peerage
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Known as Lord Roe of West Wickham, a former firefighter and London Fire Brigade commissioner, he received a life peerage and took his seat in The House of Lords in January.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Disraeli became their leader and would twice be named prime minister before Queen Victoria elevated him to the peerage as Earl of Beaconsfield in 1876.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
He was given a life peerage to allow him to sit in the House of Lords.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
She was awarded a life peerage by Starmer in 2020.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Lords produced lords—not because peerage was hereditary, but because intelligence was.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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