Baron Harmsworth

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Barony Harmsworth
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Escutcheon: Azure two rolls of paper in saltire Or banded in the centre Gules between two bees volant in pale and as many trefoils in fess of the second. Crest: A cubit arm erect the hand holding a roll of paper fesswise Proper between two ostrich feathers Or. Supporters: On either side a deep-sea fisherman Proper.
Creation date7 February 1939
Created by King George VI
Peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holderCecil Harmsworth
Present holderThomas Harmsworth
Heir apparentDominic Harmsworth
Remainder tothe 1st baron's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten

Baron Harmsworth, of Egham in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1939 for the Liberal politician Cecil Harmsworth, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1919 and 1922. As of 2017 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his uncle in 1990.

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The first Baron Harmsworth was the younger brother of Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, and Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere and the elder brother of Sir Leicester Harmsworth, 1st Baronet, and Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 1st Baronet.

The family seat is The Old Rectory, near Stoke Abbott, Dorset.

Barons Harmsworth (1939)

Cecil Harmsworth,
1st Baron Harmsworth Cecil Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.jpg
Cecil Harmsworth,
1st Baron Harmsworth

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Dominic Michael Eric Harmsworth (b. 1973)
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his eldest son, Thomas John Mark Harmsworth (b. 2003)

Male-line family tree

Male-line family tree, Barons Harmsworth
Cecil Harmsworth
1st Baron Harmsworth

1869–1948
Cecil Harmsworth
1898–1899
Cecil Harmsworth
2nd Baron Harmsworth

1903–1990
Hon.
Eric Harmsworth
1905–1988
Thomas Harmsworth
3rd Baron Harmsworth

born 1939
Hon.
Dominic Harmsworth
born 1973
Thomas Harmsworth
born 2003

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