PEERAGES
Last updated 12/07/2018 (27 Aug 2024)
Date	Rank	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
LAIDLAW
14 Jun 2004	B[L]		Irvine Alan Stewart Laidlaw Created Baron Laidlaw for life 14 Jun 2004	22 Dec 1942
LAING OF DUNPHAIL
8 Feb 1991 to     21 Jun 2010	B[L]		Sir Hector Laing Created Baron Laing of Dunphail for life 8 Feb 1991 Peerage extinct on his death	12 May 1923	21 Jun 2010	87
LAING OF ELDERSLIE
22 Aug 2024	B[L]		Dame Eleanor Fulton Laing Created Baroness Laing of Elderslie for life 22 Aug 2024 MP for Epping Forest 1997‑2024	1 Feb 1958
LAIRD
16 Jul 1999 to     10 Jul 2018	B[L]		John Dunn Laird Created Baron Laird for life 16 Jul 1999 Peerage extinct on his death	23 Apr 1944	10 Jul 2018	74
LAKE
1 Sep 1804 4 Nov 1807	B V	1 1	Gerald Lake Created Baron Lake 1 Sep 1804 and Viscount Lake 4 Nov 1807 MP [I] for Armagh Borough 1799‑1800; MP for Aylesbury 1790‑1802 The dates given for the two creations are those shown in the London Gazette. Some peerages give the dates of creation as 13 September 1804 and 4 November 1807 respectively	27 Jul 1744	20 Feb 1808	63
20 Feb 1808		2	Francis Gerard Lake	31 Mar 1772	12 May 1836	64
12 May 1836 to     24 Jun 1848		3	Warwick Lake Peerage extinct on his death	9 Nov 1783	24 Jun 1848	64
LAMBERT
23 Jul 1945	V	1	George Lambert Created Viscount Lambert 23 Jul 1945 MP for South Molton 1891‑1924 and 1929‑1945; PC 1912	25 Jun 1866	17 Feb 1958	91
17 Feb 1958		2	George Lambert MP for South Molton 1945‑1950 and Torrington 1950‑1958	27 Nov 1909	24 May 1989	79
24 May 1989 to     22 Oct 1999		3	Michael John Lambert Peerage extinct on his death	29 Sep 1912	22 Oct 1999	87
LAMBOURNE
19 Jun 1917 to     26 Dec 1928	B	1	Amelius Mark Richard Lockwood Created Baron Lambourne 19 Jun 1917 MP for Epping 1892‑1917; Lord Lieutenant Essex 1919‑1928; PC 1905 Peerage extinct on his death	17 Aug 1847	26 Dec 1928	81
LAMBTON
23 Mar 1833	V	1	John George Lambton, 1st Baron Durham Created Viscount Lambton and Earl of Durham 23 Mar 1833 See "Durham"	12 Apr 1792	28 Jul 1840	48
LAMBURY
26 Mar 1962 to     13 Sep 1967	B	1	Sir Leonard Percy Lord Created Baron Lambury 26 Mar 1962 Peerage extinct on his death	15 Nov 1896	13 Sep 1967	70
LAMING
27 Jul 1998	B[L]		Sir William Herbert Laming Created Baron Laming for life 27 Jul 1998 PC 2014	19 Jul 1936
LAMINGTON
3 May 1880	B	1	Alexander Dundas Ross Cochrane-Wishart-Baillie Created Baron Lamington 3 May 1880 MP for Bridport 1841‑1846 and 1847‑1852, Lanarkshire 1857, Honiton 1859‑1868 and Isle of Wight 1870‑1880	24 Nov 1816	15 Feb 1890	73
15 Feb 1890		2	Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Ross Cochrane‑Baillie MP for St. Pancras North 1886‑1890; Governor of Queensland 1895‑1901 and Bombay 1903‑1907	31 Jul 1860	16 Sep 1940	80
16 Sep 1940 to     20 Sep 1951		3	Victor Alexander Brisbane William Cochrane‑Baillie Peerage extinct on his death	23 Jul 1896	20 Sep 1951	55
LAMONT OF LERWICK
24 Jul 1998	B[L]		Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont Created Baron Lamont of Lerwick for life 24 Jul 1998 MP for Kingston upon Thames 1972‑1997; Minister of State for Trade 1981‑1985; Minister of State for Defence Procurement 1985‑1986; Financial Secretary to Treasury 1986‑1989; Chief Secretary to Treasury 1989‑1990; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1990‑1993; PC 1986	8 May 1942
LAMPARD
17 Nov 2022	B[L]		Kathryn Felice Lampard Created Baroness Lampard for life 17 Nov 2022	20 Apr 1960
LANARK
31 Mar 1639	E[S]	1	William Hamilton, later [1649] 2nd Duke of Hamilton Created Lord Machansyre & Polmont and Earl of Lanark 31 Mar 1639 See "Hamilton"	14 Dec 1616	2 Sep 1651	34
LANCASTER
6 Feb 1299	B	1	Henry Plantagenet Summoned to Parliament as Lord Lancaster 6 Feb 1299 Later created Earl of Leicester	c 1281	22 Sep 1345
22 Sep 1345 to     13 Mar 1361		2	Henry Plantagenet Created Earl of Moray 5 Apr 1359 KG 1348 On his death the peerage fell into abeyance	c 1300	13 Mar 1361
c 1362		3	Blanche Plantagenet	1347	1369	22
1369 to     1399		4	Henry Plantagenet He succeeded to the throne as Henry IV in 1399 when the peerage merged with the Crown	15 Apr 1367	20 Mar 1413	45
29 Dec 1299 to     1334	B	1	John de Lancaster Summoned to Parliament as Lord Lancaster 29 Dec 1299 Peerage extinct on his death		1334
LANCASTER (County)
30 Jun 1267	E	1	Edmund Plantagenet Created Earl of Lancaster 30 Jun 1267 2nd son of Henry III	16 Jan 1246	5 Jun 1296	50
5 Jun 1296 to     22 Mar 1322		2	Thomas Plantagenet He was beheaded and the peerage forfeited For further information on the death of this peer, see the note at the foot of this page	c 1278	22 Mar 1322
7 Mar 1327		3	Henry Plantagenet Restored to the peerage 1327	c 1281	22 Sep 1345
22 Sep 1345 6 Mar 1351 to     13 Mar 1361	D	4 1	Henry Plantagenet Created Earl of Lincoln 20 Aug 1349 and Duke of Lancaster 6 Mar 1351 KG 1348 On his death the Dukedom became extinct, whilst the Earldom passed to -	c 1300	13 Mar 1361
13 Mar 1361 13 Nov 1362	D	5 1	John Plantagenet [John of Gaunt], Earl of Richmond Created Duke of Lancaster 13 Nov 1362 4th son of Edward III; KG 1361	24 Jun 1340	3 Feb 1399	58
3 Feb 1399 to     1399		2	Henry Plantagenet He succeeded to the throne as Henry IV in 1399 when the peerage merged with the Crown	15 Apr 1367	20 Mar 1413	45
10 Nov 1399 to     20 Mar 1413	D	1	Henry Plantagenet Created Duke of Lancaster 10 Nov 1399 He succeeded to the throne as Henry V in 1413 when the peerage merged with the Crown	16 Sep 1386	31 Aug 1422	35
LANCASTER OF KIMBOLTON
16 Sep 2020	B[L]		John Mark Lancaster Created Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton for life 16 Sep 2020 MP for Milton Keynes North East 2005‑2010 and Milton Keynes North 2010‑2019; Minister of State for the Armed Forces 2017‑2019	12 May 1970
LANDAFF
