List of peerages created for women

This is a list of peerages created for women in the peerages of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom. It does not include peerages created for men which were later inherited by women, or life peerages created since 1958.

Prior to the regular creation of life peerages, the great majority of peerages were created for men. Suo jure peeresses are known from an early period; however, most of them were women to whom a peerage had passed as an inheritance. It was very rare for a woman to be created a peeress before the 17th century. Peeresses, whether by creation or inheritance, did not take seats in the House of Lords; and in some but not all cases, peeresses of first creation were created for life only.

Created peeresses fall into the following categories:

• Created for merit or achievement
• Having a father who was a peer, but who under the terms of the peerage could not pass the peerage to his daughter. Such an event could create the anomalous situation of commoners holding important lands and estates traditionally associated with lordship.
• Closely connected to a reigning monarch (including many royal mistresses)
• Created to honor a relative, including:
  • As a posthumous honor for a dead husband, often one who would have received a peerage if he had not died
  • To honor a husband who was living, but could not or would not accept a peerage in his own right
  • To confer nobility upon the peeress's children, again often in recognition of the achievement of a husband

The peerages are listed chronologically, divided by the monarch who created them.

Richard II

Date	Title	Recipient	Current status	Notes
1397	Duchess of Norfolk Peerage of England	Margaret, 2nd Countess of Norfolk	Extinct on death of recipient 24 March 1399.	For life only.

Henry VIII

Date	Title	Recipient	Current status	Notes
1532	Lady Marquess of Pembroke Peerage of England	Anne Boleyn	Forfeited upon conviction for treason 15 May 1536.	Second wife of Henry VIII.

James I

Date	Title	Recipient	Current status	Notes
1618	Countess of Buckingham Peerage of England	Mary, Lady Villiers	Extinct on death of recipient 1632.	For life only.
29 July 1620	Baroness Offaly Peerage of Ireland	Lettice Digby	Extant as a subsidiary title of the Duke of Leinster.	Granddaughter of the 1st Baron Offaly of the first creation.
8 July 1623	Viscountess Maidstone Peerage of England	Elizabeth Finch	Extant as a subsidiary title of the Earl of Winchilsea.

Charles I

Date	Title	Recipient	Current status	Notes
29 February 1628	Lady Cramond Peerage of Scotland	Elizabeth, Lady Richardson	Extinct 1735.
12 July 1628	Countess of Winchilsea Peerage of England	Elizabeth, 1st Viscountess Maidstone	Extant.
12 September 1640	Baroness Stafford Peerage of England	Mary (Stafford) Howard	Extinct on death of recipient 1693.	For life only. Sister of the 5th Baron Stafford of the fourth creation and wife of the 1st Baron Stafford of the fifth creation
1641	Countess Rivers Peerage of England	Elizabeth, Viscountess Savage	Extinct on death of recipient, 9 March 1650.	For life only. Daughter of the 1st Earl Rivers of the second creation who could not inherit his title.
23 May 1644	Duchess of Dudley Peerage of England	Alice Dudley	Extinct on death of recipient 1668.	For life only. Wife of Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick.

Charles II

Date	Title	Recipient	Current status	Notes
29 May 1660	Countess of Chesterfield Peerage of England	Katherine Stanhope, Lady Stanhope	Extinct on death of recipient, 9 April 1667.	For life only. For service.
1660	Countess of Guilford Peerage of England	Elizabeth Boyle, Viscountess Boyle	Extinct on death of recipient, 1667.	For life only.
20 April 1663	Duchess of Buccleuch Peerage of Scotland	Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch	Extant.	On the occasion of her marriage to James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
1663	Baroness Lucas, of Crudwell, in the County of Wiltshire Peerage of England	Mary Grey, Countess of Kent	Extant.	Daughter of John, 1st Baron Lucas.
June 1667	Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Southampton, and Baroness Nonsuch, of Nonsuch Park Peerage of England	Barbara Palmer, Countess of Castlemaine	Extinct 1774.	Mistress of Charles II.
19 August 1673	Duchess of Portsmouth, Countess of Fareham, and Baroness Petersfield Peerage of England	Louise de Kérouaille	Extinct on death of recipient 14 November 1734.	For life only. Mistress of Charles II.
1674	Baroness Belasyse Peerage of England	Susan Belasyse	Extinct on death of the recipient in 1713.	For life only.
1674	Viscountess Bayning Peerage of England	Anne Murray	Extinct on death of recipient 1678.	For life only.
1679	Viscountess Corbet	Sarah Corbet		For life only.
1680	Countess of Sheppey	Elizabeth Walter		For life only.

James II

Date	Title	Recipient	Current status	Notes
1686	Countess of Dorchester and Baroness Darlington Peerage of England	Catherine Sedley	Extinct on death of recipient 26 October 1717	For life only. Mistress of James II.
5 October 1688	Countess of Stafford Peerage of England	Mary Howard, Baroness Stafford	Extinct on death of recipient, 1693.	For life only. Wife of William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, executed 1680.
13 December 1688	Baroness Shelburne Peerage of Ireland	Elizabeth Petty	Extinct on death of recipient, February 1708.	For life only.

