Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, PC, OC, KCSG (born 25 August, 1944, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a former financier and newspaper magnate who was convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice on 13 July 2007. He has written several biographies, including one about Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Black is Canadian-born but publicly renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2001 in order to become a life peer in the British House of Lords.

John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne (1731-15 December 1828), was an Irish peer. Erne was the son of Abraham Creighton, 1st Baron Erne, and succeeded his father as second Baron in 1772. In 1781 he was created Viscount Erne, of Crom Castle in the County of Fermanagh, and in 1789 he was further honoured when he was made Earl Erne, of Crom Castle in the County of Fermanagh.

Albert Kirby Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (June 23 1870 - October 4, 1939), was an American-born Scottish Representative Peer in the British House of Lords. Born in Northampton, Maryland, Fairfax was discovered to be the rightful holder of his title after it had been essentially forgotten by his family (which had resided in the United States of America for several generations).

Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone, is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. Her career indicates her interests in children’s welfare, education and special needs, and prison reform. She was created a Life peer as Baroness Linklater of Butterstone, of Riemore in Perth and Kinross in 1997. She is currently Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Learning & Skills in the Criminal Justice System.

Edward Richard Littleton, 2nd Baron Hatherton (31 December 1815-2 April 1888), was a British peer and Liberal Member of Parliament. Hatherton was the son of Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton, and Lady Hyacinth Mary Wellesley, daughter of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley. He was elected to the House of Commons for Walsall in 1847, a seat he held until 1852. In 1863 he succeeded his father as second Baron Hatherton and entered the House of Lords.

John Charles Compton Cavendish, 5th Baron Chesham, PC (June 18, 1916 - December 23, 1989), was a British Conservative politician. A member of the Cavendish family headed by the Duke of Devonshire, Chesham was the son of John Compton Cavendish, 4th Baron Chesham and Margot Mills. He fought in the Second World War as a Captain in the Army. Chesham took his seat in the House of Lords on his father's death in 1952, …

James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater and 1st Earl of Seafield KT, PC (11 July 1664-19 August 1730), was a Scottish politician. Findlater was the son of James Ogilvy, 3rd Earl of Findlater, and Lady Anne Montgomerie. He was elected to the Faculty of Advocates in 1685, and was a Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland for Banffshire from 1681 to 1682 and from 1689 to 1695. Findlater was Solicitor General for Scotland from 1693, …

John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (2 May 1745-13 February 1818), known as Lord Gower from 1751 to 1758, was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. FitzPatrick was the son of John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory, and Lady Evelyn Leveson-Gower, daughter of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1758 but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the British House of Lords.

Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley (3 March 1775-19 October 1854), was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament. Dunalley was the son of Henry Prittie, 1st Baron Dunalley. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Carlow in 1798, a seat he held until the Irish Parliament was abolished in 1801. The same year he succeeded his father as second Baron Dunalley, but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the British House of Lords.

William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC (born 15 October 1944), is a politician from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the first First Minister of Northern Ireland. He shared the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize with John Hume of the Social Democratic and Labour Party. He served as Member of Parliament for Upper Bann from 1990 until 2005, …

David Garro Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne, PC (born 31 March, 1941), is a British Conservative politician. The son of George Morgan Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne, Trefgarne succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Trefgarne in 1960 at the age of 19, and took his seat in the House of Lords on his 21st birthday in 1962. In contrast to his father, who was a Liberal and later Labour politician, he chose to sit on the Conservative benches.

David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres, PC, KT (October 10, 1871 - March 8, 1940), known as Lord Balniel from 1880 to 1913, was a British Conservative politician. Crawford was the eldest son of James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres and his wife Emily Florence Bootle-Wilbraham.

William George Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham (October 29 1815 - June 26 1882), was a British Liberal politician. A member of the Cavendish family headed by the Duke of Devonshire, Chesham was the son of Charles Compton Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham and Lady Catherine Susan Gordon, daughter of George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly. In 1847 he was elected Member of Parliament for Peterborough, a seat he held until 1852, and later represented Buckinghamshire from 1857 to 1863, …

John Joshua Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort KP, PC, FRS (12 August 1751-7 April 1828), was an British Whig politician. Carysfort was the son of John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort, and the Hon. Elizabeth Allen, and was educated at Westminster School, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1779, was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick in 1784 and created Earl of Carysfort in the Peerage of Ireland in 1789.

Charles Compton William Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham PC (December 13, 1850-November 9, 1907), was a British Conservative politician who served as the last Master of the Buckhounds. A member of the Cavendish family headed by the Duke of Devonshire, Chesham was the eldest son of William George Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham and his wife Henrietta Frances Lascelles. He took his seat in the House of Lords on his father's death in 1882, …

Alexander Wentworth Macdonald, 2nd Baron Macdonald, was a Scottish peer and Member of Parliament. Macdonald was the eldest son of Alexander Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald, and his wife Elizabeth Diana (née Bosville). He succeeded his father in the barony in 1795 but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the British House of Lords. The following year he was instead elected to the House of Commons for Saltash, a seat he held until 1802.

Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton, PC (18 March, 1857-21 March, 1942), was a British diplomat and Conservative politician who served as Paymaster-General during the First World War. Newton was the son of William John Legh, a Conservative Member of Parliament who was created Baron Newton in 1892, and Emily Jane Wodehouse, daughter of the Venerable Charles Nourse Wodehouse, Archdeacon of Norwich.

William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon, PC (April 14, 1807-November 18, 1888), known as Lord Courtenay from 1835 to 1859, was a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1866 to 1867 and as President of the Poor Law Board from 1867 to 1868. Devon was the eldest son of William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon and his first wife Harriet Leslie Pepys, daughter of Sir Lucas Pepys, Bt.

Nicholas Charles Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham (b. 1941), is a former British Conservative politician. A member of the Cavendish family headed by the Duke of Devonshire, Chesham is the son of John Cavendish, 5th Baron Chesham and Mary Edmunds Marshall. He took his seat in the House of Lords on his father's death in 1989, …

Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (5 July 1730-30 November 1757), was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Digby was the son of Hon. Edward Digby, son of William Digby, 5th Baron Digby. His mother was Charlotte Fox, daughter of Sir Stephen Fox and sister of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland. The naval commander Admiral Sir Henry Digby was his younger brother and the politician Charles James Fox his first cousin. In 1751 Digby was elected to the House of Commons for Malmesbury.

Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby (21 July 1731-25 September 1793), was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Digby was the younger son of Hon. Edward Digby, son of William Digby, 5th Baron Digby. His mother was Charlotte Fox, daughter of Sir Stephen Fox. Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, was his uncle and Charles James Fox his cousin. Digby was elected to the House of Commons for Ludgershall in 1755, a seat he held until 1761, and then represented Wells between 1761 and 1765.

Capt Humphrey Evans (Humphrey Drummond of Megginch) MC was married to Jean Cherry Drummond of Megginch, 16th Baroness Strange who was a cross bench hereditary peer in the British House of Lords, one of the few to remain after the abolition of voting rights for hereditary peers by Tony Blair's Labour government. He was awarded the Military Cross, as a captain in the Mountain Regiment, and married the Baroness Strange in 1952.

Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton (6 April, 1915-16 June, 1992), was a British Conservative politician who held junior ministerial positions during the 1950s and 1960s. Newton was the son of Richard William Davenport Legh, 3rd Baron Newton and Hon. Helen Winifred Meysey-Thompson, daughter of Henry Meysey Meysey-Thompson, 1st Baron Knaresborough.