peerage of Ireland
{{Short description|Titles of nobility in Ireland}}
{{other uses|Irish nobility}}
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{{Peerage|Divisions}}
The peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.{{NoteTag|With the establishment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the separate title "King of Ireland" ceased.}} It is one of the five divisions of peerages in the United Kingdom. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron. As of 2016, there were 135 titles in the peerage of Ireland: two dukedoms, ten marquessates, 43 earldoms, 28 viscountcies, and 52 baronies.
This peerage is administered{{clarify|date=March 2025}} by the United Kingdom (which includes only part of the island of Ireland, namely Northern Ireland) and its titles are not officially recognised by the Republic of Ireland (which consists of the rest of the island), with Article 40.2 of the Constitution of Ireland forbidding the state conferring titles of nobility and stating that an Irish citizen may not accept titles of nobility or honour except with the prior approval of the Irish government.{{citation|work=Constitution of Ireland|title=40.2|publisher=Stationery Office|location=Dublin|url=http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/attached_files/Pdf%20files/Constitution%20of%20Ireland.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730151256/http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/attached_files/Pdf%20files/Constitution%20of%20Ireland.pdf|archive-date=30 July 2009}}
In the following table, each peer is listed only by his highest Irish title, showing higher or equal titles in the other peerages. Those peers who are known by a higher title in one of the other peerages are listed in italics.
History
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A modest number of titles in the peerage of Ireland date from the Middle Ages. Before 1801, Irish peers had the right to sit in the Irish House of Lords, on the abolition of which by the Union effective in 1801 by an Act of 1800 they elected a small proportion – twenty-eight Irish representative peers – of their number (and elected replacements as they died) to the House of Lords at Westminster.
Both before and after the Union, Irish peerages were often used as a way of creating peerages which did not grant a seat in the House of Lords of England (before 1707) or Great Britain (after 1707) and so allowed the grantee (such as Clive of India) to sit in the House of Commons in London. As a consequence, many late-made Irish peers had little or no connection to Ireland, and indeed the names of some Irish peerages refer to places in Great Britain (for example, the Earldom of Mexborough refers to a place in England and the Earldom of Ranfurly refers to a village in Scotland).
Irish peerages continued to be created for almost a century after the union, although the treaty of union placed restrictions on their numbers: three needed to become extinct before a new peerage could be granted, until there were only one hundred Irish peers (exclusive of those who held any peerage of Great Britain subsisting at the time of the union, or of the United Kingdom created since the union). There was a spate of creations of Irish peerages from 1797 onward, mostly peerages of higher ranks for existing Irish peers, as part of the negotiation of the Act of Union; this ended in the first week of January 1801, but the restrictions of the Act were not applied to the last few peers. In the following decades, Irish peerages were created at least as often as the Act permitted until at least 1856.According to [http://www.peerages.info/peeragesi.htm], there was a dispute in 1855/56 as to whether the government had created the barony of Fermoy prematurely, before three further peerages had become extinct. But the pace then slowed, with only four more being created in the rest of the 19th century, and none in the 20th and 21st centuries.
The last two grants of Irish peerages were the promotion of the Marquess of Abercorn (a peerage of Great Britain) to be Duke of Abercorn in the Irish Peerage when he became Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1868 and the granting of the Curzon of Kedleston barony to George Curzon when he became Viceroy of India in 1898. Peers of Ireland have precedence below peers of England, Scotland, and Great Britain of the same rank, and above peers of the United Kingdom of the same rank; but Irish peers created after 1801 yield to United Kingdom peers of earlier creation. Accordingly, the Duke of Abercorn (the junior duke in the Peerage of Ireland) ranks between the Duke of Sutherland and the Duke of Westminster (both dukes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom).
When one of the Irish representative peers died, the Irish Peerage met to elect his replacement; but the offices required to arrange this were abolished as part of the creation of the Irish Free State. The existing representative peers kept their seats in the House of Lords, but they have not been replaced. Since the death of the 4th Earl of Kilmorey in 1961, none remains. The right of the Irish Peerage to elect representatives was abolished by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971.
Titles in the Peerage of the United Kingdom have also referred to places in Ireland, for example Baron Arklow (created 1801 and 1881) and Baron Killarney (created 1892 and 1920). Since partition, only places in Northern Ireland have been used, although the 1880 title "Baron Mount Temple, of Mount Temple in the County of Sligo", was recreated in 1932 as "Baron Mount Temple, of Lee in the County of Southampton".
Ranks
In the following table of the Peerage of Ireland as it currently stands, each peer's highest titles in each of the other peerages (if any) are also listed.
Irish peers possessed of titles in any of the other peerages (except Scotland, which only got the right to an automatic seat in 1963, with the Peerage Act 1963) had automatic seats in the House of Lords until 1999.
The Earl of Darnley inherited the Baron Clifton in the Peerage of England in 1722–1900 and 1937–1999 as the barony is in writ.
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Country | Peerage | Years |
|---|---|---|
| {{flag|Kingdom of England|name=England}}
| England | 1066–1707 | ||
| {{flag|Kingdom of Scotland|name=Scotland}}
| Scotland | c. 1140–1707 | ||
| {{flag|Kingdom of Ireland|name=Ireland}}
| Ireland | c. 1170–1922 | ||
| {{flag|Kingdom of Great Britain|name=Great Britain}}
| 1707–1801 | ||
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 1801–present |
Dukes in the Peerage of Ireland
{{see also|List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland#Dukedoms in the Peerage of Ireland, 1661–1868}}
| class="wikitable"
! Shield!! Title !! Creation !! colspan=2|Other Dukedom or higher titles |
| colspan=6|{{flag|Kingdom of Ireland}} |
|---|
| rowspan=2 align=center|25px 25px | rowspan=2|The Duke of Leinster | rowspan=2|26 November 1766 | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Viscount Leinster ! rowspan=2|King George III |
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Kildare
| 1870–1999 |
| colspan=6|{{flag|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} |
| rowspan=2 align=center|25px 25px | rowspan=2|The Duke of Abercorn | rowspan=2|10 August 1868 | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Marquess of Abercorn ! rowspan=2|Queen Victoria |
| {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Viscount Hamilton
| 1786–1999 |
Marquesses in the Peerage of Ireland
{{see also|List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland#Marquessates in the Peerage of Ireland, 1642–1825}}
| class="wikitable"
! Shield!! Title !! Creation !! colspan=2|Other Marquessate or higher titles |
| colspan=6|{{flag|Kingdom of Ireland}} |
|---|
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Marquess of Kildare | 3 March 1761 | colspan=2|Duke of Leinster in Peerage of Ireland. ! rowspan=10|King George III |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Marquess of Waterford | 19 August 1789 | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Baron Tyrone | 1786–1999 |
| rowspan=3 align=center|25px 25px | rowspan=3|The Marquess of DownshireThe Marquess is the Hereditary Constable of Hillsborough Fort | rowspan=3|20 August 1789 | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Earl of Hillsborough | 1772–1999 |
| {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Baron Harwich
| 1756–1999 |
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Sandys |
| rowspan=2 align=center|25px 25px | rowspan=2|The Marquess of DonegallThe Marquess is the Hereditary Lord High Admiral of Lough Neagh and Hereditary Governor of Carrickfergus Castle | rowspan=2|4 July 1791 | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Baron Fisherwick | 1790–1999 |
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Templemore
| 1975–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Marquess of Headfort | 29 December 1800 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Kenlis | 1831–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Marquess of Sligo | 29 December 1800 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Monteagle | 1806–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Marquess of Ely | 29 December 1800 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Loftus | 1801–1999 |
| colspan=6|{{flag|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Marquess Conyngham | 1 January 1816 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Minster | 1821–1999 ! rowspan=3|The Prince Regent on behalf of King George III |
| rowspan=2 align=center|25px 25px | rowspan=2|The Marquess of Londonderry | rowspan=2|13 January 1816 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Earl Vane | 1823–1999 |
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Stewart
| 1814–1999 |
Earls in the Peerage of Ireland
{{see also|List of earldoms#Earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland, 1205–1831}}
- {{legend2|#ADD8E6|Subsidiary title.|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
| class="wikitable"
! Shield!! Title !! Creation !! colspan=2|Other Earldom or higher titles |
| colspan=6|{{flag|Kingdom of Ireland}} |
|---|
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Earl of Kildare | 14 May 1316 | colspan=2|Duke of Leinster in Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Earl of Waterford | 17 July 1446 | colspan=2|Earl of Shrewsbury in the Peerage of England. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Cork | 26 October 1620 | | ! rowspan=3|King James I |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Westmeath | 4 September 1621 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Desmond | 22 November 1622 | colspan=2|Held by the Earl of Denbigh in the Peerage of England since 1675. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Meath | 16 April 1627 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Chaworth | 1831–1999 ! rowspan=3|King Charles I |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Earl of Donegall | 30 March 1647 | colspan=2|Marquess of Donegall in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Cavan | 15 April 1647 | | |
| rowspan=2 align=center|25px 25px | rowspan=2|The Earl of Orrery | rowspan=2|5 September 1660 | colspan=2|Held with Earl of Cork in the Peerage of Ireland since 1753. ! rowspan=4|King Charles II |
| {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Baron Boyle of Marston
| 1711–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Drogheda | 14 June 1661 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Moore | 1954–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Granard | 30 December 1684 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Granard | 1806–1999 |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Earl of Kerry | 17 January 1723 | colspan=2|Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain. ! rowspan=10|King George II |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Darnley | 29 June 1725 | {{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} Baron Clifton | 1937–1999 |
| rowspan=2 align=center|25px 25px | rowspan=2|The Earl of Bessborough | rowspan=2|6 October 1739 | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Baron Ponsonby | 1749–1999 |
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Duncannon
| 1834–1999 |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Earl of Tyrone | 18 July 1746 | colspan=2|Marquess of Waterford in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Carrick | 10 June 1748 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Butler | 1912–1999 |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Earl of Hillsborough | 6 October 1751 | colspan=2|Marquess of Downshire in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Earl of Shelburne | 6 June 1753 | colspan=2|Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Shannon | 17 April 1756 | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Baron Carleton | 1786–1999 |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Earl of Mornington | 2 October 1760 | colspan=2|Duke of Wellington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Arran | 12 April 1762 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Sudley | 1884–1999 ! rowspan=27|King George III |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Courtown | 12 April 1762 | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Baron Saltersford | 1796–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Mexborough | 11 February 1766 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl Winterton | 12 February 1766 | | |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Earl of Bective | 24 October 1766 | colspan=2|Marquess of Headfort in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Kingston | 25 August 1768 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Roden | 1 December 1771 | | |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Earl of Altamont | 4 December 1771 | colspan=2|Marquess of Sligo in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Clanwilliam | 20 January 1776 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Clanwilliam | 1828–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Lisburne | 24 June 1776 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Antrim | 19 June 1785 | | |
| rowspan=2 align=center|25px 25px | rowspan=2|The Earl of Longford | rowspan=2|20 June 1785 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Silchester | 1821–1999 |
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Pakenham
| 1945–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Portarlington | 21 June 1785 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Mayo | 24 June 1785 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl Annesley | 7 August 1789 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Enniskillen | 18 August 1789 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Grinstead | 1815–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl Erne | 19 August 1789 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Fermanagh | 1876–1999 |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Earl of Ely | 2 March 1794 | colspan=2|Marquess of Ely in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Lucan | 1 October 1795 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Bingham | 1934–1974/1999 |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Earl of Londonderry | 8 August 1796 | colspan=2|Marquess of Londonderry in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Earl Conyngham | 5 November 1797 | colspan=2|Marquess Conyngham in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl Belmore | 20 November 1797 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Caledon | 29 December 1800 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl Castle Stewart | 29 December 1800 | | |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Earl of Clanricarde | 29 December 1800 | colspan=2|Marquess of Sligo in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Donoughmore | 29 December 1800 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Viscount Hutchinson | 1821–1999 |
