peerage

Example Sentences

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He refused a peerage four times from prime ministers Disraeli and Gladstone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

As a life peer, Lord Offord's peerage cannot be relinquished.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Following his peerage, he became Baron Offord of Garvel, of Greenock in the County of Renfrew, and was appointed as a junior minister in the Scotland office.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

The SNP lodged a similar motion in September, aimed at removing the peerage of Lord Mandelson, who was sacked as ambassador to the USA when the extent of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein was revealed.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

Lords produced lords—not because peerage was hereditary, but because intelligence was.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee