Following the Act of Union in 1800, the peerage of Ireland elected just 28 of their number to sit in the United Kingdom House of Lords, described as the "representative peers". This practice ended in 1922 with the establishment of the Irish Free State. Other newly created Irish peers, such as Clive of India, the Earl of Carysfort and Lord Curzon, were still able to stand for election to the UK House of Commons (not being UK Peers) if they were not a Representative Peer. This was a convenient way of giving a title for reasons of prestige to someone who expected to sit in the British House of Commons.