inherit the peerage.

Before 1887

The Crown, as fount of honour, creates peerages of two types: hereditary, or for life. In the early days of the peerage, the sovereign had the right to summon individuals to one Parliament without being bound to summon them again. Over time, it was established that once summoned, a peer would have to be summoned for the remainder of their life, and later, that the peer's heirs and successors would also be summoned, thereby

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