PEERAGE
Last updated 15/07/2010
Date Rank Order Name Born Died  Age
HILLSBOROUGH
21 Aug 1717 V[I] 1 Trevor Hill 1693 5 May 1742 48
Created Baron Hill of Kilwarlin and
Viscount Hillsborough 21 Aug 1717
MP for Aylesbury 1715-1722. Lord
Lieutenant Down 1729  PC [I] 1717
5 May 1742 2 Wills Hill 30 May 1718  7 Oct 1793 75
3 Oct 1751 E[I] 1 Created Viscount Kilwarlin and Earl of
Hillsborough [I] 3 Oct 1751,Baron
28 Aug 1772  E 1 Harwich 17 Nov 1756 and Viscount
Fairford and Earl of Hillsborough [GB]
28 Aug 1772
He was subsequently created Marquess of
Downshire (qv) with which title these
peerages then merged
HILTON OF EGGARDON
14 Jun 1991 B[L] 1 Jennifer Hilton 12 Jan 1936
Created Baroness Hilton of
Eggardon 14 Jun 1991
HILTON OF UPTON
11 May 1965 B[L] 1 Albert Victor Hilton 14 Feb 1908 3 May 1977 69
to     Created Baron Hilton of Upton
3 May 1977 11 May 1965
MP for Norfolk Southwest 1959-1964
Peerage extinct on his death
HINCHINGBROOKE
12 Jul 1660 V 1 Edward Montagu 27 Jul 1625 28 May 1672 46
Created Viscount Hinchingbrooke and
Earl of Sandwich 12 Jul 1660
See "Sandwich"
HINDLIP
16 Feb 1886 B 1 Sir Henry Allsopp,1st baronet 19 Feb 1811 2 Apr 1887 76
Created Baron Hindlip 16 Feb 1886
MP for Worcestershire East 1874-1880
2 Apr 1887 2 Samuel Charles Allsopp 24 Mar 1842 12 Jul 1897 55
MP for Staffordshire East 1873-1880 and
Taunton 1882-1887
12 Jul 1897 3 Charles Allsopp 22 Sep 1877 2 Dec 1931 54
2 Dec 1931 4 Charles Samuel Victor Allsopp 5 Nov 1906 30 Mar 1966 59
30 Mar 1966 5 Henry Richard Allsopp 1 Jul 1912 19 Dec 1993 81
19 Dec 1993 6 Charles Henry Allsopp 5 Aug 1940
HINTON OF BANKSIDE
28 Jan 1965 B[L] 1 Christopher Hinton 12 May 1901 22 Jun 1983 82
to     Created Baron Hinton of Bankside
22 Jun 1983 28 Jan 1965
OM 1976
Peerage extinct on his death
HINTON OF HINTON ST,GEORGE
24 Dec 1706 V 1 John Poulett c 1663 25 May 1743
Created Viscount Hinton of Hinton
St.George and Earl Poulett 
24 Dec 1706
See "Poulett"
HIRSCHFIELD
30 Aug 1967 B[L] 1 Desmond Barel Hirschfield 17 May 1913 6 Dec 1993 80
to     Created Baron Hirschfield 30 Aug 1967
6 Dec 1993 Peerage extinct on his death
HIRST
28 Jun 1934 B 1 Sir Hugo Hirst,1st baronet 26 Nov 1863 22 Jan 1943 79
to     Created Baron Hirst 28 Jun 1934
22 Jan 1943 Peerage extinct on his death
HIVES
7 Jul 1950 B 1 Ernest Walter Hives 21 Apr 1886 24 Apr 1965 79
Created Baron Hives 7 Jul 1950
CH 1943
24 Apr 1965 2 John Warwick Hives 26 Nov 1913 8 Oct 1997 83
8 Oct 1997 3 Matthew Peter Hives 25 May 1971
HOBART
28 May 1728 B 1 John Hobart 1695 22 Sep 1756 61
Created Baron Hobart 28 May 1728
and Earl of Buckinghamshire 5 Sep 1746
See "Buckinghamshire"
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30 Nov 1798 Robert Hobart 6 May 1760 4 Feb 1816 55
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of
Acceleration as Baron Hobart 30 Nov 1798
He succeeded as Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv)
in 1804
HOBHOUSE
2 Jul 1885 B 1 Arthur Hobhouse 10 Nov 1819 6 Dec 1904 85
to     Created Baron Hobhouse 2 Jul 1885
6 Dec 1904 PC 1881
Peerage extinct on his death
HOBHOUSE OF WOODBOROUGH
1 Oct 1998 B[L] 1 Sir John Stewart Hobhouse 31 Jan 1932 15 Mar 2004 72
 to     Created Baron Hobhouse of Woodborough
15 Mar 2004 1 Oct 1998
Lord Justice of Appeal 1993-1998. Lord of
Appeal in Ordinary 1998-2004   PC 1993
HOBSON
20 Jan 1964 B[L] 1 Charles Rider Hobson 18 Feb 1903 17 Feb 1966 62
to     Created Baron Hobson 20 Jan 1964
17 Feb 1966 MP for Wembley North 1945-1950 and
Keighley 1950-1959. 
