PEERAGES
Last updated 16/11/2018 (19 Jan 2024)
Date Rank Order Name Born Died Age
GADHIA
31 Aug 2016 B[L] Jitesh Kishorekumar Gadhia
Created Baron Gadhia for life 31 Aug 2016
May 1970
GAGE
14 Sep 1720 V[I] 1 Thomas Gage
Created Baron Gage and Viscount Gage 14 Sep 1720
MP for Minehead 1717 and Tewkesbury 1721‑1754
c 1695 21 Dec 1754
21 Dec 1754
17 Oct 1780
1 Nov 1790
to    
11 Oct 1791
 
B
B
2
1
1
William Hall Gage
Created Baron Gage 17 Oct 1780 and 1 Nov 1790
For details of the special remainder included in the creation of the Barony of 1790, see the note at the foot of this page
MP for Seaford 1744‑1747 and 1754‑1780
On his death the Barony of 1780 became extinct whilst the Barony and Viscountcy of 1720 and the Barony of 1790 passed to -
1 Jan 1718 11 Oct 1791 73
11 Oct 1791 3 Henry Gage 4 Mar 1761 29 Jan 1808 46
29 Jan 1808 4 Henry Hall Gage 14 Dec 1791 20 Jan 1877 85
20 Jan 1877 5 Henry Charles Gage 2 Apr 1854 18 Apr 1912 58
18 Apr 1912 6 Henry Rainald Gage 30 Dec 1895 27 Feb 1982 86
27 Feb 1982 7 George John St. Clere Gage 8 Jul 1932 30 Nov 1993 61
30 Nov 1993 8 Henry Nicholas Gage 9 Apr 1934
GAINFORD
3 Jan 1917 B 1 Joseph Albert Pease
Created Baron Gainford 3 Jan 1917
MP for Tyneside 1892‑1900, Saffron Walden 1901‑1910 and Rotherham 1910‑1917; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1910‑1911; President of the Board of Education 1911‑1915; Postmaster General 1916; PC 1908
17 Jan 1860 15 Feb 1943 83
15 Feb 1943 2 Joseph Pease 8 Mar 1889 23 Sep 1971 82
23 Sep 1971 3 Joseph Edward Pease 25 Dec 1921 4 Apr 2013 91
4 Apr 2013 4 George Pease 20 Apr 1926 12 Mar 2022 95
12 Mar 2022 5 Adrian Christopher Pease 1 Feb 1960
GAINSBOROUGH
1 Dec 1682 E 1 Edward Noel, 4th Viscount Campden
Created Baron Noel of Tichfield 3 Feb 1681 and Earl of Gainsborough 1 Dec 1682
MP for Rutland 1661‑1679 and Hampshire 1679‑1681; Lord Lieutenant Hampshire 1676‑1687 and Rutland 1682‑1688
27 Jan 1641 8 Apr 1689 48
Apr 1689 2 Wriothesley Baptist Noel
MP for Hampshire 1685‑1686; Lord Lieutenant Hampshire 1684‑1687 and Rutland 1685‑1688
c 1661 21 Sep 1690
21 Sep 1690 3 Baptist Noel 1684 17 Apr 1714 29
17 Apr 1714 4 Baptist Noel 1708 21 Mar 1751 42
21 Mar 1751 5 Baptist Noel 8 Jun 1740 27 May 1759 18
27 May 1759
to    
8 Apr 1798
6 Henry Noel
Peerages extinct on his death
1743 8 Apr 1798 54

16 Aug 1841 E 1 Charles Noel Noel, 3rd Baron Barham
Created Baron Noel of Ridlington, Viscount Campden and Earl of Gainsborough 16 Aug 1841
MP for Rutland 1808‑1814
2 Oct 1781 10 Jun 1866 84
10 Jun 1866 2 Charles George Noel
MP for Rutland 1840‑1841; Lord Lieutenant Rutland 1867‑1881
For information on his daughter, Lady Blanche, see the note at the foot of this page
5 Sep 1818 13 Aug 1881 62
13 Aug 1881 3 Charles William Francis Noel 20 Oct 1850 17 Apr 1926 75
17 Apr 1926 4 Arthur Edward Joseph Noel 30 Jun 1884 27 Aug 1927 43
27 Aug 1927 5 Anthony Gerard Edward Noel 24 Oct 1923 29 Dec 2009 86
29 Dec 2009 6 Anthony Baptist Noel 17 Jan 1950
GAITSKELL
23 Jan 1964
to    
1 Jul 1989
B[L] Anna Dora Gaitskell
Created Baroness Gaitskell for life 23 Jan 1964
Peerage extinct on her death
25 Apr 1901 1 Jul 1989 88
GALE
4 Aug 1999 B[L] Anita Gale
Created Baroness Gale for life 4 Aug 1999
28 Nov 1940
GALLACHER
28 Mar 1983
to    
4 Jan 2004
B[L] John Gallacher
Created Baron Gallacher for life 28 Mar 1983
Peerage extinct on his death
7 May 1920 4 Jan 2004 83
GALLEN RIDGEWAY
25 May 1616
23 Aug 1622
B[I]
E[I]
1
1
Thomas Ridgeway
Created Baron of Gallen Ridgeway 25 May 1616, and Viscount Gallen Ridgeway and Earl of Londonderry 23 Aug 1622
See "Londonderry"
c 1565 24 Jan 1632

8 Oct 1726 V[I] 1 Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Londonderry
Created Viscount Gallen Ridgeway and Earl of Londonderry 8 Oct 1726
See "Londonderry"
c 1688 12 Sep 1729
GALLOWAY
19 Sep 1623 E[S] 1 Sir Alexander Stewart
Created Lord of Garlies 19 Jul 1607 and Earl of Galloway 19 Sep 1623
c 1580 1649
1649 2 Sir James Stewart, 1st baronet Jun 1671
Jun 1671 3 Alexander Stewart Sep 1690
Sep 1690 4 Alexander Stewart 8 Jan 1670 26 Sep 1690 20
26 Sep 1690 5 James Stewart 16 Feb 1746
16 Feb 1746 6 Alexander Stewart 1695 24 Sep 1773 78
24 Sep 1773 7 John Stewart
Created Baron Stewart of Garlies 6 Jun 1796
MP for Morpeth 1761‑1768 and Ludgershall 1768; Lord Lieutenant Wigtown 1794‑1806 and Kirkcudbright 1803‑1806; KT 1775
13 Mar 1736 13 Nov 1806 70
13 Nov 1806 8 George Stewart
MP for Saltash 1790‑1795, Cockermouth 1805‑1806 and Haslemere 1806; Lord Lieutenant Kirkcudbright 1794‑1803 and 1820‑1828, and Wigtown 1807‑1828; KT 1814
24 Mar 1768 27 Mar 1834 66
27 Mar 1834 9 Randolph Stewart
MP for Cockermouth 1826‑1831; Lord Lieutenant Kirkcudbright 1828‑1845 and Wigtown 1828‑1851
16 Sep 1800 2 Jan 1873 72
2 Jan 1873 10 Alan Plantagenet Stewart
MP for Wigtownshire 1868‑1873; KT 1888
For further information on this peer, see the note at the foot of this page
21 Oct 1835 7 Feb 1901 65
7 Feb 1901 11 Randolph Henry Stewart 14 Oct 1836 7 Feb 1920 83
7 Feb 1920 12 Randolph Algernon Ronald Stewart
Lord Lieutenant Kirkcudbright 1932‑1975
21 Nov 1892 13 Jun 1978 85
13 Jun 1978 13 Randolph Keith Reginald Stewart 14 Oct 1928 27 Mar 2020 91
27 Mar 2020 14 Andrew Clyde Stewart 13 Mar 1949
GALMOYE
16 May 1646 V[I] 1 Sir Edward Butler
Created Viscount of Galmoye 16 May 1646
1653
1653 2 Edward Butler c 1627 Oct 1667
Oct 1667
to    
1697
3 Piers Butler
He was attainted and the peerage forfeited
1652 18 Jun 1740 87
GALPERN
10 Jul 1979
to    
23 Sep 1993
B[L] Myer Galpern
Created Baron Galpern for life 10 Jul 1979
MP for Shettleston 1959‑1979
Peerage extinct on his death
1 Jan 1903 23 Sep 1993 90
GALWAY
3 Apr 1624 B 1 Richard Bourke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde
Created Baron of Somerhill and Viscount Tunbridge 3 Apr 1624 and Baron of Imanney, Viscount Galway and Earl of St. Albans 23 Aug 1628
See "Clanricarde"
1572 12 Nov 1635 63

2 Jun 1687
to    
12 Jul 1691
V[I] 1 Ulick Bourke
Created Baron of Tyaquin and Viscount of Galway 2 Jun 1687
Peerages extinct on his death
c 1670 12 Jul 1691

25 Nov 1692
12 May 1697
to    
3 Sep 1720
V[I]
E[I]
1
1
Henry Massue de Ruvigny
Created Baron Portarlington and Viscount Galway 25 Nov 1692, and Earl of Galway 12 May 1697
PC [I] 1692, PC 1715
Peerages extinct on his death
9 Apr 1648 3 Sep 1720 72

17 Jul 1727 V[I] 1 John Monckton
Created Baron of Killard and Viscount Galway 17 Jul 1727
MP for Clitheroe 1727‑1734 and Pontefract 1734‑1747 and 1749‑1751
1695 15 Jul 1751 56
15 Jul 1751 2 William Monckton-Arundell
MP for Pontefract 1747‑1748 and 1754‑1772 and Thirsk 1749‑1754
c 1725 18 Nov 1772
18 Nov 1772 3 Henry William Monckton‑Arundell
MP for Pontefract 1772‑1774
16 May 1749 2 Mar 1774 24
2 Mar 1774 4 Robert Monckton-Arundell
MP for Pontefract 1780‑1783 and 1796‑1802 and York 1783‑1790; PC 1784
4 Jul 1752 23 Jul 1810 58
23 Jul 1810 5 William George Monckton‑Arundell 28 Mar 1782 2 Feb 1834 51
2 Feb 1834 6 George Edward Arundell Monckton‑Arundell
MP for East Retford 1847‑1876
1 Mar 1805 6 Feb 1876 70
6 Feb 1876 7 George Edmund Milnes Monckton‑Arundell
