List of life peerages (1958–1979)

This is a list of life peerages in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 from the time the Act came into effect to 1979, grouped by prime minister. During this period there were five prime ministers: three Conservatives, Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home, and Edward Heath, and two from the Labour Party, Harold Wilson (who served twice) and James Callaghan.

Harold Macmillan (1958–1963)

‡ former MP

Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964)

‡ former MP

Harold Wilson (1964–1970)

‡ former MP

Edward Heath (1970–1974)

‡ former MP

Harold Wilson (1974–1976)

‡ former MP

James Callaghan (1976–1979)

‡ former MP

See also

• List of life peerages (complete list of life peerages granted since 1958)
• List of hereditary peers in the House of Lords by virtue of a life peerage

Notes

References

1. List of life peerages
2. List of baronies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
3. List of life peerages (1979–1997)
4. Life peer
5. List of life peerages (2010–present)
6. List of law life peerages
7. List of life peerages (1997–2010)
8. List of barons in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
9. List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
10. List of related life peers
11. Peerage Act 1963
12. List of lords of appeal
13. List of peerages inherited by women
14. List of baronies in the Peerage of England
15. List of unsolved murders (1900–1979)
16. List of female cabinet members of the United Kingdom
17. List of baronies in the Peerage of Ireland
18. List of hereditary baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
19. List of people who have declined a British honour
20. Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom