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List of baronies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

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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, 2010–2024, 2024–present)
Baronets Baronetcies

The peerage is the collective term for all those holding titles of nobility of all degrees. The term superseded the term baronage used of the feudal era. A Barony is a rank or dignity of a man or a woman who is a participant of a small rank of a British nobility.

British Isles

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Hereditary baronies

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The hereditary baronies fall into five classes:

These have precedence in the order named, except that baronies of Ireland created after 1 January 1801 (the date of the Union between Great Britain and Ireland) yield to earlier-created baronies of the United Kingdom.

Life baronies

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The life baronies fall into two classes:

All life baronies are in the peerage of the United Kingdom, and rank amongst hereditary baronies in that peerage (and each other) by date of creation.

Hereditary feudal baronies

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These are distinct from the titles above, created by writ or patent, and were constituents of the now defunct feudal baronage and are not therefore constituents of the modern, post-feudal peerage:

See also

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References

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Kingdom of Scotland
Sorted by (historical) entity at time of grant
King James II
King James IIIKing James IVQueen Mary IKing James VIKing Charles IKing Charles IIKing William II & Queen Mary II
Italics in entries mean the titleholder also holds a previously listed lordship of greater precedence
^* Also a Baron in the Peerage of England  ^• Also a Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Kingdom of Great Britain
Sorted by (historical) entity at time of grant
Queen Anne
King George IKing George IIKing George III
Italics in entries mean the titleholder also holds another barony of greater precedence.
Kingdom of Ireland
Sorted by (historical) entity at time of grant
Lordship of Ireland Lordship of Ireland
Kingdom of Ireland Kingdom of Ireland
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Italics in entries mean the titleholder also holds another barony of greater precedence.
^* Also a Baron in the Peerage of Great Britain  ^• Also a Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Sorted by (historical) entity at time of grant
King George III
The Prince Regent
King George IV
King William IV
Queen Victoria
King Edward VII
King George V
King Edward VIII
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth II
Italics in entries mean the titleholder also holds a previously listed barony of greater precedence.
^* Also a Lord in the Peerage of Scotland, ^• Also a Baron in the Peerage of Ireland
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