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654 APPENDIX F ford [I.] respectively ; and also 8 Baronies conferred on com- moners, viz. Glenlyon {Murray), Maryborough {Pok-Welleslej), Oriel (Foster), Stowell [Scott], Ravensworth (Liddell), Delamere {Cholmondeky), Forester {Weld-Forester), and Rayleigh {Strutt). Total — I Marquessate, 5 Earldoms, i Viscountcy,and 15 Baronies, viz. in all 22, the same number [U.K.] as cr. by his br. and successor, William IV, in 1831, on the like occasion, and twice the number cr. at the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838. William IV acceded 26 June 1 830, and was crowned 8 Sep. 1 83 1, on which occasion he created 22 peerages. Besides the promotion of an Irish Viscountcy (Northland) to the Earldom of Ranfurly [I.], they were 3 Marquessates [Ailsa, Breadalbane and Westminster] and 2 Earldoms [Camperdown and Lichfield] conferred on peers of lower grade, i.e. the Earls of Cassillis [S.], Breadalbane [S.] (both being also Peers U.K.), and Grosvenor, and the Viscounts Duncan and Anson ; i Earldom [Burlington conferred on the yr. s. of a Duke]; 7 Baronies [Kenlis, Chaworth, Dunmore, Ludlow, Hamilton of Wishaw, Howden and Cloncurry] conferred on Scottish and Irish Peers, i.e. the Marquess of Headfort [I.], the Earl of Meath [I.], the Earl of Dunmore [S.], Earl Ludlow [I.], Lord Belhaven [S.], Baron Howden [I.], and Baron Cloncurry [I.]; and also 9 Baronies conferred on commoners, viz. Panmure {Maule) ; Oakley {Cadogan); Poltimore {Bamfylde); Wenlock {Lawley); Mostyn {Lloyd); Segrave {Berkeley); Templemore {Chichester); Dinorben {Hughes); and De Saumarez {Saumarez). Total: 3 Marquessates, 3 Earldoms and 16 Baronies, viz. in all (besides the Irish Earl- dom of Ranfurly) 22, the same number [U.K.] as those cr. by his br. and predecessor, George IV. Victoria acceded 20 June 1837, and was crowned 28 June 1838. Between 25 June and 13 July 1838 she cr. 1 1 peerages, viz. i Marquessate, Normanby, conferred on the Earl of Mulgrave, 2 Earldoms, Lovelace and Zetland, conferred on Lord King and Lord Dundas respectively, and 8 Baronies, 4 of which were conferred on Scot- tish or Irish peers, i.e. the Barony of Kintore on the Earl of Kintore [S.], the Barony of Lismore on Lord Lismore [I.], the Barony of Rossmore on Lord Rossmore [I.], and the Barony of Carew of Castle Boro on Lord Carew [I.]; and 4 Baronies con- ferred on commoners, i.e. De Mauley {Ponsonby), Wrottesley, Sudeley {H anbury-Tracy), and Methuen. Edward VII acceded 22 Jan. 1901, and was crowned 9 Aug. 1902. Between II and 22 July 1902 he cr. 11 peerages, viz. 4 Viscountcies, i.e. Kitchener, Colville of Culross, Churchill, and Milner, conferred on holders of existing peerages, and 7 Baronies, i.e. Kinross {Balfour), Shuttleworth, AUerton, {Jackson), Barrymore {Smith- Barry), Grenfell, Knollys, and Redesdale {Freeman-Mitford), con- ferred on commoners.