Prestige Titles · Guide
What Is a Baroness?
The female counterpart to a baron, from medieval halls to the modern House of Lords.
What a Baroness is
A baroness ranks alongside a baron at the base of the peerage. Uniquely, the rank is now the most common one created for life peers, so a great many of the women in the modern House of Lords are baronesses.
Where a Baroness ranks
She sits at the fifth degree of the peerage, addressed as Lady. See the order of precedence to place her against the ranks above.
A little history
Historically a baroness was the wife of a baron or a woman who inherited a barony in her own right. Since life peerages began in 1958, the title has become the mark of women recognised by the Crown for public service.
Examples:Baroness Thatcher · Baroness Brady · Baroness Benjamin
How to address a Baroness
She is written to as The Lady [Surname], or Baroness [Surname], and addressed in person as My Lady. See how to address a Lord or Lady.
Baroness and Baron
The male equivalent is Baron, the oldest rank of the peerage. Read what is a Baron.
How to become a Baroness
A barony is inherited or granted by the Crown, and cannot be bought. What you can do is legally change your title to Baroness through a title pack, which gives you a personalised Certificate of Title on parchment and a sealed Master Title Deed. See how to become a Lord or Lady and are titles real and legal?
Become a Baroness
Legally change your title to Baroness, beautifully presented on real parchment and ready to gift.
Baroness Title Pack
£74.99£94.99
Become a Baroness →Real parchment certificate · sealed Master Title Deed · a donation to the Woodland Trust
