Victoria
Date | Title | Recipient | Current status | Notes |
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10 April 1840 | Duchess of Inverness |
Lady Cecilia Underwood | Extinct upon death of recipient 1 August 1873. | Illegally married to Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex. |
21 October 1861 | Countess of Cromartie |
Anne, Duchess of Sutherland | Extant. | |
27 April 1864 | Baroness Buckhurst |
Elizabeth, Countess De La Warr | Extant, but subsidiary to the title Earl De La Warr. | |
1868 | Viscountess Beaconsfield |
Mary Anne Disraeli | Extinct upon death of recipient, 15 December 1872. | Placeholder for her husband Benjamin Disraeli, who remained in the House of Commons. |
1871 | Baroness Burdett-Coutts |
Angela Burdett-Coutts | Extinct upon death of recipient, 30 December 1906. | For service. |
1880 | Baroness Bolsover |
Lady Augusta Cavendish-Bentinck | Extinct 21 March 1977. | In place of her late husband Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck. |
1891 | Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe | Agnes, Lady Macdonald | Extinct on death of recipient, 5 September 1920. | In place of her late husband, Sir John A. Macdonald, who died in office as Prime Minister of Canada 6 June 1891. |
1891 | Viscountess Hambleden |
Emily Danvers Smith | Extant. | In place of her late husband, William Henry Smith, who died in office as Leader of the House of Commons 6 October 1891. |
2 August 1899 | Baroness Dorchester |
Henrietta Carleton | Extinct 20 January 1963. | Daughter of 3rd Baron Dorchester who could not inherit his title. |
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