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

The chairman of the supermarket chain Iceland will be nominated for a Labour peerage, sources within the party have confirmed.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

Badenoch was among several politicians, including Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who called for Mone to relinquish her peerage after the High Court judgment.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

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

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee