The House of Lords Act 1999 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the House of Lords,one of the chambers of Parliament. The Act was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999. For centuries,the House of Lords had included several hundred members who inherited their seats;the Act removed such a right. However,as part of a compromise,the Act did permit ninety-two hereditary peers to remain in the House. Another ten were created life peers to enable them to remain in the House.
Baron Trevethin,of Blaengawney in the County of Monmouth,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1921 for the prominent judge Sir Alfred Lawrence,Lord Chief Justice of England from 1921 to 1922.
Professor Christopher Richard James Woodhouse,6th Baron Terrington,is a British peer and Emeritus Professor of Adolescent Urology,University College London.
Alastair John Lyndhurst Bruce,5th Baron Aberdare,,is a British nobleman,and since 2009 a crossbench hereditary peer elected under the House of Lords Act 1999.
William James Robert Peel,3rd Earl Peel,,styled Viscount Clanfield until 1969,is a British hereditary peer who was a Conservative peer from 15 May 1973 until October 2006 when,on his appointment as Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household,he became a crossbench (non-partisan) member of the House of Lords.
By-elections to the House of Lords occur when vacancies arise among seats assigned to hereditary peers due to death,resignation,or disqualification. Candidates for these by-elections are limited to holders of hereditary peerages,and their electorates are made up of sitting Lords;in most cases the electorate are those sitting hereditary peers of the same party affiliation as the departed 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.
Godfrey John Bewicke-Copley,7th Baron Cromwell,is a British hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords,sitting as a crossbencher.
Simon Gordon Jared Russell,3rd Baron Russell of Liverpool,is a British crossbench peer.
Roualeyn Robert Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce,9th Baron Thurlow,is a British hereditary peer and chartered surveyor who sits as a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Charles William Harley Hay,16th Earl of Kinnoull,styled Viscount Dupplin until 2013,is a Scottish hereditary peer and Crossbench member of the House of Lords,who serves as Convenor of the Crossbench Peers.
John Richard Boyle,15th Earl of Cork and 15th Earl of Orrery is a British hereditary peer and a member of the House of Lords,where he sits as a Crossbencher. Boyle was an officer in the Royal Navy and then had a career in the sugar industry before inheriting his titles in 2003.
Richard Hubert Gordon Gilbey,12th Baron Vaux of Harrowden,is a British hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Rupert Francis John Carington,7th Baron Carrington,,is a British banker,hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Daniel Nicholas Mosley,4th Baron Ravensdale,8th Baronet,,is a British hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords. He is an engineer,currently working as a project director for Atkins. His paternal great-grandfather was Oswald Mosley,leader and founder of the British Union of Fascists.
Edward Sebastian Grigg,4th Baron Altrincham is a British hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords.
Richard John Denison,9th Baron Londesborough,is a British hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords.
John Humphrey Arnott Pakington,7th Baron Hampton,is a British hereditary peer and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
James Meston,3rd Baron Meston is a British hereditary peer,a lawyer,and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