12 Oct 1783 4 Dec 1793 22 Nov 1797	B[I] V[I] E[I]	1 1 1	Francis Mathew Created Baron Landaff 12 Oct 1783, Viscount Landaff 4 Dec 1793 and Earl of Landaff 22 Nov 1797 MP [I] for Tipperary County 1768‑1783	Sep 1738	30 Jul 1806	67
30 Jul 1806 to     12 Mar 1833		2	Francis James Mathew MP [I] for Tipperary County 1796‑1800; MP for Tipperary 1801‑1806; KP 1831 Peerages extinct or dormant on his death For further information on this peerage, see the note at the foot of this page	2 Jan 1768	12 Mar 1833	65
LANE
28 Sep 1979 to     22 Aug 2005	B[L]		Sir Geoffrey Dawson Lane Created Baron Lane for life 28 Sep 1979 Lord Justice of Appeal 1974‑1979; Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1979‑1980; Lord Chief Justice 1980‑1992; PC 1975 Peerage extinct on his death	17 Jul 1918	22 Aug 2005	87
LANE OF HORSELL
17 Jul 1990 to     9 Jan 2009	B[L]		Sir Peter Stewart Lane Created Baron Lane of Horsell for life 17 Jul 1990 Peerage extinct on his death	29 Jan 1925	9 Jan 2009	73
LANE-FOX
19 May 1981 to     17 Apr 1988	B[L]		Felicity Lane-Fox Created Baroness Lane‑Fox for life 19 May 1981 Peerage extinct on her death	28 Jun 1918	17 Apr 1988	69
LANE-FOX OF SOHO
25 Mar 2013	B[L]		Martha Lane Fox Created Baroness Lane‑Fox of Soho for life 25 Mar 2013	10 Feb 1973
LANERTON
8 Jan 1874 to     8 Oct 1880	B	1	Edward Granville George Howard Created Baron Lanerton 8 Jan 1874 MP for Morpeth 1833‑1837 and 1840‑1852 Peerage extinct on his death	23 Dec 1809	8 Oct 1880	70
LANESBOROUGH
31 Jul 1676	V[I]	1	Sir George Lane, 2nd baronet Created Viscount Lanesborough 31 Jul 1676	c 1620	11 Dec 1683
11 Dec 1683 to     2 Aug 1724		2	James Lane Peerage extinct on his death	7 Jan 1650	2 Aug 1724	74
12 Aug 1728	V[I]	1	Brinsley Butler, 2nd Baron Newtown‑Butler Created Viscount Lanesborough 12 Aug 1728 MP [I] for Kells 1703‑1713 and Belturbet 1713‑1724; PC [I] 1726	1670	6 Mar 1735	65
6 Mar 1736 20 Jul 1756	E[I]	2 1	Humphrey Butler Created Earl of Lanesborough 20 Jul 1756 MP [I] for Belturbet 1725‑1736; PC [I] 1749	c 1700	11 Apr 1768
11 Apr 1768		2	Brinsley Butler MP [I] for Cavan County 1751‑1768; PC [I] 1774	4 Mar 1728	15 Jan 1779	50
15 Jan 1779		3	Robert Herbert Butler	1 Aug 1759	17 Apr 1806	46
17 Apr 1806		4	Brinsley Butler	22 Oct 1783	13 Jun 1847	63
13 Jun 1847		5	George John Danvers Butler‑Danvers	6 Dec 1794	7 Jul 1866	71
7 Jul 1866		6	John Vansittart Danvers Butler‑Danvers Lord Lieutenant Cavan 1876‑1900	18 Apr 1839	12 Sep 1905	66
12 Sep 1905		7	Charles John Brinsley Butler	12 Dec 1865	18 Aug 1929	63
18 Aug 1929		8	Henry Cavendish Butler	2 Jun 1868	22 Aug 1950	82
22 Aug 1950 to     21 Dec 1998		9	Denis Anthony Brian Butler Peerage extinct on his death	28 Oct 1918	21 Dec 1998	80
LANG OF LAMBETH
2 Apr 1942 to     5 Dec 1945	B	1	Cosmo Gordon Lang Created Baron Lang of Lambeth 2 Apr 1942 Archbishop of York 1908‑1928 and Canterbury 1928‑1942; PC 1909 Peerage extinct on his death	31 Oct 1864	5 Dec 1945	81
LANG OF MONKTON
29 Sep 1997	B[L]		Ian Bruce Lang Created Baron Lang of Monkton for life 29 Sep 1997 MP for Galloway 1979‑1983 and Galloway & Upper Nithsdale 1983‑1997; Minister of State, Scotland 1987‑1990; Secretary of State for Scotland 1990‑1995; Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1995‑1997; PC 1990	27 Jun 1940
LANGDALE
23 Jan 1836	B	1	Henry Bickersteth Created Baron Langdale 23 Jan 1836 Master of the Rolls 1836‑1851; PC 1836 Peerage extinct on his death	18 Jun 1783	18 Apr 1851	67
LANGDALE OF HOLME
4 Feb 1658	B	1	Marmaduke Langdale Created Baron Langdale of Holme 4 Feb 1658 Lord Lieutenant West Riding Yorkshire 1660‑1661	1598	5 Aug 1661	63
5 Aug 1661		2	Marmaduke Langdale	14 Jan 1628	25 Feb 1703	75
25 Feb 1703		3	Marmaduke Langdale		12 Dec 1718
12 Dec 1718		4	Marmaduke Langdale		8 Jan 1771
8 Jan 1771 to     5 Apr 1778		5	Marmaduke Langdale Peerage extinct on his death		5 Apr 1778
LANGFORD
19 Feb 1766	V[I]	1	Elizabeth Ormsby Rowley Created Baroness Summerhill and Viscountess Langford 19 Feb 1766	1713	18 Dec 1791	78
18 Dec 1791 to     24 Mar 1796		2	Hercules Rowley MP [I] for Antrim County 1783‑1792 Peerage extinct on his death	29 Oct 1737	24 Mar 1796	58
31 Jul 1800	B[I]	1	Clotworthy Rowley Created Baron Langford 31 Jul 1800 MP [I] for Trim 1791‑1795 and Meath County 1795‑1800	31 Oct 1763	13 Sep 1825	61
13 Sep 1825		2	Hercules Langford Rowley	1795	3 Jun 1839	43
3 Jun 1839		3	Clotworthy Wellington William Robert Rowley	24 Jul 1824	19 Jul 1854	29
19 Jul 1854		4	Hercules Edward Rowley	1 Jun 1848	29 Oct 1919	71
29 Oct 1919		5	John Hercules William Rowley	16 Dec 1894	29 Sep 1922	27
29 Sep 1922		6	William Chambre Rowley	30 Aug 1849	22 Jan 1931	81
22 Jan 1931		7	Clotworthy Wellington Thomas Edward Rowley	1 Jun 1885	15 Jul 1952	67
15 Jul 1952		8	Arthur Sholto Langmead Rowley	10 Dec 1870	19 Aug 1953	82
19 Aug 1953		9	Geoffrey Alexander Rowley‑Conwy	8 Mar 1912	12 Nov 2017	105
12 Nov 2017		10	Owain Grenville Rowley‑Conwy	27 Dec 1958
LANSDOWN
1 Jan 1712 to     29 Jan 1735	B	1	George Granville Created Baron Lansdown 1 Jan 1712 MP for Fowey 1702‑1710 and Cornwall 1710‑1712; Secretary at War 1710‑1712; PC 1712 Peerage extinct on his death	9 Mar 1666	29 Jan 1735	68
LANSDOWNE
6 Dec 1784	M	1	William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne Created Viscount Calne & Calston, Earl Wycombe and Marquess of Lansdowne 6 Dec 1784 MP [I] for Kerry County 1761‑1762; MP for Wycombe 1760‑1761; President of the Board of Trade 1763; Secretary of State 1766‑1768; Foreign Secretary 1782; Prime Minister 1782‑1783; PC 1763; KG 1782	2 May 1737	7 May 1805	68
7 May 1805		2	John Henry Petty MP for Wycombe 1786‑1802	6 Dec 1765	15 Nov 1809	43
15 Nov 1809		3	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice He subsequently [1818] succeeded as 4th Earl of Kerry MP for Calne 1802‑1806, Cambridge University 1806‑1807 and Camelford 1807‑1809; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1806‑1807; Home Secretary 1827‑1828; Lord President of the Council 1830‑1834, 1835‑1841 and 1846‑1852; Lord Lieutenant Wiltshire 1827‑1863; PC 1806; KG 1836	2 Jul 1780	31 Jan 1863	82
