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)
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