Annual Report and Accounts 1998-99


APPENDIX C



Composition of the House of Lords
as at 1 April 1998

Archbishops and bishops
26
Peers by succession
    (of whom 16 are women)
750
Hereditary peers of first creation
9
Life peers under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876
26
Life peers under the Life Peerages Act 1958
    (of whom 80 are women)
462
TOTAL
1,273
    Of whom:
Peers without Writs of Summons
    (of whom 2 are minors)
68
Peers on leave of absence from the House
58
10 persons who had inherited peerages have disclaimed them for life (3 of these now sit in the House by virtue of other titles)


as at 31 March 1999

Archbishops and bishops
26
Peers by succession
    (of whom 16 are women)
751
Hereditary peers of first creation
8
Life peers under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876
27
Life peers under the Life Peerages Act 1958
    (of whom 80 are women)
478
TOTAL
1,290
    Of whom:
Peers without Writs of Summons
    (of whom 2 are minors)
70
Peers on leave of absence from the House
60
10 persons who had inherited peerages have disclaimed them for life (3 of these now sit in the House by virtue of other titles)





 
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