In the peerages of the British Isles, most titles have traditionally been created for men and with remainder to male heirs. However, some titles are created with special remainders to allow women to inherit them. Some of the oldest English baronies were created by writ and pass to female heirs when a peer dies with daughters and no sons, while some titles are created with a man's family in mind, if he is without sons and unlikely to produce any. The following is a list of women who have inherited titles with the British peerages.
14th century
Date inheritedDate of deathTitleNameOther titlesPreceded in title bySucceeded in title by21 October 131419 October 13562nd Baroness GenevilleJoan de Geneville (Mortimer)Countess of MarchGeoffrey de Geneville, grandfatherRoger Mortimer, son6 June 133310 December 13634th Countess of UlsterElizabeth de Burgh (Plantagenet)Duchess of ClarenceWilliam de Burgh, fatherPhilippa, daughter4 August 133824 March 13992nd Countess of NorfolkMargaret of NorfolkBaroness SegraveBaroness MannyDuchess of NorfolkThomas of Brotherton, fatherThomas Mowbray, grandson31 May 134929 September 13493rd Baroness Wake of LiddellMargaret Wake (Comyn)Countess of KentThomas Wake, brotherJohn, son26 December 13527 August 13854th Countess of Kent5th Baroness Wake of LiddellJoan Plantagenet (Montacute) (Holland)Countess of SalisburyPrincess of WalesJohn Plantagenet, brotherThomas Holland, son10 December 13635 January 13825th Countess of UlsterPhilippa of ClarenceCountess of MarchElizabeth de Burgh, motherRoger Mortimer, son13723 April 13842nd Baroness MannyAnne HastingsCountess of PembrokeWalter de Manny, fatherJohn Hastings, son
15th century
Date inheritedDate of deathTitleNameOther titlesPreceded in title bySucceeded in title by14251458Countess of LennoxIsabellaDuchess of AlbanyDonnchadh, fatherExtinct3 November 142814625th Countess of SalisburyAlice (Montacute) NevilleThomas Montacute, fatherRichard Neville, son25 November 143114858th Baroness FitzWalterElizabeth FitzWalterLady DinhamWalter FitzWalter, 7th Baron FitzWalter, fatherJohn Radcliffe, 9th Baron FitzWalter, son11 June 14463 January 144815th Countess of WarwickAnne de BeauchampHenry de Beauchamp, fatherAnne Neville and Richard Neville, aunt and uncle3 January 144820 September 149216th Countess of WarwickAnne (de Beauchamp) NevilleCountess of SalisburyAnne de Beauchamp, nieceEdward Plantagenet, grandson145014688th Baroness Ferrers of ChartleyAnne Ferrers (Devereux)William de Ferrers, fatherWalter Devereux, husbandJohn Devereux, son30 December 146012 May 15297th Baroness HaringtonCecily Bonville (Grey) (Stafford)Marchioness of DorsetCountess of WiltshireWilliam Bonville, fatherThomas Grey, son18 February 14612nd Baroness BonvilleWilliam Bonville, great-grandfather14 January 147619 November 14818th Countess of NorfolkAnne de Mowbray (Plantagenet)Duchess of YorkDuchess of NorfolkJohn Mowbray, fatherExtinctBaroness MowbrayBaroness SegraveJohn Howard, cousin16 July 149127 August 15073rd Baroness HerbertElizabeth (Herbert) SomersetCountess of WorcesterWilliam Herbert, fatherHenry Somerset, son
16th century
Date inheritedDate of deathTitleNameOther titlesPreceded in title bySucceeded in title by151315398th or 2nd Countess of SalisburyMargaret PoleEdward Plantagenet, brotherForfeit152619 September 158012th Baroness Willoughby de EresbyCatherine Willoughby (Brandon) (Bertie)Duchess of SuffolkWilliam Willoughby, fatherPeregrine Bertie, son13 March 154017 April 15437th Baroness BourchierAnne Bourchier (Parr)Henry Bourchier, fatherWalter Devereux, cousin14 April 15871 May 159116th Baroness de RosElizabeth (Manners) CecilEdward Manners, fatherWilliam Cecil, son
17th century
Date inheritedDate of deathTitleNameOther titlesPreceded in title bySucceeded in title by30 October 160522 March 167614th Baroness de CliffordAnne Clifford (Sackville) (Herbert)Countess of DorsetCountess of Pembroke and MontgomeryGeorge Clifford, fatherNicholas Tufton, grandson14 October 161817 September 16372nd Baroness CliftonKatherine Clifton (Stewart) (Hamilton)Countess of MarchDuchess of LennoxCountess of AbercornGervase Clifton, fatherJames Stewart, son1632October 164919th Baroness de RosKatherine (Manners) Villiers (MacDonnell)Duchess of BuckinghamCountess of AntrimMarchioness of AntrimFrancis Manners, fatherGeorge Villiers, son165124 May 165413th Baroness FurnivallAlethea (Talbot) HowardCountess of ArundelGilbert Talbot, fatherHenry Howard, son12 September 165116983rd Duchess of HamiltonAnne Hamilton (Douglas)William Hamilton, uncleJames Hamilton, son22 November 165111 March 16613rd Countess of BuccleuchMary ScottCountess of TarrasFrancis Scott, fatherAnne Scott, sister11 September 16535 June 16982nd Countess of Dysart2nd Baroness HuntingtowerElizabeth (Murray) (Tollemache) MaitlandDuchess of LauderdaleWilliam Murray, fatherLionel Tollemache, son11 March 16616 February 17324th Countess of BuccleuchAnne ScottDuchess of BuccleuchMary Scott, sisterFrancis Scott, grandson25 March 166723 April 16866th Baroness WentworthHenrietta WentworthThomas Wentworth, grandfatherAnne Lovelace, auntJuly 167911 March 17053rd Countess of WemyssMargaret Wemyss (Mackenzie)Lady BurntislandCountess of CromartieDavid Wemyss, fatherDavid Wemyss, son28 July 16857 February 17232nd Countess of ArlingtonIsabella (Bennet) FitzRoy (Hanmer)Duchess of GraftonHenry Bennet, fatherCharles FitzRoy, son23 April 168616977th Baroness WentworthAnne LovelaceBaroness LovelaceHenrietta Wentworth, nieceMartha Johnson, granddaughter19 June 169717 November 17057th Baroness MordauntMary HowardDuchess of NorfolkHenry Mordaunt, fatherCharles Mordaunt, cousin169717458th Baroness WentworthMartha JohnsonAnne Lovelace, grandmotherEdward Noel, first cousin twice removed
18th century
Date inheritedDate of deathTitleNameOther titlesPreceded in title bySucceeded in title by171426 June 17184th Baroness StrangeHenrietta StanleyCountess of AngleseyBaroness AshburnhamWilliam Stanley, fatherHenrietta Ashburnham, daughter171719 August 175814th Countess of ErrollMary Hay (Falconer)Charles Hay, brotherJames Hay, great-nephew25 December 171713 March 174115th Baroness Ferrers of ChartleyElizabeth (Shirley) ComptonCountess of NorthamptonRobert Shirley, grandfatherAbeyant (later Charlotte Townshend, daughter)26 June 171817325th Baroness StrangeHenrietta AshburnhamHenrietta Stanley, motherJames Stanley, great-uncle16 June 172224 October 17332nd Duchess of MarlboroughHenrietta GodolphinCountess of GodolphinJohn Churchill, fatherCharles Spencer, nephew29 January 17375 December 17562nd Countess of OrkneyAnne (Douglas-Hamilton) O'BrienCountess InchiquinGeorge Douglas-Hamilton, fatherMary O'Brien, daughter5 June 174010 January 17972nd Marchioness GreyJemima (Campbell) YorkeCountess of HardwickeHenry Grey, grandfatherExtinct4th Baroness LucasAmabel Hume-Campbell, daughter14 September 174917522nd Viscountess CobhamHester (Grenville) TempleCountess TempleRichard Temple, brotherRichard Grenville-Temple, son17493 September 177016th Baroness Ferrers of ChartleyCharlotte (Compton) TownshendViscountess