Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . l be held in check by experienced advisers re-sponsible to Parliament. 293. The House of Lords.—The House of Lords is com-posed of two estates, the Lords Spiritual and the LordsTemporal. The Lords Spiritual consist of the Archbishopsof Canterbury and York, together with twenty-four bishopsof the established church in England. The Temporal Peersmay be divided into two groups made up of those whoseright to sit in the House of Lords is limited and those
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . l be held in check by experienced advisers re-sponsible to Parliament. 293. The House of Lords.—The House of Lords is com-posed of two estates, the Lords Spiritual and the LordsTemporal. The Lords Spiritual consist of the Archbishopsof Canterbury and York, together with twenty-four bishopsof the established church in England. The Temporal Peersmay be divided into two groups made up of those whoseright to sit in the House of Lords is limited and those whose 307 308 HISTORY OF ENGLAND right is hereditary. By the Act of Union between England andScotland, it was provided that the House of Lords shouldcontain sixteen Scottish peers. These are elected for eachParliament by the whole body of Scottish peers meeting inconvocation. It thus happens that a Scottish peer may sitin the House of Lords during one Parliament and may losethat privilege during the next. By the Act of Union be-tween Great Britain and Ireland, it was agreed that Irelandshould be represented in the House of Lords by four. The Imperial Parliament Buildings at Westminster spiritual and twenty-eight temporal peers, each electedfor life. When, however, the Irish church was dis-established, the four spiritual peers ceased to sit inthe House of Lords. Those so elected are called IrishRepresentative Peers. When one of this number dies,his successor is elected from the remaining Irish peers by asystem of balloting which does not require a general con-vocation. Both Irish and Scottish peers, who are notalready members of the House of Lords, are eligible forelection to the House of Commons. No additional Scottish THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT 309 peers have been created since 1707, but the present law isso arranged that the Irish peerages may never fall belowone hundred. The House of Lords also contains a few lifepeers, mostly in the persons of eminent judges, who, forvarious
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