31 Jan 1863		4	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice MP for Calne 1837‑1856; KG 1864 He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Wycombe 11 Jul 1856	7 Jan 1816	5 Jul 1866	50
5 Jul 1866		5	Henry Charles Keith Petty‑Fitzmaurice Governor General of Canada 1883‑1888; Viceroy of India 1888‑1894; Secretary of State for War 1895‑1900; Foreign Secretary 1900‑1905; Lord Lieutenant Wiltshire 1896‑1920; KG 1895; PC 1895 Succeeded as 9th Lord Nairne in 1895	14 Jan 1845	3 Jun 1927	82
3 Jun 1927		6	Henry William Edmond Petty‑Fitzmaurice MP for Derbyshire West 1908‑1918	14 Jan 1872	5 Mar 1936	64
5 Mar 1936		7	Charles Hope Petty‑Fitzmaurice	9 Jan 1917	20 Aug 1944	27
20 Aug 1944		8	George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty‑Fitzmaurice Minister of State, Colonial Affairs 1962‑1964; Minister of State, Commonwealth Relations 1963‑1964; PC 1964	27 Nov 1912	25 Aug 1999	86
25 Aug 1999		9	Charles Maurice Mercer Nairne Petty‑Fitzmaurice	21 Feb 1941
LANSLADRON
24 Dec 1299 to     1315	B	1	Serlo de Lansladron Summoned to Parliament as Lord Lansladron 24 Dec 1299 Peerage extinct on his death		1315
LANSLEY
5 Oct 2015	B[L]		Andrew David Lansley Created Baron Lansley for life 5 Oct 2015 MP for Cambridgeshire South 1997‑2015; Secretary of State for Health 2010‑2012; Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons 2012‑2014; PC 2010	11 Dec 1956
LA POER
			See "POER"
LASCELLES
23 Jun 1295 to     c 1297	B	1	Roger de Lascelles Summoned to Parliament as Lord Lascelles 23 Jun 1295 On his death the peerage fell into abeyance		c 1297
7 Sep 1812	V	1	Edward Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood Created Viscount Lascelles and Earl of Harewood 7 Sep 1812 See "Harewood"	7 Jan 1740	3 Apr 1820	80
LATHAM
16 Jan 1942	B	1	Charles Latham Created Baron Latham 16 Jan 1942 Lord Lieutenant Middlesex 1945‑1956	26 Dec 1888	31 Mar 1970	81
31 Mar 1970		2	Dominic Charles Latham	20 Sep 1954
LATHOM
3 May 1880	E	1	Edward Bootle‑Wilbraham, 2nd Baron Skelmersdale Created Earl of Lathom 3 May 1880 PC 1874	12 Dec 1837	19 Nov 1898	60
19 Nov 1898		2	Edward George Bootle‑Wilbraham	26 Oct 1864	15 Mar 1910	45
15 Mar 1910 to     6 Feb 1930		3	Edward William Bootle‑Wilbraham Peerage extinct on his death	16 May 1895	6 Feb 1930	34
LATIMER OF DANBY
15 Aug 1673	V	1	Sir Thomas Osborne, 2nd baronet Created Viscount Osborne 2 Feb 1673, Baron Osborne and Viscount Latimer 15 Aug 1673, Earl of Danby 27 Jun 1674, Marquess of Carmarthen 9 Apr 1689 and Duke of Leeds 4 May 1694 See "Leeds"	20 Feb 1632	26 Jul 1712	80
LATYMER
29 Dec 1299 to     c 1334	B	1	Thomas Latimer Summoned to Parliament as Lord Latymer 29 Dec 1299 Peerage extinct on his death	c 1271	c 1334
29 Dec 1299	B	1	William Latimer Summoned to Parliament as Lord Latymer 29 Dec 1299		1305
1305		2	William Latimer		27 Feb 1327
27 Feb 1327		3	William Latimer	c 1300	1335
1335		4	William Latimer KG 1361	c 1329	28 May 1381
28 May 1381		5	Elizabeth Nevill	c 1357	5 Nov 1395
5 Nov 1395		6	John Nevill	c 1383	10 Dec 1430
10 Dec 1430		7	John Willoughby	c 1400	c 1450
c 1450		8	John Willoughby		c 1480
c 1480		9	Robert Willoughby, 1st Lord Willoughby de Broke	c 1452	23 Aug 1502
23 Aug 1502 to     10 Nov 1521		10	Robert Willoughby, 2nd Lord Willoughby de Broke On his death the peerage fell into abeyance	1472	10 Nov 1521	49
25 Feb 1432	B	1	George Nevill Summoned to Parliament as Lord Latymer 25 Feb 1432		30 Dec 1469
30 Dec 1469		2	Richard Nevill	c 1468	Dec 1530
Dec 1530		3	John Nevill	17 Nov 1493	2 Mar 1543	49
2 Mar 1543 to     22 Apr 1577		4	John Nevill On his death the peerage fell into abeyance	c 1520	22 Apr 1577
11 Feb 1913		5	Francis Burdett Money Coutts‑Nevill Abeyance terminated in his favour	18 Sep 1852	8 Jun 1923	70
8 Jun 1923		6	Hugh Burdett Money‑Coutts For an amusing anecdote relating to this peer, see the note at the foot of this page	13 Aug 1876	23 Nov 1949	73
23 Nov 1949		7	Thomas Burdett Money‑Coutts	6 Aug 1901	24 May 1987	85
24 May 1987		8	Hugo Nevill Money‑Coutts	1 Mar 1926	10 Nov 2003	77
10 Nov 2003		9	Crispin James Alan Nevill Money‑Coutts	8 Mar 1955
LAUDERDALE
2 Apr 1616 14 Mar 1624	V[S] E[S]	1 1	John Maitland, 2nd Lord Maitland Created Viscount of Lauderdale 2 Apr 1616 and Lord Thirlestane and Boltoun, Viscount Maitland and Earl of Lauderdale 14 Mar 1624		18 Jan 1645
18 Jan 1645 1 May 1672 to     24 Aug 1682	D[S]	2 1	John Maitland Created Lord Thirlestane, Musselburgh and Boulton, Viscount Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale, Marquess of March and Duke of Lauderdale 26 May 1672 and Baron Petersham and Earl of Guilford 25 Jun 1674 Secretary of State for Scotland 1661‑1682; KG 1672; PC 1679 On his death all the peerages created in 1672 and 1674 became extinct, whilst the original Earldom created in 1624 passed to -	24 May 1616	24 Aug 1682	66
24 Aug 1682		3	Charles Maitland		9 Jun 1691
9 Jun 1691		4	Richard Maitland	20 Jun 1653	1695	42
1695		5	Sir John Maitland, 1st baronet	c 1655	30 Aug 1710
30 Aug 1710		6	Charles Maitland Lord Lieutenant Midlothian	c 1688	15 Jul 1744
15 Jul 1744		7	James Maitland	23 Jan 1718	17 Aug 1789	71
17 Aug 1789 22 Feb 1806	B	8 1	James Maitland Created Baron Lauderdale 22 Feb 1806 MP for Newport 1780‑1784 and Malmesbury 1784‑1789; PC 1806; KT 1821	26 Jan 1759	15 Sep 1839	80
15 Sep 1839		9 2	James Maitland MP for Camelford 1806‑1807, Richmond 1818‑1820 and Appleby 1826‑1832; Lord Lieutenant Berwick 1841‑1860	12 Feb 1784	22 Aug 1860	76
22 Aug 1860 to     22 Mar 1863		10 3	Anthony Maitland MP for Haddington Burghs 1813‑1818 and Berwickshire 1826‑1832 On his death the Barony became extinct, whilst the Earldom passed to -	10 Jun 1785	22 Mar 1863	77
22 Mar 1863		11	Thomas Maitland	3 Feb 1803	1 Sep 1878	75
