List of baronies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
The peerage is the collective term for all those holding titles of nobility of all degrees. The term superseded the term baronage used of the feudal era.
A barony is a rank or dignity of a man or a woman who is a participant of a small rank of a British nobility.
Barony categories
Life baronies
The life baronies fall into two classes:- List of life peerages :
- *List of life peerages (1958–1979)
- *List of life peerages (1979–1997)
- *List of life peerages (1997–2010)
- *List of life peerages (2010–2024)
- *List of life peerages (2024–present)
- List of law life peerages
Hereditary baronies
The hereditary baronies fall into five classes:- List of baronies in the peerage of England
- List of lordships of parliament
- List of baronies in the peerage of Great Britain
- List of baronies in the peerage of Ireland
- List of hereditary baronies in the peerage of the United Kingdom
Hereditary Scottish baronies
Hereditary feudal baronies
These are distinct from the titles above, created by writ or patent, and were constituents of the now defunct feudal baronage and are not therefore constituents of the modern, post-feudal peerage:- [English feudalism|feudal barony|List of English feudal baronies]
- List of Marcher lordships