No provision stood whereby the number of Law Lords could be regulated. In 1856, it was desired to increase their number by creating a life peerage. The House, however, ruled that the recipient, Sir James Parke, was not entitled thereby to sit as a Lord of Parliament.
No provision stood whereby the number of Law Lords could be r,egulated. In 1856 it was desired to increase their number by creatin,g a life peerage. The House however, ruled that the recipient, Sir James Parke, was not entitled thereby to sit as a Lord .of Parliament