1 Sep 1878		12	Charles Barclay-Maitland For further information on the death of this peer and the subsequent claims to the title, see the note at the foot of this page	29 Sep 1822	13 Aug 1884	61
13 Aug 1884		13	Frederick Henry Maitland Lord Lieutenant Berwick 1890‑1901	16 Dec 1840	1 Sep 1924	83
1 Sep 1924		14	Frederick Colin Maitland	12 Apr 1868	14 Sep 1931	63
14 Sep 1931		15	Ian Colin Maitland	30 Jan 1891	17 Feb 1953	62
17 Feb 1953		16	Alfred Sydney Frederick Maitland	17 Apr 1904	27 Nov 1968	64
27 Nov 1968		17	Patrick Francis Maitland MP for Lanark 1951‑1959	17 Mar 1911	2 Dec 2008	97
2 Dec 2008		18	Ian Maitland	4 Nov 1937
LAUNCESTON
26 Jul 1726	V	1	Frederick Lewis Created Baron of Snowdon, Viscount of Launceston, Earl of Eltham, Marquess of the Isle of Ely and Duke of Edinburgh 26 Jul 1726 See "Edinburgh"	20 Jan 1707	20 Mar 1751	44
18 Jul 1917	V	1	Alexander Albert Mountbatten Created Viscount Launceston, Earl of Berkhamsted and Marquess of Carisbrooke 18 Jul 1917 See "Carisbrooke"	23 Nov 1886	23 Feb 1960	73
LAVINGTON
1 Oct 1795 to     3 Aug 1807	B[I]	1	Ralph Payne Created Baron Lavington 1 Oct 1795 MP for Shaftesbury 1768, Camelford 1776‑780, Plympton Erle 1780‑1784 and Woodstock 1795‑1799; Governor of the Leeward Islands 1774‑1775 and 1801‑1807; PC 1801 Peerage extinct on his death	19 Mar 1739	3 Aug 1807	68
LAWLOR
3 Nov 2022	B[L]		Sheila Margaret Mary Lawlor Created Baroness Lawlor for life 3 Nov 2022	17 Oct 1953
LAWRENCE
3 Apr 1869	B	1	Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st baronet Created Baron Lawrence 3 Apr 1869 Governor General of India 1863‑1868; PC 1859	4 Mar 1811	27 Jun 1879	68
27 Jun 1879		2	John Hamilton Lawrence	1 Oct 1846	22 Aug 1913	66
22 Aug 1913		3	Alexander Graham Lawrence	29 Mar 1878	24 Jun 1947	69
24 Jun 1947		4	John Anthony Edward Lawrence	16 Oct 1908	8 Oct 1968	59
8 Oct 1968 to     14 Aug 2023		5	David John Downer Lawrence Peerage extinct on his death	4 Sep 1937	14 Aug 2023	85
LAWRENCE OF CLARENDON
6 Sep 2013	B[L]		Doreen Delceita Lawrence Created Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon for life 6 Sep 2013	24 Oct 1952
LAWRENCE OF KINGSGATE
23 Jul 1923 to     17 Dec 1927	B	1	Charles Napier Lawrence Created Baron Lawrence of Kingsgate 23 Jul 1923 Peerage extinct on his death	27 May 1855	17 Dec 1927	72
LAWSON
17 Mar 1950 to     3 Aug 1965	B	1	John James Lawson Created Baron Lawson 17 Mar 1950 MP for Chester-le-Street 1919‑1950; Secretary of State for War 1945‑1946; Lord Lieutenant Durham 1949‑1958; PC 1945 Peerage extinct on his death	16 Oct 1881	3 Aug 1965	83
LAWSON OF BLABY
1 Jul 1992 to     3 Apr 2023	B[L]		Nigel Lawson Created Baron Lawson of Blaby for life 1 Jul 1992 MP for Blaby 1974‑1992; Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1979‑1981; Secretary of State for Energy 1981‑1983; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1983‑1989; PC 1981 Peerage extinct on his death	11 Mar 1932	3 Apr 2023	91
LAYARD
3 May 2000	B[L]		Peter Richard Grenville Layard Created Baron Layard for life 3 May 2000	15 Mar 1934
LAYTON
16 Jan 1947	B	1	Sir Walter Thomas Layton Created Baron Layton 16 Jan 1947 CH 1919	15 Mar 1884	14 Feb 1966	81
14 Feb 1966		2	Michael John Layton	28 Sep 1912	23 Jan 1989	76
23 Jan 1989		3	Geoffrey Michael Layton	18 Jul 1947	4 Aug 2018	71
4 Aug 2018		4	Jonathan Francis Layton	16 Feb 1942
LEA OF CRONDALL
20 Jul 1999	B[L]		David Edward Lea Created Baron Lea of Crondall for life 20 Jul 1999	2 Nov 1937
LEA OF LYMM
31 Oct 2022	B[L]		Ruth Jane Lea Created Baroness Lea of Lymm for life 31 Oct 2022	22 Sep 1947
LEACH OF FAIRFORD
6 Jun 2006 to     12 Jun 2016	B[L]		Charles Guy Rodney Leach Created Baron Leach of Fairford for life 6 Jun 2006 Peerage extinct on his death	1 Jun 1934	12 Jun 2016	82
LEATHERLAND
16 Dec 1964 to     17 Dec 1992	B[L]		Charles Edward Leatherland Created Baron Leatherland for life 16 Dec 1964 Peerage extinct on his death	18 Apr 1898	17 Dec 1992	94
LEATHERS
19 May 1941 18 Jan 1954	B V	1 1	Frederick James Leathers Created Baron Leathers 19 May 1941 and Viscount Leathers 18 Jan 1954 Minister of War Transport 1941‑1945; Secretary of State for Co‑ordination of Transport, Fuel and Power 1951‑1953; PC 1941; CH 1943	21 Nov 1883	19 Mar 1965	81
19 Mar 1965		2	Frederick Alan Leathers	4 Apr 1908	21 Jan 1996	87
21 Jan 1996		3	Christopher Graeme Leathers	31 Aug 1941
LEBEDEV
19 Nov 2020	B[L]		Evgeny Alexandrovich Lebedev Created Baron Lebedev for life 19 Nov 2020	8 May 1980
LECALE
15 Apr 1645	V[I]	1	Thomas Cromwell, 4th Baron Cromwell Created Viscount Lecale 22 Nov 1624 and Earl of Ardglass 15 Apr 1645 See "Ardglass"	11 Jun 1594	1653	59
27 Dec 1800 to     18 Feb 1810	B[I]	1	Lord Charles James Fitzgerald Created Baron Lecale 27 Dec 1800 MP [I] for Kildare County 1776‑1790, Cavan Borough 1790‑1798 and Ardfert 1798‑1800; MP for Arundel 1807; PC [I] 1793 Peerage extinct on his death	30 Jun 1756	18 Feb 1810	53
LECHMERE
4 Sep 1721 to     18 Jun 1727	B	1	Nicholas Lechmere Created Baron Lechmere 4 Sep 1721 MP for Appleby 1708‑1710, Cockermouth 1710‑1717 and Tewkesbury 1717‑1721; Solicitor General 1714‑1715; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1717‑1727; Attorney General 1718‑1720; PC 1718 Peerage extinct on his death	5 Aug 1675	18 Jun 1727	51
LECONFIELD
14 Apr 1859	B	1	George Wyndham Created Baron Leconfield 14 Apr 1859	5 Jun 1787	18 Mar 1869	81
18 Mar 1869		2	Henry Wyndham MP for Sussex West 1854‑1869	31 Jul 1830	6 Jan 1901	70
6 Jan 1901		3	Charles Henry Wyndham Lord Lieutenant Sussex 1917‑1949	17 Feb 1872	17 Apr 1952	80
17 Apr 1952		4	Hugh Archibald Wyndham	4 Oct 1877	6 Jul 1963	85
6 Jul 1963		5	Edward Scawen Wyndham	30 Apr 1883	17 Oct 1967	84
17 Oct 1967		6	John Edward Reginald Wyndham, 1st Baron Egremont	5 Jun 1920	6 Jun 1972	52
6 Jun 1972		7	John Max Henry Scawen Wyndham (also 2nd Baron Egremont)	21 Apr 1948
LEE OF ASHERIDGE