Peerage extinct on his death
HODGSON OF ASTLEY ABBOTTS
7 Jun 2000 B[L] 1 Robin Granville Hodgson 25 Apr 1942
Created Baron Hodgson of Astley 
Abbotts 7 Jun 2000
MP for Walsall North 1976-1979
HODSON
1 Oct 1960 B[L] 1 Francis Lord Charlton Hodson 17 Sep 1895 11 Mar 1984 88
to     Created Baron Hodson 1 Oct 1960
11 Mar 1984 Lord Justice of Appeal 1951-1960. Lord of
Appeal in Ordinary 1960-1971.   PC 1951
Peerage extinct on his death
HOFFMANN
21 Feb 1995 B[L] 1 Leonard Hubert Hoffmann 8 May 1934
Created Baron Hoffmann 21 Feb 1995
Lord Justice of Appeal 1992-1995. Lord of
Appeal in Ordinary 1995-2009   PC 1992
HOGG
3 Feb 1995 B[L] 1 Sarah Elizabeth Mary Hogg 14 May 1946
Created Baroness Hogg 1995
HOGG OF CUMBERNAULD
24 Sep 1997 B[L] 1 Norman Hogg 12 Mar 1938 8 Oct 2008 70
to     Created Baron Hogg of Cumbernauld 
8 Oct 2008 24 Sep 1997
MP for Dunbartonshire East 1979-1983 and
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1983-1997
Peerage extinct on his death
HOLAND
29 Jul 1314 B 1 Robert de Holand 1290 7 Oct 1328 38
Summoned to Parliament as Lord
Holand 29 Jul 1314
7 Oct 1328 2 Robert de Holand 1312 16 Mar 1373 60
16 Mar 1373 3 Maud Lovel 1356 c 1420
c 1420 4 William Lovel,Lord Lovel  1397 13 Jun 1454 56
13 Jun 1454 5 John Lovel,Lord Lovel 1432 9 Jan 1465 32
9 Jan 1465 6 Francis Lovel,Viscount Lovel
to     He was attainted and the peerages forfeited
Jun 1487
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15 Jul 1353 B 1 Thomas de Holand 28 Dec 1360
Summoned to Parliament as Lord
Holand 15 Jul 1353
He was subsequently created Earl of Kent
(qv) in 1360
28 Dec 1360 2 Thomas de Holand,Earl of Kent 1350 29 Apr 1397 46
29 Apr 1397 3 Thomas de Holand,Earl of Kent 1374 6 Jan 1400 25
6 Jan 1400 4 Edmund de Holand,Earl of Kent 6 Jan 1384 18 Sep 1408 24
to     On his death the barony fell into abeyance
18 Sep 1408
HOLDEN
4 Jul 1908 B 1 Sir Angus Holden,2nd baronet 16 Mar 1833 25 Mar 1912 79
Created Baron Holden 4 Jul 1908
MP for Bradford East 1885-1886 and
Buckrose 1892-1900
25 Mar 1912 2 Ernest Illingworth Holden 8 Jan 1867 30 Jan 1937 70
30 Jan 1937 3 Angus William Eden Holden 1 Aug 1898 6 Jul 1951 52
to     Peerage extinct on his death
6 Jul 1951
HOLDENBY
1666 B 1 Charles Stuart 4 Jul 1666 22 May 1667  -    
to     Designated Baron of Holdenby,Earl of
22 May 1667 Wigmore and Duke of Kendal 1666
3rd son of James II
Peerages extinct on his death
HOLDERNESS
7 Aug 1979 B[L] 1 Richard Frederick Wood 5 Oct 1920 11 Aug 2002 81
to     Created Baron Holderness 7 Aug 1979
11 Aug 2002 MP for Bridlington 1950-1979. Minister of
