6-460: Baron Conyers is a title in the Peerage of England . It was created on 17 October 1509 for William Conyers, the son-in-law of William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent . The abeyance after the death of the 3rd baron was terminated for the 7th Baron Darcy de Knayth , these baronies were held together until the abeyance of 1888, after which the abeyance of these two baronies were separately terminated. Since 1509,
12-459: The Barons Conyers had held a part of the "right" to the barony Fauconberg , i.e. the part for which the abeyance was terminated in 1903; and since the termination of the abeyance of the barony Fauconberg, the two baronies, Conyers and Fauconberg, had been held together; from 1948 they were abeyant between the two daughters of the 5th Earl of Yarborough. On the death of the younger daughter in 2012
18-720: The Hon Beatrix Diana Miller (born 1955). Peerage of England The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerage of Great Britain . There are five peerages in the United Kingdom in total. English Peeresses obtained their first seats in
24-650: The House of Lords under the Peerage Act 1963 from which date until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 all Peers of England could sit in the House of Lords . The ranks of the English peerage are, in descending order, duke , marquess , earl , viscount , and baron . While most newer English peerages descend only in the male line, many of the older ones (particularly older baronies) can descend through females. Such peerages follow
30-593: The abeyance terminated automatically in favour of her elder sister, the 15th holder of the title. Since the death of the latter in 2013, the title is in abeyance once more. The baronies Conyers and Darcy de Knayth originated the courtesy title of the eldest son of the Earl of Holderness as Lord Darcy and Conyers . The co-heiresses to the title are the two daughters of the 15th baroness, the Hon Marcia Anne Miller (born 1954) otherwise known as Anthea Theresa Lycett, and
36-536: The old English inheritance law of moieties so all daughters (or granddaughters through the same root) stand as co-heirs, so some such titles are in such a state of abeyance between these. Baronets , while holders of hereditary titles, as such are not peers and not entitled to stand for election in the House of Lords. Knights , dames and holders of other non-hereditary orders, decorations, and medals are also not peers. The following tables only show peerages, still in existence. For lists of every peerage created at
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