Created Baron Monckton of Serlby 2 Jul 1887
MP for Nottinghamshire North 1872‑1885
18 Nov 1844 7 Mar 1931 86
7 Mar 1931 8 George Vere Arundell Monckton‑Arundell
Governor General of New Zealand 1935‑1941; PC 1937
24 Mar 1882 27 Mar 1943 61
27 Mar 1943 9 Simon George Robert Monckton‑Arundell 11 Nov 1929 1 Jan 1971 41
1 Jan 1971 10 William Arundell Monckton‑Arundell 24 Sep 1894 15 Aug 1977 82
15 Aug 1977 11 Edmund Savile Monckton‑Arundell 11 Sep 1900 30 Jan 1980 79
30 Jan 1980 12 George Rupert Monckton‑Arundell 13 Oct 1922 30 Sep 2017 94
30 Sep 2017 13 John Philip Monckton‑Arundell 8 Apr 1952
GAMBIER
9 Nov 1807
to    
19 Apr 1833
B 1 James Gambier
Created Baron Gambier 9 Nov 1807
Admiral of the Fleet 1830
Peerage extinct on his death
13 Oct 1756 19 Apr 1833 76
GANT
23 Jun 1295
to    
17 Mar 1298
B 1 Gilbert de Gant
Summoned to Parliament as Lord Gant 23 Jun 1295
Peerage extinct on his death
1250 17 Mar 1298 47
GANZONI
17 Nov 1999
to    
3 Dec 2005
B[L] John Julian Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead
Created Baron Ganzoni for life 17 Nov 1999
Peerage extinct on his death
30 Sep 1932 3 Dec 2005 73
GARDEN
3 Jun 2004
to    
9 Aug 2007
B[L] Sir Timothy Garden
Created Baron Garden for life 3 Jun 2004
Peerage extinct on his death
23 Apr 1944 9 Aug 2007 63
GARDEN OF FROGNAL
16 Oct 2007 B[L] Susan Elizabeth Garden
Created Baroness Garden of Frognal for life 16 Oct 2007
PC 2015
22 Feb 1944
GARDINER
15 Jan 1964
to    
7 Jan 1990
B[L] Gerald Austin Gardiner
Created Baron Gardiner for life 15 Jan 1964
Lord Chancellor 1964‑1970; PC 1964; CH 1975
Peerage extinct on his death
30 May 1900 7 Jan 1990 89
GARDINER OF KIMBLE
23 Jun 2010 B[L] John Gardiner
Created Baron Gardiner of Kimble for life 23 Jun 2010
17 Mar 1956
GARDNER
29 Dec 1800
27 Nov 1806
B[I]
B
1
1
Sir Alan Gardner, 1st baronet
Created Baron Gardner [I] 29 Dec 1800 and [UK] 27 Nov 1806
MP for Plymouth 1790‑1796 and Westminster 1796‑1806
12 Apr 1742 1 Jan 1809 66
1 Jan 1809 2 Alan Hyde Gardner
He was to be promoted to Viscount Gardner (gazetted 30 Sep 1815 - issue 17066, page 1997) but died before the patent could be passed
5 Feb 1771 22 Dec 1815 44
22 Dec 1815
to    
2 Nov 1883
3 Alan Legge Gardner
On his death the peerages became either extinct or dormant
29 Jan 1810 2 Nov 1883 73
For further information on this peerage, see the note at the foot of this page
GARDNER OF PARKES
19 Jun 1981 B[L] Rachel Trixie Anne Gardner
Created Baroness Gardner of Parkes for life 19 Jun 1981
17 Jul 1927
GAREL-JONES
22 Oct 1997
to    
24 Mar 2020
B[L] William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel‑Jones
Created Baron Garel-Jones for life 22 Oct 1997
MP for Watford 1979‑1997; Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office 1990‑1993; PC 1992
Peerage extinct on his death
28 Feb 1941 24 Mar 2020 79
GARIOCH
c 1180 E[S] 1 David of Scotland
Recognized as Earl of Garioch c 1180
17 Jun 1219
17 Jun 1219
to    
7 Jun 1237
2 John le Scot, Earl of Huntingdon and Chester
On his death the peerage reverted to the Crown
GARLIES
19 Sep 1623 B[S] 1 Sir Alexander Stewart
Created Lord of Garlies 19 Jul 1607 and Earl of Galloway 19 Sep 1623
See "Galloway"
c 1580 1649
GARMOYLE
27 Sep 1878 E 1 Hugh McCalmont Cairns
Created Viscount Garmoyle and Earl Cairns 27 Sep 1878
See "Cairns"
27 Dec 1819 3 Apr 1885 65
GARNER
21 Feb 1969
to    
10 Dec 1983
B[L] Joseph John Saville Garner
Created Baron Garner for life 21 Feb 1969
Peerage extinct on his death
14 Feb 1908 10 Dec 1983 75
GARNIER
22 Jun 2018 B[L] Sir Edward Henry Garnier
Created Baron Garnier for life 22 Jun 2018
MP for Harborough 1992‑2017; Solicitor General 2010‑2012; PC 2015
26 Oct 1952
GARNOCK
10 Apr 1703 V[S] 1 John Lindsay-Crawford
Created Lord Kilbirny, Kingsburn and Drumry, and Viscount of Mount Crawford 10 Apr 1703. These titles were altered, 26 Nov 1703, to Lord Kilbirny & Drumry, and Viscount of Garnock
12 May 1669 24 Dec 1708 39
24 Dec 1708 2 Patrick Lindsay-Crawford 30 Nov 1697 24 May 1735 37
24 May 1735 3 John Lindsay-Crawford 5 Jul 1722 22 Sep 1738 16
22 Sep 1738 4 George Lindsay-Crawford
He succeeded to the Earldom of Lindsay in 1749 with which title this peerage then merged and still remains so
c 1729 11 Aug 1781
GARNSWORTHY
19 Sep 1967
to    
5 Sep 1974
B[L] Charles James Garnsworthy
Created Baron Garnsworthy for life 19 Sep 1967
Peerage extinct on his death
10 Dec 1906 5 Sep 1974 67
GARTHIE
3 Nov 1684 B[S] 1 George Gordon, 4th Marquess of Huntly
Created Lord Badenoch, Lochaber, Strathavon, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, Viscount of Inverness, Earl of Huntly and Enzie, Marquess of Huntly and Duke of Gordon 3 Nov 1684
See "Gordon" - extinct 1836
c 1643 7 Dec 1716
GARVAGH
28 Oct 1818 B[I] 1 George Canning
Created Baron Garvagh 28 Oct 1818
MP for Sligo 1806‑1812 and Petersfield 1812‑1820; Lord Lieutenant Londonderry 1830‑1840
15 Nov 1778 20 Aug 1840 61
20 Aug 1840 2 Charles Henry Spencer George Canning 18 Mar 1826 7 May 1871 45
7 May 1871 3 Charles John Spencer George Canning 2 Jun 1852 7 Feb 1915 62
7 Feb 1915 4 Leopold Ernest Stratford George Canning 21 Jul 1878 16 Jul 1956 77
16 Jul 1956 5 Alexander Leopold Ivor George Canning 6 Oct 1920 31 Oct 2013 93
31 Oct 2013 6 Spencer George Stratford de Redcliffe Canning 12 Feb 1953
GASCOIGNE
10 Jul 2023 B[L] Benjamin Alexander Gascoigne
Created Baron Gascoigne for life 10 Jul 2023
5 Mar 1983
GASCOYNE-CECIL
17 Nov 1999 B[L] Robert Michael James Cecil, styled Viscount Cranborne
Created Baron Gascoyne‑Cecil for life 17 Nov 1999
He succeeded as 7th Marquess of Salisbury in 2003
30 Sep 1946
GASK
17 Feb 1676 B[S] 1 John Murray, 2nd Earl of Atholl
Created Lord Murray, Balvany and Gask, Viscount of Balquhidder, Earl of Tullibardine and Marquess of Atholl 17 Feb 1676
See "Atholl"
2 May 1631 7 May 1703 72

30 Jun 1703 B[S] 1 John Murray, 2nd Marquess of Atholl
Created Lord Murray, Viscount Glenalmond and Earl of Tullibardine for life 27 Jul 1696 and Lord Murray, Balvenie and Gask, Viscount of Balwhidder, Glenalmond and Glenlyon, Earl of Strathtay & Strathardle, Marquess of Tullibardine and Duke of Atholl 30 Jun 1703
See "Atholl"
24 Feb 1660 14 Nov 1724 64
GAVRON
6 Aug 1999
to    
7 Feb 2015
B[L] Robert Gavron
Created Baron Gavron for life 6 Aug 1999
Peerage extinct on his death
13 Sep 1930 7 Feb 2015 84
GEDDES
28 Jan 1942 B 1 Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes
Created Baron Geddes 28 Jan 1942
MP for Basingstoke 1917‑1920; President of the Local Government Board 1918‑1919; Minister of Reconstruction 1919; President of the Board of Trade 1919‑1920; PC 1917
21 Jun 1879 8 Jan 1954 74
8 Jan 1954 2 Ross Campbell Geddes 20 Jul 1907 2 Feb 1975 67
2 Feb 1975 3 Euan Michael Ross Geddes
[Elected hereditary peer 1999-]
3 Sep 1937
GEDDES OF EPSOM
4 Aug 1958
to    
2 May 1983
B[L] Sir Charles John Geddes
Created Baron Geddes of Epsom for life 4 Aug 1958
Peerage extinct on his death
1 Mar 1897 2 May 1983 86
GEIDT
3 Nov 2017 B[L] Christopher Edward Wollaston MacKenzie Geidt
Created Baron Geidt for life 3 Nov 2017
PC 2007
17 Aug 1961
GENEVILL
6 Feb 1299
to    
1307
B 1 Geoffrey de Genevill
