Peerage types

Name Number of peerages
Hereditary peerage 1492
Hereditary peerage (already peer of Ireland) 143
Hereditary peerage (already peer of Scotland) 64
Hereditary peerage subsidiary to another created by the same letters patent 478
Life peerage: already a hereditary peer 20
Life peerage: Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 100
Life peerage (before 1876) 19
Life peerage: Life Peerages Act 1958 1534
New hereditary peerage: not a promotion 64
Peerage of Ireland 399
Promotion 647
Promotion in the peerage of Ireland 238