Examples of 'raised to the peerage' in a sentence

Meaning of "raised to the peerage"

raised to the peerage: a formal term used in the UK to describe the action of appointing someone to a high rank of nobility, often granting them a title such as duke, marquess, earl, viscount, or baron

How to use "raised to the peerage" in a sentence

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raised to the peerage
Following the Restoration he was raised to the peerage.
He was then raised to the peerage as Baron Bagot.
He took the title " Viscount Montgomery of Alamein " when he was raised to the peerage.
He was later raised to the peerage as Viscount Rothermere.
In 1645 he was appointed royal historian by Queen Christina, and raised to the peerage.
Thereby he was raised to the peerage and became Ritter von Seidl.
His younger son was the aforementioned fourth Baronet, who was raised to the peerage in 1841.
He was raised to the Peerage as Baron Lyttelton.
Not long after, she was raised to the peerage on the advice of Edward Heath.
He was raised to the peerage with the title Lord Cathcart in 1447.
He retired in 1900 and was raised to the peerage as Viscount Goschen of Hawkhurst, Kent.
He was raised to the peerage in December 1900 by Queen Victoria.
A year later, he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Northbrook.
Henry was raised to the peerage as Baron Burton during his father 's lifetime.
In 1616 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Ardee.

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After being raised to the peerage he was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.
In 1859 he was raised to the peerage in his own right as Baron Leconfield.
In 1714 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Parker of Macclesfield.
In 1618 he was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Ramsay of Melrose.

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