Baron Kenyon

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Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Baron Kenyon, of Gredington, in the County of Flint, [1] is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1788 for the lawyer and judge Sir Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baronet. He served as Master of the Rolls and as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. Kenyon had already been created a Baronet, of Gredington in the County of Flint, in 1784. [2] His grandson, the third Baron, briefly represented St Michael's in the House of Commons. His grandson, the fourth Baron, held minor office in the governments of Lord Salisbury, Arthur Balfour and David Lloyd George and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire. [3] In 1912 Lord Kenyon assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Tyrell. As of 2023 the titles are held by his great-grandson, the eighth Baron, who succeeded his brother in that year.

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Barons Kenyon (1788)

The heir presumptive is the present peer's third cousin once removed, Roger Lloyd Kenyon (born 1960) [5]

Line of succession
  • Coronet of a British Baron.svg Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon (1732–1802)
    • Coronet of a British Baron.svg George Kenyon, 2nd Baron Kenyon (1776–1855)
      • Coronet of a British Baron.svg Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon (1805–1869)
        • Hon. Lloyd Kenyon (1835–1865)
          • Coronet of a British Baron.svg Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon (1864–1927)
            • Coronet of a British Baron.svg Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 5th Baron Kenyon (1917–1993)
              • Coronet of a British Baron.svg Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 6th Baron Kenyon (1947–2019)
                • Coronet of a British Baron.svg Alexander Tyrell-Kenyon, 8th Baron Kenyon (b. 1975)
        • Hon. William Trevor Kenyon (1847–1930)
          • Gordon Lloyd Trevor Kenyon (1873–1951)
            • Lloyd Gordon Trevor Kenyon (1911–1994)
              • (1). Roger Lloyd Kenyon (b. 1960)
    • Hon. Thomas Kenyon (1780–1851)
      • John Robert Kenyon (1807–1883)
        • Edward Ranulph Kenyon (1854–1937)
          • Herbert Edward Kenyon (1881–1958)
            • John Frederick Kenyon (1921–2006)
              • (2). Richard Howard Trevor Kenyon (b. 1951)
        • Eustace Alban Kenyon (1859–1920)
          • William Patrick Kenyon (1898–1992)
            • (3). Thomas David Kenyon (b. 1932)
          • Rowland Lloyd Kenyon (1901–1959)
            • (4). Peter Rowland Kenyon (b. 1937)
              • (5). Rupert Peter Kenyon (b. 1968)
            • (6). Robert Nicholas Andrew Kenyon (b. 1939)
      • William Kenyon-Slaney (1815–1884)
        • William Kenyon-Slaney (1847–1908)
          • Robert Orlando Rodolph Kenyon-Slaney (1892–1965)
            • Robert Ivan Kenyon-Slaney (1926–1984)
              • (7). Rupert David Kenyon-Slaney (b. 1965)
                • (8). Robert Duncan Thomas Kenyon-Slaney (b. 2013)
                • (9). Orlando William Percy Kenyon-Slaney (b. 2013)
                • (10). Caspian John Aglionby Kenyon-Slaney (b. 2015)
              • (11). Thomas Alexander Kenyon-Slaney (b. 1966)

[5]

Coat of arms of Baron Kenyon
Coronet of a British Baron.svg
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Crest
A lion sejant Proper resting the dexter forepaw on a cross flory Argent.
Escutcheon
Sable a chevron engrailed Or between three crosses flory Argent.
Supporters
Two female figures the dexter representing Truth vested in white her head irradiated on her breast a sun and in her right hand a mirror all Proper; the sinister representing Fortitude clad in a corset of mail robe Or mantle Gules on her head a casque plumed Gules in her right hand a branch of oak and her left arm resting on a pillar Proper. [6]

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References

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  2. "No. 12562". The London Gazette . 20 July 1784. p. 1.
  3. Hesilrige 1921, p. 512.
  4. "Nicholas Tyrell-Kenyon 7th Lord Kenyon". The Telegraph. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
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  6. Debrett's Peerage. 1878.