| colspan=6|{{flag|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Limerick | 1 January 1803 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Worlingham | 1815–1999 ! rowspan=8|King George III |
| rowspan=2 align=center|25px 25px | rowspan=2|The Earl of Clancarty | rowspan=2|11 February 1803 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Viscount Clancarty | 1823–1999 |
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Trench
| 1815–1999 |
| rowspan=2 align=center|25px 25px | rowspan=2|The Earl of Gosford | rowspan=2|1 February 1806 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Worlingham | 1835–1999 |
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Acheson
| 1847–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Rosse | 3 February 1806 | |
| rowspan=2 align=center|25px 25px | rowspan=2|The Earl of Normanton | rowspan=2|6 February 1806 | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Baron Mendip | 1974–1999 |
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Somerton
| 1873–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Kilmorey | 5 February 1822 | | ! rowspan=3|King George IV |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Listowel | 5 February 1822 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Hare | 1869–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Norbury | 23 June 1827 | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Earl of Ranfurly | 14 September 1831 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Ranfurly | 1826–1999 |
Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland
{{see also|List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland#Viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland, c.1406–1816}}
- {{legend2|#ADD8E6|Subsidiary title.|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
| class="wikitable"
! Shield!! Title !! Creation !! colspan=2|Other Viscountcy or higher titles |
| colspan=6|{{flag|Kingdom of Ireland}} |
|---|
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Gormanston | 7 August 1478 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Gormanston | 1868–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Mountgarret | 23 October 1550 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Mountgarret | 1911–1999 |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Grandison | 3 July 1620 | colspan=2|Earl of Jersey in the Peerage of England. ! rowspan=5|King James I |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Moore | 7 February 1621 | colspan=2|Earl of Drogheda in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Valentia | 11 March 1622 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Dillon | 16 March 1622 | | |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Callan | 22 November 1622 | colspan=2|Earl of Denbigh in the Peerage of England. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Chichester | 1 April 1625 | colspan=2|Marquess of Donegall in the Peerage of Ireland. ! rowspan=5|King Charles I |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Kilmorey | 18 April 1625 | colspan=2|Earl of Kilmorey in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky | 28 February 1627 | colspan=2|Earl of Cork in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Lumley | 12 July 1628 | colspan=2|Earl of Scarbrough in the Peerage of England. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Ikerrin | 12 May 1629 | colspan=2|Earl of Carrick in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Massereene | 21 November 1660 | | ! rowspan=5|King Charles II |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Cholmondeley | 29 March 1661 | colspan=2|Marquess of Cholmondeley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Charlemont | 8 October 1665 | | |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Granard | 29 June 1675 | colspan=2|Earl of Granard in the Peerage of Ireland |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Downe | 19 February 1681 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Dawnay | 1897–1999 |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Lisburne | 29 June 1695 | colspan=2|Earl of Lisburne in the Peerage of Ireland ! rowspan=2|King William III |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Strabane | 2 September 1701 | colspan=2|Duke of Abercorn in the Peerage of Ireland |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Molesworth | 10 Jul 1716 | | ! rowspan=11|King George I |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Chetwynd | 29 June 1717 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Midleton | 15 August 1717 | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Baron Brodrick | 1796–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Boyne | 20 August 1717 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Brancepeth | 1866–1999 |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Hillsborough | 29 May 1719 | colspan=2|Marquess of Downshire in the Peerage of Ireland |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Grimston | 29 May 1719 | colspan=2|Earl of Verulam in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Gage | 14 September 1720 | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Baron