Power 1959-1963. Minister of Pensions and
National Insurance 1963-1964. Minister of
Overseas Development 1970-1974.  PC 1959
HOLDERNESSE
22 Jan 1621 E 1 John Ramsay c 1580 28 Feb 1626
to     Created Lord Ramsay of Barns and
28 Feb 1626 Viscount of Haddington 11 Jun 1606,
Lord Ramsay of Melrose 25 Aug 1615,
and Baron of Kingston upon Thames
and Earl of Holdernesse 22 Jan 1621
Peerages extinct on his death
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24 Jan 1644 D 1 Prince Rupert,Count Palatine of the Rhine 27 Dec 1619 29 Nov 1682 62
to     Created Earl of Holderness and Duke
29 Nov 1682 of Cumberland 24 Jan 1644
Peerages extinct on his death
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Dec 1682 E 1 Conyers Darcy,5th Baron Conyers 24 Jan 1599 14 Jun 1689 90
Created Earl of Holdernesse 
Dec 1682
14 Jun 1689 2 Conyers Darcy 3 Mar 1622 13 Dec 1692 70
MP for Boroughbridge 1660 and Yorkshire
1661-1679
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of
Acceleration as Baron Conyers 1 Nov 1680
13 Dec 1692 3 Robert Darcy 24 Nov 1681 20 Jan 1722 40
President of the Board of Trade 1718. Lord
Lieutenant N Riding Yorkshire 1714-1721  PC 1718
20 Jan 1722 4 Robert Darcy 17 May 1718 16 May 1778 59
to     Secretary of State 1751-1761. Lord Warden
16 May 1778 of the Cinque Ports 1765. Lord Lieutenant
N Riding Yorkshire 1740-1778.  PC 1751
Peerage extinct on his death
HOLFORD
29 Jan 1965 B[L] 1 William Graham Holford 22 Mar 1907 17 Oct 1975 68
to     Created Baron Holford 29 Jan 1965
17 Oct 1975 Peerage extinct on his death
HOLLAND
24 Sep 1624 E 1 Henry Rich 19 Aug 1590 9 Mar 1649 58
Created Baron Kensington 5 Mar 1623
and Earl Holland 24 Sep 1624
MP for Leicester 1614. Lord Lieutenant
Berkshire and Middlesex 1642-1643 KG 1625
 
9 Mar 1649 2 Robert Rich c 1620 16 Apr 1675
  He succeeded to the Earldom of Warwick
  (qv) in 1673 with which title this peerage
then merged (extinct 1759)
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7 Mar 1762 B 1 Georgiana Caroline Fox 27 Mar 1723 24 Jul 1774 51
Created Baroness Holland 7 Mar 1762
24 Jul 1774 2 Stephen Fox 20 Feb 1745 26 Dec 1774 29
MP for Salisbury 1768-1774
26 Dec 1774 3 Henry Richard Vassall Fox 21 Nov 1773 22 Oct 1840 66
Lord Privy Seal 1806-1807. Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster 1830 and 1835-1840
PC 1806
22 Oct 1840 4 Henry Edward Fox 7 Mar 1802 18 Dec 1859 57
to     MP for Horsham 1826-1827
18 Dec 1859 Peerage extinct on his death
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17 Apr 1763 B 1 Henry Fox 28 Sep 1705  1 Jul 1774 68
