List of law life peerages

This is a list of life peerages in the peerage of the United Kingdom created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. On 1 October 2009, the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 was repealed by Schedule 18 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005[1][2] owing to the creation of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. As a result, the power to create law life peers lapsed, although the validity of life peerages created thereunder remains intact.

Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland

Extant	All
Dukes	Dukedoms
Marquesses	Marquessates
Earls	Earldoms
Viscounts	Viscountcies
Barons	Baronies
En, Sc, GB, Ir, UK (Law, Life: 1958–1979, 1979–1997, 1997–2010, 2010–present)
Baronets	Baronetcies

1870s

Date of creation	Name	Title	Territorial qualification	Date of extinction
16 October 1876	Colin Blackburn	Baron Blackburn	of Killearn, in the county of Stirling	8 January 1896
17 October 1876	Edward Strathearn Gordon ‡	Baron Gordon of Drumearn	of Drumearn, in the county of Stirling	21 August 1879

1880s

Date of creation	Name	Title	Territorial qualification	Date of extinction
28 April 1880	William Watson ‡	Baron Watson	of Thankerton, Lanarkshire	14 September 1899
23 June 1882	John David FitzGerald ‡	Baron FitzGerald	of Kilmarnock, County Dublin	16 October 1889
25 January 1887	Edward Macnaghten ‡	Baron Macnaghten	of Runkerry, County Antrim	17 February 1913
5 December 1889	Michael Morris ‡	Baron Morris	of Spiddal, County Galway	8 September 1901

1890s

Date of creation	Name	Title	Territorial qualification	Date of extinction
28 January 1891	James Hannen	Baron Hannen	of Burdock, Sussex	29 March 1894
23 September 1893	Charles Synge Christopher Bowen	Baron Bowen	of Colwood, Sussex	10 April 1894
7 May 1894	Charles Russell ‡	Baron Russell of Killowen	of Killowen, County Down	10 August 1900
13 August 1894	Horace Davey ‡	Baron Davey	of Fernhurst, Sussex	20 February 1907
14 November 1899	James Patrick Bannerman Robertson ‡	Baron Robertson	of Forteviot, Perthshire	2 February 1909

1900s

Date of creation	Name	Title	Territorial qualification	Date of extinction
10 May 1900	Nathaniel Lindley	Baron Lindley	of East Carleton, Norfolk	9 December 1921
19 December 1905	John Atkinson ‡	Baron Atkinson	of Glenwilliam, County Limerick	13 March 1932
6 March 1907	Richard Henn Collins	Baron Collins	of Kensington, County of London	3 January 1911
22 February 1909	Thomas Shaw ‡	Baron Shaw	of Dunfermline, Fife	28 June 1937

1910s

Date of creation	Name	Title	Territorial qualification	Date of extinction
7 October 1910	William Snowdon Robson ‡	Baron Robson	of Jesmond, Northumberland	11 September 1918
1 October 1912	John Fletcher Moulton ‡	Baron Moulton	of Bank, Hampshire	9 March 1921
4 March 1913	Robert John Parker	Baron Parker of Waddington	of Waddington, Yorkshire	12 July 1918
20 October 1913	John Andrew Hamilton	Baron Sumner	of Ibstone, Buckinghamshire	24 May 1934

1920s

Date of creation	Name	Title	Territorial qualification	Date of extinction
1 June 1921	Edward Henry Carson ‡	Baron Carson	of Duncairn, County Antrim	22 October 1935
12 October 1923	Robert Younger	Baron Blanesburgh	of Alloa, Clackmannanshire	17 August 1946
6 February 1928	James Richard Atkin	Baron Atkin	of Aberdovey, Merionethshire	25 June 1944
11 February 1929	Thomas James Chesshyre Tomlin	Baron Tomlin	of Ash, Kent	13 August 1935
1 May 1929	William Watson ‡	Baron Thankerton	of Thankerton, Lanarkshire	13 June 1948
18 November 1929	Frank Russell	Baron Russell of Killowen	of Killowen, County Down	20 December 1946

1930s

Date of creation	Name	Title	Territorial qualification	Date of extinction
3 February 1930	Hugh Pattison Macmillan	Baron Macmillan	of Aberfeldy, Perthshire	5 September 1952
11 April 1932	Robert Alderson Wright	Baron Wright	of Durley, Wiltshire	27 June 1964
7 October 1935	Frederic Herbert Maugham	Baron Maugham	of Hartfield, Sussex	23 March 1958
14 October 1935	Alexander Adair Roche	Baron Roche	of Chadlington, Oxfordshire	22 December 1956
5 January 1938	Mark Lemon Romer	Baron Romer	of New Romney, Kent	19 August 1944
28 March 1938	Samuel Lowry Porter	Baron Porter	of Longfield, County Tyrone	13 February 1956