Summoned to Parliament as Lord Genevill 6 Feb 1299
On his death the peerage became dormant
1307
GEOFFREY-LLOYD
6 May 1974
to    
12 Sep 1984
B[L] Geoffrey William Geoffrey-Lloyd
Created Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd for life 6 May 1974
MP for Ladywood 1931‑1945, Kings Norton 1950‑1955 and Sutton Coldfield 1955‑1974; Secretary for Mines 1939‑1940; Secretary for Petroleum 1940‑1942; Minister for Information 1945; Minister for Fuel & Power 1951‑1955; Minister of Education 1957‑1959; PC 1943
Peerage extinct on his death
17 Jan 1902 12 Sep 1984 82
GEORGE
29 Jun 2004
to    
18 Apr 2009
B[L] Edward Alan John George
Created Baron George for life 29 Jun 2004
Governor of the Bank of England 1993‑2003; PC 1999
Peerage extinct on his death
11 Sep 1938 18 Apr 2009 70
GEORGE-BROWN
6 Nov 1970
to    
2 Jun 1985
B[L] George Alfred George-Brown
Created Baron George‑Brown for life 6 Nov 1970
MP for Belper 1945‑1970; Minister of Works 1951; First Secretary of State & Secretary of State for Economic Affairs 1964‑1966; Foreign Secretary 1966‑1968; PC 1951
Peerage extinct on his death
2 Sep 1914 2 Jun 1985 70
GERAINT
18 Jul 1992
to    
17 Apr 2004
B[L] Geraint Wyn Howells
Created Baron Geraint for life 18 Jul 1992
MP for Cardigan 1974‑1983 and Ceredigion & Pembroke North 1983‑1992
Peerage extinct on his death
15 Apr 1925 17 Apr 2004 79
GERARD OF BRANDON
8 Nov 1645 B 1 Charles Gerard
Created Baron Gerard of Brandon 8 Nov 1645, and Viscount Brandon and Earl of Macclesfield 23 Jul 1679
See "Macclesfield"
c 1618 7 Jan 1694
GERARD OF BRYN
18 Jan 1876 B 1 Sir Robert Tolver Gerard, 13th baronet
Created Baron Gerard of Bryn 18 Jan 1876
12 May 1808 15 Mar 1887 78
15 Mar 1887 2 William Cansfield Gerard 21 Jun 1851 30 Jul 1902 51
30 Jul 1902 3 Frederic John Gerard 10 Nov 1883 12 Feb 1953 69
12 Feb 1953 4 Robert William Frederick Alwyn Gerard 23 May 1918 11 Jul 1992 74
11 Jul 1992 5 Anthony Robert Hugo Gerard 3 Dec 1949
GERARD OF GERARD'S BROMLEY
21 Jul 1603 B 1 Sir Thomas Gerard
Created Baron Gerard of Gerard's Bromley 21 Jul 1603
Lord President of Wales 1610‑1618
15 Jan 1618
15 Jan 1618 2 Gilbert Gerard 1622
1622 3 Dutton Gerard 4 Mar 1613 22 Apr 1640 27
22 Apr 1640 4 Charles Gerard 1634 28 Dec 1667 33
28 Dec 1667 5 Digby Gerard 17 Jul 1662 8 Oct 1684 22
8 Oct 1684 6 Charles Gerard 1659 21 Apr 1707 47
21 Apr 1707
to    
4 May 1733
7 Philip Gerard
Peerage extinct on his death
1 Dec 1665 4 May 1733 67
GERMAN
24 Jun 2010 B[L] Michael James German
Created Baron German for life 24 Jun 2010
8 May 1945
GHISNES
24 Jun 1295
to    
1323
B 1 Ingelram de Ghisnes
Summoned to Parliament as Lord Ghisnes 24 Jun 1295
On his death the peerage became dormant
1323
GIBSON
31 Jan 1975
to    
20 Apr 2004/td>
B[L] Richard Patrick Tallentyre Gibson
Created Baron Gibson for life 31 Jan 1975
Peerage extinct on his death
5 Feb 1916 20 Apr 2004 88
GIBSON OF MARKET RASEN
9 May 2000
to    
20 Apr 2018
B[L] Anne Gibson
Created Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen for life 9 May 2000
Peerage extinct on her death
10 Dec 1940 20 Apr 2018 77
GIBSON-WATT
7 Sep 1979
to    
7 Feb 2002
B[L] James David Gibson-Watt
Created Baron Gibson-Watt for life 7 Sep 1979
MP for Hereford 1956‑1974; Minister of State, Welsh Office 1970‑1974; PC 1974
Peerage extinct on his death
11 Sep 1918 7 Feb 2002 83
GIDDENS
16 Jun 2004 B[L] Anthony Giddens
Created Baron Giddens for life 16 Jun 2004
18 Jan 1938
GIFFARD
24 Jun 1295 B 1 John Giffard
Summoned to Parliament as Lord Giffard 24 Jun 1295
1232 28 May 1299 66
28 May 1299
to    
16 Mar 1322
2 John Giffard
He was attainted and the peerage forfeited
1286 16 Mar 1322 35
GIFFORD
17 Dec 1694 E[S] 1 John Hay
Created Lord Hay of Yester, Viscount of Walden, Earl of Gifford and Marquess of Tweeddale 17 Dec 1694
See "Tweeddale"
1626 11 Aug 1697 71

30 Jan 1824 B 1 Robert Gifford
Created Baron Gifford 30 Jan 1824
MP for Eye 1817‑1824; Solicitor General 1817‑1819; Attorney General 1819‑1824; Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1824; Master of the Rolls 1824‑1826; PC 1824
24 Feb 1779 4 Sep 1826 47
4 Sep 1826 2 Robert Francis Gifford 19 Mar 1817 13 May 1872 55
13 May 1872 3 Edric Frederick Gifford VC
For further information on this peer and VC winner, see the note at the foot of this page
5 Jul 1849 5 Jun 1911 61
5 Jun 1911 4 Edgar Berkeley Gifford 8 Mar 1857 29 Jan 1937 79
29 Jan 1937 5 Charles Maurice Elton Gifford 4 Mar 1899 16 Apr 1961 62
16 Apr 1961 6 Anthony Maurice Gifford 1 May 1940
GILBERT
16 May 1997
to    
2 Jun 2013
B[L] John William Gilbert
Created Baron Gilbert for life 16 May 1997
MP for Dudley 1970‑1974 and Dudley East 1974‑1997; Financial Secretary to Treasury 1974‑1975; Minister for Transport 1975‑1976; Minister of State, Defence 1976‑1979 and 1997‑1999; PC 1978
Peerage extinct on his death
5 Apr 1927 2 Jun 2013 86
GILBERT OF PANTEG
30 Sep 2015 B[L] Stephen Gilbert
Created Baron Gilbert of Panteg for life 30 Sep 2015
24 Jul 1963
GILLFORD
17 Nov 1766 B[I] 1 Sir John Meade
Created Baron Gillford and Viscount Clanwilliam 17 Nov 1766 and Earl of Clanwilliam 20 Jul 1776
See "Clanwilliam"
21 Apr 1744 19 Oct 1800 56
GILLMORE OF THAMESFIELD
21 Feb 1996
to    
20 Mar 1999
B[L] David Howe Gillmore
Created Baron Gillmore of Thamesfield for life 21 Feb 1996
Peerage extinct on his death
16 Aug 1934 20 Mar 1999 64
GILMOUR OF CRAIGMILLAR
25 Aug 1992
to    
21 Sep 2007
B[L] Sir Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, 3rd baronet
Created Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar for life 25 Aug 1992
MP for Norfolk Central 1962‑1974 and Chesham and Amersham 1974‑1992; Minister of State for Defence Procurement 1971‑1972; Minister of State for Defence 1972‑1974; Secretary of State for Defence 1974; Lord Privy Seal 1979‑1981; PC 1973
Peerage extinct on his death
8 Jul 1926 21 Sep 2007 81
GISBOROUGH
23 Jun 1917 B 1 Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner
Created Baron Gisborough 23 Jun 1917
MP for Westbury 1895‑1900 and Abercromby 1910‑1917
12 Oct 1856 23 Jan 1938 81
23 Jan 1938 2 Thomas Weston Peel Long Chaloner 6 May 1889 11 Feb 1951 61
11 Feb 1951 3 Thomas Richard John Long Chaloner
Lord Lieutenant Cleveland 1981‑1996
1 Jul 1927
GLADSTONE
15 Mar 1910
to    
6 Mar 1930
V 1 Herbert John Gladstone
Created Viscount Gladstone 15 Mar 1910
MP for Leeds 1880‑1885 and Leeds West 1885‑1910; First Commissioner of Works 1894‑1895; Home Secretary 1905‑1910; Governor General of South Africa 1910‑1914; PC 1894
Peerage extinct on his death
7 Jan 1854 6 Mar 1930 76
GLADSTONE OF HAWARDEN
22 Jun 1932
to    
28 Apr 1935
B 1 Henry Neville Gladstone
Created Baron Gladstone of Hawarden 22 Jun 1932
Lord Lieutenant Flint 1915‑1935
Peerage extinct on his death
2 Apr 1852 28 Apr 1935 83
GLADWIN OF CLEE
28 Sep 1994
to    
10 Apr 2003
B[L] Derek Oliver Gladwin
Created Baron Gladwin of Clee for life 28 Sep 1994
Peerage extinct on his death
6 Jun 1930 10 Apr 2003 72
GLADWYN
12 Apr 1960 B 1 Sir Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb
Created Baron Gladwyn 12 Apr 1960
MEP 1973‑1975 and 1975‑1976
