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
He had also called for the removal of Lord Mandelson's peerage, saying it would get "cross-party agreement".
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
Armstrong has been an assembly member since September 2024, when she was co-opted to replace Tom Elliott after he was given a life peerage.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
As a life peer, Lord Offord's peerage cannot be relinquished.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
Lords produced lords—not because peerage was hereditary, but because intelligence was.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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