Sentences with phrase «offers of a peerage»

This prevented an offer of a peerage at the time.

He accused David Cameron of being «obsessed with PR», the party claimed that he had been asking for a peerage, but he counter-claimed that the party had actually been wooing him with the offer of a peerage.

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The Jewish academic - cum - community organiser was astounded when he was offered a peerage, out of the blue, by Ed Miliband in the new year honours list.

Harold Macmillan declined a peerage on leaving office, but over 20 years after retiring accepted a second offer of the customary, hereditary earldom for retiring Prime Ministers, as Earl of Stockton; this was the last earldom to be offered outside the Royal Family.