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Thatcher, and I believe all ex-PM’s, are typically given a peerage, however they are not hereditary and thus are called life peers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/
by cascom 6y ago
Thatcher, and I believe all ex-PM’s, are typically given a peerage, however they are not hereditary and thus are called life peers.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_peer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_peer
- detaro 6y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thatcher_baronets https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thatcher_baronets
- chrisseaton 6y agoI don't know why you'd look this up on Wikipedia but not actually look up what I referenced. > The Thatcher baronetcy, of Scotney in the County of Kent, is a baronetcy created for the husband of Margaret Thatcher, Denis Thatcher, on 7 December 1990, following the resignation of his wife on 28 November. The current holder is Mark Thatcher, who succeeded his father in 2003. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thatcher_baronets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thatcher_baronets
- cascom 6y agoThe article should have read “hereditary peerages” rather than “hereditary titles”
- bidirectional 6y agoNo PM since Thatcher has been given a peerage, though I believe Major through Brown turned them down, unsure about Cameron, and May is still an MP. Historically they would be given an hereditary earldom, this switched to life peerages under Douglas-Home (who gave up his hereditary earldom to become Prime Minister). Churchill was famously offered a dukedom by both The Queen and George VI, turning down both.