1st Baron Parmoor (1922)
Baron Parmoor, of Frieth in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [1] It was created on 16 January 1914 for the lawyer and politician Sir Charles Cripps. He and his second wife, Marian Ellis, were anti-war activists. Two of his sons, the second and third Barons, both succeeded to the title. The third Baron was succeeded by his son, the fourth Baron. As of 2025, the title is held by the latter's first cousin once removed, the sixth Baron, who succeeded in 2025. He is the great grandson of Major the Hon. Leonard Harrison Cripps, the third son of the first Baron.
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The Labour politician, The Rt Hon. Sir Stafford Cripps, was the youngest son of the first Baron. Violet, the wife of the third Baron and mother of the fourth Baron, was previously the second wife of the 2nd Duke of Westminster.
The first Baron’s daughter, Ruth Julia Cripps, married Sir Alfred Egerton in 1912, becoming the Hon. Lady Egerton. They had no children but adopted a nephew. She set up and was the chairman of the Women's Advisory Council on Solid Fuels in 1943. [2]
Parmoor House, in Parmoor hamlet near Frieth, Buckinghamshire, was the home of the first Baron Parmoor.
