List of peerages created for Speakers of the House of Commons

This page lists all peerages created for retiring Speakers of the House of Commons. Extant titles are in bold.

Peerages created for the Speaker of the House of Commons
Title Created Lord Chancellor Current status Notes

Reign of Queen Anne, 1707–1714

no peerage creations for Speakers

Reign of King George I, 1714–1727

Baron Onslow 19 June 1716 Sir Richard Onslow, Bt. Extant Created with a special remainder

Reign of King George II, 1727–1760

Baron Wilmington 8 January 1728 Sir Spencer Compton Extinct 2 July 1743
Earl of Wilmington 14 May 1730 The 1st Baron Wilmington Extinct 2 July 1743

Reign of King George III, 1760–1820

Baron Grantley 9 April 1782 Sir Fletcher Norton Extant
Baron Grenville 25 November 1790 William Grenville Extinct 12 January 1834
Baron Redesdale 15 February 1802 Sir John Mitford Extinct 2 May 1886
Viscount Sidmouth 12 January 1805 Henry Addington[1] Extant
On 5 February 1811, George Prince of Wales became the Prince Regent
Baron Colchester 3 June 1817 Charles Abbot Extinct 26 February 1919

Reign of King George IV, 1820–1830

no peerage creations for Speakers

Reign of King William IV, 1830–1837

Viscount Canterbury
Baron Bottesford		 10 March 1835 Charles Manners-Sutton Extinct 26 February 1941

Reign of Queen Victoria, 1837–1901

Baron Dunfermline 7 June 1839 James Abercromby Extinct 2 July 1868
Viscount Eversley 11 April 1857 Charles Shaw-Lefevre Extinct 28 December 1888
Viscount Ossington 13 February 1872 Evelyn Denison Extinct 7 March 1873
Viscount Hampden 4 March 1884 Henry Brand[2] Extant
Viscount Peel 9 May 1895 Arthur Peel Extant [3]

Reign of King Edward VII, 1901–1910

Viscount Selby 6 July 1905 William Gully Extant

Reign of King George V, 1910–1936

Viscount Ullswater 8 July 1921 James Lowther Extant

Reign of King Edward VIII, 1936

no peerage creations for Speakers

Reign of King George VI, 1936–1952

Viscount Ruffside 14 December 1951 Douglas Clifton Brown Extinct 5 May 1958

Reign of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952–present

Viscount Dunrossil 12 November 1959 William Morrison Extant
Baron Maybray-King [4] 2 March 1971 Horace King Extinct 3 September 1986
Baron Selwyn-Lloyd [4] 8 March 1976 Selwyn Lloyd Extinct 17 May 1978
Viscount Tonypandy 11 July 1983 George Thomas Extinct 22 September 1997
Baron Weatherill [4] 1992 Bernard Weatherill Extinct 2007
Baroness Boothroyd [4] 2001 Betty Boothroyd Extant
Baron Martin of Springburn [4] 2009 Michael Martin Extinct 2018

Speakers never created a Peer
Speaker Notes Constituency Related peerage
John Smith Died as an MP Andover as Speaker
East Looe as MP
Sir William Bromley Died as an MP Oxford University
Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bt. Died as a commoner Suffolk
Arthur Onslow Died as a commoner Surrey
Sir John Cust, Bt. Died as an MP Grantham
Charles Wolfran Cornwall Died in Office Rye
John Henry Whitley Turned down Peerage Halifax
Edward FitzRoy Died in Office Daventry His widow was created Viscountess Daventry in 1943.
Sir Harry Hylton-Foster Died in Office Cities of London and Westminster His widow was created Baroness Hylton-Foster for life in 1965.
John Bercow Currently living as a commoner Buckingham

Notes
  1. Served also as Prime Minister before the viscountcy was created.
  2. In addition inherited the title of Baron Dacre in 1890.
  3. On 10 July 1929 the title was promoted to the Earldom of Peel.
  4. Created a Life Peer

See also
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