In the United Kingdom,
life peers are appointed members of the
peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to
hereditary peers. Nowadays life peerages, always of the rank of
baron, are created under the
Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the
House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as age and citizenship. The legitimate children of a life peer take the privilege of children of hereditary peers, being entitled to
style themselves with the prefix "
The Honourable," although they cannot inherit the peerage itself.