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The 28 pages that link to House of Lords, each with the reason it gives.

• Acts of Union 1707Related: The union replaced Scotland’s separate peerage legislature with limited representation in this chamber.

• Parliament of EnglandRelated: It supplied the Lords component, representing senior clergy and nobility within the legislature.

• Gunpowder PlotRelated: The conspirators placed gunpowder beneath it to destroy the king and assembled lawmakers.

• Parliament Act 1911Related: The Act curtailed this chamber’s ability to veto most public bills.

• People’s BudgetRelated: Its rejection of the budget brought the constitutional conflict to a head.

• Richard AttenboroughRelated: Attenborough entered the chamber as a life peer in 1993, taking the title Baron Attenborough.

• Guy FawkesRelated: The plotters planned to destroy it while king, Lords, and Commons gathered.

• James MathesonRelated: Matheson entered the chamber as a Liberal peer in 1843.

• Ralf DahrendorfRelated: Dahrendorf joined the chamber as a life peer in 1993.

• Elizabeth LongfordRelated: Longford’s husband became a peer, placing her family within Britain’s parliamentary aristocracy.

• James BryceRelated: Bryce entered the Lords in 1907, continuing his political work after leaving the Commons.

• George CurzonRelated: Curzon became its leader as Lord President of the Council after leaving the Foreign Office.

• Tanni Grey-ThompsonRelated: Grey-Thompson became a crossbench life peer in 2010.

• Tom DenningRelated: Denning served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary before becoming Master of the Rolls.

• William Rees-MoggRelated: Rees-Mogg became a life peer in 1988 and participated in parliamentary public life.