Peerage Creations: Chronological Lists of Creations in the Peerages of England and Great Britain 1649-1800 and of Ireland 1603-1898

This volume contains chronological lists of creation in the peerages of England and Great Britain 1649-1800 and of Ireland 1603-1898 providing details of the grantees and the peerages conferred, indicating any special features and including full details of the sources used.

• Each entry specifies the date of creation, the names of the grantee and both the principal and any subordinate titles conferred
  
• Includes the sources from which the information is derived, together with an indication of where the texts of the patents of creation are to be found
  
• Details are also provided where a peerage was granted with a special limitation in remainder
  
• Based on a systematic examination of the documents of creation which has led to the correction of numerous errors - this is of particular value in the case of Ireland where the public records were destroyed in 1922