What is Hereditary peer?
The '''hereditary peers''' form part of the [[peerages in the United Kingdom|peerage in the United Kingdom]]. As of 2020 there are 814 hereditary peers: 31 [[Duke|dukes]] (including 7 royal dukes), 34 [[Marquess|marquesses]], 193 [[Earl|earls]], 112 [[Viscount|viscounts]], and 444 [[Baron|barons]]. From [[Peerage Act 1963|1963]] to 1999, all non-Irish peers were entitled to sit in the [[House of Lords]], but since the [[House of Lords Act 1999]] was passed, only 92 are permitted to do so, unless they are also life peers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Members of the House of Lords |year=2012 |publisher=UK Parliament |url=http://www.parliament.uk/education/online-resources/parliament-explained/members-house-of-lords/mps-need-to-know/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103205512/http://www.parliament.uk/education/online-resources/parliament-explained/members-house-of-lords/mps-need-to-know/ |archive-date=2013-01-03 }}</ref> Peers are called to the House of Lords with a [[#Writs of summons|writ of summons]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:United Kingdom nobility]] [[Category:House of Lords]]