Female hereditary members of the House of Lords

The list Female hereditary members of the House of Lords includes Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, Patricia Mountbatten, Barbara Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun, Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland and Diana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll. The list consists of 21 members.

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Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby

English peeress (born 1934)

Overview: Nancy Jane Marie Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (born 1 December 1934) is an English peer and member of the Astor family. She is a 1⁄4 holder of the office of Lord ...

Date of birth: 1 December 1934

Age: 90

Nationality: English

Occupation: Socialite

Gender: Female

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British maids of honour 64T

21st-century English women 856T

20th-century English women 1,268T
2.

Patricia Mountbatten

2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma

Overview: Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, CBE, MSC, CD (née Mountbatten; 14 February 1924 – 13 June 2017) was a British peeress and the third cousin of Queen Elizabeth ...

Date of birth: 14 February 1924

Date of death: 13 June 2017

Age: 93 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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Hewitt School alumni 17T

2017 deaths 9,475T

House of Mountbatten 21T
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Barbara Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun

British peeress and politician

Overview: Barbara Huddleston Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun (3 July 1919 – 1 November 2002), was a Scottish countess in her own right, and a member of the House of Lords. Lady Loudoun was the oldest ...

Date of birth: 1919

Date of death: 2002

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Gender: Female

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20th-century British women politicians 386T

20th-century Scottish women 75T

20th-century Scottish politicians 17T
4.

Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland

British countess

Overview: Elizabeth Millicent Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland (born 30 March 1921) is a Scottish noblewoman.

Date of birth: 30 March 1921

Date of death: 9 December 2019

Age: 98 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Gender: Female

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2019 deaths 9,204T

2019 deaths 6,613T

21st-century Scottish women 12T
5.

Diana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll

Scottish peeress "suo jure"

Overview: Diana Denyse Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll (5 January 1926 – 16 May 1978) was a Scottish noblewoman.

Date of birth: 5 January 1926

Date of death: 16 May 1978

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Gender: Female

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20th-century British women politicians 386T

20th-century Scottish women 75T

20th-century Scottish politicians 17T
6.

Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar

British peer (born 1940)

Overview: Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar (born 19 September 1940), is a crossbench member of the House of Lords, an elected hereditary peer, the holder of the original Earldom of Mar, the oldest peerage title ...

Date of birth: 19 September 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: British

Gender: Female

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Dukes of Mar 5T

Crossbench hereditary peers 54T

Crossbench peers 27T
7.

Pamela Vivien Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners

British parliamentarian (1929–2023)

Overview: Pamela Vivien Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners (née Williams; 30 September 1929 – 23 January 2023) was a British hereditary peer who was an NHS nurse. She served as a member of the House of Lords from 1995 ...

Date of birth: 30 September 1929

Date of death: 23 January 2023

Age: 93 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Nurse

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2023 deaths 670T

Barons Berners 8T

Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers 246T
8.

Mary Foley-Berkeley, 17th Baroness Berkeley

17th Baroness Berkeley

Overview: Mary Lalle Foley-Berkeley, 17th Baroness Berkeley (9 October 1905 - 17 October 1992) was a British politician and peeress.

Date of birth: 9 October 1905

Date of death: 17 October 1992

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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20th-century British women politicians 386T

20th-century British women 54T

20th-century women politicians 3,287T
9.

Davina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth

British paralympic competitor and Baron

Overview: Davina Marcia Herbert Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth (10 July 1938 – 24 February 2008) was a crossbench member of the House of Lords, continuing to sit after the passing of the House of Lords Act ...

Date of birth: 10 July 1938

Date of death: 24 February 2008

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Table Tennis

Gender: Female

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Barons Darcy de Knayth 14T

20th-century British women politicians 386T

Clive-Herbert family 11T
10.

Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland

Scottish noble

Overview: Bridget Helen "Biddy" Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland CBE (27 July 1896–17 April 1982), also known as The Countess of Carlisle between 1918 and 1947, as Lady Monckton between 1947 and 1957, as ...

Date of birth: 1896

Date of death: 1982

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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20th-century British women politicians 386T

20th-century women politicians 3,287T

Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers 234T
11.

