Baron de Ros of Helmsley is the premier baron in the Peerage of England,created in 1288/89 for William de Ros,with precedence to 24 December 1264. Premier baron is a designation and status awarded to the holder of the most ancient extant barony of the Peerage of England. Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries the Prior of the Order of St John in England was deemed the premier baron.
Earl of Swinton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1955 for the prominent Conservative politician Philip Cunliffe-Lister,1st Viscount Swinton. He had already been created Viscount Swinton,of Masham in the County of York,in 1935,and was made Baron Masham,of Ellington in the County of York,at the same time he was given the earldom. Born Philip Lloyd-Greame,he was the husband of Mary Constance "Molly" Boynton,granddaughter of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister,1st Baron Masham. When his wife inherited the large Masham estates in 1924,they assumed the surname of Cunliffe-Lister in lieu of Lloyd-Greame.
Baron Rayleigh,of Terling Place in the County of Essex,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 18 July 1821 for Lady Charlotte Strutt,wife of Colonel Joseph Strutt,Member of Parliament for Maldon.
Baron Gorell,of Brampton in the County of Derby,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 February 1909 for Sir Gorell Barnes,President of the Probate,Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice from 1905 to 1909. His eldest son,the second Baron,was killed in the First World War and was succeeded by his younger brother,the third Baron. He notably served as Under-Secretary of State for Air between 1921 and 1922 in the coalition government of David Lloyd George. He was succeeded by his son,the fourth Baron. He was a Senior Executive of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group from 1959 to 1984. As of 2017 the title is held by his nephew,the fifth Baron,who succeeded in 2007. He is the son of the Hon. Ronald Alexander Henry Barnes.
Baron Rathcreedan,of Bellehatch Park in the County of Oxford,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created 27 January 1916 for the Liberal politician Cecil Norton. He had previously represented Newington West in the House of Commons and served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1905 to 1910 and as Assistant Postmaster-General between 1910 and 1916. Since 1990,the title is held by his grandson,the third Baron.
Baron Ravensdale,of Ravensdale in the County of Derby,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
David Alexander Edward Lindsay,27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres,,styled Lord Balcarres or Lord Balniel between 1880 and 1913,was a British Conservative politician and art connoisseur.
Sir Worthington Laming Worthington-Evans,1st Baronet,was a British Conservative politician.
John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter,Baron Boyd-Carpenter,PC,DL was a British Conservative politician.
There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Holden,all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extant as of 2010.
Angus Holden,1st Baron Holden,was a British Liberal Party politician who was active in local government and sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1885 and 1900. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Holden in 1908.
Percy Holden Illingworth was a British Liberal politician. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury under H. H. Asquith between 1912 and 1915.
Albert Ernest Kitson,2nd Baron Airedale was a British peer. He was inter alia a director of Midland Bank.
Dame Margaret Lloyd George was a Welsh humanitarian and one of the first seven women magistrates appointed in Britain in 1919. She was the wife of Prime Minister David Lloyd George from 1888 until her death in 1941.
Cecil William Norton,1st Baron Rathcreedan was a British Liberal Party politician.
Charlotte Mary Gertrude Strutt,1st Baroness Rayleigh,known as Lady Charlotte FitzGerald from 1758 to 1789 and as Lady Charlotte Strutt from 1789 to 1821,was a British peeress.
The Bonham-Carter family is a British family that has included several prominent people active in various spheres in the United Kingdom.
Members of the Middleton family have been related to the British royal family by marriage since the wedding of Catherine Middleton and Prince William in April 2011,when she became the Duchess of Cambridge. The couple has three children,George,Charlotte and Louis. Tracing their origins back to the Tudor era,the Middleton family of Yorkshire of the late 18th century were recorded as owning property of the Rectory Manor of Wakefield. The land passed down to solicitor William Middleton who established the family law firm in Leeds which spanned five generations. Some members of the firm inherited woollen mills after the First World War. By the turn of the 20th century,the Middleton family had married into the British nobility and,by the 1920s,the family were playing host to the British royal family.
Philip Christian Darnton,also known as Baron von Schunck,was a British composer and writer.
The Lupton family in Yorkshire achieved prominence in ecclesiastical and academic circles in England in the Tudor era through the fame of Roger Lupton,provost of Eton College and chaplain to Henry VII and Henry VIII. By the Georgian era,the family was established as merchants and ministers in Leeds. Described in the city's archives as "landed gentry,a political and business dynasty",they had become successful woollen cloth merchants and manufacturers who flourished during the Industrial Revolution and traded throughout northern Europe,the Americas and Australia.
