0 in the UK, a person who is given the honour of a title such as "Lord" and a place in the House of Lords as a reward for the good things they have done for the country
He is to be made a life peer.
I think that the point about a life peer is settled on a different principle.
On the life peer measure alone, the vote was 31 to 77.
I knew him well enough to know that he would not have become a life peer.
This could be a bonanza to a life peer who, when he went to the other place, never expected to receive it.
Why should not a life peer be allowed to dispense with his title when he no longer requires it?
The life peer will be paid a proper salary.
I do not think that he was the type who would have been vulgar enough to become a life peer.