5 Nov 1970 to     16 Nov 1988	B[L]		Janet Bevan Lee Created Baroness Lee of Asheridge for life 5 Nov 1970 MP for Lanarkshire North 1929‑1931 and Cannock 1945‑1970; Minister of State, Education and Science 1967‑1970; PC 1966 Peerage extinct on her death	3 Nov 1904	16 Nov 1988	84
LEE OF FAREHAM
9 Jul 1918 28 Nov 1922 to     21 Jul 1947	B V	1 1	Sir Arthur Hamilton Lee Created Baron Lee of Fareham 9 Jul 1918 and Viscount Lee of Fareham 28 Nov 1922 MP for Fareham 1900‑1918; President of the Board of Agriculture 1919‑1921; First Lord of the Admiralty 1921‑1922; PC 1919 Peerage extinct on his death	8 Nov 1868	21 Jul 1947	78
LEE OF NEWTON
1 Jul 1974 to     4 Feb 1984	B[L]		Frederick Lee Created Baron Lee of Newton for life 1 Jul 1974 MP for Hulme 1945‑1950 and Newton 1950‑1974; Minister of Power 1964‑1966; Secretary of State for Colonies 1966‑1967; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1967‑1969; PC 1964 Peerage extinct on his death	3 Aug 1906	4 Feb 1984	77
LEE OF TRAFFORD
26 May 2006	B[L]		John Robert Louis Lee Created Baron Lee of Trafford for life 26 May 2006 MP for Nelson & Colne 1979‑1983 and Pendle 1983‑1992	21 Jun 1942
LEEDS
			For information on Edward Osborne,the 1st Duke's great-grandfather and founder of the family fortune, see the note at the foot of this page
4 May 1694	D	1	Sir Thomas Osborne, 2nd baronet Created Viscount Osborne 2 Feb 1673, Baron Osborne and Viscount Latimer of Danby 15 Aug 1673, Earl of Danby 27 Jun 1674, Marquess of Carmarthen 9 Apr 1689 and Duke of Leeds 4 May 1694 MP for York 1665‑1673; Lord Treasurer 1673‑1679; Lord President of the Council 1689‑1695; Lord Lieutenant West Riding Yorkshire 1674‑1679 and 1689‑1699, East Riding Yorkshire 1691‑1699, North Riding Yorkshire 1692‑1699 and Somerset 1690‑1691; PC 1679; KG 1677	20 Feb 1632	26 Jul 1712	80
26 Jul 1712		2	Peregrine Osborne MP for Berwick upon Tweed 1677‑1679 and York 1689‑1690 He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Osborne 3 Mar 1690	29 Sep 1659	25 Jun 1729	69
25 Jun 1729		3	Peregrine Hyde Osborne Lord Lieutenant East Riding Yorkshire 1713‑1714 He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Osborne 28 Jan 1713	11 Nov 1691	9 Apr 1731	39
9 Apr 1731		4	Thomas Osborne KG 1749; PC 1757	6 Nov 1713	23 Mar 1789	75
23 Mar 1789		5	Francis Godolphin Osborne MP for Eye 1774 and Helston 1774‑1775; Foreign Secretary 1783‑1791; Lord Lieutenant East Riding Yorkshire 1778‑1780 and 1782‑1799; PC 1777; KG 1790 He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Osborne 15 May 1776	29 Jan 1751	31 Jan 1799	48
31 Jan 1799		6	George William Frederick Osborne Lord Lieutenant North Riding Yorkshire 1802‑1838; PC 1827; KG 1827	21 Jul 1775	10 Jul 1838	62
10 Jul 1838		7	Francis Godolphin D'Arcy-Osborne MP for Helston 1826‑1830 He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Osborne 2 Jul 1838	21 May 1798	4 May 1859	60
4 May 1859		8	George Godolphin Osborne, 2nd Baron Godolphin	16 Jul 1802	8 Aug 1872	70
8 Aug 1872		9	George Godolphin Osborne	11 Aug 1828	23 Dec 1895	67
23 Dec 1895		10	George Godolphin Osborne MP for Brixton 1887‑1895	18 Sep 1862	10 May 1927	64
10 May 1927		11	John Francis Godolphin Osborne	12 Mar 1901	26 Jul 1963	62
26 Jul 1963 to     20 Mar 1964		12	Sir Francis D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne Peerage extinct on his death	16 Sep 1884	20 Mar 1964	79
LEICESTER
c 1107	E	1	Robert de Beaumont Created Earl of Leicester c 1107	c 1046	5 Jun 1118
5 Jun 1118		2	Robert de Beaumont	1104	5 Apr 1168	64
5 Apr 1168		3	Robert de Beaumont		31 Aug 1190
31 Aug 1190 to     6 Jan 1204		4	Robert de Beaumont On his death the peerage reverted to the Crown		6 Jan 1204
10 Mar 1207	E	1	Simon de Montfort Created Earl of Leicester 10 Mar 1207	c 1170	27 Jun 1218
27 Jun 1218 to     4 Aug 1265		2	Simon de Montfort He was attainted and the peerage forfeited	1208	4 Aug 1265	57
26 Oct 1265 to     5 Jun 1296	E	1	Edmund Plantagenet Created Earl of Leicester 26 Oct 1265 He was created Earl of Lancaster in 1267 with which title this peerage then merged		5 Jun 1296
29 Sep 1564 to     4 Sep 1588	E	1	Lord Robert Dudley Created Baron of Denbigh 28 Sep 1564 and Earl of Leicester 29 Sep 1564 KG 1559 Peerage extinct on his death	24 Jun 1532	4 Sep 1588	56
2 Aug 1618	E	1	Robert Sydney Created Baron Sydney 13 May 1603, Viscount L'Isle 4 May 1605 and Earl of Leicester 2 Aug 1618 KG 1616	28 Nov 1563	13 Jul 1626	62
13 Jul 1626		2	Robert Sydney Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1641‑1643; Lord Lieutenant Kent 1642	1 Dec 1595	2 Nov 1677	81
2 Nov 1677		3	Philip Sydney MP for Yarmouth 1640‑1648 and Kent 1653	Jan 1619	6 Mar 1698	79
6 Mar 1698		4	Robert Sydney He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Sydney 11 Jul 1689	1649	11 Nov 1702	53
11 Nov 1702		5	Philip Sydney MP for Kent 1695‑1698	8 Jul 1676	24 Jul 1705	29
24 Jul 1705		6	John Sydney MP for Brackley 1705; Warden of the Cinque Ports 1717; Lord Lieutenant Kent 1724‑1737; PC 1731	14 Feb 1680	27 Sep 1737	57
27 Sep 1737 to     7 Jul 1743		7	Jocelyn Sydney Peerage extinct on his death	1682	7 Jul 1743	61
9 May 1744 to     20 Apr 1759	E	1	Thomas Coke, 1st Baron Lovell Created Viscount Coke and Earl of Leicester 9 May 1744 MP for Norfolk 1722‑1728; Postmaster General 1733‑1759 Peerages extinct on his death	c 1695	20 Apr 1759
18 May 1784	E	1	George Townshend, 16th Lord Ferrers of Chartley Created Earl of Leicester 18 May 1784 He succeeded as Marquess Townshend in 1807	18 Apr 1755	27 Jul 1811	56
27 Jul 1811 to     31 Dec 1855		2	George Ferrars Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend Peerage extinct on his death	13 Dec 1778	31 Dec 1855	77

	Thomas Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Lancaster
	The Earl was a grandson of King Henry III and one of the leaders of the baronial opposition to his cousin Edward II and his favourite, Piers Gaveston.
