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

Challenged on the peerage at Prime Minister's Questions, Sir Keir said Lord Doyle had not given "a full account of his actions".

From BBC • Feb. 12, 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

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

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee