List of Peerages Created For Women - James I

James I

Date Title Recipient Current status Notes
1618 Countess of Buckingham
Mary, Lady Villiers Extinct on death of recipient 1632. For life only.
29 July 1620 Baroness Offaly
Lettice Digby Extant as a subsidiary title of the Duke of Leinster. Granddaughter of the 1st Baron Offaly of the first creation.
8 July 1623 Viscountess Maidstone
Elizabeth Finch Extant as a subsidiary title of the Earl of Winchilsea.

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