List of peerages inherited by women
Date inherited Title Name Preceded in title by
2003 12th Countess of Dysart Katherine Grant Rosamund Greaves , sister
17 May 2012 9th Baroness Fauconberg 15th Baroness Conyers Diana Miller Sackville George Pelham , father abeyant 1948-2012
30 September 2012 13th Lady Kinloss Teresa Freeman-Grenville Mary Freeman-Grenville , mother
8 May 2014 29th Baroness Dacre Emily Douglas-Home James Douglas-Home , father
25 November 2014 15th Lady Herries of Terregles Mary Mumford Anne Cowdrey , sister
7 April 2017 16th Lady Herries of Terregles Jane Kerr Mary Mumford , sister
2019 9th Lady Balfour of Burleigh Victoria Bruce-Winkler Robert Bruce , father
21st century
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.