List of life peerages (1958–1979)

Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland
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DukesDukedoms
MarquessesMarquessates
EarlsEarldoms
ViscountsViscountcies
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1958–1979, 1979–1997, 1997–2010, 2010–2024, 2024–present)
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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, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, and Edward Heath, and two from the Labour Party, Harold Wilson (who served twice) and James Callaghan.