Created Baron Holland 17 Apr 1763
MP for Hindon 1735-1741, Windsor 1741-
1761 and Dunwich 1761-1762. Secretary at
War 1746-1755. Secretary of State 1755-
1756. Paymaster General 1757-1765. 
PC 1746
On his death the peerage merged with the
creation of 1762 (see above) and became
extinct in 1859
HOLLENDEN
9 Feb 1912 B 1 Samuel Hope Morley 3 Jul 1845 18 Feb 1929 83
Created Baron Hollenden 9 Feb 1912
18 Feb 1929 2 Geoffrey Hope Hope-Morley 28 Jan 1885 19 Oct 1977 92
19 Oct 1977 3 Gordon Hope Hope-Morley 8 Jan 1914 12 Apr 1999 85
12 Apr 1999 4 Ian Hampden Hope-Morley 23 Oct 1946
HOLLES
20 Apr 1661 B 1 Denzil Holles 31 Oct 1599 17 Feb 1680 80
Created Baron Holles 20 Apr 1661
MP for St.Michaels 1624 and Dorchester
1628 and 1660-1661.  PC 1679
17 Feb 1680 2 Sir Francis Holles,1st baronet 19 Aug 1627 1 Mar 1690 62
MP for Dorchester 1679-1680
1 Mar 1690 3 Denzil Holles 26 Apr 1675 c 1692
to     Peerage extinct on his death
c 1692
HOLLICK
20 Jun 1991 B[L] 1 Clive Richard Hollick 20 May 1945
Created Baron Hollick 20 Jun 1991
HOLLIS OF HEIGHAM
1 Jun 1990 B[L] 1 Patricia Lesley Hollis 24 May 1941
Created Baroness Hollis of
Heigham 1 Jun 1990
PC 1999
HOLME OF CHELTENHAM
29 May 1990 B[L] 1 Richard Gordon Holme 27 May 1936 4 May 2008 71
to     Created Baron Holme of Cheltenham
4 May 2008 29 May 1990
PC 2000
Peerage extinct on his death
HOLMES
11 Sep 1760 B[I] 1 Thomas Holmes 2 Nov 1699 21 Jul 1764 64
to     Created Baron Holmes 11 Sep 1760
21 Jul 1764 MP for Yarmouth IOW 1747-1764
Peerage extinct on his death
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4 Mar 1798 B[I] 1 Leonard Holmes c 1732 18 Jan 1804
to     Created Baron Holmes 4 Mar 1798
18 Jan 1804 Peerage extinct on his death
HOLMESDALE
19 Dec 1826 V 1 William Pitt Amherst,Baron Amherst 14 Jan 1773 13 Mar 1857 84
Created Viscount Holmesdale and Earl 
Amherst 19 Dec 1826
See "Amherst"
