This is the list of the following hereditary peers who were excluded from the House of Lords due to the House of Lords Act 1999.
Excluded hereditary peers
The following 665 hereditary peers had their entitlement to sit in the House of Lords removed by the House of Lords Act 1999, based on the Order of precedence in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland at the time of the passing of the act.
Hereditary peers given life peerages
The following 10 peers were excluded from sitting in the House of Lords by virtue of their hereditary titles, and were not part of the 92 excepted hereditary peers. New life peerages were offered to hereditary peers of first creation (The Earl of Longford as Lord Pakenham (who was also a former Leader of the House of Lords), The Earl of Snowdon, The Lord Aldington and The Lord Erroll of Hale) and to previous Leaders of the House of Lords (The Lord Carrington 1963–1964, The Earl of Longford 1964–1968, The Earl Jellicoe 1970–1973, The Lord Windlesham 1973–1974, The Lord Shepherd 1974–1976, The Lord Belstead 1988–1990 and The Viscount Cranborne 1994–1997) to allow their continued membership after the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999.
Prior to the act Quintin Hogg (who was a former Leader of the House 1960–1963 as The Viscount Hailsham) had disclaimed his hereditary peerage in 1963, but had returned to the House as a life peer when he became the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in 1970. Also two hereditary peers had been created life peers prior to their successions to their hereditary peerages. They continued to sit in the House by virtue of their life peerages following the exclusion of hereditary peers.
Other hereditary peers
Disclaimed hereditary peers
The following 10 peers disclaimed their respective hereditary titles under the Peerage Act 1963 which meant Peers can disclaim their respective peerage for life, even though they were not affected by the expulsion, three members returned to the House by virtue of their life peerages and remained members until their respective deaths and retirement. Despite the House of Lords Act 1999, the Barony of Silkin was disclaimed in 2002.
Irish hereditary peers
The following 68 Peers of the Peerage of Ireland was not affected by the expulsion of the House of Lords Act 1999 as they were on the Electoral roll and they were eligible to be a Member of Parliament and vote in Elections in the United Kingdom in all formats at the time, ie Local Government elections, European elections, Devolution elections and UK general elections.
See also
List of hereditary peers in the House of Lords by virtue of a life peerage
List of hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999
References
Notes
Citations
Sources
Bedford, M. (1999). Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1999. Westminster: Vacher Dod Publishing Ltd. Bedford, M. (2000). Dod's Parliamentary Companion 2000. Westminster: Vacher Dod Publishing Ltd.