Peerage types

Name Number of peerages
Hereditary peerage 1554
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 525
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 1557
New hereditary peerage: not a promotion 65
Peerage of Ireland 406
Promotion 671
Promotion in the peerage of Ireland 238