25 Apr 1900 24 Oct 1996 96
24 Oct 1996
to    
15 Aug 2017
2 Miles Alvery Gladwyn Jebb
Peerage extinct on his death
3 Mar 1930 15 Aug 2017 87
GLAMIS
c 1445 B[S] 1 Patrick Lyon
Created Lord Glamis c 1445
21 Mar 1459
21 Mar 1459 2 Alexander Lyon 1485
1485 3 John Lyon 1 Apr 1497
1 Apr 1497 4 John Lyon 1500
1500 5 George Lyon Mar 1505
Mar 1505 6 John Lyon
For information on the fate of his widow, Janet Douglas, see the note at the foot of this page
1492 8 Aug 1528 36
8 Aug 1528 7 John Lyon
The peerage was forfeited in 1537 but restored in 1543
c 1521 1558
1558 8 John Lyon 17 Mar 1578
17 Mar 1578 9 Patrick Lyon
He was created Earl of Kinghorne in 1606 with which title this peerage then merged
1575 1 Sep 1616 41
GLAMORGAN
c 1644
to    
3 Apr 1667
E 1 Edward Somerset
Created Earl of Glamorgan c 1644
He subsequently [1646] succeeded as 2nd Marquess of Worcester. The Earldom of Glamorgan probably extinct on his death
1601 3 Apr 1667 65
GLANDINE
23 Jun 1827 V[I] 1 John Toler, 1st Baron Norbury
Created Viscount Glandine and
Earl of Norbury 23 Jun 1827
See "Norbury"
3 Dec 1745 27 Jul 1831 85
GLANDORE
22 Jul 1776 E[I] 1 William Crosbie, 2nd Baron Brandon
Created Viscount Crosbie 30 Nov 1771 and Earl of Glandore 22 Jul 1776
MP [I] for Ardfert 1735‑1762; Lord Lieutenant Kerry 1770; PC [I] 1766
May 1716 11 May 1781 64
11 May 1781
to    
23 Oct 1815
2 John Crosbie
MP [I] for Athboy 1775‑1776 and Ardfert 1776‑1781; PC [I] 1785
Peerage extinct on his death
25 May 1753 23 Oct 1815 62
GLANELY
28 Jun 1918
to    
28 Jun 1942
B 1 Sir William James Tatem, 1st baronet
Created Baron Glanely 28 Jun 1918
Peerage extinct on his death
For information on the deaths of Lord Glanely and his wife, see the note at the foot of this page
6 Mar 1868 28 Jun 1942 74
GLANTAWE
18 Jul 1906
to    
B 1 John Jones Jenkins
Created Baron Glantawe 18 Jul 1906
MP for Carmarthen 1882‑1886 and 1895‑1900
Peerage extinct on his death
10 May 1835 27 Jul 1915 80
GLANUSK
26 Jan 1899 B 1 Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd baronet
Created Baron Glanusk 26 Jan 1899
MP for Herefordshire 1865‑1885 and Hereford 1886‑1892; Lord Lieutenant Brecon 1875‑1905
7 Apr 1840 6 Jan 1906 65
6 Jan 1906 2 Joseph Henry Russell Bailey
Lord Lieutenant Brecon 1905‑1928
26 Oct 1864 11 Jan 1928 63
11 Jan 1928 3 Wilfred Russell Bailey
Lord Lieutenant Brecon 1928‑1948
27 Jun 1891 12 Jan 1948 56
12 Jan 1948 4 David Russell Bailey 19 Nov 1917 28 Jun 1997 79
28 Jun 1997 5 Christopher Russell Bailey 18 Mar 1942
GLASGOW
12 Apr 1703 E[S] 1 David Boyle
Created Lord Boyle of Kelburn, Stewartoun, Cumbra, Largs and Dalry 31 Jan 1699, and Lord Boyle of Stewartoun, Cumbraes, Finnick, Largs and Dalry, Viscount of Kelburn and Earl of Glasgow 12 Apr 1703
1666 1 Nov 1733 67
1 Nov 1733 2 John Boyle Apr 1688 22 May 1740 52
22 May 1740 3 John Boyle 4 Nov 1714 7 Mar 1775 60
7 Mar 1775 4 George Boyle
Created Baron Ross of Hawkhead 11 Aug 1815
Lord Lieutenant Renfrew 1810‑1820 and Ayrshire 1820‑1842
26 Mar 1766 6 Jul 1843 77
6 Jul 1843 5 James Carr-Boyle
MP for Ayrshire 1839‑1843; Lord Lieutenant Renfrew 1844‑1869
For further information on this peer, see the note at the foot of this page
10 Apr 1792 11 Mar 1869 76
11 Mar 1869 6 George Frederick Boyle
MP for Bute 1865
9 Oct 1825 23 Apr 1890 64
23 Apr 1890 7 David Boyle
Governor of New Zealand 1892‑1897
Created Baron Fairlie of Fairlie 23 Jul 1897
31 May 1833 13 Dec 1915 82
13 Dec 1915 8 Patrick James Boyle 18 Jun 1874 14 Dec 1963 79
14 Dec 1963 9 David William Maurice Boyle 24 Jul 1910 8 Jun 1984 73
8 Jun 1984 10 Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle
[Elected hereditary peer 2005-]
30 Jul 1939
GLASMAN
4 Feb 2011 B[L] Maurice Mark Glasman
Created Baron Glasman for life 4 Feb 2011
8 Mar 1961
GLASSARY
30 Jul 1954 B 1 Henry James Scrymgeour‑Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee
Created Baron Glassary 30 Jul 1954
See "Dundee"
3 May 1902 29 Jun 1983 81
GLASSFORD
5 Jul 1685
to    
23 Nov 1703
B[S][L] 1 Francis Abercromby
Created Lord Glassford for life 5 Jul 1685
Peerage extinct on his death
1654 23 Nov 1703 49
GLASTONBURY
19 Mar 1719
to    
10 May 1743
B[L] Ermengarde Melusina Schulenberg
Created Baroness of Dundalk, Countess and Marchioness of Dungannon and Duchess of Munster for life 18 Jul 1716, and Baroness Glastonbury, Countess of Feversham and Duchess of Kendal for life 19 Mar 1719
Mistress of George I
Peerages extinct on her death
1659 10 May 1743 83

20 Oct 1797
to    
26 Apr 1825
B 1 James Grenville
Created Baron Glastonbury 20 Oct 1797
This creation included a special remainder, failing his issue male, to his brother, Lieut. General Richard Grenville [who predeceased him]
MP for Thirsk 1765-1768, Buckingham 1770-1790 and Buckinghamshire 1790-1797; PC 1783
Peerage extinct on his death
6 Jul 1742 26 Apr 1825 82
GLEAN-O'MALLUN
5 Oct 1622
to    
after 1622
B[I] 1 Sir Dermot O'Mallun
Created Baron Glean-O'Mallun 5 Oct 1622
Nothing further is known of this peerage
after 1622
GLENALMOND
27 Jul 1696
30 Jun 1703
to    
14 Nov 1724
V[S]
V[S]
1
1
John Murray, 2nd Marquess of Atholl
Created Lord Murray, Viscount Glenalmond and Earl of Tullibardine for life 27 Jul 1696 and Lord Murray, Balvenie and Gask, Viscount of Balwhidder, Glenalmond and Glenlyon, Earl of Strathtay & Strathardle, Marquess of Tullibardine and Duke of Atholl 30 Jun 1703
Peerage extinct on his death
24 Feb 1660 14 Nov 1724 64
GLENAMARA
28 Jan 1977
to    
4 May 2012
B[L] Edward Watson Short
Created Baron Glenamara for life 28 Jan 1977
MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central 1951‑1976; Postmaster General 1966‑1968; Secretary of State for Education & Science 1968‑1970; Lord President of the Council 1974‑1976; PC 1964; CH 1976
Peerage extinct on his death
17 Dec 1912 4 May 2012 99
GLENAPP
20 Jun 1929 V 1 James Lyle Mackay, 1st Viscount Inchcape
Created Viscount Glenapp and Earl of Inchcape 20 Jun 1929
See "Inchcape"
11 Sep 1852 23 May 1932 79
GLENARTHUR
27 Jun 1918 B 1 Sir Matthew Arthur, 1st baronet
Created Baron Glenarthur 27 Jun 1918
9 Mar 1852 23 Sep 1928 76
23 Sep 1928 2 James Cecil Arthur 2 Jun 1883 11 Dec 1942 59
11 Dec 1942 3 Matthew Arthur 12 May 1909 19 May 1976 67
19 May 1976 4 Simon Mark Arthur
[Elected hereditary peer 1999-]
7 Oct 1944
GLENAVY
26 Jul 1921 B 1 Sir James Henry Mussen Campbell, 1st baronet
Created Baron Glenavy 26 Jul 1921
MP for St. Stephens Green 1898‑1900 and Dublin University 1903‑1916; Solicitor General [I] 1901‑1905; Attorney General [I] 1905 and 1916; Lord Chief Justice of Ireland 1916‑1918; Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1918‑1921; PC [I] 1905
4 Apr 1851 22 Mar 1931 79
22 Mar 1931 2 Charles Henry Gordon Campbell 25 Oct 1885 30 Jul 1963 77
30 Jul 1963 3 Patrick Gordon Campbell 6 Jun 1913 9 Nov 1980 67
9 Nov 1980
to    
Jun 1984
4 Michael Mussen Campbell
Peerage extinct on his death
25 Oct 1924 Jun 1984 59
GLENAWLEY
16 May 1701 B[I] 1 Scrope Howe
Created Baron Glenawley and Viscount Howe 16 May 1701
See "Howe"
Nov 1648 26 Jan 1713 64
GLENBERVIE
29 Nov 1800
to    
2 May 1823
B[I] 1 Sylvester Douglas
Created Baron Glenbervie 29 Nov 1800
MP [I] for St. Canice 1794‑1796; MP for Fowey 1795‑1796, Midhurst 1796‑1800, Plympton Erle 1801 and Hastings 1802‑1806; Chief Secretary for Ireland 1794‑1795; Vice President of the Board of Trade 1801‑1804; PC 1794; PC [I] 1794
Peerage extinct on his death
24 May 1743 2 May 1823 79
GLENCAIRN
28 May 1488 E[S] 1 Alexander Cunningham
Created Lord Kilmaurs c 1469 and Earl of Glencairn 28 May 1488
11 Jun 1488
11 Jun 1488
to    
17 Oct 1488
2 Robert Cunningham
The peerage was annulled 17 Oct 1488
c 1490
c 1503 3 Cuthbert Cunningham
Acknowledged or created (?) Earl of Glencirn c 1503
c 1538
c 1538 4 William Cunningham Mar 1547
Mar 1547 5 Alexander Cunningham 23 Nov 1574
23 Nov 1574 6 William Cunningham c 1580
c 1580 7 James Cunningham c 1622
c 1622 8 William Cunningham Oct 1631
Oct 1631 9 William Cunningham
Lord Chancellor of Scotland 1661‑1664
c 1610 30 May 1664
30 May 1664 10 Alexander Cunningham 26 May 1670
26 May 1670 11 John Cunningham 14 Dec 1703
14 Dec 1703 12 William Cunningham 14 Mar 1734
14 Mar 1734 13 William Cunningham 9 Sep 1775
9 Sep 1775 14 James Cunningham Jun 1749 30 Jan 1791 41
30 Jan 1791
to    
24 Sep 1796
15 John Cunningham
On his death the peerage became dormant
May 1750 24 Sep 1796 46
GLENCONNER
3 Apr 1911 B 1 Sir Edward Priaulx Tennant, 2nd baronet
Created Baron Glenconner 3 Apr 1911
MP for Salisbury 1906‑1910; Lord Lieutenant Peebles 1908‑1920
31 May 1859 21 Nov 1920 61
21 Nov 1920 2 Christopher Grey Tennant 14 Jun 1899 4 Oct 1983 84
4 Oct 1983 3 Colin Christopher Paget Tennant 1 Dec 1926 27 Aug 2010 83
27 Aug 2010 4 Cody Charles Edward Tennant 2 Feb 1994
GLENDALE
11 Jun 1695
to    
24 Jun 1701
V 1 Ford Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Werke
Created Viscount Glendale and Earl of Tankerville 11 Jun 1695
Peerages extinct on his death
20 Jul 1655 24 Jun 1701 45
 

The special remainder to the Barony of Gage created in 1790
From the London Gazette of 26 October 1790 (issue 13249, page 646):-
The King has … been pleased to grant to the Right Honorable William Hall Gage, Viscount Gage of the Kingdom of Ireland and Baron Gage of Firle in the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Dignity of a Baron of the said Kingdom of Great Britain, by the Name, Style and Title of Baron Gage, of Highmeadow in the County of Gloucester, with Remainder to his Nephew Henry Gage, Esq; and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten.
Lady Blanche Elizabeth Mary Annunciata Noel, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Gainsborough
The following romantic tale appeared in the New Zealand Poverty Bay Herald on 20 January 1891:-
The American papers bring news of the death in a Boston hospital of a poor Irish musician named [Thomas] Murphy, who was the hero of one of the most bizarre romances of the English peerage. In Rutlandshire there is a great family called Noel - or rather calling itself Noel, for it is really Noel only in the female line - and the head of it is the Earl of Gainsborough. The first Earl of Gainsborough, of the present recreated line, was strongly Evangelical, as was also his countess; but, as is not unfrequently the case, the austerity of their creed produced a reactionary effect on the mind of their heir, and the second Lord Gainsborough became a Roman Catholic.
Without exactly bringing pressure to bear on his dependents at Exton [Park, the family seat], he set himself to work to show them how to become Catholics if they should feel like it; and with that view he established Catholic services with exceptionally good music at the hall. For an organist he obtained the services of one Murphy, and before two years were out his pride was lowered and his heart was broken by a telegram from his daughter, Lady Blanche Noel, announcing that she and Murphy were in lodgings in London, and wanted him to come and see them married.
He went up to London and satisfied himself that, as far as the girl's actual honour was concerned, there was no overwhelming reason why she should not be brought back to her home and separated from the organist, who appeared to feel his position acutely, and only made matters worse by explaining that he really had been the passive agent in the matter. But Lord Gainsborough would not hear of separating them. For one thing, all Rutlandshire knew of the flight, and in the second place he perceived that his daughter's happiness was bound up in the marriage.
He saw her married next day [6 March 1870], giving her away himself with his son by his side, and then packed them off to America. It is said by the Americans he disinherited her, but the peerage is a poor one, and he gave her what was reasonable. The Americans also in the poetic fancy, speak of her as beautiful. Poor thing she was plain and shy, and unless she had taken the bull by the horns, it is my belief that she would never have had a husband at all.
In America she earned money by writing her recollections of English society, and by the time that vein was worked out she had acquired sufficient aptitude to become a hack writer for the Press, her articles always, of course, being gilded by her noble name. She died eight years ago [21 March 1881, at the age of around 35], and now the poor bewildered organist is dead, too, in a hospital [11 October 1890]. They lived affectionately, and struggled bravely. Perhaps she was as happy, or happier, than the rest of her kin. Her father never fully recovered from the blow, and died very suddenly some years ago in a four-wheeled cab.
Alan Plantagenet Stewart, 10th Earl of Galloway
The 10th Earl was noted for his eccentricities and for being a constant thorn in the side of the Marquess of Salisbury, whose sister he had married in 1871. She was inflicted with the odd christian name - for a female - of Arthur, so named because the Duke of Wellington was her godfather. The Earl's eccentricity extended to his appearance and, among other peculiarities, he made a point of always wearing thick, knitted white gloves, winter and summer, as well as large blue goggles. Added to this, his high white hat and his gloves were always extremely shabby, and his voice was extraordinarily high-pitched.
The Earl was noted for his intemperate language, full of profanities. On one occasion, he applied to the then Prime Minister, the Earl of Beaconsfield, for the mastership of the Royal Hunt, only to receive the following reply: 'I am sorry I cannot recommend you for the office, as the Queen dislikes having anybody connected with the Royal Household who is addicted to strong language. But I will gladly recommend you for the lord high commissionership to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.'
This latter offer was meant by Beaconsfield as a joke, but the Earl accepted it in all seriousness. As a result, Beaconsfield, who had committed himself in writing to obtaining the post for the Earl, had no alternative but to fulfil his promise, and in 1877 the Assembly of the Church of Scotland was presided over by the Earl with due solemnity and decorum.
