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.
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Harold Macmillan (1958–1963)
NumberDate of creationNameTitleTerritorial qualificationDate of extinction11 August 1958Ian Fraser ‡Baron Fraser of Lonsdaleof Regent's Park in the County of London19 December 197422 August 1958Victor Collins ‡Baron Stonhamof Earl Stonham in the County of Suffolk22 December 197134 August 1958Charles GeddesBaron Geddes of Epsomof Epsom in the County of Surrey2 May 198345 August 1958John StopfordBaron Stopford of Fallowfieldof Hindley Green in the County Palatine of Lancaster6 March 196156 August 1958Granville West ‡Baron Granville-Westof Pontypool in the County of Monmouth23 September 198467 August 1958Stephen Taylor ‡Baron Taylorof Harlow in the County of Essex1 February 198878 August 1958Barbara WoottonBaroness Wootton of Abingerof Abinger Common in the County of Surrey11 July 1988811 August 1958Edward Shackleton ‡Baron Shackletonof Burley in the County of Southampton22 September 1994918 August 1958Edward TwiningBaron Twiningof Tanganyikaand of Godalming in the County of Surrey21 July 19671022 August 1958Robert Boothby ‡Baron Boothbyof Buchan and Rattray Head in the County of Aberdeen16 July 19861122 September 1958Stella Isaacs, Dowager Marchioness of Reading Baroness Swanboroughof Swanborough in the County of Sussex22 May 19711224 September 1958Victor Noel-PatonBaron Ferrierof Culter in the County of Lanark4 June 19921326 September 1958Katharine ElliotBaroness Elliot of Harwoodof Rulewater in the County of Roxburgh3 January 19941430 September 1958Hubert Parker Baron Parker of Waddingtonof Lincoln's Inn in the Borough of Holborn15 September 1972156 October 1958Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale Baroness Ravensdale of Kedlestonof Kedleston in the County of Derby9 February 19661614 February 1959Hartley Shawcross ‡Baron Shawcrossof Friston in the County of Sussex10 July 20031717 February 1959Edwin PlowdenBaron Plowdenof Plowden in the County of Salop15 February 20011819 February 1959Eric JamesBaron James of Rusholmeof Fallowfield in the County Palatine of Lancaster16 May 19921916 June 1959Lionel RobbinsBaron Robbinsof Clare Market in the City of Westminster15 May 1984202 November 1959Herbert Morrison ‡Baron Morrison of Lambethof Lambeth in the County of London6 March 1965213 November 1959Jack Browne ‡Baron Craigtonof Renfield in the County of the City of Glasgow28 July 19932216 December 1959Florence Horsbrugh ‡Baroness Horsbrughof Horsbrugh in the County of Peebles6 December 19692328 January 1960Hugh Dalton ‡Baron Daltonof Forest and Frith in the County Palatine of Durham13 February 19622430 January 1960Sir Alfred Bossom, Bt. ‡Baron Bossomof Maidstone in the County of Kent4 September 19652516 May 1960Richard CaseyBaron Caseyof Berwick in the State of Victoria and Commonwealth of Australiaand of the City of Westminster17 June 1976262 February 1961Tom Williams ‡Baron Williams of Barnburghof Barnburgh in the West Riding of the County of York29 March 1967274 February 1961Edith Summerskill ‡Baroness Summerskillof Ken Wood in the County of London4 February 1980287 February 1961William HughesBaron Hughesof Hawkhill in the County of the City of Dundee31 December 1999298 February 1961James PeddieBaron Peddieof the City and County of Kingston upon Hull13 April 1978309 February 1961George Lindgren ‡Baron Lindgrenof Welwyn Garden City in the County of Hertford8 September 19713110 February 1961Henry WalstonBaron Walstonof Newton in the County of Cambridge29 May 19913216 February 1961Cuthbert Alport ‡Baron Alportof Colchester in the County of Essex28 October 19983321 February 1961Hugh Molson ‡Baron Molsonof High Peak in the County of Derby13 October 1991342 June 1961Geoffrey FisherBaron Fisher of Lambethof Lambeth in the County of London15 September 19723528 June 1961Alfred Robens ‡Baron Robens of Woldinghamof Woldingham in the County of Surrey27 June 19993611 July 1961Alexander CoutancheBaron Coutancheof Saint Brelade in the Island of Jersey18 December 19733712 April 1962Elaine Burton ‡Baroness Burton of Coventryof Coventry in the County of Warwick6 October 19913813 April 1962Francis WilliamsBaron Francis-Williamsof Abinger in the County of Surrey5 June 19703916 April 1962Alexander R. ToddBaron Toddof Trumpington in the County of Cambridge10 January 1997403 May 1962Alan Sainsbury Baron Sainsburyof Drury Lane in the Borough of Holborn21 October 19984110 May 1962Oliver FranksBaron Franksof Headington in the County of Oxford15 October 19924211 May 1962Arthur Champion ‡Baron Championof Pontypridd in the County of Glamorgan2 March 19854314 May 1962Geoffrey Hutchinson ‡Baron Ilfordof Bury in the County Palatine of Lancaster20 August 19744415 May 1962Tom Williamson ‡Baron Williamsonof Eccleston in the Borough of Saint Helens27 February 19834531 January 1963Eric EdwardsBaron Chelmerof Margaretting in the County of Essex3 March 19974613 June 1963Charles Hill ‡Baron Hill of Lutonof Harpenden in the County of Hertford22 August 1989479 July 1963Alick Buchanan-SmithBaron Balernoof Currie in the County of Midlothian28 July 1984 ‡ former MP
Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964)
NumberDate of creationNameTitleTerritorial qualificationDate of extinction113 January 1964Frances Davidson, Viscountess Davidson ‡ Baroness Northchurchof Chiswick in the County of Middlesex25 November 1985215 January 1964Gerald GardinerBaron Gardinerof Kittisford in the County of Somerset7 January 1990316 January 1964Richard Llewelyn-Davies Baron Llewelyn-Daviesof Hastoe in the County of Hertford27 October 1981418 January 1964B. V. BowdenBaron Bowdenof Chesterfield in the County of Derby31 July 1989520 January 1964Charles Hobson ‡Baron Hobsonof Brent in the County of Middlesex17 February 1966621 January 1964Ted WillisBaron Willisof Chislehurst in the County of Kent22 December 1992722 January 1964Edwin HerbertBaron Tangleyof Blackheath in the County of Surrey5 June 1973823 January 1964Dora GaitskellBaroness Gaitskellof Egremont in the County of Cumberland1 July 1989920 April 1964Dennis Vosper ‡Baron Runcornof Heswall in the County Palatine of Chester20 January 19681021 August 1964Sir Hendrie Oakshott, Bt. ‡Baron Oakshottof Bebington in the County Palatine of Chester1 February 19751122 August 1964Geoffrey BourneBaron Bourneof Atherstone in the County of Warwick26 June 19821224 August 1964Anthony Hurd ‡ Baron Hurdof Newbury in the Royal County of Berks12 February 19661325 August 1964Charles Royle ‡Baron Royleof Pendleton in the City of Salford30 September 19751414 September 1964Hervey Rhodes ‡Baron Rhodesof Saddleworth in the West Riding of the County of York11 September 19871517 September 1964Keith MurrayBaron Murray of Newhavenof Newhaven in the County of the City of Edinburgh10 October 1993165 October 1964Dick Mitchison ‡Baron Mitchisonof Carradale in the County of Argyll14 February 1970 ‡ former MP
Harold Wilson (1964–1970)