Sentences with phrase «hereditary peerage»
A "hereditary peerage" refers to a system where titles or positions of power, such as nobility or aristocracy, are passed down from one generation to the next within a family. This means that certain individuals inherit their positions or titles based on their family lineage, rather than being chosen or elected. Full definition
We should not aspire to the inequality of hereditary peerages as portrayed in Downton Abbey, says Eleanor Laing
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As with hereditary peerages, baronetcies generally ceased to be granted after the Labour Party came to power in 1964.
«I'm against hereditary peerages - I'm even more against hereditary MPs,» he says forcefully.
By 2017 Labour's policy had changed to a «belief» in an elected second chamber but a commitment only to stopping hereditary peerages and reducing the size of the House of Lords:
The rule of primogeniture, which sees the succession of hereditary peerages pass to a male even if the son is born after a daughter, has long been a headache for dispossessed females.
Originally composed only of hereditary peerage (the dukes, the marquesses, the earls, etc), it was once the most powerful part of parliament.
Historically, hereditary peerages were awarded to members of the landowning aristocracy and royal favourites.
In the second half of the 20th century the granting of hereditary peerages, other than to members of the Royal Family, virtually ceased, giving way to life peerages, which have been granted since the passing of the Life Peerages Act 1958.
Eventually, having bought The Scotsman, The Sunday Times and later The Times, he became sufficiently important to Harold Wilson that he was given a hereditary peerage as Baron Thomson of Fleet.
I am not arguing in favour of hereditary peerages - I think those are just crazy - but that's just my view of course.
Surely if the monarchy can change to regularise the role of women then so can hereditary peerages.»
The Peerage Act 1963 allows the holder of an hereditary peerage to disclaim their title for life.
Male primogeniture is no longer the rule for succession to the Crown, but it hasn't gone away entirely: it still applies to hereditary peerages, which has some noblemen's daughters up in arms of late.