1940s

Date of creation	Name	Title	Territorial qualification	Date of extinction
18 April 1944	Gavin Turnbull Simonds	Baron Simonds	of Sparsholt, Hampshire	28 June 1971
19 July 1944	Rayner Goddard	Baron Goddard	of Aldbourne, Wiltshire	29 May 1971
9 January 1946	Augustus Andrewes Uthwatt	Baron Uthwatt	of Lathbury, Buckinghamshire	24 April 1949
5 February 1946	Herbert du Parcq	Baron du Parcq	of Grouville, Jersey	27 April 1949
6 January 1947	Wilfrid Guild Normand ‡	Baron Normand	of Aberdour, Fifeshire	5 October 1962
18 April 1947	Fergus Dunlop Morton	Baron Morton of Henryton	of Henryton, Ayrshire	18 July 1973
23 April 1947	John Clarke MacDermott	Baron MacDermott	of Belmont in the City of Belfast	13 July 1979
6 October 1948	James Scott Cumberland Reid ‡	Baron Reid	of Drem, East Lothian	29 March 1975
1 June 1949	Cyril John Radcliffe	Baron Radcliffe	of Werneth, Lancashire	1 April 1977

1950s

Date of creation	Name	Title	Territorial qualification	Date of extinction
29 September 1950	Frederick James Tucker	Baron Tucker	of Great Bookham, Surrey	17 November 1975
23 April 1951	Cyril Asquith	Baron Asquith of Bishopstone	of Bishopstone, Sussex	24 August 1954
12 November 1951	Lionel Leonard Cohen	Baron Cohen	of Walmer, Kent	9 May 1973
4 November 1953	James Keith	Baron Keith of Avonholm	of St. Bernard's in the City of Edinburgh	29 June 1964
4 October 1954	Donald Bradley Somervell ‡	Baron Somervell of Harrow	of Ewelme, Oxfordshire	18 November 1960
24 April 1957	Alfred Thompson Denning	Baron Denning	of Whitchurch, Hampshire	5 March 1999
6 April 1959	David Llewelyn Jenkins	Baron Jenkins	of Ashley Gardens in the City of Westminster	21 July 1969

1960s

Date of creation	Name	Title	Territorial qualification	Date of extinction
7 January 1960	John William Morris	Baron Morris of Borth-y-Gest	of Borth-y-Gest, Caernarvonshire	9 June 1979
1 October 1960	Francis Lord Charlton Hodson	Baron Hodson	of Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire	11 March 1984
20 January 1961	Christopher William Graham Guest	Baron Guest	of Graden, Berwick upon Tweed	25 September 1984
11 October 1961	Patrick Arthur Devlin	Baron Devlin	of West Wick, Wiltshire	9 August 1992
19 April 1962	Edward Holroyd Pearce	Baron Pearce	of Sweethaws, Sussex	26 November 1990
26 November 1963	Gerald Ritchie Upjohn	Baron Upjohn	of Little Tey, Essex	27 January 1971
11 January 1964	Terence Norbert Donovan ‡	Baron Donovan	of Winchester, Hampshire	12 December 1971
1 October 1964	Richard Orme Wilberforce	Baron Wilberforce	of the City and County of Kingston upon Hull	15 February 2003
18 February 1965	Colin Hargreaves Pearson	Baron Pearson	of Minnedosa in Canada and of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea	31 January 1980
30 September 1968	William John Kenneth Diplock	Baron Diplock	of Wansford, Huntingdonshire	14 October 1985

1970s

Date of creation	Name	Title	Territorial qualification	Date of extinction
12 March 1971	Arthur Geoffrey Neale Cross	Baron Cross of Chelsea	of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea	4 August 1989
4 October 1971	Charles James Dalrymple Shaw	Baron Kilbrandon	of Kilbrandon, Argyllshire	10 September 1989
10 January 1972	Cyril Barnet Salmon	Baron Salmon	of Sandwich, Kent	7 November 1991
1 October 1974	Herbert Edmund Davies	Baron Edmund-Davies	of Aberpennar, Mid Glamorgan	26 December 1992
13 January 1975	Walter Ian Reid Fraser	Baron Fraser of Tullybelton	of Bankfoot, Perthshire	17 February 1989
30 September 1975	Charles Ritchie Russell	Baron Russell of Killowen	of Killowen, County Down	23 June 1986
10 January 1977	Henry Shanks Keith	Baron Keith of Kinkel	of Strathummel, Perth and Kinross	21 June 2002
30 September 1977	Leslie George Scarman	Baron Scarman	of Quatt, Shropshire	8 December 2004
28 September 1979	Geoffrey Dawson Lane	Baron Lane	of St. Ippollitts, Hertfordshire	22 August 2005

1980s

Date of creation	Name	Title	Territorial qualification	Date of extinction
15 April 1980	Eustace Wentworth Roskill	Baron Roskill	of Newtown, Hampshire	4 October 1996
29 September 1980	Nigel Cyprian Bridge	Baron Bridge of Harwich	of Harwich, Essex	20 November 2007
24 September 1981	Henry Vivian Brandon	Baron Brandon of Oakbrook	of Hammersmith in Greater London	24 March 1999
12 March 1982	John Anson Brightman	Baron Brightman	of Ibthorpe, Hampshire	6 February 2006
30 September 1982	Sydney William Templeman	Baron Templeman	of White Lackington, Somerset	4 June 2014
23 May 1985	William Hugh Griffiths	Baron Griffiths	of Govilon, Gwent	30 May 2015
30 January 1986	Desmond James Conrad Ackner	Baron Ackner	of Sutton, West Sussex	21 March 2006
31 January 1986	Peter Raymond Oliver	Baron Oliver of Aylmerton	of Aylmerton, Norfolk	17 October 2007
9 February 1986	Robert Lionel Archibald Goff	Baron Goff of Chieveley	of Chieveley, Royal County of Berkshire	14 August 2016
12 January 1988	Charles Eliot Jauncey	Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle	of Comrie, Perth and Kinross	18 July 2007

1990s

  Living

Date of creation	Name	Title	Territorial qualification	Date of retirement (if applicable)	Date of extinction (if applicable)
1 October 1991	Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson	Baron Browne-Wilkinson	of Camden in the London Borough of Camden	1 March 2016 [3]	25 July 2018
10 January 1992	Michael John Mustill	Baron Mustill	of Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire		24 April 2015
11 March 1992	Gordon Slynn	Baron Slynn of Hadley	of Eggington, Bedfordshire		7 April 2009
1 October 1992	Harry Kenneth Woolf[lower-alpha 1]	Baron Woolf	of Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
1 October 1993	Anthony John Leslie Lloyd[lower-alpha 2]	Baron Lloyd of Berwick	of Ludlay, East Sussex	27 March 2015 [3]
11 January 1994	Michael Patrick Nolan	Baron Nolan	of Brasted, Kent		22 January 2007
3 October 1994	Donald James Nicholls[lower-alpha 3]	Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead	of Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey	3 April 2017 [3]	25 September 2019
11 January 1995	Johan van Zyl Steyn[lower-alpha 2]	Baron Steyn	of Swafield, Norfolk		28 November 2017
21 February 1995	Leonard Hubert Hoffmann[lower-alpha 3]	Baron Hoffmann	of Chedworth, Gloucestershire
1 October 1996	James John Clyde	Baron Clyde	of Briglands in Perthshire and Kinross		6 March 2009
6 January 1997	James Brian Edward Hutton[lower-alpha 2]	Baron Hutton	of Bresagh, County Down	23 April 2018 [3]	14 July 2020
28 July 1997	Mark Oliver Saville[lower-alpha 4]	Baron Saville of Newdigate	of Newdigate, Surrey
1 October 1998	John Stewart Hobhouse	Baron Hobhouse of Woodborough	of Woodborough, Wiltshire		15 March 2004
1 October 1998	Peter Julian Millett[lower-alpha 2]	Baron Millett	of St. Marylebone in the City of Westminster	4 May 2017 [3]
12 January 1999	Nicholas Addison Phillips[lower-alpha 5]	Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers	of Belsize Park in the London Borough of Camden

2000s

  Living

Date of creation	Name	Title	Territorial qualification	Date of retirement (if applicable)	Date of extinction (if applicable)	Ref.
17 July 2000	Richard Rashleigh Folliott Scott[lower-alpha 2]	Baron Scott of Foscote	of Foscote, Buckinghamshire	21 December 2016 [3]		[4]
1 October 2002	Robert Walker[lower-alpha 4]	Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe	of Gestingthorpe, Essex			[5]
12 January 2004	Robert Douglas Carswell[lower-alpha 2]	Baron Carswell	of Killeen, County Down	29 October 2019 [3]		[6]
12 January 2004	Brenda Marjorie Hale[lower-alpha 6]	Baroness Hale of Richmond	of Easby, North Yorkshire			[6]
13 January 2004	Simon Denis Brown[lower-alpha 4]	Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood	of Eaton-under-Heywood, Shropshire			[7]
3 October 2005	Jonathan Hugh Mance[lower-alpha 7]	Baron Mance	of Frognal in the London Borough of Camden			[8]
11 January 2007	David Edmond Neuberger[lower-alpha 5]	Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury	of Abbotsbury, Dorset			[9]
21 April 2009	Lawrence Anthony Collins[lower-alpha 4]	Baron Collins of Mapesbury	of Hampstead Town in the London Borough of Camden			[10]
29 June 2009	Brian Francis Kerr	Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore	of Tonaghmore in the County of Down		1 December 2020	[11]

