Literary peers

English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)

British statesman (1804–1881)

British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)

French author of maxims and memoirs (1613-1680)

French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)

British statesman and author (1803–1873)

18th-century British statesman and man of letters; (1694-1773)

English author and former politician (born 1940)

British writer (1930-2015)

English crime writer (1920-2014)

French writer (1675-1755)

Irish writer and dramatist (1878-1957)

English poet, and peer of the realm (1647-1680)

English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter

English politician and historian (1609–1674)

English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era (1550-1604)

English statesman and poet

English politician (1554-1628)

British composer, writer, painter, politician, novelist and autobiographer (1883-1950)

British poet (1835-95)

British peer and politician (born 1927)