peerage
Example Sentences
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Downing Street released a list of further appointments late on Wednesday, including a peerage for Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
He will leave the Scottish Parliament and his leader role, and he will be granted a peerage so he can take up a seat in the House of Lords.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Disraeli became their leader and would twice be named prime minister before Queen Victoria elevated him to the peerage as Earl of Beaconsfield in 1876.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
He refused a peerage four times from prime ministers Disraeli and Gladstone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
I knew a little from our infrequent stays with Baron Greyfallow, and thought I was quite genteel enough without having to memorize forms of address, table manners, and the elaborate snarled rankings of the peerage.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
