Earl Ferrers is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for Robert Shirley,14th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. The Shirley family descends from George Shirley of Astwell Castle,Northamptonshire. In 1611 he was created a Baronet,of Staunton Harold in the County of Leicester,in the Baronetage of England. He was succeeded by his son Henry,the second Baronet,who married Lady Dorothy Devereux,daughter of Robert Devereux,2nd Earl of Essex. On the death of her brother Robert Devereux,3rd Earl of Essex,she became the youngest co-heir to the baronies of Ferrers of Chartley and the barony of Bourchier,which had fallen into abeyance on the death of the third Earl. Shirley was succeeded by his eldest son,the third Baronet. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother,the fourth Baronet. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London by Oliver Cromwell and died there in 1656. On his death the title passed to his eldest son,the fifth Baronet. He died at an early age and was succeeded at birth by his posthumous son,the sixth Baronet.
Viscount Eccles,of Chute in the County of Wiltshire,England,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 14 January 1964 for the Conservative politician David Eccles,1st Baron Eccles. He had already been created Baron Eccles,of Chute in the County of Wiltshire,on 1 August 1962. As of 2017 the titles are held by his son,the second Viscount,who succeeded in 1999. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999,and sits as a Conservative. His wife Diana Eccles was created a life peer as Baroness Eccles of Moulton,of Moulton in the County of North Yorkshire,on 10 May 1990,making the couple an unusual husband and wife pair both sitting in the House of Lords. Lady Eccles of Moulton also sits on the Conservative benches.
Viscount Thurso,of Ulbster in the County of Caithness,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 June 1952 for the Scottish Liberal politician and former Secretary of State for Air,Sir Archibald Sinclair,4th Baronet. His son,the second Viscount,served as Lord Lieutenant of Caithness from 1973 to 1995.
Viscount Slim,of Yarralumla in the Capital Territory of Australia and of Bishopston in the City and County of Bristol,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1960 for Field Marshal Sir William Slim upon the end of his term as Governor-General of Australia.
Ralph Thomas Campion George Sherman Stonor,7th Baron Camoys,was a British peer and banker who served as Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom from 1998 to 2000,and the first Catholic Lord Chamberlain since the Reformation.
David McAdam Eccles,1st Viscount Eccles,was an English Conservative politician.
David Bernard Montgomery,2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein,was a British politician and businessman. He was the son of Bernard Montgomery.
William Matthew Wand Addison,4th Viscount Addison is a British peer. The son of Michael Addison,3rd Viscount Addison,he succeeded the Viscountcy on the death of his father in 1992.
Bridget Helen Monckton,11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland,Dowager Viscountess Monckton of Brenchley,CBE was a British peeress and Conservative member of the House of Lords best remembered as the wartime commander of women's services in India.
Robin John Orlando Bridgeman,3rd Viscount Bridgeman,is a British peer and politician.
Benjamin Lloyd Stormont Mancroft,3rd Baron Mancroft,is a British peer,businessman and Conservative Party politician.
Diana Catherine Eccles,Viscountess Eccles DL is a British Conservative peer and businesswoman.
David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones,2nd Earl of Snowdon,styled as Viscount Linley until 2017 and known professionally as David Linley,is a member of the British royal family,an English furniture maker,honorary chairman of the auction house Christie's UK,and with his sister,Lady Sarah Chatto,maternal first cousin of King Charles III. He is the only son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones,1st Earl of Snowdon,and a grandson of King George VI. When he was born,he was 5th in the line of succession to the British throne;as of May 2023,he is 25th,and the first person who is not a descendant of Queen Elizabeth II.
Simon Dallas Cairns,6th Earl Cairns,,styled Viscount Garmoyle between 1946 and 1989,is a British businessman.
Geoffrey Robert James Borwick,5th Baron Borwick,is a British businessman,hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords.
David Stephen Geoffrey Pollock,3rd Viscount Hanworth,is a British professor and a Labour elected hereditary peer.
Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans,4th Baron Mountevans,,is a British hereditary peer and shipbroker,who served as Lord Mayor of London from 2015 to 2016.
Robert Hugh Molesworth "Hugo" Kindersley,3rd Baron Kindersley DL was a British peer,politician and businessman.
Jonathan William Berry,5th Viscount Camrose is a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician.
Peter George Penny,2nd Viscount Marchwood was a British soldier,businessman and hereditary peer who was a Conservative member of the House of Lords from 1955 to 1979.