Jennifer Forwood, 11th Baroness Arlington

Overview: Jennifer Jane Forwood, 11th Baroness Arlington (born 7 May 1939 in London, née Nelson) is the daughter of General Sir Eustace John Blois 'John' Nelson (died 1993) and Lady Margaret Jane Fitzroy (born 1916) ...

Date of birth: 7 May 1939

Age: 86

Nationality: British

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Crossbench hereditary peers 54T

Barons Arlington 1T

FitzRoy family 43T
12.

Mary Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss

Scottish peeress

Overview: Beatrice Mary Grenville Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss (18 August 1922 – 30 September 2012) was a British peer.

Date of birth: 18 August 1922

Date of death: 30 September 2012

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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Lords of Parliament 95T

2012 deaths 8,756T

Peers of Scotland 39T
13.

Myrtle Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton

Hereditary suo jure Baroness

Overview: Myrtle Olive Felix Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton (née Arbuthnot; 20 February 1934 – 15 May 2000), known as Ziki Robertson and professionally as Ziki Arnot, was a photographer, model and actress ...

Date of birth: 20 February 1934

Date of death: 15 May 2000

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Photographer

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Barons Wharton 12T

20th-century British women politicians 386T

20th-century women politicians 3,287T
14.

Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre

British noble (1929–2012)

Overview: Rachel Leila Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre (née Brand, 24 October 1929 – 25 December 2012) was an English peer, daughter of Thomas Brand, 4th Viscount Hampden & 26th Baron Dacre by his wife Leila ...

Date of birth: 24 October 1929

Date of death: 25 December 2012

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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Barons Dacre 20T

2012 deaths 8,756T

Hereditary suo jure peeresses 123T
15.

Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange

British writer and peer

Overview: Jean Cherry Drummond of Megginch, 16th Baroness Strange (London, 17 December 1928 – Megginch Castle, 11 March 2005) was a cross bench hereditary peer in the House of Lords. She also wrote romantic novels ...

Date of birth: 17 December 1928

Date of death: 11 March 2005

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Novelist

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Barons Strange 27T

20th-century British women politicians 386T

20th-century women politicians 3,287T
16.

Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun

Scottish, Politician

Overview: Flora Marjorie Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun (18 October 1930 – 3 September 2024), was a Scottish noblewoman and Crossbench peer. Until her retirement on 12 December 2014, she was the only holder of a lordship ...

Date of birth: 10 February 1930

Date of death: 3 September 2024

Age: 94 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

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Peers retired under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 178T

Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999 149T

Nobility from Edinburgh 151T
17.

Elizabeth Philipps, Viscountess St Davids

British viscountess

Overview: Elizabeth Frances Philipps, Viscountess St Davids (née Abney-Hastings) (10 June 1884 – 12 December 1974) was a British peer.

Date of birth: 10 June 1884

Date of death: 12 December 1974

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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Barons Hungerford 24T

Barons Strange 27T

20th-century British women politicians 386T
18.

Mona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont

Overview: Mona Josephine Tempest Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont, Baroness Howard of Glossop, OBE (née Stapleton; 1 August 1894 – 31 August 1971) was a British peer.

Date of birth: 1 August 1894

Date of death: 31 August 1971

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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British women in World War II 121T

Barons Beaumont 7T

Hereditary suo jure peeresses 123T
19.

Barbara Hamilton, 14th Baroness Dudley

British artist and noblewoman (1907–2002)

Overview: Barbara Amy Felicity Hamilton, 14th Baroness Dudley (née Smith; 23 April 1907 – 27 May 2002) was a British artist and noblewoman who served in the House of Lords from 1972 until 1999 as a member of the ...

Date of birth: 23 April 1907

Date of death: 27 May 2002

Age: 95 (age at death)

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Artists from Worcestershire 2T

Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999 449T

Barons Dudley 13T
20.

Ann Forbes-Sempill, 20th Lady Sempill

Scottish peer

Overview: Ann Moira Forbes-Sempill, 20th Lady Sempill (19 March 1920 – 6 July 1995) was a Scottish politician, aristocrat, and pilot. As the holder of a hereditary peerage, she was a member of the House of Lords ...

Date of birth: 19 March 1920

Date of death: 6 July 1995

Age: 75 (age at death)

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