終身貴族





終身貴族,亦作一代貴族,是英國貴族的一種。與一般貴族不同的是,終身貴族只限於個人,不能讓其子女世襲繼承。現時的終身貴族由1958年制定的《終身貴族法》所管制,爵位只限於男爵。終身貴族的稱呼與勳爵一樣,而且都可以成為英国上议院的議員。成為終身貴族,可以選擇封邑,但這個「封邑」只是象徵式,並不會為貴族貢獻稅收。



著名的終身貴族


  • 彭定康

  • 鄧蓮如

  • 霍朗明

  • 衛奕信

  • 麥理浩

  • 戴卓爾夫人

  • 韋鳴恩


參考


  • Boothroyd, D. (2004). "Life Peerages created under the Life Peerages Act 1958."

  • Cox, N. (1997). "The British Peerage: The Legal Standing of the Peerage and Baronetage in the overseas realms of the Crown with particular reference to New Zealand." New Zealand Universities Law Review. (Vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 379-401).

  • Farnborough, T. E. May, 1st Baron. (1896). Constitutional History of England since the Accession of George the Third, 11th ed. London: Longmans, Green and Co.

  • Life Peerages Act 1958. (6 & 7 Elizabeth 2 c. 21). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

  • "Lords of Appeal in Ordinary." (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed. London: Cambridge University Press.

  • "Peerage." (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed. London: Cambridge University Press.


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