Of a far more serious nature, however, was a criminal charge brought against the Earl in October 1889. The story of the Earl's trial can be found in all of the major British newspapers of the time, but most reports are very bland, confining themselves to the bare facts. Suffice it to say that the Earl was charged with 'lewd and libidinous behaviour towards Jane Ann Edwards Gibson, a girl under ten years of age'. The Earl swore that, in helping the girl off a wall, 'his hand had accidentally come into improper contact with her person'. Although few of the British papers comment upon the Earl's subsequent acquittal from the charge, The Washington Post was not so reticent, stating that 'the scene in the court room, when the jury brought in the verdict, was one rarely witnessed in a criminal court in this country [i.e. Scotland]. The guilt of the accused seemed so clearly established, even by such evidence as was allowed to filter through the objections of the six eminent counsel for the defence, that those present in the court room, many of whom were friends and relatives of the little girl whom the aged nobleman was charged with abusing, took no pains to conceal their disgust with the verdict. The announcement of the verdict was the signal for loud expressions of disapproval from the benches where the spectators were seated, and the frowns and threats of the presiding judge were of no avail to suppress the cries of "Shame", "shame" uttered by dozens of indignant persons. In London the news of the verdict is received with great indignation among the common people, and it is pointed out that had the accused been anything but a great nobleman the evidence brought out would have been sufficient to convict him a dozen times over.'
In an editorial, The Scottish Leader stated that '… when one in high station is charged with a serious offence, the police and a certain section of society enter into a conspiracy of silence. The substance of the charge, and the fact that the matter was in the hands of the police, were well known for nearly three weeks before anyone ventured to associate Lord Galloway's name with it. Until today [i.e. the day of the trial] the readers of certain papers in Scotland must have been unaware that a Scottish Earl was implicated, so effectively does class bias set up a screen about any entitled offender. The Dumfries police, instead of following the ordinary course of the law, succumbed to Lord Galloway's name and rank, and, after attempts at secrecy and delay, handed the matter over to the Procurator‑Fiscal, It is easy to imagine how different and how vigorous their action would have been had the charge lain against a peasant instead of a peer; and had a peasant been tried, without he advantage of jury and the help of the most eminent Scottish counsel, it is not difficult to conceive a very different ending for the matter.'
Notwithstanding this apparent close shave, the noble Earl was again in trouble less than three months later. Again he was acquitted, but again it was felt that his rank and wealth were the major reasons behind the acquittal. The following article appeared in the Dundee Courier and Argus of 24 January 1890:-
The Earl of Galloway is either a much ill-used man or fortunate in being a Peer of the realm. Twice in the course of a few months has this sprig of our "old nobility" been arraigned at the bar of a criminal Court, but on each occasion he has managed to slip through the meshes of the law. If Lord&nsp;Galloway is an innocent man, it is incomprehensible why, under circumstances that forbid the idea of conspiracy, his name should be twice mixed up in the course of such a short time with charges pretty much alike in their abominable nature. Some months ago his Lordship was tried before the Sheriff at Dumfries, the accusation against him being that he had committed an indecent assault upon a little girl. The evidence against him was strong, but ultimately he was acquitted. The Saturday Review thereupon rushed to the assistance of maligned aristocrats. It endeavoured to show that in these degenerate times rank was a sufficient reason for a man to be branded with a crime. It more than insinuated that Lord Galloway was the victim of a vile plot. This outburst was as ridiculous as it was indiscreet. Even Lord Galloway's warmest sympathisers must have felt that the verdict was one which ought to be accepted in a spirit of thankfulness, not with bluster and bounce. Nor could the statement about the members of the nobility having to suffer from trumped-up charges have been more ill-timed, made as it was almost at the moment when Lord Arthur Somerset and his highly connected friends were fleeing from justice for a nameless crime [i.e. The "Cleveland Street Affair"]. Yesterday Lord Galloway was again called upon to answer to a criminal charge, and once again he was lucky enough to get off.
At the Glasgow Central Police Court he was accused of having accosted and molested a girl of sixteen, named Margaret Brown, in certain public thoroughfares. The girl stated that while going on a message the prisoner came up to her and muttered some words, but in such a low tone that she could not tell what was said. A gentleman who happened to witness the scene advised the girl to call the police. Finding that the man was still dogging her footsteps, she spoke to a policeman. Some distance further on she stopped to look into a shop window, when the prisoner approached and stared into her face. This thing was repeated when the next street was reached. Two constables who had been following up the parties at this stage came forward and arrested the man. When taken into custody he tendered his card and left a pledge of £10. The evidence of the girl Brown, of which the foregoing is the substance, was corroborated by the two policemen. The only plea urged for the defence was that after whispering to the girl Lord Galloway had not addressed any remarks to her, but Stipendiary Gemmel declared the charge not proven. Coming so closely upon the Dumfries case, the result of this trial can hardly fail to create a bad impression upon the mind of the people as to the administration of the law when the offenders have wealth or title on their side. The idea of conspiracy in the Glasgow charge against Lord Galloway is out of the question. The initiative was taken by the policemen. Glasgow has for some time past taken a pride in dealing sharply with what are called gentlemen street pests, and exemplary sentences have been passed upon well-dressed men convicted of following and accosting girls in the streets. This was just what the two policemen saw Lord Galloway doing, though to them his rank and name were unknown. They saw him persist in his conduct like any other street pest of the "gentleman" type, and they apprehended the offender. It seems to us that the officers did no more than their duty. The other week the Queen's Bench Division declared that the fact of one man following another man, though without any word being uttered, constituted an act of intimidation. With greater force, therefore, might the law be expected to protect defenceless girls from molestation, whether pursued in silence or not, by cowardly fellows, no matter whether they happen to be clad in fustian or in proud possession of an Earl's coronet.
The Gardner peerage
The first Baron Gardner was a naval officer who was created Baron Gardner in the peerage of Ireland on 29 December 1800 and Baron Gardner in the peerage of the United Kingdom on 27 November 1806. He also represented Plymouth in the House of Commons between 1790 and 1796, and Westminster between 1796 and 1806.
On his death in 1809, he was succeeded in the peerages by his son Alan Hyde Gardner, also a naval officer, who had previously married, in March 1796, a Miss Maria Adderley. In one version of the story which I have found, one night Captain and Mrs. Gardner were on their way to a party at the Earl of Strathmore's house when word arrived that Captain Gardner's presence was required at one of the Government offices. Mrs. Gardner continued her visit alone to Lord Strathmore's house, where she met a man named Henry Jadis, who made such an impression on her that when Captain Gardner was ordered to rejoin his ship, the pair became open lovers.
In March 1805, Gardner sued Jadis for damages in an action for Criminal Conversation (i.e. adultery). The following is extracted from a report in The Times of 4 March 1805:-
In the beginning of January 1802 Mrs. Gardner went on board the Resolution [her husband's command] and remained either on board or in port until the 30th of that month. It was not until the 7th of February, however, that the Plaintiff [Gardner] sailed finally from England. The evidence will make it appear, that after the 30th of January she could have no intercourse with her husband; but posterior to the 7th of February, it was an absolute impossibility. Toward the end of July, 1802, Captain Gardner returned, when he found his wife pregnant. The length of time that she had been in this situation must be unknown to him; she pretended she was advised, by her physicians, on account of her ill-state of health, not to cohabit with him; he consented, and he afterwards found she was delivered, on the 9th of December, of a male child. Comparing then the dates, it will be seen, in a moment, that this child could not be the Plaintiff's. On the 30th of January, above said, she quitted this ship; from this date, to the 9th of December, comprises a period of forty‑four weeks and three days; but if you extend the time to the actual day of his sailing, there is still an interval of forty‑three weeks and two days. Both of these exceed the time of gestation of woman by the laws of nature. There have been many contests on the precise limit on this subject … and [the time] at the furthest, is forty weeks #&8230;'
Gardner therefore won his case, together with damages of £1,000, and was able to divorce his wife and remarry. The second marriage produced a son, Alan Legge Gardner, who ultimately succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Gardner in 1815.
In 1824 the son of Jadis and Mrs. Gardner, named Henry Fenton Jadis, but who referred to himself as Henry Fenton Gardner, attempted to claim the peerages. The following is an extract from A Treatise on the Law of Adulterine Bastardy by Sir Harris Nicholas, published in 1836.
A petition was presented to the King on behalf of the said Alan Legge Gardner early in 1824, praying His Majesty to order his name be placed on the Parliament Roll as a minor peer, or to take such other measures, as His Majesty might think proper, for declaring and recognising his right to the barony of Gardner. The petition was referred to Sir John Copley, the Attorney‑general, who reported it to be his opinion that "by reason of the absence and separation of Lord Gardner from his first wife during the whole of the period from the 7th of February to the 11th of July, 1802, whilst employed in His Majesty's service on a distant station, he could not be, and was not, the father of the child, born of the body of his said first wife on the 8th of December 1802 [sources differ between 8th and 9th December as being the date of birth of the child]; and consequently that the petitioner had established his right to the barony; but as he was informed by the solicitor of Mr. Henry Fenton Gardner that he intended hereafter to establish his claim, he suggested that the petitioner's claim be referred to the House of Lords".
