Peerage

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From Pierre Jean Grosley's A Tour To London (in 1765) Page 41, and account of the trial of Lord Byron for killing a man in a duel. At present they are computed at 235: three of the royal family, 23 dukes, 1 marquess, 81 earls, 13 viscounts, 67 barons, 25 archbishops and bishops, an 16 Scottish peers.

The trial took place in Westminster Hall in April 1765, and there's a full description of proceedings on page 41-9.

Found guilty of manslaughter, "pleaded the privilege granted in cases of manslaughter to peers of the realm by a law of Edward IV. By virtue of this law he was set at liberty, no sentence being pronounced against him"

The duel was a disorderly one in a private room of a London inn. There's more here.