22-517: Marquess Camden is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . It was created in 1812 for the politician John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden . The Pratt family descends from Sir John Pratt , Lord Chief Justice from 1718 to 1725. His third son from his second marriage, Sir Charles Pratt , was also a prominent lawyer and politician and served as Lord Chancellor between 1766 and 1770. In 1765 he
44-604: A non-social context, 'Your Grace' Leader of the House of Lords King Charles III [REDACTED] William, Prince of Wales [REDACTED] Charles III ( King-in-Council ) [REDACTED] Starmer ministry ( L ) Keir Starmer ( L ) Angela Rayner ( L ) ( King-in-Parliament ) [REDACTED] Charles III [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Lord Reed The Lord Hodge Andrew Bailey Monetary Policy Committee The leader of
66-677: A partisan figure, the leader also has responsibilities to the House as a whole. In contrast to the House of Commons , where proceedings are controlled by the speaker , proceedings in the Lords are controlled by peers themselves, under the rules set out in the Standing Orders. The leader of the House has the responsibility of reminding the House of these rules and facilitating the Lords' self-regulation, though any member may draw attention to breaches of order or failure to observe customs. The Leader
88-515: Is often called upon to advise on procedures and points of order and is required to determine the order of speakers on Supplementary Questions, subject to the wishes of the House. However, like the Lord Speaker , the Leader of the House has no power to rule on points of order or to intervene during an inappropriate speech. Until the election of the first Lord Speaker on 4 July 2006, the Leader of
110-502: The Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain . New peers continued to be created in the Peerage of Ireland until 1898 (the last creation was the Barony of Curzon of Kedleston ) The House of Lords Act 1999 reformed the House of Lords . Until then, all peers of the United Kingdom were automatically members of the House of Lords. However, from that date, most of
132-532: The Glorious Revolution and the succession of the Hanoverians to the throne, Britain evolved a system of government where ministers were sustained in office by their ability to carry legislation through Parliament. It was therefore necessary for a member of the government to take responsibility for steering government legislation through each House. The Earl of Sunderland initiated aspects of
154-522: The Peerage of Scotland and Peerage of Ireland did not have an automatic seat in the House of Lords following the Acts of Union of 1707 and 1800 , though the law permitted a limited number to be elected by their fellows to serve in the House of Lords as representative peers . Some peerages of the United Kingdom were created to get around this obstacle and allow certain Scottish and Irish peers to enjoy
176-424: The hereditary peers ceased to be members, whereas the life peers retained their seats. All hereditary peers of the first creation (i.e. those for whom a peerage was originally created, as opposed to those who inherited a peerage), and all surviving hereditary peers who had served as Leader of the House of Lords , were offered a life peerage to allow them to continue to sit in the House, should they wish. Peers in
198-584: The Council , Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal or Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster . Unless the Leader is also a departmental minister, being Leader constitutes the bulk of their government responsibilities, but it has never been an independent salaried office. The Office of the Leader of the House of Lords is a ministerial department . Though the leader of the House is a member of the cabinet and remains
220-483: The House had responsibility for making preliminary decisions on requests for Private Notice Questions and for waiving the sub judice rule in certain cases. Those functions were transferred to the Lord Speaker. The title seems to have come into use some time after 1800, as a formal way of referring to the peer who managed government business in the upper House, irrespective of which salaried position they held in
242-467: The House of Lords is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Lords . The post is also the leader of the governing party in the House of Lords who acts as the government party chairperson in the house. The role is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position, usually one of the sinecure offices of Lord President of
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#1732790654508264-431: The Lords was Janet Young, Baroness Young in 1981–1983. Lord Peart , Viscount Whitelaw and Lord Wakeham served as Leader of the Lords having previously been Leader of the House of Commons . Because the post is a parliamentary one and not a ministerial office in its own right, it is not always included in official lists of government offices, especially for earlier periods. This can make it difficult to determine who
286-728: The Northern Department : in the form of lists of peers invited to the office of the Northern Secretary immediately before sessions of Parliament. When the Prime Minister sat in the House of Lords, which was common until the beginning of the twentieth century, he usually held the position of Leader of the House of Lords. When the Prime Minister sat in the Commons, the position of Leader of the Lords
308-805: The automatic right to sit in the House of Lords The ranks of the peerage are Duke , Marquess , Earl , Viscount , and Baron . The last non-royal dukedom was created in 1874, and the last marquessate was created in 1936. Creation of the remaining ranks, except baronies for life , mostly ceased once Harold Wilson 's Labour government took office in 1964 , and only thirteen (nine non-royal and four royal) people have been created hereditary peers since then. These were: Marquesses, earls, viscounts and barons are all addressed as 'Lord X', where 'X' represents either their territory or surname pertaining to their title. Marchionesses, countesses, viscountesses and baronesses are all addressed as 'Lady X'. Dukes and duchesses are addressed just as 'Duke' or 'Duchess' or, in
330-545: The cabinet. However, it may have been used as early as 1689, applied to George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax , when he was Speaker of the House of Lords during the Convention Parliament of that year. The role developed during the first quarter of the eighteenth century, at the same time as the role of Prime Minister and the system of Cabinet government. In the wake of the English Civil War ,
352-634: The early 1980s, the family also owned the Bayham Abbey Estate, near Lamberhurst , Kent. The heir apparent is the present holder's son James William John Pratt, Earl of Brecknock (b. 1965) Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom . It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after
374-557: The peerages are held by his grandson, the sixth Marquess, who succeeded his father in 1983. Lord Michael Pratt was a younger son of the fifth Marquess. Camden Town in London is named after Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, and the elephant from the arms of Marquess Camden is therefore present in the crest in the coat of arms of the London Borough of Camden . The family seat is Wherwell House, near Andover , Hampshire . Until
396-476: The role during the Whig Junto under Queen Anne . Sunderland and the other Whigs were dismissed from office in reaction to their co-ordination of government matters, which was taken as a threat to the power of the monarch. Sunderland returned to power under George I , as Lord Privy Seal . The first documentary evidence of the existence of the role comes from 1717, when Sunderland became Secretary of State for
418-478: The second Earl, was a politician and notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and as Lord President of the Council . In 1812 he was created Earl of the County of Brecknock (usually shortened to Earl of Brecknock) and Marquess Camden . His son, the second Marquess, represented Ludgershall , Bath and Dunwich in the House of Commons and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire . In 1835 Lord Camden
440-434: Was called to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Camden. His son, the third Marquess, briefly sat as a Member of Parliament for Brecon in 1866, before he succeeded his father and took his seat in the House of Lords. On his early death, the titles passed to his three-month-old son, the fourth Marquess. He was notably Lord Lieutenant of Kent from 1905 to 1943. As of 2017
462-819: Was often held by the Foreign Secretary or Colonial Secretary . In some coalition governments, it was held by the party leader who was not Prime Minister. Since the end of the Marquess of Salisbury 's last government, in 1902, the position clearly exists in its own right as a member of the cabinet. Since 1966 it has only been combined with sinecure positions and the holder has not been a departmental minister though some have held additional responsibilities such as Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham also being designated "Minister for Science" or Margaret Baroness Jay also being "Minister for Women". The first female Leader of
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#1732790654508484-580: Was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Camden , of Camden Place in the County of Kent , and in 1786 he was further honoured when he was created Viscount Bayham , of Bayham Abbey in the County of Kent, and Earl Camden . These titles are also in the Peerage of Great Britain. Lord Camden was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Jeffreys, of The Priory, Brecknockshire , in Wales. Their son,
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