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life peer

American

noun

British.

a peer whose title ceases at death; nonhereditary peer.

life peer British

noun

a peer whose title lapses at his death

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Etymology

Origin of life peer

First recorded in 1865–70

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She became a life peer in the 2010 Dissolution Honours List and is also patron of an animal welfare charity.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Alongside her career as a football executive, Brady has spent 16 years as Lord Alan Sugar's assistant on BBC show The Apprentice and entered the House of Lords as a life peer in 2014.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

Lord Offord, who founded investment firm Badenoch and Co, was made a life peer in 2021 under Boris Johnson.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025

Former first minister Carwyn Jones is to be made a life peer by Downing Street.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024

But a life peer who had fought his way up to the peers, would never think so.

From The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot

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