peerage in a sentence

Examples

1. Li Jingshu inherited his father's peerage as Grand Council.
2. Villier was offered a peerage in June 1885, but declined.
3. He assumed the surname of Nelson on succeeding to the peerages.
4. When he died in 1910 the peerage once again became dormant.
5. All these titles were in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
6. Guinness was later elevated to the peerage as Earl of Iveagh.
7. A hereditary title is not necessarily a title of the peerage.
8. Life peerages may in certain cases be awarded to hereditary peers.
9. These titles were also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
10. All of these titles were in the Peerage of Great Britain.