‡ former MP

Law life peers subsequently created hereditary peers

Law Lord	Life Peerage	Date	Hereditary Peerage	Date	Notes
Michael Morris‡	Baron Morris	5 December 1889	Baron Killanin	15 June 1900	Extant
Thomas Shaw‡	Baron Shaw	20 February 1909	Baron Craigmyle	7 March 1929	Extant
John Hamilton	Baron Sumner	20 Oct 1913	Viscount Sumner	31 January 1927	Extinct at his death 1930
Frederic Maugham	Baron Maugham	7 October 1935	Viscount Maugham	22 September 1939	Extinct at death of 2nd Viscount 1981
Gavin Simonds	Baron Simonds	18 Apr 1944	Baron Simonds	24 Jun 1952	Extinct at his death 1971
			Viscount Simonds	18 Oct 1954
Cyril Radcliffe	Baron Radcliffe	1 June 1949	Viscount Radcliffe	11 Jul 1962	Extinct at his death 1977

Other peers who served as Law Lords

Hereditary peers

Law Lord	Title	Created	Became Law Lord	Note
George Cave‡	Viscount Cave	14 November 1918	15 January 1919	Extinct at his death 1928
Geoffrey Lawrence	Baron Oaksey	13 January 1947	15 April 1947	Extant
Wilfrid Arthur Greene	Baron Greene	16 July 1941	1 June 1949	Extinct at his death 1952
Francis Raymond Evershed	Baron Evershed	20 January 1956	19 April 1962	Extinct at his death 1966
Reginald Edward Manningham-Buller‡	Baron Dilhorne	17 July 1962	9 June 1969	Extant
	Viscount Dilhorne	7 December 1964

Peers created under the Life Peerages Act 1958

Name	Title	Territorial qualification	Created	Became Law Lord	Date of extinction (if applicable)
Jocelyn Edward Salis Simon‡	Baron Simon of Glaisdale	of Glaisdale in the North Riding of the County of York	5 February 1971	19 April 1971	7 May 2006
James Peter Hymers Mackay	Baron Mackay of Clashfern	of Eddrachillis in the District of Sutherland	6 July 1979	1 October 1985
James Arthur David Hope	Baron Hope of Craighead	of Bamff in the District of Perth and Kinross	28 February 1995	1 October 1996
Thomas Henry Bingham	Baron Bingham of Cornhill	of Boughrood in the County of Powys	4 June 1996	6 June 2000	11 September 2010
Alan Ferguson Rodger	Baron Rodger of Earlsferry	of Earlsferry in the District of North East Fife	29 April 1992	1 October 2001	26 June 2011

See also

• List of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary

References

Notes

1. Former Lord Chief Justice.
2. Former Lord of the Appeal.
3. Former Second Senior Lord of Appeal.
4. Former Justice of the Supreme Court.
5. Former President of the Supreme Court.
6. Former President of the Supreme Court.
7. Former Deputy President of the Supreme Court.

Citations

1. Statute Law Database
2. UK Statute Law Database
3. Accordance with Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.
4. "No. 55920". The London Gazette. 21 July 2000. p. 8034.
5. "No. 56712". The London Gazette. 4 October 2002. p. 11976.
6. "No. 57179". The London Gazette. 15 January 2004. p. 503.
7. "No. 57180". The London Gazette. 16 January 2004. p. 591.
8. "No. 57779". The London Gazette. 7 October 2005. p. 12971.
9. "No. 58222". The London Gazette. 17 January 2007. p. 601.
10. "No. 59045". The London Gazette. 24 April 2009. p. 7037.
11. "No. 59117". The London Gazette. 2 July 2009. p. 11331.

External links

• United Kingdom peerage creations 1801 to 2011 - "Chronological list 1801–2011" (David Beamish)
• United Kingdom peerage creations 1801 to 2011 - "Other peerages since 1 August 1958" (David Beamish)
• United Kingdom peerage creations 1801 to 2011 - "Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876–2009" (David Beamish)