	The following account is taken from A collection of proceedings and trials against state prisoners published in London in 1741.
	Proceedings against Thomas Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster, and other Noblemen, for High Treason Anno 1322
	The Charge against the Earl consists of several Species of Treason, besides Offences of a lower Nature. He is accused of levying War, of a Conspiracy with other domestick Traytors to depose the King, and of confederating with the Scots, the King's Enemies, to the same end; and by way of Aggravation, the Murders, Robberies and Burnings, the Consequence of his Rebellion, are thrown in; nor is the Plundering of Gaveston's Estate forgotten: His Rebellion and levying War were held to be so notorious, as to need no proof; for he was taken in an Engagement with the King's Forces near Burrough-bridge; and his Confederacy with the Scots was no less evident, from the Indenture found in the Earl of Hereford's pocket, who was killed in the Action at Burrough-bridge [16 March 1322].
	The Earl of Lancaster was arraigned at Pontefract Castle, before the Earls of Kent, Richmond, Pembroke, Surrey, Arundel, Athol, Angus, and other great Men, the King himself being present, according to our Historians; but whether the King or the Prisoner were present, certain it is, the Earl of Lancaster was not suffered to make a Defence, but was condemned unheard, upon the Notoriety of the Facts, as was usual in those Days. And altho' the Sentence in High Treason of drawing, hanging, quartering and beheading [was] passed upon him, it was all pardoned but the beheading, which was executed on a little Hill without the Gates of Pontefract, on the twenty first of March, 1322; and his Head and Body were both buried together in the Convent there, by the Priors and Monks of Pontefract.
	There were nine Noblemen, and a great many Persons of distinction besides condemned in the like summary Way, who were taken in Rebellion with the Earl; some of whom were executed, but the King thought fit to give the two Lords Mortimers, the Uncle and Nephew, their Lives: however, they were committed to the Tower, where the elder Mortimer died, but the younger made his Escape into France afterwards, and became the principal Instrument in deposing King Edw. II.
	The Judgment against the Earl of Lancaster was reversed by Parliament 2 Edward III, during the younger Mortimer's Administration, who was an Accomplice with the earl in the Rebellion, and consequently interested in the Reversal of this Sentence: the two principal Reasons given for the Reversal were, 1. That the Earl was not heard in his Defence; and 2. That he was not tried by his Peers, according to the Law of the Land.
	As to the first, if we suppose the Earl present at his Arraignment, and suffered to make his Defence; what Defence could a Nobleman taken in open and actual Rebellion have made, unless he had avowed the Principles his Party went upon; namely, that the King had forfeited his Right by Mal-Administration, of which the Barons and great Men were judges: But this was a Plea not to be made by a Man in his Circumstances; such a Defence would have been looked upon as another Article of High Treason by a victorious Prince.
	But as to his not being condemned by his Peers, this Motive for the Reversal of his Attainder seems to have been false in Fact, for his Peers sat upon him. I am inclined to believe therefore, that it is only meant, that the Case was not legally brought before the Peers, because no Bill of Indictment was found against him: but surely this could not have been very difficult to have procured when the Royalists were uppermost, if we consider, that the Earl was from the Beginning of this Reign the Chief of that Faction which compelled the King to resign his Authority to some of their Number, and several times had Recourse to Arms, in order to subdue their Sovereign: but farther, this Nobleman and his Accomplices could not, with a good grace object to these summary Proceedings, after they had beheaded Gaveston his Majesty's Prime Minister, not only without affording him a legal Tryal, but without any Colour of Authority. But whatsoever the Earl's Offences were, it seems he was in a manner adored by the Populace after his Death: The Monks of Pontefract, where he was buried, got a great deal of Money from weak People who came in Pilgrimage to his Tomb, on their giving out that Miracles were wrought there; insomuch that the King found himself obliged to order the Church Doors to be shut up, being well assured, that if the Earl's Friends could so far influence the People to make them believe he was a Saint, it would be no hard Matter to persuade them that their King who had put him to Death, was a Tyrant and Oppressor; and on this Account, or thro' Tenderness for the Loss of so near a Relation, 'tis said the King afterwards lamented his Execution, breaking out into these or the like Expressions, on his being importuned to pardon a notorious Criminal, "How can you press me thus to save so vile a Wretch, when none of you moved your Lips in Behalf of my near Relation the Earl of Lancaster; who, if he had lived, might have done me and his Country Service?" But such Expressions as these are frequently made for Princes, and there seems all the Reason in the World to believe that this was so, because Lancaster was taken in full March to join the Scots, and to endeavour to usurp that very Prince's Throne who is supposed to have said it, and therefore he could not have promised himself any great Services, if he had been living.
	Great Application was made by the Queen and Mortimer to the Court of Rome, 1 Ed. III to get the Earl of Lancaster canonized for a Saint, which they apprehended would contribute much to the Credit of their Party; and though they could not obtain it then, it appears he was canonized afterwards, at the Influence of Hen. IV, the first King of the House of Lancaster. For this Thomas Plantagenet Earl of Lancaster, was the eldest son of Edmund Earl of Lancaster, second son of Hen. III from whom the Kings of the House of Lancaster claimed, pretending that Edmund, commonly called Crouchback, was the eldest son of Hen. III and elder brother to Ed. II though there was in reality no Colour for this Assertion. [Note that he was never canonized.]
	Francis James Mathew, 2nd Earl of Landaff
	In a letter published in Times Online on 7 December 2007, Dr. Yaqub Zaki, Deputy Director of the Muslim Institute stated that the second Earl of Landaff was the first Muslim peer.
	Dr. Zaki wrote that [upon the death of the first Earl in 1806] the heir was "understandably reluctant to abandon the fleshpots of Calcutta for the inferior ones of London, [and] he refused to return to be 'read in', whereupon both title and seat were assumed by his younger brother."
	This seems to me to be highly unlikely. The inference is that Francis somehow disclaimed the title which was then assumed by his next eldest brother. This is contrary to all reason, as well as the law of the time. Peerages could not be disclaimed until the Peerage Act of 1963. All relevant contemporary peerage works agree that Francis, as the eldest son of the first Earl, succeeded to the title.
	If we ignore Dr. Zaki's claim, the first definitely known Muslim peer was the third Baron Stanley of Alderley (1827‑1903).
	The above was written early in 2008, and I had effectively dismissed (in my mind, at any rate) Dr. Zaki's claim regarding the 2nd Earl. My major reason for doing so was my assumption that it was Francis, the 2nd Earl, to whom Dr. Zaki was referring. There was no doubt that the standard peerage reference works show that Francis was the 2nd Earl. I recently re-read what I had written and it occurred to me that perhaps what Dr. Zaki meant was that Francis had an elder brother who did not wish to return and that Francis was the 'younger brother' who assumed the title, but I could find no reference in any peerage works to such an elder brother. However, I have now discovered a number of newspaper articles which provide support to the claim regarding an elder brother. These articles are reproduced below:-
	From the Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) 26 September 1895
	… an interesting claim is to be prosecuted in the House of Lords when Parliament re-assembles, in which is involved the ancient title of Earl of Llandaff, which has been lying dormant for a considerable number of years. The claimant is Mr. A.H. Mathew, 2 Christ Church-road, Hemel Hempstead. In reply to an inquiry by our representative on this subject, Mr. Mathew has kindly furnished us with the following interesting information respecting the surviving heir:-
	After a lengthy summary of the descent of the 1st Earl, the article states that "Francis Mathew, born in 1738, represented the county of Tipperary [from 1768 to 1783]. He married first, September 6, 1764, Ellis, second daughter of James Smythe, of Tinna Park, Wicklow, and by her (who died on giving birth to a daughter on August 9, 1781) had issue: (1) Arnold Nesbitt, born at Paris February 16, 1765; (2) Francis James, born January 20, 1768; (3) Montague, born August 18, 1773; (4) George, born July 12, 1779; and (5) Elizabeth, born August 9, 1781.
