodie, 5th Baronet (b. 29 May 1925)

Peers and baronets who succeeded before HM.

1. 17th Viscount Gormanston                                             1940 b. 1939    
2. 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl of Berkshire                   1941 b. 1935    
3. 7th Baron Sudeley                                                             1941 b. 1939    
4. 2nd Duke of Kent                                                              1942 b. 1935    
5. 9th Earl of Chichester                                                      1944 b. 1944     
6. 3rd Baron Davies                                                              1944 b. 1940    
7. 4thBaron O'Neill                                                                1944 b. 1933    
8. 2nd Viscount Ullswater                                                   1949 b. 1942    
9. 2nd Baron Chetwode                                                       1950 b. 1937    
10. 3rd Baron Gisborough                                                   1951 b. 1927    
11. 5th Viscount Gough                                                       1951 b. 1941 

Sir James Andrew Watson, 5th Baronet                            1941 b. 1937    
Sir (Charles) Mark Palmer, 5th Baronet                             1941 b. 1941    
Sir William Neil Young, 10th Baronet                                  1944 b. 1941    
Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet   1944 b. 1944    
Sir Robin Francis Phillips, 3rd Baronet                                1944 b. 1940   
Sir Brian Walter de Stopham Barttelot, 5th Baronet         1944 b. 1941   
Sir John Nicholas Pelham, 14th Baronet                           1944 b. 1944   
Sir Alan James Outram, 5th Baronet                                  1945 b. 1937    
Sir Gavin Archibald Lyle, 3rd Baronet                                 1946 b. 1941    
Sir Philip Mansel, 15th Baronet                                           1947 b. 1943    
Sir Henry Charles Grattan-Bellew, 5th Baronet                  1948 b. 1933    
Sir Philip Chetwode, 8th Baronet                                         1950 b. 1937    
Sir Edward William Dutton Colt, 10th Baronet                   1950 b. 1936    
Sir Richard William Hyde-Parker, 12th Baronet                  1951 b. 1937    
Sir Geoffrey Christopher John Palmer, 12th Baronet         1951 b. 1936     

  

 

[Ind_Duke]

Thank you very much Ivan for this comprehensive list. I have just one clarification - Is Baron Christopher the only Life Peer older than the Queen?

[Ivan Prekajski]

Yes he is since Baroness Sharples died on 19th of May.

[Ivan Prekajski]

Two things I forgot to mention: Sir John Nicholas Pelham, 14th Baronet is also Earl of Chichester and Sir Philip Chetwode, 8th Baronet is also Baron Chetwode. By mistake I posted name of Sir Sir Richard William Hyde-Parker, 12th Baronet who died in March 2022.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Ivan, thanks so much for expanding my original post.  

Well done!

Brooke

[Ivan Prekajski]

You are welcome Brooke.

[Ivan Prekajski]

Actually two of the baronets that I have named above who were older than HM, died in 2021. First is Sir Peter Frederick Leighton Mills, 3rd Baronet (b. 9 Jul 1924) who died on 30 Jun 2021, second is Sir Benjamin David Ross Brodie, 5th Baronet (b. 29 May 1925) who died on 1 January 2021. 

[Ivan Prekajski]

Interestingly none of the baronets who succeed before Queen Elizabeth II in 1952 died and only two peers of nine died since September 2022. Also as of February 2025 3 peers older than HM are living: 15th Earl of Kincardine who turned 101 yestrday, 9th Baron Walsingham who will turn 100 on 21 February and Lord Christopher who will turn 100 in April. 

[BREMENMURRAY]

Worth noting that even though only two of the nine died since 8 September 2022 there was one just a few days earlier in September and another a few weeks earlier in August 2022.Both holding their titles for more than eighty years but only in two reigns!