List of peerages created for Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

This page lists all peerages created for Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom. Extant titles are in bold.

King George II, reign 1727–1760

Title	Created	Prime Minister	Current status	Notes
Earl of Orford	1742	Sir Robert Walpole	extinct 1797	also Viscount Walpole and Baron Walpole
Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne	1756	Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	extinct 1988	created with a special remainder

King George III, reign 1760–1820

Title	Created	Prime Minister	Current status	Notes
Baron Pelham of Stanmer	1762	Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle	extant	created with a special remainder
Earl of Chatham	1766	William Pitt the Elder	extinct 1835	also Viscount Pitt
Marquess of Lansdowne	1784	William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne	extant	also Earl of Wycombe and Viscount Calne and Calston
Viscount Sidmouth	1805	Henry Addington	extant

King George IV, reign 1820–1830

no peerage creations for Prime Ministers

King William IV, reign 1830–1837

Title	Created	Prime Minister	Current status	Notes
Earl of Ripon	1833	F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich	extinct 1923

Queen Victoria, reign 1837–1901

Title	Created	Prime Minister	Current status	Notes
Earl Russell	1861	Lord John Russell	extant	also Viscount Amberley
Earl of Beaconsfield	1876	Benjamin Disraeli	extinct 1881	also Viscount Hughenden

King Edward VII, reign 1901–1910

no peerage creations for Prime Ministers

King George V, reign 1910–1936

Title	Created	Prime Minister	Current status	Notes
Earl of Midlothian	1911	Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery	extant	also Viscount Mentmore and Baron Epsom
Earl of Balfour	1922	Arthur Balfour	extant	also Viscount Traprain; created with a special remainder
Earl of Oxford and Asquith	1925	H. H. Asquith	extant	also Viscount Asquith

King Edward VIII, reign 1936

no peerage creations for Prime Ministers

King George VI, reign 1936–1952

Title	Created	Prime Minister	Current status	Notes
Earl Baldwin of Bewdley	1937	Stanley Baldwin	extant	also Viscount Corvedale
Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor	1945	David Lloyd George	extant	also Viscount Gwynedd

Queen Elizabeth II, reign 1952–

Title	Created	Prime Minister	Current status	Notes
Earl Attlee	1955	Clement Attlee	extant	also Viscount Prestwood
Earl of Avon	1961	Sir Anthony Eden	extinct 1985	also Viscount Eden
Baron Home of the Hirsel	1974	Sir Alec Douglas-Home	extinct 1995	life peerage
Baron Wilson of Rievaulx	1983	Sir Harold Wilson	extinct 1995	life peerage
Earl of Stockton	1984	Harold Macmillan	extant	also Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden
Baron Callaghan of Cardiff	1987	Sir James Callaghan	extinct 2005	life peerage
Baroness Thatcher	1992	Margaret Thatcher	extinct 2013	life peerage

Peerages created before Premiership

• Thomas Pelham-Holles, 2nd Baron Pelham of Laughton was created Earl of Clare in 1714 and Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1715
• Sir Spencer Compton was created Baron Wilmington in 1728 and Earl of Wilmington in 1730
• William Grenville was created Baron Grenville in 1790
• Sir Arthur Wellesley was created Viscount Wellington in 1809, Marquess of Wellington in 1812 and Duke of Wellington in 1814
• George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen was created Viscount Gordon in 1814
• F. J. Robinson was created Viscount Goderich in 1827

Peerages inherited before, during or after Premiership

• Thomas Pelham(-Holles) inherited the title of Baron Pelham of Laughton in 1712 (before premiership)
• John Stuart (Lord Mount Stuart by courtesy) inherited the title of Earl of Bute in 1723, (before premiership)
• Charles Watson-Wentworth (Earl Malton by courtesy and Baron Cavendish of Hardwick by writ of acceleration) inherited the title of Marquess of Rockingham in 1750 (before premiership)
• William Cavendish (Marquess of Hartington by courtesy) inherited the title of Duke of Devonshire in 1755 (before premiership)
• Augustus FitzRoy (Earl of Euston by courtesy) inherited the title of Duke of Grafton in 1757 (before premiership)
• William Petty (Viscount FitzMaurice by courtesy) inherited the title of Earl of Shelburne in 1761 (before premiership)
• William Cavendish-Bentinck (Marquess of Titchfield by courtesy) inherited the title of Duke of Portland in 1762 (before premiership)
• Frederick North (Lord North by courtesy) inherited the title of Earl of Guilford in 1790 (after premiership)
• George Hamilton-Gordon (Lord Haddo by courtesy) inherited the title of Earl of Aberdeen in 1801 (before premiership)
• Henry John Temple (Lord Temple by courtesy) inherited the title of Viscount Palmerston in 1802 (before premiership)
• Charles Grey (Viscount Howick by courtesy) inherited the title of Earl Grey in 1807 (before premiership)
• Robert Jenkinson (Baron Hawkesbury by writ of acceleration) inherited the title of Earl of Liverpool in 1808 (before premiership)
• William Lamb inherited the title of Viscount Melbourne in 1828 (before premiership)
• Edward Smith-Stanley (Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe by writ of acceleration) inherited the title of Earl of Derby in 1851 (before premiership)
• Archibald Primrose (Lord Dalmeny by courtesy) inherited the title of Earl of Rosebery in 1868 (before premiership)
• Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (Viscount Cranborne by courtesy) inherited the title of Marquess of Salisbury in 1868 (before premiership)
• Alec Douglas-Home (Lord Dunglass by courtesy) inherited the title of Earl of Home in 1951, but he disclaimed it in 1963 when he became Prime Minister

See also

• List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
• List of peerages created for Speakers of the House of Commons

External links

• Prime Ministers in History from the 10 Downing Street website.