	Francis Mathew, M.P., was created Baron Landaff in 1783, Viscount Landaff of Landaff in 1793, and Earl of Landaff in 1797 - all in the peerage of Ireland. He was one of the first 28 representative peers elected at the Union. The "Cambrian" of July 19, 1806, records the arrival at Swansea of "Lord Llandaff (sic) and Lady Elisha Matthews" (sic). He was found dead in his bed on July 31, and was succeeded in the peerage by his second son Thomas [sic for Francis] James, who had in 1797 married Gertrude, daughter of John La Touche, of Harristown, Kildare. He died without legitimate issue March 12, 1833. His two younger brothers both pre-deceased him, unmarried. At his death, owing to the failure of a claimant, the earldom became dormant.
	We now come to the most interesting portion of the genealogy. The eldest son of the first Earl of Landaff was Arnold Nesbitt Mathew, born at Paris on February 16, 1765, and baptised there by Dr. Richard Challoner, "Vicar Apostolic of the London District". This child was sent to Mr. Francis Mathew's maternal uncles to be taken charge of and educated. By them he was sent to Sedbergh School, and, in 1782, to Calcutta, where he became a cadet in the Bengal Artillery in 1783. In 1803 he lost a leg and thigh at the Battle of Delhi, and, being there incapacitated from active service, was appointed fort-adjutant at Agra, and, later, deputy-commissary of ordnance at Fattehgarh. On November 20, 1806, he married Elizabeth Francesca, elder daughter of the Marquis Domenico Povoleri. By her he had issue, a son, Arnold, born September 17, 1807.
	Major Arnold Nesbitt Mathew was lost sight of by his relatives shortly after his departure for India, and believed by them to have died soon after his arrival there. As a matter of fact, his death occurred on October 5, 1820, at Chandernagore, and he was buried at Chinsurah, where his gravestone still exists. He elected to remain in India after his father's death, and to forego his claim to the peerage, for reasons unnecessary to mention here. [my emphasis]
	His son became an officer in the Bombay Native Infantry in 1823, and retired from the service in 1846. He was well aware of his right to vote at the election of Irish representative peers, but, from private motives, preferred neither to claim nor to exercise that right. He died in 1894, leaving issue, a son, on whom the dormant peerage by right devolves, and two daughters.
	The Earls of Llandaff spelt their family name with one "t" and without a final "s." ​ the name of their title they invariably spelt with one "l".
	In a letter to The Times published on 14 September 1898, a correspondent who signed himself "Landaff" wrote that "I will be much obliged to you if you will kindly permit me to announce through your columns that it is my intention to assume my title of Earl of Landaff of Thomastown, in the peerage of Ireland, on and after this 14th day of September, 1898. Any persons who may be interested in this peerage and desire to have a history of the branch of the Mathew family to which it belongs will find it set forth in an illustrated 'Genealogy of the Earls of Landaff', which Messrs. Sands & Co., 12 Burleigh-street, London, are about to publish. [This was indeed published in 1898.] A notice of it appeared in Dod's 'Peerage' for this year*, and a fuller pedigree will be found in 'Debrett' and other printed peerages for 1899."
	* In my copy of Dod's 'Peerage' for 1899, the entry under "Landaff" reads:-
	These titles, which were believed to have become extinct on the death without issue of Francis James, 2nd s. of the 1st earl, whose claim to vote as 2nd earl was admitted by the House of Lords, are claimed by Arnold Harris Mathew as 4th earl, through descent from Hon. Arnold Nesbit Mathew, eldest s. of the 1st earl, who was married in India, leaving issue an only son, the father of the present claimant. Neither Arnold or his son however assumed the title or claimed the right to vote. The claimant was born 1855; m. 1892, Margaret Florence, d. of Henry Duncan; ed. At Cheltenham Coll. and Bonn ​
	Another summary of the history of the Landaff peerage was published in an article in the Chicago Tribune on 29 October 1903.
	Arnold Harris Mathew died on 19 December 1919, without, as far as I can find, ever making any serious attempt to prove his right to the earldom. It may be that the reason his grandfather's reason for foregoing his claim to the peerage was because he had converted to Islam, as stated by Dr. Zaki. If so, his descendants certainly didn't follow in his footsteps - Arnold Harris Mathew was at one time a Roman Catholic priest and later "Archbishop" of the Old Roman Catholic Church in England, a group which broke away from the established Roman Catholic Church in the 1870s following their refusal to accept the doctrine of papal infallibility.
	Hugh Burdett Money-Coutts, 6th Lord Latymer
	The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate of 27 April 1948 contained the following amusing report:-
	Peer "killed" by B.B.C. "Herald Service, London, April 26 - Lord Latymer, the 72-year-old sixth baron, has joined the select band who knows how friends will react to his death. He was "murdered" in a radio play. In a letter to "The Times", Lord Latymer wrote: "In the thriller which was broadcast, I was reported to have been murdered. May I say in answer to the condolences of many friends and relations that the report was greatly exaggerated, and that I am, in fact, alive and well. May I also suggest to the B.B.C. that their authors should consult Debrett or Burke before using the title of a living peer in a serial thriller.
	Charles Barclay-Maitland, 12th Earl of Lauderdale
	The 12th Earl of Lauderdale was killed by lightning in August 1884. According to Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper of 17 August 1884:-
	During a terrible thunderstorm in the Lauder district, Scotland, on Tuesday, Lord Lauderdale was struck on the moors by lightning. His lordship, who was mounted on a pony, was proceeding across the Braidshaw Rigg, on the Lauderdale estate, when the storm was at its height. The animal fell dead. Lord Lauderdale never regained consciousness, and died at midnight. His lordship was struck on the head by the lightning, which made a deep wound on his forehead and breast. The fluid fused his watch and chain, and then, being diverted into two currents, ran down each side of his left leg, the course being plainly traced by the scorched mark which was made. His clothes were also burnt. The late Earl succeeded to the title in 1878. He was born in 1822, and, after having served in the army for a time, he is stated to have occupied the position of goods guard on the Exeter railway. He was of somewhat eccentric habits, and shrank from going into society.
	The death of the 12th Earl caused a battle between two rival claimants as to whom was the rightful heir to the titles and estates. In March 1885, the matter was heard before the Court of Session in Edinburgh, when each party put their case. A report in The Times of 12 March 1885 outlines the competing cases:-
	Yesterday, in the first division of the Court of Session, Edinburgh, the record was closed in the action at present depending between Sir James G.R. Maitland and Major Maitland with reference to the question of succession to the earldom of Lauderdale and the estates which pertain to the holder of the title.
	Sir James claims to be descended from the Hon. Sir Alexander Maitland, fifth son of Charles, sixth Earl of Lauderdale. He admitted that Major Maitland's ancestor - namely, the Hon. Richard Maitland, was the fourth son of the sixth earl, but alleges that the said progenitor of the claimant died unmarried on or about the 13th of July, 1772, and contends that if Patrick Maitland, from whom Major Maitland claims to be descended, was the son of Richard Maitland, he was not born in wedlock. It is further said that for a considerable time before his death Richard Maitland was domiciled in British North America, in no part of which did the law of legitimation per subsequens matrimonium prevail. He, therefore, pleads that the succession to the lands and estates has devolved upon him as the nearest lawful heir.
