Life Peer (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage, whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. Nowadays life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as age and citizenship. The legitimate children of a life peer take the privilege of children of hereditary peers, being entitled to style themselves with the prefix 'The Honourable'.
Read more about Life Peer (United Kingdom): Before 1876, Life Peerages Act 1958, Number of Life Peers, Disclaiming, Forms of Address
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