Letter: Not the first lord

You are wrong in calling Lord Taylor of Warwick "the first black peer" in 1996 (your report, 21 January).

By The Newsroom

Published 23rd Jan 2011, 15:48 BST

Updated 23rd Jan 2011, 18:57 BST

Sir Learie Constantine - the great cricketer, lawyer, politician and high commissioner - was the first, becoming Baron Constantine of Maraval in Trinidad and Tobago and of Nelson in the County Palatine of Lancaster in 1969.

John Birkett

Horseleys Park

St Andrews

Nelson