Examples of 'life peer' in a sentence
Meaning of "life peer"
life peer: A member of the British peerage system who holds their title for their lifetime but it is not passed down to future generations
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- A member of the House of Lords, appointed for life, but whose position is not hereditary.
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She is the senior female life peer.
Lord Chalfont is the only life peer who outranks hereditary barons in seniority of creation.
Membership is not fixed and decreases only on the death of a life peer.
He is a Conservative life peer and member of the House of Lords.
She was one of the first Jews to be made a life peer.
He currently sits as a crossbench life peer in the House of Lords.
The candidate with the highest number of votes becomes a Life Peer.
His widow was subsequently made a life peer as Baroness Sharples.
He was subsequently appointed to the House of Lords as a Life Peer.
He was a life peer in the House of Lords and former Member of Parliament.
There is no precedent in English law for a life peer to give up his title.
She is a Life Peer and former chair of the London Assembly.
He now sits in the House of Lords as a life peer.
David Alton is a life peer in the House of Lords in the United Kingdom.
John Kerr, former civil servant and life peer.
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Salvage merchant, made a life peer for his services.
In 1856 an attempt was made to use the royal prerogative to create a life peer.
He was appointed a life peer by Queen Elizabeth II for ' contributions to public service.
Robert Winston, scientist and life peer.
On retirement, she was made a Life peer as Baroness Park of Monmouth.
Since 1997 he has been a member of the House of Lords as a life peer.
David Sainsbury, Labour life peer and Minister for Science, is a cousin.
It was announced in the 2010 Dissolution Honours that he would be made a life peer.
In 1991 he was created a life peer in recognition of his charitable work.
In 1992, he became The Honourable Mark Thatcher when his mother was made a life peer.
He was appointed a life peer in 1998, but died a few days before the official ceremony.
Since 2011, he has been a Conservative Party life peer in the House of Lords.
She was created a life peer in 2014 and now sits in the House of Lords.
In 1722, Melusina was created Baroness Aldborough and Countess of Walsingham as a life peer.
Dora Gaitskell became a Labour life peer one year after his death, and died in 1989.
When he was made a life peer in 1992 he chose the title Baron Howe of Aberavon.
Since September 2014, she has been a life peer and a member of the House of Lords.
Williams was made a life peer in the 2010 Dissolution Honours list.
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