After a careful enquiry as to the period of gestation, during which the most eminent accoucheurs and midwives of the metropolis, and several married women were examined, the House of Lords resolved that "Alan Legge Gardner was the only son and heir male of the body of his father Alan Hyde Gardner Lord Gardner, and that he had made good his claim to the title, dignity and honour of Baron Gardner;" thus establishing the illegitimacy of Mr. Fenton Gardner, the other claimant.
Alan Legge Gardner, the 3rd Baron Gardner, died in 1883, since which time the peerage has remained dormant, although it seems extremely likely that a number of heirs exist. The 3rd Baron Gardner died without male issue, so any heirs are to be found among the descendants of the younger sons of the 1st Baron. The second son of the 1st Baron was Francis Farrington Gardner, who died in July 1821. He had at least three sons, the second of whom, Stewart William Gardner, who took service in India, where he married a niece of the Emperor of Delhi, named Jane, but who was known in India as the Hurmoozee Begum. Apparently this marriage was made according to local rites and produced a number of sons. The eldest of these sons was named Alan Hyde Gardner, who in turn married an Indian woman. The difficulty for these descendants of the younger sons of the 1st Baron is to prove the validity of their marriages and, until this can be achieved, if at all, the peerages seem destined to remain dormant.
The last news of any claims for the peerage that I can trace occurred in 1956, when the following report appeared in The Times:-
Lieutenant-Commander David William Hyde Gardner, R.N., stated last night that he intends to apply for a dormant peerage already claimed by a 75-year-old man living in a village in India [see below for further details].
Since the death of the third baron in 1883, the barony of Gardner has been dormant, although Burke's Peerage comments that "an heir obviously exists". Burke's says the right to the title has not been established. Both Burke's and Debrett's name as the claimant Alan Legge Gardner, of Village Bhnowta, Dadri, Dist.  Bulandshahr, United Provinces, India. He claims to be a direct descendant of the first Baron Gardner of Uttoxeter, in the county of Stafford, Admiral of the Blue, who died in 1809.
Lieutenant-Commander Gardner, aged 43, married, with two sons, aged 17 and 10, and a daughter aged 15, is on the staff of the Commodore, R.N. Barracks, Lee-on-Solent. He lives at Oriel Cottage, St. Mark's Road, Alverstoke, Hampshire. He told a reporter: "I have never met Alan Legge [Gardner], who is a descendant of my great-great-grandfather's brother, Stewart William Gardner. Stewart William was in India as an ensign in the 28th Native Indian Regiment and married an Indian princess and had many sons.
Stating that his claim would be made in due course, Lieutenant-Commander Gardner said: "Meanwhile I am going on with my search into the family background".
The 75-year-old claimant who lived in an Indian village was, as stated in The Times story, Alan Legge Gardner. On 9 May 1956. the following story appeared in the Daily Mail, under the heading "Man in a Mud Hut Claims Barony":-
A near-blind man of British descent living in a dusty hamlet on £4 a month is claiming a British peerage dormant since 1883.
It takes several hours of trekking before you come to a huddle of mud huts in the village of Manota, Uttar Pradesh, one of which is occupied by 75-year-old Alan Legge Gardner, known around the district as "Lord" Gardner.
Gardner, who shows visitors forms which he receives from Debretts as proof of his claim, says he is descended from one Alan Gardner, Admiral of the Blue, who was created a baronet in 1794.
The Gardner family has been settled in United Provinces, now Uttar Pradesh, almost since the beginning of the 19th century. Alan Legge Gardner lives in a mud-daub hut with iron-barred windows, containing little apart from a table, chair and bed. In the village and surroundings live another 60 members of the Gardner family.
Gardner, who wears the simple cotton dhoti and the long-tailed flapping shirt common all over India, lives on chappatis, rice, and, on special occasions, a little curry to go with it.
"Lord" Gardner and others of his family exist on State pensions and the income from a few acres of unpredictable farmland. Gardner says he is no longer interested in reviving the peerage but only in raising sufficient funds to pay 30s. monthly to keep each younger member of the family at school.
At Lee-on-Solent last night Lieut.-Commander D.W.H. Gardner, of the Royal Naval Air Station [the claimant named in "The Times" report above], said: "I am a claimant - and I think the rightful claimant - to the title of Baron Gardner. We know about the claim from India, but I don't think he has a chance."
Since that time, I have been unable to find any further activity towards claiming the peerages.
Edric Frederick Gifford VC, 3rd Baron Gifford
Gifford was a Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion of the 24th Foot during the Third Anglo‑Ashanti War of 1873‑1874 during which he was awarded a Victoria Cross. His citation reads "During the 1873‑74 Ashanti Campaign, Lieutenant Lord Gifford was in charge of Scouts after the army crossed the Prah, and he daily took his life in his hands, performing his dangerous duties. He ferreted out the enemy's intentions, discovered their positions and took numerous prisoners. His courage was particularly conspicuous at the taking of Bequah, Ashanti, into which he penetrated with his scouts before the troops carried it."
Janet Douglas, widow of the 6th Lord Glamis, who was unjustly burned at the stake
The following sketch of Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis, is taken from the July 1971 issue of the Australian monthly magazine Parade:-
When Janet Douglas was burned at the stake on Edinburgh's Castle Hill one July day in 1537, the weeping crowd who saw her death agonies witnessed one of the most hideous travesties of justice in Scottish history. No one seriously believed that she had conspired to murder James V of Scotland, that she had poisoned her first husband, or was guilty of the black crimes of sorcery and treason alleged against her.
The judges who reluctantly condemned her had pleaded for the royal mercy. Some of the greatest Scottish nobles had begged in vain that her life be spared. The perjured evidence of a disappointed lover, a "confession" wrung from a screaming boy under torture and the implacable vengeance of a king were more than enough to consign Janet Douglas to the flames.
The remorseless power politics of 16th century Scotland claimed many a hapless victim, but none more tragic than the beautiful and ill-fated "Bride of Glamis". Born about 1500, Janet was a child of the house of Douglas, which for centuries had been famous in Scottish history for its pride, power and turbulence. She was a teenage girl when the Douglas influence reached its peak with the marriage of her brother, the Earl of Angus, to the widowed Queen Margaret, mother of the infant James V. For the next 15 years, with one short break, Angus and the Douglas clan were the virtual rulers of Scotland. Although Angus himself was driven into exile in 1522, he returned two years later, supported by Henry VIII of England, to clamp his authority even more fiercely on the boy king and his court.
Janet took no part in the intrigues and brutalities by which the Douglases maintained their power over the jealous nobility and the terrorised young monarch. She grew up one of the most notable beauties of the age with an oval, ivory-complexioned face, a small figure, grey eyes and "the wit of an accomplished courtier". Piety and learning added to the esteem in which she was held and frequently she went on long pilgrimages to the religious shrines in England and Scotland.
In 1520 she married John Lyon, Lord Glamis, by whom she had two sons, one of them a remote ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II, who was to occupy the English throne more than 400 years later. For seven years the couple lived quietly in the ancient castle of Glamis before the storm that was eventually to send Janet to the stake burst. When her husband died in 1528, there was not the slightest suggestion that his death was due to anything but natural causes. The lord of Glamis had long been sickly, possibly the result of consumption. Janet had nursed him with devotion and none doubted the grief with which she saw him buried. The, within the next few months, two more events marked fateful stages in the destiny of Janet Douglas.
The first was apparently trivial, when the young widow rejected a proposal of marriage from William Lyon, a distant kinsman of her dead husband. From a disappointed suitor, Lyon was converted into a bitter enemy whose cold-blooded perjury 9 years later finally sealed the doom of the woman he had loved.
The second incident was played on the national stage when, in 1528, the seemingly unshakable domination of the Douglases over the government of Scotland suddenly collapsed in ruins. King James was now 16. For years he had been humiliated under the arrogant tutelage of the Earl of Angus and his clan and at last he had nerved himself to assert his independence. His flight from Angus's custody was a signal for every Douglas foe to rise in arms to his support and by the end of the year the royal triumph was complete.
Angus and his chief adherents escaped to England, but on the rest of the hated family King James' vengeance fell with relentless fury. Dozens of Douglas estates were confiscated, and their owners hounded to death or exile. The king swore that nothing would satisfy him until the accursed name was rooted out of the Scottish nobility. Even in her widowed retirement at Glamis, Janet did not escape the frenzied persecution that engulfed her family. In 1529 she was ordered to appear before the Scottish parliament to answer charges of secretly and treasonably corresponding with her exiled brother, the Earl of Angus. Janet ignored the summons and since the evidence against her was almost non-existent, James contented himself with seizing her property and handing it over to one of his courtiers.
But the king was only biding his time until more deadly charges could be raked up against her - charges that would horrify even those who still pitied her as a victim of royal malice. Three years later, by which time Janet had wed a second husband, Archibald Campbell of Skipnish, it seemed that James' opportunity had arrived.
Spies planted in Janet's household came forward with their concocted stories. Bribes and threats produced other damning testimony against her. Early in 1532 she was arraigned on a charge of having caused the death if her first husband, Lord Glamis, "by potions, poisons, magical charms or other devilish arts of sorcery". Once more, however, King James had over-reached himself in his insatiable thirst for vengeance. The Scottish nobility and public alike simply refused to believe that the devout Janet Douglas was a witch and a murderer. Thirty of the lords and gentry empanelled as a grand jury to consider the accusation defied the king's fury by abruptly ending the "detestable proceedings". Twice James had been thwarted. He was determined that the innocent sister of "that prideful monster of treason", the Earl of Angus, should not escape a third time.
