- Look up Peer or peer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Peer or
peeress may
refer to: Peer, an
equal in age,
education or
social class; see Peer group...
- In the
United Kingdom, life
peers are
appointed members of the
peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in
contrast to
hereditary peers. Life
peers are...
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Peeress (foaled 1
February 2001) is a
British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In a
racing career which lasted from
November 2003
until May 2007...
- Lady
Elizabeth Mary Finch-Hatton (née Murray; 18 May 1760 – 1 June 1825) was a
British aristocrat and the
subject of a
notable painting, once
thought to...
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majority of
hereditary peerages can only be
inherited by men, the
number of
peeresses in
their own
right is very small; only 18 out of 758
hereditary peers...
- Grey; born 26 July 1969),
known as
Tanni Grey-Thompson, is a
Welsh life
peeress,
television presenter and
former wheelchair racer. Grey-Thompson started...
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Beaconsfield (née Evans; 11
November 1792 – 15
December 1872) was a
British peeress and
society figure who was the wife of the
British statesman Benjamin Disraeli...
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Margaret Pole. She was one of just two
women in 16th-century
England to be a
peeress in her own
right (suo jure)
without a
husband in the
House of Lords. One...
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Ravensdale of Kedleston, CBE (20
January 1896 – 9
February 1966), was a
British peeress,
socialite and philanthropist.
Irene was born at 4
Carlton House Gardens...
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Dowager Baroness Glenconner, LVO (née Coke; born 16 July 1932) is a
British peeress and socialite. The
daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester, Lady Glenconner...