Gage | 1790–1999 |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Tyrone | 4 November 1720 | colspan=2|Marquess of Waterford in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Clanmaurice | 17 January 1722 | colspan=2|Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Duncannon | 28 February 1723 | colspan=2|Earl of Bessborough in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Darnley | 7 March 1723 | colspan=2|Earl of Darnley in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Galway | 17 July 1727 | | ! rowspan=7|King George II |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Powerscourt | 4 February 1743 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Powerscourt | 1885–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Ashbrook | 30 September 1751 | | |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Kilwarlin | 3 October 1751 | colspan=2|Marquess of Downshire in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Fitzmaurice | 7 October 1751 | colspan=2|Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Jocelyn | 6 December 1755 | colspan=2|Earl of Roden in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Sudley | 15 August 1758 | colspan=2|Earl of Arran in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Headfort | 12 April 1762 | colspan=2|Marquess of Headfort in the Peerage of Ireland. ! rowspan=30|King George III |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Glerawly | 14 November 1766 | colspan=2|Earl Annesley in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Kingsborough | 15 November 1766 | colspan=2|Earl of Kingston in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Clanwilliam | 17 November 1766 | colspan=2|Earl of Clanwilliam in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Westport | 24 August 1768 | colspan=2|Marquess of Sligo in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Southwell | 18 July 1776 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount de Vesci | 19 July 1776 | | |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Enniskillen | 20 July 1776 | colspan=2|Earl of Enniskillen in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Carlow | 24 July 1776 | colspan=2|Earl of Portarlington in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Erne | 6 January 1781 | colspan=2|Earl Erne in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Lifford | 8 January 1781 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Bangor | 11 January 1781 | | |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Mayo | 13 January 1781 | colspan=2|Earl of Mayo in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Gosford | 20 June 1785 | colspan=2|Earl of Gosford in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Doneraile | 22 June 1785 | | |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Belmore | 6 December 1789 | colspan=2|Earl Belmore in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Conyngham | 6 December 1789 | colspan=2|Marquess Conyngham in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Harberton | 5 July 1791 | | |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Northland | 5 July 1791 | colspan=2|Earl of Ranfurly in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Hawarden | 5 December 1793 | | |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Castle Stuart | 20 December 1793 | colspan=2|Earl Castle Stewart in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Loftus | 2 March 1794 | colspan=2|Marquess of Ely in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Castlereagh | 1 October 1795 | colspan=2|Marquess of Londonderry in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Mount Charles | 5 November 1797 | colspan=2|Marquess Conyngham in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| rowspan=2 align=center|25px 25px | rowspan=2|The Viscount Ferrard | rowspan=2|22 November 1797 | colspan=2|Held by with Viscount Massereene in the Peerage of Ireland since 1843. |
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Oriel
| 1821–1999 |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Caledon | 23 November 1797 | colspan=2|Earl of Caledon in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Donoughmore | 20 December 1797 | colspan=2|Earl of Donoughmore in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Dunlo | 29 December 1800 | colspan=2|Earls of Clancarty in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Somerton | 29 December 1800 | colspan=2|Earl of Normanton in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| colspan=6|{{flag|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Monck | 5 January 1801 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Monck | 1866–1999 ! rowspan=2|King George III |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Lorton | 28 May 1806 | colspan=2|Earl of Kingston in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| style="background:#ADD8E6;"
| The Viscount Ennismore and Listowel | 15 January 1816 | colspan=2|Earl of Listowel in the Peerage of Ireland. ! rowspan=2|The Prince Regent on behalf of King George III |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Viscount Gort | 16 January 1816 | | |
Barons in the Peerage of Ireland
In Ireland, barony may also refer to a semi-obsolete political subdivision of a county. There is no connection between such a barony and the noble title of baron.