HOLMPATRICK
27 Jul 1897 B 1 Ion Trant Hamilton 14 Jul 1839 10 Mar 1898 58
Created Baron HolmPatrick 27 Jul 1897
MP for Dublin 1863-1865. Lord Lieutenant
Dublin 1892-1898.  PC [I] 1887
10 Mar 1898 2 Hans Wellesley Hamilton 8 Aug 1886 5 Sep 1942 56
5 Sep 1942 3 James Hans Hamilton 29 Nov 1928 Feb 1991 62
Feb 1991 4 Hans James David Hamilton 15 Mar 1955
HOLYROODHOUSE
20 Dec 1607 B[S] 1 John Bothwell 26 Nov 1609
Created Lord Holyroodhouse 
20 Dec 1607
26 Nov 1609 2 John Bothwell 10 Nov 1638
to     Peerage extinct on his death
10 Nov 1638
HOME
2 Aug 1473 B[S] 1 Alexander Home 1491
Created Lord Home 2 Aug 1473
1491 2 Alexander Home 9 Sep 1506
9 Sep 1506 3 Alexander Home 8 Oct 1516
to     He was convicted of treason and the 
8 Oct 1516 peerage forfeited
12 Aug 1522 4 George Home Apr 1549
Restored to the peerage 1522
Apr 1549 5 Alexander Home 11 Aug 1575
to     Peerage forfeited 1573
1573
25 Jul 1578 6 Alexander Home c 1566 5 Apr 1619
4 Mar 1605 E[S] 1 Restored to peerage 1578
Created Lord Dunglass and Earl of 
Home 4 Mar 1605
5 Apr 1619 2 James Home c 1607 Feb 1633
Feb 1633 3 James Home Dec 1666
Dec 1666 4 Alexander Home 1674
1674 5 James Home 1687
1687 6 Charles Home 22 Jul 1706
22 Jul 1706 7 Alexander Home 1720
1720 8 William Home 28 Apr 1761
Governor of Gibraltar 1757-1761
28 Apr 1761 9 Alexander Home 8 Oct 1786
8 Oct 1786 10 Alexander Home 11 Nov 1769 20 Oct 1841 71
Lord Lieutenant Berwick 1806-1841
20 Oct 1841 11 Cospatrick Alexander Douglas-Home 27 Oct 1799 4 Jul 1881 81
Created Baron Douglas of Douglas
11 Jun 1875
4 Jul 1881 12 Charles Alexander Douglas-Home 11 Apr 1834 30 Apr 1918 84
Lord Lieutenant Berwick 1879-1890 and
Lanark 1890-1915. KT 1899
30 Apr 1918 13 Charles Cospatrick Archibald
Douglas-Home 29 Dec 1873 11 Jul 1951 77
Lord Lieutenant Berwick  1930-1951 
KT 1930
11 Jul 1951 14 Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home 2 Jul 1903 9 Oct 1995 92
to     1 MP for Lanark 1931-1945 and 1950-1951,
23 Oct 1963 and Kinross and Western 1963-1974.
19 Dec 1974 B[L] Minister of State for Scotland 1951-1955.
to     Secretary of State for Commonwealth
9 Oct 1995 Relations 1955-1960. Lord President of the
Council 1957 and 1959-1960. Foreign
Secretary 1960-1963. Prime Minister 1963-
1964. Foreign Secretary 1970-1974. 
PC 1951  KT 1962
For further information on this peer's brother, see
the note at the foot of this page.
He disclaimed the peerage for life 23 Oct
1963. 
Created Baron Home of the Hirsel
19 Dec 1974
On his death the life peerage became
extinct whilst the Earldom passed to -
9 Oct 1995 15 David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home 20 Nov 1943
HOO
2 Jun 1447 B 1 Thomas Hoo by 1400 13 Feb 1455
to     Created Baron of Hoo 2 Jun 1447
13 Feb 1455 KG 1445
Peerage extinct on his death
HOOD
1 Jun 1796 V 1 Sir Samuel Hood,1st baronet 12 Dec 1724 27 Jan 1816 91
Created Baron Hood [I] 2 Sep 1782
and Viscount Hood 1 Jun 1796
MP for Westminster 1784-1788 and 1790-
1796 and Reigate 1789-1790. 
His wife,Susanna,was created Baroness
Hood 1795
27 Jan 1816 2 Henry Hood 25 Aug 1753 25 Jan 1836 82
Succeeded to his mother's Barony 
25 May 1806
25 Jan 1836 3 Samuel Hood-Tibbits 10 Jan 1808 8 May 1846 38
8 May 1846 4 Francis Wheler Hood 4 Jul 1838 27 Apr 1907 68
27 Apr 1907 5 Grosvenor Arthur Alexander Hood 13 Nov 1868 26 Apr 1933 64
26 Apr 1933 6 Samuel Hood 15 Oct 1910 13 Oct 1981 70
13 Oct 1981 7 Alexander Lambert Hood 11 Mar 1914 2 Oct 1999 85
2 Oct 1999 8 Henry Lyttelton Alexander Hood 16 Mar 1958
HOOD OF AVALON
22 Feb 1892 B 1 Arthur William Acland Hood 14 Jul 1824 15 Nov 1901 77
to     Created Baron Hood of Avalon
15 Nov 1901 22 Feb 1892
Peerage extinct on his death
HOOPER
10 Jun 1985 B[L] 1 Gloria Dorothy Hooper 25 May 1939
Created Baroness Hooper 10 Jun 1985
HOOSON
26 Jul 1979 B[L] 1 Hugh Emlyn Hooson 26 Mar 1925
Created Baron Hooson 26 Jul 1979
MP for Montgomery 1962-1979.