George I

Date	Title	Recipient	Current status	Notes
1715	Countess Granville and Viscountess Carteret Peerage of Great Britain	Grace Granville Carteret	Extinct 1776.	Daughter of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
18 July 1716	Duchess of Munster, Marchioness and Countess of Dungannon, and Baroness Dundalk Peerage of Ireland	Melusine von der Schulenburg	All titles extinct on death of recipient, 10 May 1743.	For life only. Mistress and unofficial wife of George I.
19 March 1719	Duchess of Kendal, Countess of Feversham, and Baroness Glastonbury Peerage of Great Britain
1721	Countess of Leinster Peerage of Ireland	Countess Sophia von Platen	Extinct on death of recipient 20 April 1725.	For life only. Half-sister of George I.
1722	Countess of Darlington and Baroness Brentford Peerage of Great Britain
1722	Countess of Walsingham Peerage of Great Britain	Melusina von der Schulenburg	Extinct on death of recipient 16 September 1778.	For life only. Illegitimate daughter of George I.

George II

Date	Title	Recipient	Current status	Notes
March 1740	Countess of Yarmouth Peerage of Great Britain	Amalie von Wallmoden	Extinct on death of recipient, 19 October 1765.	For life only. Mistress of George II.
1746	Viscountess Grandison Peerage of Ireland	Elizabeth Mason	Extinct 1800.	Daughter of John Villiers, 1st Earl Grandison.
1749	Countess Temple Peerage of Great Britain	Hester Grenville, 2nd Viscountess Cobham	Extinct 26 March 1889.
1 August 1758	Countess of Brandon Peerage of Ireland	Ellis Agar Bourke Bermingham	Extinct on death of recipient, 11 March 1789	For life only.

George III

Date	Title	Recipient	Current status	Notes
1760	Baroness Stawell Peerage of Great Britain	Mary Bilson-Legge	Extinct 1820.	Daughter of the 4th Baron Stawell who could not inherit his title.
4 December 1761	Baroness Chatham Peerage of Great Britain	Lady Hester Pitt	Extinct 24 September 1835.	Wife of William Pitt the Elder, the recently resigned leader of the House of Commons.
1761	Baroness Mount Stuart Peerage of Great Britain	Mary Stuart, Countess of Bute	Extant as a subsidiary title of the Marquess of Bute.	Wife of the Earl of Bute, soon to become Prime Minister.
7 March 1762	Baroness Holland Peerage of Great Britain	Caroline Fox	Extinct 18 December 1859.	Wife of Henry Fox, then Leader of the House of Commons.
1766	Viscountess Langford and Baroness Summerhill Peerage of Ireland	Elizabeth Rowley	Extinct 1796.
1767	Countess Grandison and Viscountess Villiers Peerage of Ireland	Elizabeth Mason, Viscountess Grandison	Extinct 1800.
28 August 1767	Baroness Greenwich Peerage of Great Britain	Lady Caroline Townshend	Extinct on death of recipient 11 January 1794.	Daughter of John Campbell, 1st Duke of Greenwich.
1770	Baroness Arden Peerage of Ireland	Catherine Perceval, Countess of Egmont	Extinct 2011.
20 May 1776	Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon Peerage of Great Britain	Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll	Extant as a subsidiary title of the Duke of Argyll.
1783	Baroness Donoughmore Peerage of Ireland	Christiana Hely-Hutchinson	Extant as a subsidiary title of the Earl of Donoughmore.
1783	Countess of Longford Peerage of Ireland	Elizabeth Pakenham	Extant.
1790	Baroness Oriel of Collon Peerage of Ireland	Margaretta Amelia Foster	Extant as a subsidiary title of the Viscount Ferrard.
1792	Baroness Waterpark Peerage of Ireland	Sarah Cavendish	Extant.
13 June 1792	Baroness Fermanagh Peerage of Ireland	Mary Verney	Extinct on death of recipient 15 November 1810.	Granddaughter of Ralph Verney, 1st Earl Verney.
1792	Baroness Bath Peerage of Great Britain	Laura Pulteney	Extinct on death of recipient, 14 July 1808.
1793	Countess of Wicklow Peerage of Ireland	Alice (Forward) Howard	Extinct 1978.	Widow of Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow.
1795	Baroness Hood Peerage of Great Britain	Susanna Hood	Extant as a subsidiary title of the Viscount Hood.
1795	Baroness Kilwarden Peerage of Ireland	Anne Wolfe	Extinct 1830.
1 December 1797	Baroness Crofton Peerage of Ireland	Anne, Lady Crofton	Extant.	In place of her husband, Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet, who died 30 September 1797.
1797	Viscountess Ferrard Peerage of Ireland	Margaretta Amelia Foster, 1st Baroness Oriel	Extant.
1797	Baroness Norwood Peerage of Ireland	Grace Toler	Extant as a subsidiary title of the Earl of Norbury.
1798	Baroness ffrench Peerage of Ireland	Rose, Lady ffrench	Extant.	For her son, Sir Thomas ffrench, who later inherited the title.
31 July 1800	Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye Peerage of Ireland	Dorcas, Lady Blackwood	Extant.	In place of her late husband, Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet, d. 27 February 1799.
1800	Baroness Nugent Peerage of Ireland	Mary Nugent-Temple-Grenville	Extinct 1850.
28 May 1801	Baroness Abercromby Peerage of the United Kingdom	Mary Abercromby	Extinct 1924.	In place of her husband Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, who died 28 March 1801 following the Battle of Alexandria.
1802	Baroness Sandys Peerage of the United Kingdom	Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire	Extant.
1803	Viscountess Newcomen Peerage of Ireland	Charlotte Gleadowe-Newcomen	Extinct 1825.
1803	Countess of Bath Peerage of the United Kingdom	Laura, 1st Baroness Bath	Extinct upon death of recipient, 14 July 1808.
1816	Countess de Grey Peerage of the United Kingdom	Amabel Hume-Campbell, 5th Baroness Lucas	Extinct 1923.

