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This is a list of the present and extant Barons (Lords of Parliament, in Scottish terms) in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Note that it does not include those extant baronies which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with higher peerage dignities and are today only seen ...
In contrast to the English equivalent, the dignity of baron is a non-peerage rank in the Baronage of Scotland, created in the same way as a peerage with crown charter and is protected by the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 recognised by the crown as a title of nobility with status of minor baron.
The formal style for a life peer is as follows (John Smith and Mary Smith refer to any name; London to any territorial designation): In the case of a life baron: The Rt Hon The Lord Smith (of London) (e.g. The Rt Hon The Lord Owen) or The Rt Hon John, Lord Smith (of London) (e.g. The Rt Hon David, Lord Steel of Aikwood)
3rd Baron inherited the Barony of Botreaux 1520 and created Earl of Huntingdon, 1529 (that title passed to another branch in 1789); 14th Baron created Marquess of Hastings in 1826 (extinct 1868); the Barony of Stanley was called out of abeyance together with this barony for the 20th Baroness in 1921 Baron Herbert: 1461: Herbert, Somerset ...
Baron Mowbray and Baron Stourton in Peerage of England The Baron Clinton: 1299 The Baron De La Warr: 1299 Earl De La Warr in the Peerage of Great Britain: The Baron de Clifford: 1299 The Baron Strange: 1299: Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Held with Baron Hungerford and Baron de Moleyns in Peerage of England The Baron ...
King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215, surrounded by his baronage.Illustration from Cassell's History of England, 1902.. In the kingdom of England, a feudal barony or barony by tenure was the highest degree of feudal land tenure, namely per baroniam (Latin for "by barony"), under which the land-holder owed the service of being one of the king's barons.
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2010) Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland Extant All Dukes Dukedoms Marquesses Marquessates Earls Earldoms Viscounts Viscountcies Barons Baronies En, Sc, GB, Ir, UK (Law, Life: 1958–1979, 1979–1997, 1997–2010, 2010–2024, 2024–present) Baronets Baronetcies This page, one list of hereditary baronies ...
Baron Thurlow: 11 June 1792 Edward Thurlow, Baron Thurlow: Incumbent Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. [note 2] Baron Auckland: 22 May 1793 William Eden, Baron Auckland, MP: His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999. Baron Bradford: 13 August 1794 Earl of Bradford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Baron Clive: 13 August 1794