{{see also|List of baronies in the Peerage of Ireland}}
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! Shield!! Title !! Creation !! colspan=2|Other Barony or higher titles |
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| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Kingsale | 1397 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Dunsany | 1439 | | !rowspan=1|King Henry VI |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Dunboyne | 1541 | | !rowspan=3|King Henry VIII |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Louth | 1541 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Inchiquin | 1543 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Digby | 1620 | Sat as Lord Digby in the Peerage of Great Britain in House of Lords from 1765–1999. | |
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| The Lord Conway and Killultagh | 1712 | Marquess of Hertford in the Peerage of Great Britain; | !rowspan=4|King George I |
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| The Lord Newborough | 1715 | Marquess of Cholmondeley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Carbery | 1715 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Aylmer | 1718 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Farnham | 1756 | | !rowspan=2|King George II |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Lisle | 1758 | | |
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| The Lord Clive | 1762 | Earl of Powis in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; | !rowspan=32|King George III |
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| The Lord Mulgrave | 1767 | Marquess of Normanby in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Newborough | 1776 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Macdonald | 1776 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Kensington | 1776 | Lord Kensington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in House of Lords from 1886–1999. | |
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| The Lord Westcote | 1776 | Viscount Cobham in the Peerage of Great Britain. | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Massy | 1776 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Muskerry | 1781 | | |
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| The Lord Hood | 1782 | Viscount Hood in the Peerage of Great Britain. | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Sheffield | 1783 | Sat as Lord Stanley of Alderley in Peerage of the United Kingdom in House of Lords from 1903–1999; | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Kilmaine | 1789 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Auckland | 1789 | Sat as Lord Auckland in the Peerage of Great Britain in House of Lords from 1793–1999. | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Waterpark | 1792 | | |
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| The Lord Bridport | 1794 | Viscount Bridport in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Graves | 1794 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Huntingfield | 1796 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Carrington | 1796 | Sat as Lord Carrington in the Peerage of Great Britain in House of Lords from 1797–1999. | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Lord Rossmore | 1796 | Sat as Lord Rossmore in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in House of Lords from 1838–1999. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Hotham | 17 March 1797 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Crofton | 1 December 1797 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron ffrench | 14 February 1798 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Henley | 9 November 1799 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Northington | 1885–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Clanmorris | 31 July 1800 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Dufferin and Claneboye | 31 July 1800 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Dunalley | 31 July 1800 | | |
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| The Baron Ennismore | 31 July 1800 | colspan=2|Earl of Listowel in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Henniker | 31 July 1800 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Hartismere | 1866–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Langford | 31 July 1800 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Ventry | 31 July 1800 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Ashtown | 27 December 1800 | | |
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| The Baron Norbury | 27 December 1800 | colspan=2|Earl of Norbury in the Peerage of Ireland. |
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| The Baron Erris | 29 December 1800 | colspan=2|Viscount Kingston in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| colspan=6|{{flag|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Rendlesham | 1 February 1806 | | ! rowspan=2|King George III |
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| The Baron Kiltarton | 15 May 1810 | colspan=2|Viscount Gort in the Peerage of Ireland. |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Decies | 21 December 1812 | | ! rowspan=3|The Prince Regent on behalf of King George III |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Castlemaine | 24 December 1812 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Garvagh | 28 August 1818 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Talbot of MalahideThe Baron is the Hereditary Lord Admiral of Malahide and the Adjacent Seas | 26 May 1831 | | ! rowspan=2|King William IV |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Carew | 13 June 1834 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Carew | 1838–1999 |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Oranmore and Browne | 4 July 1836 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Baron Mereworth | 1926–1999 ! rowspan=4|Queen Victoria |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Bellew | 10 July 1848 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Fermoy | 10 September 1865 | | |
| align=center|25px 25px | The Baron Rathdonnell | 21 December 1868 | | |
Extinct peerages
Two Irish earldoms have become extinct since the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, both in 2011:
- Earl of Egmont (1733), Viscount Perceval (1722), Baron Perceval (1715), Baron Lovel and Holland (GB 1762), Baron Arden (1770), Baron Arden (UK 1802)
- Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (1822), Viscount Mount-Earl (1816), Viscount Adare (1822), Baron Adare (1800), Baron Kenry (UK 1866)
See also
- List of Irish representative peers
- Irish nobility, which distinguishes three groups of Irish nobility, the other two being:
- Gaelic nobility of Ireland
- Hiberno-Normans
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{Cite book |editor-last=Courthope |editor-first=William |title=Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: 22nd edition |year=1838 |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ru4UAAAAQAAJ }}
- {{Cite book |last=Lodge |first=John |author2=Archdall, Mervyn |title=The Peerage of Ireland: Volume I |publisher=James Moore |year=1789 |location=Dublin |url=https://archive.org/details/peerageirelando00archgoog }}
- {{Cite book |last=Lodge |first=John |author2=Archdall, Mervyn |title=The Peerage of Ireland: Volume II |publisher=James Moore |year=1789 |location=Dublin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8tg9AAAAcAAJ}}
- {{Cite book |last=Kimber |first=Edward |title=The Peerage of Ireland: Volume II |publisher=J Alman |year=1768 |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JW8UAAAAYAAJ }}
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