HOPE
15 Apr 1703 B[S] 1 Charles Hope 1681 26 Feb 1742 60
Created Lord Hope,Viscount Aithrie
and Earl of Hopetoun 15 Apr 1703
See "Hopetoun"
HOPE OF CRAIGHEAD
28 Feb 1995 B[L] 1 James Arthur David Hope 27 Jun 1938
Created Baron Hope of Craighead
28 Feb 1995
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1996-    
PC 1989  KT 2009
HOPE OF THORNES
31 Mar 2005 B[L] 1 David Michael Hope 14 Apr 1940
Created Baron Hope of Thornes 31 Mar 2005
Bishop of London 1991-1995. Archbishop of
York 1995-2005. PC 1991
HOPETOUN
15 Apr 1703 E[S] 1 Charles Hope 1681 26 Feb 1742 60
Created Lord Hope,Viscount Aithrie
and Earl of Hopetoun 15 Apr 1703
Lord Lieutenant Linlithgow 1715  KT 1738
26 Feb 1742 2 John Hope 7 Sep 1704 12 Feb 1781 76
12 Feb 1781 3 James Hope-Johnstone 23 Aug 1741 29 May 1816 74
Created Baron Hopetoun [UK] 
3 Feb 1809
Lord Lieutenant Linlithgow 1794-1816
29 May 1816 4 John Hope 17 Aug 1765 27 Aug 1823 58
Created Baron Niddry 17 May 1814
MP for Linlithgow 1790-1800. Lord
Lieutenant Linlithgow 1816-1823
PC [I] 1812
27 Aug 1823 5 John Hope 15 Nov 1803 8 Apr 1843 39
Lord Lieutenant Linlithgow 1825-1843
8 Apr 1843 6 John Alexander Hope 22 Mar 1831 2 Apr 1873 42
Lord Lieutenant Linlithgow 1863-1873
2 Apr 1873 7 John Adrian Louis Hope 25 Sep 1860 29 Feb 1908 47
He was created Marquess of Linlithgow
(qv) in 1902 with which title this peerage
then merged
HOPTON
4 Sep 1643 B 1 Ralph Hopton 13 Mar 1596 Sep 1652 56
to     Created Baron Hopton 4 Sep 1643
Sep 1652 MP for Bath 1625, Somerset 1626 and
Wells 1628-1642
Peerage extinct on his death
HORDER
23 Jan 1933 B 1 Sir Thomas Jeeves Horder,1st baronet 7 Jan 1871 13 Aug 1955 84
Created Baron Horder 23 Jan 1933
13 Aug 1955 2 Thomas Mervyn Horder 8 Dec 1910 30 Jun 1997 86
to     Peerage extinct on his death
30 Jun 1997  
HORE-BELISHA
14 Jan 1954 B 1 Leslie Hore-Belisha 7 Sep 1893 16 Feb 1957 63
to     Created Baron Hore-Belisha 14 Jan 1954
16 Feb 1957 MP for Devonport 1923-1945. Financial
Secretary to the Treasury 1932-1934.
Minister of Transport 1935-1937. Secretary
of State for war 1937-1940. Minister of
National Insurance 1945.  PC 1935
Peerage extinct on his death
HORNE
8 Oct 1919 B 1 Henry Sinclair Horne 19 Feb 1861 14 Aug 1929 68
to     Created Baron Horne 8 Oct 1919
14 Aug 1929 Peerage extinct on his death
HORNE OF SLAMANNAN
9 Jun 1937 V 1 Robert Stevenson Horne 28 Feb 1871 3 Sep 1940 69
to     Created Viscount Horne of
3 Sep 1940 Slammanan 9 Jun 1937
MP for Hillhead 1918-1937. Minister of
Labour 1919-1920. President of the Board
of Trade 1920-1921. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer 1921-1922.  PC 1919
Peerage extinct on his death
HORNSBY-SMITH
13 May 1974 B[L] 1 Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith 17 Mar 1914 3 Jul 1985 71
to     Created Baroness Hornsby-Smith
3 Jul 1985 13 May 1974
MP for Chislehurst 1950-1974.  PC 1959
Peerage extinct on her death
HORSBRUGH
16 Dec 1959 B[L] 1 Florence Gertrude Horsbrugh 13 Oct 1889 6 Dec 1969 80
to     Created Baroness Horsbrugh 16 Dec 1959
6 Dec 1969 MP for Dundee 1931-1945 and Moss Side
1950-1959. Minister of Education 1951-1954
PC 1945
Peerage extinct on her death
HOTHAM
17 Mar 1797 B[I] 1 William Hotham 8 Apr 1736 7 May 1813 77
Created Baron Hotham 17 Mar 1797
7 May 1813 2 Beaumont Hotham 5 Aug 1737 4 Mar 1814 76
MP for Wigan 1768-1775
4 Mar 1814 3 Beaumont Hotham 9 Aug 1794 12 Dec 1870 76
MP for Leominster 1820-1841 and Yorkshire
East 1841-1868
12 Dec 1870 4 Charles Hotham 27 May 1836 29 May 1872 36
29 May 1872 5 John Hotham 13 May 1838 13 Dec 1907 69
13 Dec 1907 6 Frederick William Hotham 19 Mar 1863 7 Oct 1923 60
