In 1891,Lord Mount Stephen became the first Canadian to be elevated to thepeerage of the United Kingdom. The significant losses of theFirst World War included many direct heirs to titles and some replacements were found in Canada, resulting in the acquisition of titles by Canadians.
Comte deSaint-Laurent. Created in 1676, for Michel-François Berthelot, King's Secretary inParis andCommissary General of the French Artillery. In 1702, he sold theÎle d'Orléans toCharlotte-Françoise Juchereau de Saint-Denys (1660–1732), sister ofLouis Juchereau de Saint-Denys. Another of their brothers was the grandfather of Louis Barbe Juchereau de Saint-Denys (1740–1833), created theMarquis de Saint-Denys in 1774; a first cousin of The Hon.Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay who was also a first cousin of theMarquis de Lotbinière mentioned below.[4] From 1702, Charlotte-Françoise took the titleComtesse de Saint-Laurent and arranged for her eldest son to also bear the title, but she was unable to meet her obligations to Berthelot. A lengthy court case ensued betweenQuebec and Paris, and in 1713 the King ruled in Berthelot's favour.[5] The title was however no longer used after 1913.[citation needed]
Baron dePortneuf. Created in 1681, for René Robineau de Bécancourt. His son,Pierre Robineau de Portneuf, sold the land to his brother but retained the title. The brother died in 1715 and the barony passed back to Pierre's daughters. The title became extinct in 1729 after the death of the 2nd Baron de Portneuf, due to a lack of male heirs.
Baron Morris, of St John's in the Dominion of Newfoundland and of the City of Waterford. Created in 1918 forEdward Morris, 1st Baron Morris,Prime Minister. ThoughNewfoundland was then not part of Canada, he is nonetheless included. The title is currently held by his great-grandson, Thomas Anthony Salmon Morris, of London, 4thBaron Morris.
Baron Mount Stephen, of Mount Stephen in the Province of British Columbia and Dominion of Canada, and of Dufftown in the County of Banff. Created in 1891 forGeorge Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen. He was the president of theBank of Montreal and the financial genius behind the creation of theCanadian Pacific Railway, once "the world's greatest transportation system". He was the first Canadian to be elevated to thePeerage of the United Kingdom and a first cousin ofLord Strathcona. Both he and his first cousin were particularly remembered for theirphilanthropy, between them donating many millions of dollars to charity. His home in theGolden Square Mile is today theMount Stephen Club and from 1888 he moved permanently to England where he lived atBrocket Hall. His second wife, a niece ofLord Wolverton, was a lifelong friend and confidante ofQueen Mary, whose mother she had served as alady-in-waiting. The daughter he and his first wife adopted, Alice, marriedHenry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote. Lord Mount Stephen left no male heirs and as such his title became extinct on his death at Brocket Hall in 1921.
Baroness Macdonald ofEarnscliffe, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada. Created in 1891 forAgnes Macdonald, 1st Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe, the widow of SirJohn A. Macdonald, the 1stprime minister of Canada afterConfederation in 1867. Her peerage was heritable by her heirs male, but she herself was only survived by a daughter, and so the title became extinct on her death in England in 1920.[15] Her late husband, of whom she was the second wife, was also survived by one son from his first marriage, SirHugh John Macdonald, but he was not eligible to inherit the title from his stepmother.
Baron Haliburton, of Windsor, in the Province of Nova Scotia and Dominion of Canada. Created in 1898 forArthur Haliburton, 1st Baron Haliburton. He was born atWindsor, his family's home since 1763. After his education he went to England where he was a civil servant, rising tounder-secretary of state for war anddeputy lieutenant of London. He was married, but died without children and the title died with him.
Baron Pirrie, of the City of Belfast. Created in 1906 forWilliam Pirrie, who was raised to a viscountcy in 1921 (see below).
Baron Atholstan, of Huntingdon in the Province of Quebec in the Dominion of Canada and of the City of Edinburgh. Created in 1917, forHugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, a staunch imperialist, one of theConservative Party's largest fund-raisers and arguably the most powerful media executive in Canada in his capacity as owner of theMontreal Star. He was born atHuntingdon, Quebec, and after his education lived for the remainder of his life inMontreal. He was the only Canadian peer of the United Kingdom to have lived his whole life in Canada. However, his elevation to the peerage, for which he owed much to the machinations of his friendsLord Beaverbrook andLord Northcliffe, was controversial in Canada and against the wishes of both the Governor General (theDuke of Devonshire) and Prime MinisterRobert Borden.[14] He was the father of one daughter but left no male heirs, and the title became extinct on his death at his home in the Golden Square Mile, 1938.[16]
Baron Coleraine, of Haltemprice in the East Riding of the County of York. Created in 1954 for Conservative politicianRichard Law, the son ofBonar Law, a Conservative prime minister. Like Hugh Molson (see below), Richard Law was born in England to a father born in Canada.
Alife peerage is not anhereditary title. The title lasts as long as the recipient of the honour is alive. The recipient's children canstyle themselves with the prefix 'honourable' but they cannot inherit thebaronial title.