George IV

Date	Title	Recipient	Current status	Notes
1821	Baroness Rayleigh Peerage of the United Kingdom	Lady Charlotte Strutt	Extant.	In place of her husband, Joseph Strutt MP, who refused a peerage.
31 July 1826	Baroness FitzGerald and Vesey Peerage of Ireland	Catherine Vesey	Extinct 20 March 1860.
22 January 1828	Viscountess Canning Peerage of the United Kingdom	Joan Scott Canning	Extinct 17 June 1862.	In place of her husband George Canning, Prime Minister, who died in office 8 August 1827.

William IV

Date	Title	Recipient	Current status	Notes
1831	Baroness Talbot of Malahide Peerage of Ireland	Margaret Talbot	Extant.
1831	Baroness Wenman Peerage of the United Kingdom	Sophia Wykeham	Extinct upon death of recipient 1870.
1831	Baroness Stratheden Peerage of the United Kingdom	The Hon. Mary, Lady Campbell	Extant.	Wife of Sir John Campbell.

Victoria

Date	Title	Recipient	Current status	Notes
10 April 1840	Duchess of Inverness Peerage of the United Kingdom	Lady Cecilia Underwood	Extinct upon death of recipient 1 August 1873.	Illegally married to Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex.
21 October 1861	Countess of Cromartie Peerage of the United Kingdom	Anne, Duchess of Sutherland	Extant.	Descendant of George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie.
27 April 1864	Baroness Buckhurst Peerage of the United Kingdom	Elizabeth, Countess De La Warr	Extant, but subsidiary to the title Earl De La Warr.	Daughter of John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset and 9th Baron Buckhurst.
1868	Viscountess Beaconsfield Peerage of the United Kingdom	Mary Anne Disraeli	Extinct upon death of recipient, 15 December 1872.	Placeholder for her husband Benjamin Disraeli, who remained in the House of Commons.
1871	Baroness Burdett-Coutts Peerage of the United Kingdom	Angela Burdett-Coutts	Extinct upon death of recipient, 30 December 1906.	For service.
1880	Baroness Bolsover Peerage of the United Kingdom	Lady Augusta Cavendish-Bentinck	Extinct 21 March 1977.	In place of her deceased husband Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck.
1891	Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe	Agnes, Lady Macdonald	Extinct on death of recipient, 5 September 1920.	In place of her husband, Sir John A. Macdonald, who died in office as Prime Minister of Canada 6 June 1891.
1891	Viscountess Hambleden Peerage of the United Kingdom	Emily Danvers Smith	Extant.	In place of her husband, William Henry Smith, who died in office as Leader of the House of Commons 6 October 1891.
2 August 1899	Baroness Dorchester Peerage of the United Kingdom	Henrietta Carleton	Extinct 20 January 1963.	Daughter of 3rd Baron Dorchester who could not inherit his title.

George V

Date	Title	Recipient	Current status	Notes
1928	Countess Cave of Richmond Peerage of the United Kingdom	Anne Cave, Viscountess Cave	Extinct upon death of recipient 1938.	In place of her husband, George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave, who died 29 March 1928, the day of his resignation as Lord Chancellor.

George VI

Date	Title	Recipient	Current status	Notes
6 May 1943	Viscountess Daventry Peerage of the United Kingdom	Muriel FitzRoy	Extant.	In place of her husband, Edward FitzRoy who died in office as Speaker of the House of Commons 3 March 1943.

See also

• List of peerages inherited by women