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            • The first life peers
              • Sir Robert John Graham Boothby, Lord Boothby of Buchan and Rattray Head
              • Victor John Collins, Lord Stonham of Earl Stonham
              • (Mary) Irene Curzon, Baroness Ravensdale of Kedleston
              • Katharine Elliot, Baroness Elliot of Harwood
              • Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale
              • Sir Charles Geddes, Baron Geddes of Epsom
              • Daniel Granville West, Lord Granville-West of Pontypool
              • Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading and Baroness Swanborough
              • Hubert Lister Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington
              • Victor Noel-Paton, Baron Ferrier of Culter
              • Sir Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton, Lord Shackleton of Burley
              • Sir John Sebastian Bach Stopford, Lord Stopford of Fallowfield
              • Stephen James Lake Taylor, Lord Taylor of Harlow
              • Sir Edward Francis Twining, Lord Twining of Tanganyika and of Godalming
              • Barbara Frances Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger

The first life peers

The first fourteen life peers, ten men and four women, were announced on 24 July 1958. An additional life peer, Lord Parker, was announced on 5 September 1958.

  • Sir Robert John Graham Boothby, Lord Boothby of Buchan and Rattray Head (1900-1986)

  • Victor John Collins, Lord Stonham of Earl Stonham (1903-1971)

  • (Mary) Irene Curzon, Baroness Ravensdale of Kedleston (1896-1966)

  • Katharine Elliot, Baroness Elliot of Harwood (1903-1994)

  • Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale (1897-1974)

  • Sir Charles Geddes, Baron Geddes of Epsom (1897-1963)

  • Daniel Granville West, Lord Granville-West of Pontypool (1904-1984)

  • Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading and Baroness Swanborough (1894-1971)

  • Hubert Lister Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington (1900-1972)

  • Victor Noel-Paton, Baron Ferrier of Culter (1900-1992)

  • Sir Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton, Lord Shackleton of Burley (1911-1994)

  • Sir John Sebastian Bach Stopford, Lord Stopford of Fallowfield (1888-1961)

  • Stephen James Lake Taylor, Lord Taylor of Harlow (1910-1988)

  • Sir Edward Francis Twining, Lord Twining of Tanganyika and of Godalming (1899-1967)

  • Barbara Frances Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger (1897-1988)

Also within Living Heritage

  • Life Peerages Act 1958

Women in the House of Lords

Find out more about the history of women in the House of Lords:

  • House of Lords Library Note: Women in the House of Lords (PDF)

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