Baron Black of Crossharbour, of Crossharbour in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. In 2001,Tony Blair advised QueenElizabeth II to confer onConrad Black the dignity of alife peerage with the title of Baron Black.[18]Canadian Prime MinisterJean Chrétien gave the opinion to his government's nationality department that a Canadian citizen should not receive a British titular honour, citing the 1919Nickle Resolution. Black at the time held both Canadian and British citizenship. After the Federal Court of Canada ruled against Black inhis suit against Chrétien, Black renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2001, remaining a citizen of the UK. In 2007, inChicago, Conrad Black was sent to jail for six years after being convicted ofdefrauding investors. He was released in May 2012 following anappeal, after spending three years in a prison inFlorida.[19][20] He has since been expelled from theQueen's Privy Council for Canada andremoved from the Order of Canada. In an interview withPeter Mansbridge in May 2012, Black said he would consider applying for Canadian citizenship "within a year or two" when he hoped the matter would no longer be controversial and he could "make an application like any other person who has been a temporary resident."[21] Black regained his Canadian citizenship in April 2023.[22] Black ceased to be a member of the House of Lords on 9 July 2024 under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 because of non-attendance in the preceding session of Parliament.[23]
Baron Molson, of High Peak in the County of Derby. Created in 1961, for The Rt. Hon.Hugh Molson,P.C.,M.P. Though born and brought up inEngland, he was a member of theMolson family ofMontreal, where his father and elder brother were born. He was a great-grandson of Lt.-Colonel The Hon.John Molson (1787–1860), of Belmont Hall, Montreal.
Baron Noel-Baker, of the City of Derby. Created in 1977, for The Rt. Hon.Philip Noel-Baker, politician and Olympian. Like Lords Coleraine and Molson (see above), Noel-Baker was born in England to a Canadian-born father,Joseph Allen Baker.
Baroness Lestor of Eccles, of Tooting Bec in the London Borough of Wandsworth. Created in 1997 for formerLabour member of Parliament,Joan Lestor, Baroness Lestor, born in Vancouver to the journalist and Marxist writer, Charles Lestor. From 1966, Lestor had sat forEton and Slough and then forEccles, during which time she held ministerial office, before retiring at the1997 general election.
Coffin of theMagdalen Islands. Created in 1804, forLoyalist AdmiralSir Isaac Coffin. His long association with his estates inCanada, with family inQuebec and his business there, meant "he had crossed theAtlantic, on service or pleasure, no less than thirty times."[25] He left no male heirs and as such the title became extinct on his death atCheltenham in 1839.
Cunard of Bush Hill,Nova Scotia. Created in 1859, forSir Samuel Cunard, the Canadian-born British shipping magnate, founder of theCunard Line. The title became extinct in 1989 on the death of Sir Guy Cunard, 7th Bt.
Clouston of Montreal. Created in 1908, forSir Edward Seaborne Clouston, president of theCanadian Bankers Association and general manager of theBank of Montreal. He was survived by one daughter, Mrs Marjorie Meredith Todd, but the title became extinct after his death in 1912 due to a lack of male heirs.
Edgar of Chalfont Park. Created in 1920, forSir Edward Mackay Edgar, a native ofMontreal who settled inEngland and became chairman of British Controlled Oilfields. His only son and heir was killed in a car accident in 1925, and as such the title became extinct on his death in 1934.
Sir James Grant-Suttie 9th Bt., of Balgone, County Haddington was born atSussex, New Brunswick, as was his father, the 8th Baronet, a graduate ofMcGill University and "always a proud Canadian".[31] His grandfather emigrated to Canada afterWorld War II where he married a woman fromNewfoundland.
Sir Wayne Alexander King 8th Bt., of Charlestown, Roscommon, Ireland.Emigrated from the United Kingdom in 1981 and currently resides inMorrisburg, Ontario with his wife Deborah (MacDougall)
Rolfe William Swinton, 36th of that Ilk. Although neither a peer nor a baronet, his title isChief ofClan Swinton. His great-grandfather emigrated toEdmonton, Alberta, and he lives inCalgary, Alberta. His father died on 19 August 2007 in Calgary, at which point he succeeded as 36th Swinton of that Ilk.
Count Franz Antal Zichy lives inToronto and parents lived in Calgary. His title, inherited from his father, is from theHungarian nobility, where he was born.
Sir Cecil Edward Denny, 6th Bt., of Castle Moyle Major Cecil Denny came west as a member of the North-West Mounted Police in 1874 and later became an Indian agent and author. He succeeded to the title in 1921, and died in Calgary, unmarried in 1928.
10th, 11th and 12th Earls of Egmont. Created in 1733 forJohn Perceval, 1st Viscount Perceval. The first earl descended from John Perceval, who on 9 September 1661, was created a Baronet, of Kanturk in the County of Cork, in theBaronetage of Ireland. Frederick Joseph Trevelyan Perceval, de jure 10th Earl of Egmont (1873–1932), rancher at Priddis, Alberta, was found to be the senior remaining descendant of the second earl's (1711–1770) seventh son and inherited the estate in 1929. Thomas Frederick Gerald Perceval, 12thEarl of Egmont, (1934–2011), rancher, of High River died on 6 November 2011 and the earldom, and all of its subsidiary titles (Baron Arden, Baron Perceval, Viscount Perceval, Baron Lovel and Holland) became extinct. The title was perpetuated in the provincial urban constituency ofCalgary-Egmont which encompassed the 11th Earl's former ranch just north of Fish Creek from 1971 to 2012.
Sylvana Tomaselli becameCountess of St Andrews upon her marriage in 1988 toGeorge Windsor, Earl of St Andrews. Her husband uses the courtesy titleEarl of St Andrews, a subsidiary title of his father,Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a grandson ofGeorge V.[36] Upon the death of the Duke of Kent, it is expected that George will succeed to the title and Sylvana will become Duchess of Kent, Countess of St Andrews, and Baroness Downpatrick.[36] At that time, her son,Edward, also a citizen of Canada and presently styled as Lord Downpatrick, and his wife, if any, will then use the titles Earl and Countess of St Andrews ascourtesy titles; their eldest son, if any, would be known as Lord Downpatrick.
Autumn Phillips (née Kelly) was married toPeter Phillips, the oldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II, and elder child ofPrincess Anne from 2008 until their divorce was finalized in June 2021. Her ex-husband and their children are in theline of succession to theMonarch of Canada, under Elizabeth II's line of succession.
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