Another four years passed before the blow fell, and now, blasted by betrayal and perjury within her own family, Janet's fate was certain. This time the chief informer was William Lyon, the rejected lover whose rankling jealousy had been further inflamed by Janet's marriage to his rival, Archibald Campbell. Ever since Angus's flight, King James had been haunted by fear of assassination at the instigation of the ruined Douglases. When, early in 1537, Lyon confronted the king with a story of a murder plot woven by Campbell and his wife, James listened with an eager ear.
For months, said Lyon, Janet had been in secret communication with her brother in England and the king's death was to be a signal for a general rebellion by the Douglas chieftains and the nobles who followed them. What proof Lyon produced will never be known, but James was easily satisfied, confident that the royal judges would never dare to sweep aside an accusation of plotting against the life of the king.
Within a few days Janet, her husband, her two young sons by Lord Glamis and an old priest in her household were seized and brought to Edinburgh under a guard of soldiers. There, Janet was formally arraigned on a charge of conspiring to murder King James by poison, and the others were accused of complicity in the same terrible plot. Once more the old stories were raked up by the king's busy lawyers - that Janet had killed her first husband by poison, that she was a dabbler in black magic, that she had incited her brother in his schemes of treason.
Lyon's testimony formed the basis of most of the indictment, but he was so obviously actuated by vindictiveness that even the king saw that other evidence must somehow be found. It came from Janet's own son, the 16-year-old Lord Glamis, who had been separated from his mother and flung into the deepest and most noisome dungeon in Edinburgh Castle. First the terrified boy was forced to watch other victims have their bleeding limbs torn from their sockets on the rack. Then, when he still stubbornly refused to confirm Lyon's story, he was strapped to the rack himself until enough "evidence" had been extorted from his agonised screams to complete the indictment.
It was June 1537 when Janet Douglas appeared before the Earls of Atholl and Buchan and the other judges specially appointed by King James to conduct the trial. Only at the reading of the "confession" signed by her tortured son did her stoic calm break down, but never for an instant did she waver in her plea of innocence. Nevertheless, she was convicted, and for the fearful crime of plotting the death of the sovereign the law allowed only one sentence.
Solemnly the Earl of Atholl pronounced her fate. She was to be taken from prison to Castle Hill, there to be burned alive at the stake and her ashes scattered to the winds. That same night the judges sent two of their number to the King at Holyrood Palace urging him at least to delay the execution until the evidence could be further examined. Coldly James told them to do their duty. When other nobles of the court tried to add their appeals, the implacable king turned away and refused to listen to them.
And so, on the morning of July 17, 1537, Janet Douglas was taken in a cart through an enormous crowd of spectators to the scaffold outside the walls of Edinburgh Castle. As the fire licked up her motionless figure, "hundreds knelt on the stones to pray for her innocent soul or wept and cursed against the villains who swore away her life".
Her pitiful son, Lord Glamis, was tried shortly afterwards and condemned to be hanged, drawn and quartered - a sentence that King James mercifully commuted to imprisonment for life. Her old household priest was beheaded, and her husband, Archibald Campbell, speedily joined his stepson in the castle dungeons. Campbell, however, did not remain a prisoner for long, for he had powerful clan kinsmen who soon contrived a plan for his escape. The captive reached the top of the battlements and was lowering himself down a wall by a rope when he fell and broke his neck on the rocks beneath.
Only one grim footnote remained to the tragic story of Janet Douglas. Half crazed with remorse, William Lyon flung himself at the king's feet and retracted the accusation that had helped to send her to the fire. Without a flicker of emotion, James told him to keep silent and never show his face in the royal court again.
William James Tatem, 1st and only Baron Glanely, and his wife
Lord Glanely was killed when a German bomb struck the house in which he was staying temporarily during World War II. The Daily Telegraph of 29 June 1942 contained both the news of his death and an obituary, as follows:-
Lord Glanely, the millionaire shipowner and sportsman, was killed in an air raid on a South Western town [Weston-super-Mare] early yesterday. He was 74 and leaves no heir.
It was his second night in a house which he had taken for the summer only a few weeks ago. He moved in with a small staff from his country home at Exning House, near Newmarket.
His valet, who had a room in the house, was also killed. The housekeeper was badly injured.
"I am not so young as I used to be, but I hope to be able to have a restful month or two here", Lord Glanely said to a neighbour the evening he arrived.
A man who pulled Lord Glanely's body from the wreckage said: "Right underneath there was another body, which I recognised as that of the valet".
Lord Glanely's [edited] obituary in the Daily Telegraph reads:-
Lord Glanely, the shipwrecked cabin boy who became a millionaire shipping magnate and owner of the Derby Winner Grand Parade, has died in an air raid. He was 74.
His life story is one of the romances of industry. From being an office boy with a firm of Cardiff shipowners, he became in 17 years owner of a fleet of steamers. He also developed an interest in the turf and became one of the leading racehorse owners.
He was the son of a master mariner of Appledore, Devon. Before he was 12, in his own words, he "hopped off from school" to join a ship on a trip round Cape Horn. During the voyage he was shipwrecked and caught yellow fever.
In 1897 Lord Glanely, then Mr. William James Tatem, married Miss Ada Williams, a niece of the later Lord Merthyr, formerly Sir William Lewis. He named his first steamer Lady Lewis. It was so successful that it repaid its costs in three years.
His fleet was eventually amalgamated into the Tatem Steam Navigation Co.
In 1907, the year in which King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra visited Cardiff and opened the Queen Alexandra Dock, he was chairman of the Cardiff and Bristol Channel Shipowners' Association. During the Coronation year, 1911, he was High Sheriff for Glamorgan. He was made a baronet in 1916 and was elevated to the peerage two years later.
Lady Glanely died in 1930 [see the separate note beneath]. The only son died in 1905, and there is now no family, and no heir.
Lady Glanely's death was reported in the Western Daily Press on 19 April 1930:-
Lady Glanely, the wife of Lord Glanely, the well-known racehorse owner, died suddenly during Thursday night at Exning House, Exning, near Newmarket. She was 54.
Lord and Lady Glanely had been staying with the Earl and Countess of Dunraven at Adare Manor, County Limerick, for some days and returned to London early last week. On Wednesday Lady Glanely went to Newmarket, her husband remaining in London.
Although not feeling in the best of health on Thursday night, there was nothing in her condition to give cause for alarm until about midnight. In fact, Lord Glanely spoke on the telephone from London to his wife during the evening, and she then seemed quite cheerful.
Later, however, Lady Glanely took a sudden turn for the worse, and an urgent call was put through to the Bath Club where Lord Glanely was staying, and he immediately left by car and dashed through the night to Exning House. He arrived, however, two hours after his wife had died.
A friend of Lady Glanely told a reporter that she had never really got over the shock of a motor-car accident in which she was involved just before Christmas, 1928. "She had left Exning House by car for Bath", he said, "where Lord Glanely, who was at Cardiff, was to join her. Lady Glanely was accompanied by her maid and the chauffeur was driving the car. The car came into collision with a cyclist about two miles on the Newmarket side of Royston. The chauffeur attempted to avoid a cyclist who came out of a side turning, and the car skidded and overturned. Within a few seconds the car was a mass of flames, and Lady Glanely was trapped inside unable to open the door. Just then a man was passing, and he immediately rushed up and managed to drag Lady Glanely out of the debris. He also rescued the maid, and assisted the chauffeur, who had been unable to free himself. But for this man's timely intervention nothing could have saved Lady Glanely. The car was completely burnt, and Lady Glanely's luggage and jewels, estimated to be worth between £30,000 and £40,000 were lost."
Lady Glanely, who was suffering from shock, was taken to a neighbouring house, and later went back to Newmarket. She suffered from shock for some time afterwards.
James Carr-Boyle, 5th Earl of Glasgow
During his life, Glasgow maintained the largest stable of racehorses in the United Kingdom. At the same time, however, they were one of the least successful. He refused to name any of his horses and he was obstinately loyal to certain blood-lines that had been proved to be total failures. However, if a horse failed to perform to expectations, he had no hesitation in having the horse shot on the spot. On some mornings, after a trial gallop, up to seven horses were known to have been shot. Since none of the horses had ever been named, it was never quite clear if the right horses had paid the price of their poor performances.
Glasgow was always unpredictable. On one occasion he argued with one of his trainers, James Godding, over what Glasgow perceived to be a tasteless remark. While escorting Glasgow on a tour of his stables, Godding pointed to one of the horses, 'That's old Volunteer. He's won 17 races and yet his owner's never seen him.' While the Earl puzzled over why an owner should take so little interest in such a successful horse, Godding added 'he's as blind as a bat'. Glasgow was outraged at this remark and immediately removed all of his own horses from Godding's stable.
Glasgow did not normally show such sensitivity, however. He tended to treat people as brutally as his horses - when out hunting, it sometimes amused Glasgow to select one of his own servants as the quarry. One evening he dropped in late at the Doncaster Club and demanded a whisky. When he found out that there was no service because the steward had retired for the night, Glasgow stormed upstairs to the steward's quarters and set fire to his bed.