life peer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of life peer
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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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
He decided not to seek election in 1992, and was created a life peer as Baron Tebbit of Chingford.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025
She was made a life peer in the House of Lords in 2011, becoming Baroness Morgan of Ely, and entered the Senedd five years later as a MS for Mid and West Wales.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2024
He went on to represent the Cheshire town for 16 years and, after being made a life peer in 1997, he served as chairman of its rugby league side Warrington Wolves from 1999 to 2009.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2024
In 1893 he was raised to the bench as a lord justice of appeal, and in the next year was made a lord of appeal in ordinary and a life peer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
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