7 Oct 1923 7 Henry Frederick Hotham 13 Aug 1899 18 Nov 1967 68
18 Nov 1967 8 Henry Durand Hotham 3 May 1940
HOTHFIELD
11 Oct 1881 B 1 Sir Henry James Tufton,2nd baronet 4 Jun 1844 29 Oct 1926 82
Created Baron Hothfield 11 Oct 1881
Lord Lieutenant Westmorland 1881-1926
29 Oct 1926 2 John Sackville Richard Tufton 8 Nov 1873 21 Dec 1952 79
21 Dec 1952 3 Henry Hastings Sackville Thanet Tufton 16 Mar 1897 20 Aug 1961 64
20 Aug 1961 4 Thomas Sackville Tufton 20 Jul 1916 16 May 1986 69
16 May 1986 5 George William Anthony Tufton 28 Oct 1904 5 Feb 1991 86
5 Feb 1991 6 Anthony Charles Sackville Tufton 21 Oct 1939
HOUGHTON (co Norfolk)
6 Feb 1742 B 1 Robert Walpole 26 Aug 1676 18 Mar 1745 68
Created Baron Houghton and Earl of
Orford 6 Feb 1742
See "Orford"
HOUGHTON (co York)
20 Aug 1863 B 1 Richard Monckton Milnes 19 Jun 1809 10 Aug 1885 76
Created Baron Houghton 20 Aug 1863
MP for Pontefract 1837-1863
10 Aug 1885 2 Robert Offley Ashburton Milnes 12 Jan 1858 20 Jun 1945 87
He was created Marquess of Crewe (qv) in
1911 with which title this peerage
then merged
HOUGHTON OF SOWERBY
20 Jun 1974 B[L] 1 Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton 11 Aug 1898 2 May 1996 97
to     Created Baron Houghton of 
2 May 1996 Sowerby 20 Jun 1974
MP for Sowerby 1949-1974. Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster 1964-1966. Minister
without Portfolio 1966-1967.  PC 1964
CH 1967
Peerage extinct on his death
HOWARD
15 Oct 1470 B 1 John Howard 22 Aug 1485
to     Summoned to Parliament as Lord
22 Aug 1485 Howard 15 Oct 1470
Later created Duke of Norfolk. Attainted
and the peerage forfeited
HOWARD OF BINDON
13 Jan 1559 V 1 Lord Thomas Howard c 1520 28 Jan 1582
Created Viscount Howard of
Bindon 13 Jan 1559
28 Jan 1582 2 Henry Howard 1590
1590 3 Thomas Howard 1 Mar 1611
to     KG 1606
1 Mar 1611 Peerage extinct on his death
HOWARD OF CASTLE RISING
7 Mar 1669 B 1 Henry Howard 12 Jul 1628 11 Jan 1684 55
Created Baron Howard of Castle
Rising 7 Mar 1669 and Earl of Norwich
19 Oct 1672
See "Norfolk" - these creations became
extinct in 1777
HOWARD OF CHARLTON
22 Jan 1622 B 1 Thomas Howard c 1590 16 Jul 1669
Created Baron Howard of Charlton
and Viscount Andover 22 Jan 1622, and
Earl of Berkshire 7 Feb 1626
See "Berkshire"
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18 Nov 1640 Charles Howard c 1615 Apr 1679
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of
Acceleration as Baron Howard of Charlton 
18 Nov 1640
He succeeded as Earl of Berkshire (qv) in 1669
HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM
11 Mar 1554 B 1 Lord Thomas Howard c 1510 11 Jan 1573
Created Baron Howard of Effingham
11 Mar 1554
See "Effingham"
HOWARD OF ESCRICK
12 Apr 1628 B 1 Edward Howard 24 Apr 1675
Created Baron Howard of Escrick
12 Apr 1628
24 Apr 1675 2 Thomas Howard 24 Oct 1625 24 Aug 1678 52
24 Aug 1678 3 William Howard c 1630 24 Apr 1694
MP for Winchelsea 1660-1661
24 Apr 1694 4 Charles Howard 29 Apr 1715
to     Peerage extinct on his death
29 Apr 1715
HOWARD OF GLOSSOP
9 Dec 1869 B 1 Lord Edward George Fitzalan-Howard 20 Jun 1818 1 Dec 1883 65
Created Baron Howard of Glossop 
9 Dec 1869
MP for Horsham 1848-1852 and Arundel
1852-1868.  PC 1846
1 Dec 1883 2 Francis Edward Fitzalan-Howard 9 May 1859 22 Sep 1924 65
22 Sep 1924 3 Bernard Edward Fitzalan-Howard 10 May 1885 24 Aug 1972 87
24 Aug 1972 4 Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard
He succeeded as Duke of Norfolk (qv) in
1975 with which title this peerage then
merged
HOWARD OF HENDERSKELFE
1 Jul 1983 B[L] 1 George Anthony Geoffrey Howard 22 May 1920 27 Nov 1984 64