	Major Maitland in his answer denies that Richard Maitland died unmarried, and avers that at New York on the 11th of July, 1772, he married Mary Macadam, of New York, the clergyman who performed the marriage being the Rev. John Ogilvy, D.D., assistant minister of Trinity Church, New York. He alleges that he is the eldest son of Patrick Maitland, some time in the Royal Navy, thereafter banker in Calcutta, who was the second son of Richard Maitland. It is admitted by him that Patrick Maitland was born before the marriage of his parents, but it is averred that Richard Maitland, his father, was born in Scotland on or about the 10th of February, 1724, that his domicile of origin was therefore Scotch, that he entered the Army while in his minority, and was in active service until the date of his death, that he never lost his domicile of origin, and that by his marriage Patrick Maitland was legitimated. Major Maitland, therefore, pleads that Sir James being upon his own statement descended from a younger son of the 6th earl cannot succeed in his petition, and that it should be dismissed with costs.
	The question to be decided, therefore, was whether, at the time of his marriage to Mary Macadam, Richard Maitland was still a Scottish citizen, and therefore subject to the laws of Scotland which state that a child born out of wedlock is legitimated by the subsequent marriage of the child's parents.
	The claims were heard by the Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords in June and July 1885, with final judgment being delivered on 22 July 1885. The following report which details the judgment appeared in the Aberdeen Weekly Journal of 23 July 1885:-
	Yesterday the Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords delivered judgment in this case. It will be remembered that Major Maitland claimed the title through Colonel Maitland, who died in New York in 1772. Sir J. Gibson Maitland put in a counter claim, and argued by counsel that there was not sufficient evidence of the marriage of Colonel Maitland in New York two days before his death to entitle his descendants, but if there were, it being a "death-bed" marriage, the law of Scotland (of which Colonel Maitland was a native) required that sixty days should elapse between the marriage and the death to give succession to real property. It was further argued that there were circumstances showing that Colonel Maitland had an intention to become an American citizen, and therefore lost his Scotch domicile. The Lord Advocate, for the Crown, supported Major Maitland's claim.
	Earl Selborne, who delivered the leading judgment, recapitulated the points at issue, and dealt first of all with that of whether Colonel Richard Maitland had changed his Scotch domicile of origin, the contention on behalf of the counter claimant being that he had, and that, therefore, the Scotch law which, by reason of a subsequent marriage, legitimised his previously born children, from one of whom the claimant is descended, did not prevail. The noble and learned Earl was of [the] opinion that from the fact that Colonel Maitland at his death in 1772 was an officer in the British Army was, prima facie, unfavourable to this contention. Nor could it be inferred that he had any intention of changing his domicile from his acceptances of shares in several Crown grants of lands in British North America, nor from his becoming a shareholder in certain mining adventures in that country. He never settled on these lands, nor took any active part in the management of the mines; while his letters to his brother, Lord Lauderdale, and other members of the family in Great Britain, claimed to be altogether opposed to the notion that he had any idea of settling permanently in the province of New York, or relinquishing his domicile. In fact, he clung with tenacity to his rank as a British officer. Some reliance was placed as to this point upon Colonel Maitland's desire to obtain some appointment in a warmer climate, on account of ill health, but that, the noble and learned earl thought, in no way implied permanent residence in such a part, or any intention not to retain his domicile of origin.
	As to the contention that by the law of Scotland a marriage on a death-bed did not legitimate children previously born, in preference to remoter heirs in respect of succession to heritage, that was admitted to be without support from authority, and such authority as there was on the point appeared to be against it, and no principle had been explained on which their lordships could reasonably be asked now for the first time to lay down this as the law of Scotland. The sole question then was whether there was sufficient proof of a lawful marriage of Richard Maitland to Mary Macadam. That there was a marriage, in fact, by a clergyman according to the rites of the Church of England, was proved beyond doubt by a statement in writing made within six months afterwards by Dr. Ogilvie, the clergyman who actually solemnised it. That statement being evidence according to the law of Scotland, must have weight, unless there was proof or reasonable ground for presumption to the contrary. Reasonable ground for presumption of the contrary there was none, for the statement must have been either true or fraudulent. The truth was necessarily within Dr. Ogilvie's own knowledge. He was a respectable man, and no motive for fraud on his part could be suggested, and fraud was not to be presumed. So far from there being evidence to the contrary, the statement was corroborated in every way that could be expected at this distance of time. There was the testimony of his three executors, of whom Dr. Ogilvie was one, in their letters to the fact of the marriage, the fact that Mrs. Maitland was granted a pension as widow of Colonel Maitland, and the recognition of her and her children by the family in Great Britain. It was, however, argued that by a local law of the province of New York, passed in 1684, or by one earlier still, the publication of banns or a licence was made an indispensable preliminary to a lawful marriage, and that this continued to be the law down to 1772. Both propositions were disputed, but supposing them to be made out, what followed?
	There was a total absence of proof, direct or indirect, that in this case there was no publication of banns or no licence. If these preliminaries were necessary, then the rule that the presumption should be that everything was done rightly made it their lordships' duty to presume in the circumstances of this case that whatever was necessary was actually done. He could not conceive any circumstances more properly requiring the application of that rule. The whole object of Richard Maitland and Mary Macadam was to be lawfully married - his to do justice before his death to his children and their mother, and hers to obtain the status which nothing but lawful wedlock could confer. It could not be supposed that they would knowingly neglect any legal requisite of marriage, and whatever occasion there might have been for promptitude in fulfilling this purpose, it was not done in a clandestine manner. Dr. Ogilvie, who was one of the executors of Lord [sic - Richard] Maitland's will, must have known what was necessary for the validity of a marriage. It was his duty to solemnise it in a legal manner, and if the law of 1684 was in force he must have known that he would be subject to heavy penalties if he acted illegally, and no motive could be shown for his acting in any other way that in exact conformity with the law. The noble and learned earl moved that their lordships resolve that Major Frederick Maitland had made good his claim to the honours and dignities of the Earldom of Lauderdale … the motion was unanimously agreed to.
	Sir Edward Osborne, great-grandfather of the 1st Duke of Leeds, founder of the Osborne family fortune
	The following [edited] romantic tale, which relates to an incident involving Edward Osborne and which ultimately led to the rise of the Osborne family, is taken from Chronicles of London Bridge by "An Antiquary" [Richard Thomson] published in London in 1827. Although the year is quoted as 1536, it is probable that 1545 would be closer to the mark.
	I have next to speak of an event occurring on London Bridge, in 1536, which is probably better known, and more often related, than most other portions of its history: I allude … to the anecdote of Edward Osborne leaping into the Thames from the window of one of the Bridge houses, to rescue his master's daughter. [The author then quotes from John Stow's "Survey of London" where, under the entry relating to Sir William Hewitt (or Huett or Hewet) it is stated that] This Mayor was a Merchant, possessed of a great estate of £6000 per Annum, and was said to have had three sons and one daughter, [Anne] to which this mischance happened, the father then living upon London Bridge. The maid playing with her out of a window, by chance dropped her in, almost beyond expectation of her being saved. A young gentleman, named Osborne, then Apprentice to Sir William, the father, which Osborne was one of the ancestors of the Duke of Leeds, in a direct line, at this calamitous accident leaped in, and saved the child. In memory of which deliverance, and in gratitude, her father afterwards bestowed her on the said Mr. Osborne, with a very great dowry …
	Sir William Hewett was Lord Mayor of London in 1559 and died about 1567. On his death, his business was inherited by his son-in-law, Edward Osborne, who in turn became Lord Mayor of London and was knighted in 1583. His son, Sir Hewett Osborne, was in turn knighted in 1599, and Sir Hewett's son, Edward Osborne, was created a baronet in 1620. The first baronet's son, Thomas, succeeded as 2nd baronet in 1647, and had a brilliant but chequered career which culminated in his creation as Duke of Leeds in 1694.
	It should be noted that the title of Leeds does not refer to the town in Yorkshire, but rather to a town of the same name in Kent, near Maidstone.

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