TownshendElizabeth Compton, motherGeorge Townshend, son3 October 17547th Baroness ComptonJames Compton, father7 February 17505 December 17762nd Baroness PercyElizabeth (Seymour) PercyDuchess of NorthumberlandAlgernon Seymour, fatherHugh Percy, son15 December 17538 December 17546th Baroness CliffordCharlotte (Boyle) CavendishMarchioness of HartingtonRichard BoyleWilliam Cavendish, son5 December 175610 May 17913rd Countess of OrkneyMary O'BrienCountess InchiquinAnne O'Brien, motherMary FitzMaurice, daughter8 January 176413 October 18058th Baroness StrangeCharlotte MurrayDuchess of AthollJames Murray, fatherJohn Murray, son176629 January 183919th Countess of SutherlandElizabeth (Sutherland) Leveson-GowerMarchioness of StaffordDuchess of SutherlandWilliam Sutherland, fatherGeorge Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, son27 April 178214 March 17932nd Baroness DynevorCecil de CardonnelWilliam Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, fatherGeorge Talbot Rice, son16 May 177827 January 1784de jure 12th Baroness Darcy de Knayth9th Baroness ConyersAmelia (Darcy) OsborneMarchioness of CarmarthenRobert Darcy, fatherGeorge Osborne, son28 April 17868 January 18406th Countess of LoudounFlora Mure-CampbellMarchioness of HastingsJames Mure-Campbell, fatherGeorge Rawdon-Hastings, son2 October 178911 April 180816th Baroness Botreaux15th Baroness Hungerford13th Baroness de Moleyns13th Baroness Hastings de Hastings12th Baroness Hastings de HungerfordElizabeth (Hastings) RawdonCountess of MoiraFrancis Hastings, brotherFrancis Rawdon-Hastings, son10 May 179130 December 18314th Countess of OrkneyMary (O'Brien) FitzMauriceMary O'Brien, motherThomas FitzMaurice, grandson
19th century
Date inheritedDate of deathTitleNameOther titlesPreceded in title bySucceeded in title by18069 January 183121st Baroness de RosCharlotte (Boyle Walsingham) FitzGerald-de Rosabeyant 1687–1806 (previously George Villiers, cousin)Henry FitzGerald-de Ros, son29 October 181018 November 185820th Baroness Grey de RuthynBarbara Rawdon-HastingsMarchioness of HastingsHenry Yelverton, fatherHenry Rawdon-Hastings, son17 June 181312 April 18232nd Baroness BarhamDiana NoelCharles Middleton, fatherCharles Noel, son25 February 18162 January 18319th Viscountess MassereeneHarriet SkeffingtonViscountess FerrardChichester Skeffington, fatherJohn Skeffington, son9 March 182122 September 18407th Countess of DysartLouisa Tollemache MannersWilbraham Tollemache, brotherLionel Tollemache, grandson10 March 182311 November 18672nd Baroness KeithMargaret Elphinstone de FlahaultComtesse de FlahaultGeorge Elphinstone, fatherExtinct18377th Lady NairneWilliam Nairne, cousinEmily Petty-Fitzmaurice, daughter14 February 183522 January 18552nd Baroness BassetFrances BassetFrancis Basset, fatherExtinct185616 May 186011th Baroness WentworthAnne Isabella ByronBaroness ByronThomas Noel, uncleByron Noel-King, grandson186823 January 187410th Countess of LoudounEdith Rawdon-HastingsHenry Rawdon-Hastings, brotherCharles Clifton, son188817 November 192613th Baroness ConyersMarcia PelhamCountess of YarboroughSackville Lane-Fox, fatherSackville Pelham, son19037th Baroness FauconbergJoan Neville26 March 188917 October 194411th Lady KinlossMary Morgan-GrenvilleRichard Temple-Grenville, fatherMary Freeman-Grenville, granddaughter189631 August 197111th Baroness BeaumontMona (Stapleton) Fitzalan-HowardBaroness Howard of GlossopMiles Stapleton, fatherMiles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, son
20th century