to     Created Baron Howard of 
27 Nov 1984 Henderskelfe 1 Jul 1983
Peerage extinct on his death
HOWARD OF LYMPNE
13 Jul 2010 B[L] 1 Michael Howard 7 Jul 1941
Created Baron Howard of Lympne for life
13 Jul 2010
MP for Folkestone & Hythe 1983-2010. Secretary
of State for Employment 1990-1992.  Secretary
of State for Environment 1992-1993. Home
Secretary 1993-1997.  PC 1990
HOWARD OF MARNHULL
13 Mar 1604 B 1 Henry Howard 25 Feb 1540 15 Jun 1614 74
to     Created Baron Howard of Marnhull
15 Jun 1614 and Earl of Northampton 13 Mar 1604
Lord Privy Seal 1608-1614. KG 1605
Peerages extinct on his death
HOWARD OF MORPETH
30 Apr 1661 V 1 Charles Howard 1629 24 Feb 1685 55
Created Baron Dacre of Gillesland,
Viscount Howard of Morpeth and Earl
of Carlisle 30 Apr 1661
See "Carlisle"
HOWARD OF PENRITH
10 Jul 1930 B 1 Esme William Howard 15 Sep 1863 1 Aug 1939 75
Created Baron Howard of Penrith
10 Jul 1930
PC 1919
1 Aug 1939 2 Francis Philip Howard 5 Oct 1905 13 Nov 1999 94
13 Nov 1999 3 Philip Esme Howard 1 May 1945
HOWARD OF RISING
4 Jun 2004 B[L] 1 Greville Patrick Charles Howard 22 Apr 1941
Created Baron Howard of Rising 4 Jun 2004
William Douglas-Home, brother of Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1912-1992)
William was the son of the 13th Earl of Home and Lady Lilian Lambton, daughter of the 4th
Earl of Durham. Perhaps William's later eccentricity was inherited from his mother. On one
occasion she had all her teeth taken out at one go (without the benefit of an anaesthetic)
and then attended a formal lunch to which her false teeth were to be delivered. When they
arrived, she popped them in, but they flew out of her mouth as she shook hands with an
admiral.
After being educated at Eton and Oxford, William trained to be an actor, sharing a London 
flat with two friends - Jo Grimond (later Baron Grimond) who was later to become leader of
the Liberal Party, and Brian Johnston, later known to all cricket followers as a respected
cricket commentator.
When he received his call-up papers after the outbreak of World War II, he sent a telegram
to the War Office. 'Prepared to be conscripted on the understanding that if my most strongly
held principles should be challenged by Winston Churchill's government to a point beyond
endurance I cannot be relied on.'
In September 1944, William's scruples were severely challenged. At the time, he was a tank
commander with the Royal Armoured Corps. He received an order to attack Le Havre, which
still contained a large number of civilians whom the Germans had not allowed to evacuate. 
William drove his tank for 25 laps of a turnip field before refusing to carry out the order, for
which he was court-martialled and sentenced to a year in prison. His brother, the future
Prime Minister, visited him there, but when he saw that William had grown a beard, he stood
with his back to him and discussed cricket with the warders.
After the war, William became a successful playwright, but not, however, a successful owner
of racehorses. He once entered a horse for the Derby - when the horse, named Goblin, got
off to a poor start, William thought it had got its tail caught in the starting gate, but in fact
the horse had fallen asleep.
He was fond of practical jokes. Once he smuggled a stuffed crocodile into the grounds of the
family home and then took his mother for a walk in the grounds. As they crossed a bridge over
a stream, an accomplice pushed the crocodile into the water. His mother, however, was
unperturbed, remarking that 'I didn't realise they came this far north.'
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