Peerage of The United Kingdom
Since Great Britain and Ireland were united in 1801, the United Kingdom came into existence and with it the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Although the greater part of Ireland became independent in 1922 and the Republic of Ireland was proclaimed in 1949, the peerage of Ireland still exists.
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