- Christopher Guest
Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5 1948), is a British/American comedian, actor, writer, director, composer, and musician known as Christopher Guest. He is known for having written, directed and starred in several "mockumentary" films (most recently "For Your Consideration"), although it should be noted that Guest himself resents and finds inappropriate the "mockumentary" descriptor, … - Frederic Leighton 1st Baron Leighton
Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, PRA (3 December 1830-25 January 1896) was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical and classical subject matter. - Martin Conway
William Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (April 12 1856 at Rochester, England - April 19 1937 at London), English art critic, politician and mountaineer, was the son of Reverend William Conway, afterwards canon of Westminster. W.M. Conway was educated at Repton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became a close friend of Karl Pearson. He became interested in early printing and engraving, … - Charles McLaren 3rd Baron Aberconway
Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway JP (April 16, 1913 - February 4, 2003) was a British industrialist and horticulturalist. Son of Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway, he was educated at Eton, New College, Oxford, and became a barrister of the Middle Temple. As a young man, he became a director of John Brown & Company, the board of which was chaired by his father. Due to this connection, he took part in a secret, … - Henry Bruce 1st Baron Aberdare
Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare GCB, PC, FRS (16 April 1815 - 25 February 1895) was a British statesman who served in government during the late 19th century, most notably as Home Secretary and as Lord President of the Council. He was born at Duffryn, Aberdare, Glamorganshire, the son of John Bruce, a Glamorganshire landowner. John Bruce's original family name was Knight, but on coming of age in 1805 he assumed the name of Bruce: his mother, … - Roger Chorley 2nd Baron Chorley
Roger Richard Edward Chorley, 2nd Baron Chorley (born 14 August 1930) is a British chartered accountant and peer. The son of the 1st Baron Chorley was educated at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in natural sciences and economics in 1953. He succeeded to his father's title in 1987. Chorley worked for Coopers and Lybrand from 1954 to 1990, as partner from 1967 to 1989. - Hastings Ismay 1st Baron Ismay
General Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay KG GCB CH DSO PC (21 June 1887-17 December 1965) was a British soldier and diplomat. Ismay was educated at Charterhouse and Sandhurst before being commissioned in 1905. He joined the Indian Army and served on the North-West Frontier. During World War I he saw action in Somaliland against Mohammed bin Abdullah (lasting beyond the end of the European war). - Philip Chetwode 1st Baron Chetwode
Field Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, 7th Baronet of Oakley GCB OM GCSI KCMG DSO (21 September, 1869-1950) was a British cavalry officer during World War I. Chetwode was the son of Sir George Chetwode, 6th Baronet, and Alice Jane Bass. He served on the Western Front in smaller cavalry commands receiving little distinction. - Nicolas Rea 3rd Baron Rea
John Nicolas Rea, 3rd Baron Rea commonly known as Nicolas Rea (born 6 June 1928) is a British peer, politician and doctor. The son of James Russell Rea was educated in Dartington Hall School, in Belmont Hill School, Massachusetts and Dauntsey's School. He was further educated in Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in natural sciences, a Bachelor of Medicine, a Bachelor of Surgery in 1951, … - Arthur French 1st Baron de Freyne
Arthur French, 1st Baron de Freyne (1786 - 29 September 1856), was an Anglo-Irish peer and Member of Parliament. De Freyne was the eldest son of Arthur French, of French Park. The French family had been major landowners in County Sligo and County Roscommon for many years. He was elected to Parliament for Roscommon in 1821, a seat he held until 1832. In 1839 he was raised to the peerage as Baron de Freyne, of Artagh in the County of Roscommon, … - Patrick Campbell 3rd Baron Glenavy
Patrick Gordon Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy (6 June 1913 - 9 November 1980), better known simply as Patrick Campbell, was a British journalist, humorist and television personality. He was born in Dublin and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford. During the Second World War, he served in the Irish navy, and afterwards worked on the "Irish Times" (using the pseudonym, "Quidnunc"), "Sunday Dispatch" and "Sunday Times". - William Thomson 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, FRSE, (26 June 1824 - 17 December 1907) was a mathematical physicist, engineer, and outstanding leader in the physical sciences of the 19th century. He did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form. He is widely known for developing the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature measurement. - Colin Moynihan
Colin Berkeley Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan (born 13 September, 1955) is a former Olympic coxswain who became a politician. Colin Moynihan was educated at Monmouth School, and went up to University College, Oxford, in the 1970s. He coxed for victorious Oxford University in the 1977 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. He was also the first but short-lived pianist for the Oxcentrics jazz band. - Thomas Baring 1st Earl of Northbrook
Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook GCSI FRS (22 January 1826 - 15 November 1904), English statesman, eldest son of the 1st Baron. Baring was created Viscount Baring of Lee in the county of Kent and Earl of Northbrook in the county of Hampshire. Baring was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with honors in 1846. He entered upon a political career, and was successively private secretary to Henry Labouchere, … - Arthur French 5th Baron de Freyne
Arthur Reginald French, 5th Baron de Freyne (July 3, 1879 - May 9, 1915) was born in London, to Arthur French of Frenchpark, County Roscommon (1855-1913), 4th Baron de Freyne, and his wife Lady Laura Octavia Dundas (d. 1881). A graduate of Sandhurst and lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers, he incurred the wrath of his father when on November 18, 1902 he married Annabelle Angus (the daughter of an innkeeper in Banffshire and the divorced wife of a brother officer, … - Francis Baring 1st Baron Northbrook
Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook (1796-1866) was a British Whig politician who served in the governments of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Called to the bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1823. Member of Parliament for Portsmouth, 1826-1865. A Lord of the Treasury, 1830-1834, and a Secretary to the Treasury, June - November 1834 and 1835-1839. He entered the cabinet in 1839 as Chancellor of the Exchequer, … - Norman Brook 1st Baron Normanbrook
Norman Craven Brook, 1st Baron Normanbrook GCB (29 April 1902 - 15 June 1967) was a British civil servant. Educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School and Wadham College, Oxford, he entered Home Civil Service in 1925. He attained the grades of Principal in 1933 and Assistant Secretary in 1938. He was Principal Private Secretary to Sir John Anderson from 1938-42, Deputy Secretary (Civil) to the War Cabinet in 1942, … - Henry McLaren 2nd Baron Aberconway
Henry Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway CBE (April 16, 1879 - May 23, 1953), was a British politician, horticulturalist and industrialist. He was the son of Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway and Laura Pochin. - William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS (15 March 1779 - 24 November 1848) was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary (1830-1834) and Prime Minister (1834 and 1835-1841), and a mentor of Queen Victoria. Born in London to an aristocratic Whig family and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he fell in with a group of Romantic Radicals that included Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. - Algernon Borthwick 1st Baron Glenesk
Sir Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk (27 December 1830 - 24 November 1908) was a conservative British journalist, and later the owner of the "Morning Post" (which merged with "The Daily Telegraph" in 1937). The son of Peter Borthwick, editor of the "Post", Algernon was sent to King's College School and later started his career in 1852 as the newspaper's Paris correspondent. He took over as editor when his father died, and in 1876 became proprietor. - John Rolls 1st Baron Llangattock
John Allan Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock (19 February 1837 - 24 September 1912) was a Welsh politician and benefactor to the Chailey Heritage. Rolls was MP for Monmouthshire from 1880-85, and was raised to the peerage in 1892. His country seat was The Hendre, a colossal Victorian mansion north of Monmouth. He was educated at Eton and Christ's College, Cambridge, later becoming Captain in the Royal Gloucester Hussar Yeomanry Cavalry. He was also a breeder of Shire horses. - John Holt
Sir John Holt (1642-1710) was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 17 April 1689 to 11 March 1710. He was born in Abingdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), the son of Thomas Holt, MP for that town, and was educated at Abingdon School, Gray's Inn and Oriel College, Oxford. He purchased Redgrave Manor in Suffolk, which had been the seat of the Bacon family in 1702, when debts forced the fifth baronet, Sir Robert Bacon, to sell the estate. - Hugh Cecil 1st Baron Quickswood
Hugh Richard Heathcote (Gascoyne-)Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood PC (14 October 1869 - 10 December 1956) was a British Conservative Party politician, known as Lord Hugh Cecil before 1941. Cecil was both a younger son of the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (who was Prime Minister three times in the late 19th century) and a cousin of British Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour, and was educated at Eton and University College, Oxford. - Lord Charles Beresford
Charles William de la Poer Beresford, 1st Baron Beresford GCB GCVO (February 10, 1846-September 6, 1919), known as Lord Charles Beresford until 1916, was a British Admiral and Member of Parliament. - John Abercromby 5th Baron Abercromby
John Abercromby, 5th Baron Abercromby (January 15 1841, October 7 1924) was the son of the 3rd Baron Abercromby and his wife, the former Louisa Forbes. He was a Lieutenant with the Rifle Brigade. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, with an honorary Doctorate of Law (LLD). He was president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and succeeded as 5th Baron Abercromby on October 3 1917. - Morys Bruce 4th Baron Aberdare
Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, KBE, PC, DL (16 June 1919-23 January 2005) was a Conservative politician, and from 1999 until his death one of ninety elected hereditary peers in the British House of Lords. In 1932, Bruce began his education at Winchester College in Hampshire, and four years later, he matriculated at New College, Oxford. - Max Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook
William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, PC (May 25, 1879 - June 9, 1964) was a Canadian - British business tycoon and politician. - Kenneth Thomson 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet
Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet (September 1, 1923 - June 12 2006) was a Canadian businessman and art collector who, at the time of his death, was the richest person in Canada, and the ninth richest person in the world, according to Forbes.com, with assets of approximately US $19.6 billion. - John Wilson-Patten 1st Baron Winmarleigh
John Wilson-Patten, 1st Baron Winmarleigh, PC (26 April 1802 - 11 July 1892) was a British Conservative Party (UK) politician. He was the second son of Thomas Wilson (formerly Patten) of Warrington, Lancashire, and Elizabeth Hyde, daughter of Nathan Hyde of Ardwick. His father had in 1800 assumed the surname of Wilson in lieu of Patten in accordance with the will of Thomas Wilson, son of Thomas Wilson, Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1697 to 1755, … - Alexander Baring 1st Baron Ashburton
Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton <small>PC</small> (October 1774 - May 13 1848) was an English politician and financier. Alexander was the second son of Sir Francis Baring, a famous banker, and of Harriet, daughter of William Herring. He was brought up in his father's business, and became a partner at Hope & Co.. He was sent to the United States for various land deals, where he married (on 23 August 1798) Anne Louisa, daughter of William Bingham of Philadelphia, … - Edward Evans 1st Baron Mountevans
Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans KCB DSO (October 28, 1881 - August 20, 1957), known as "Teddy" Evans, was a British naval officer and Antarctic explorer. He served as second-in-command on Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1910-1913 and as captain of the expedition ship "Terra Nova". - George Abercromby 3rd Baron Abercromby
Lt. Col. George Ralph Campbell Abercromby, 3rd Baron Abercromby was the son of George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby. He married Louisa Penuel Forbes, the daughter of John Hay Forbes, Lord Medwyn, on 3 April 1852. The couple had four children: *Hon. Montague Abercromby (1835–1931), later wife of George Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow *George Ralph Campbell Abercromby, 4th Baron Abercromby *John Abercromby, 5th Baron Abercromby *Lt. - Christopher James Makins 2nd Baron Sherfield
Christopher James Makins, 2nd Baron Sherfield was an Anglo-American diplomat and nobleman. Christopher James Makins was born at Southampton, New York on 23 July 1942, the son of Roger Makins, later 1st Baron Sherfield and Alice, "née" Davis, daughter of the American sportsman and politician Dwight F. Davis. He was a citizen of both the United Kingdom (where he was known as "Lord Sherfield") and the United States (where he was known as "Mr Makins"). - Hugh Lawson 6th Baron Burnham
Hugh John Frederick Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham (August 15, 1931 - January 1, 2005) was a successful executive with "The Daily Telegraph", prior to its takeover by Conrad Black in 1986, and later led a successful career in the House of Lords. - George Abercromby 2nd Baron Abercromby
George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby was a Scottish lawyer and politician. The eldest son of General Sir Ralph Abercromby, he became, like his grandfather, a lawyer, and was summoned to the Bar in 1794. He married Montague Dundas, daughter of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, on January 25, 1799. He was a Whig Member of Parliament 1805–1807 and 1812–1815. He later inherited his mother's barony of Abercromby in 1821, … - Lionel Bertrand Sackville-West 6th Baron Sackville
Lionel Bertrand Sackville-West, 6th Baron Sackville (b. May 30, 1913 in London - d. March 27, 2004) was a stockbroker and member of the British peerage. In 1965, he became the sixth Baron Sackville. - Egerton Hubbard 2nd Baron Addington
Egerton Hubbard, 2nd Baron Addington MA, BA, VD, MP (29 December 1842-14 June 1915) was a British Peer. The son of John Gellibrand Hubbard, 1st Baron Addington, he succeeded the Barony on the death of his father. He held the office of High Steward of Buckingham. He married Mary Adelaide Portal, daughter of Sir Wyndham Spencer Portal, 1st Baronet, on 3 June 1880, and they had the following children: *Hon. - Robert Baden-Powell 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (22 February 1857 - 8 January 1941), also known as B-P, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement. After having been educated at Charterhouse School, Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. In 1899, during the Second Boer War in South Africa, … - William Bingham Baring 2nd Baron Ashburton
William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton <small>PC</small> (June 1799 - 23 March 1864) was the son of the Hon. Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton and his wife Anne Louisa Bingham. He married his first wife, Lady Harriet Mary Montagu on April 12 1823, and she died on May 4 1857. Baring remarried Louisa Caroline Stewart-MacKenzie on November 17 1858. His daughter, Mary Florence, was born on June 26 1860 at Bath House, Piccadilly, … - Thomas Denman 3rd Baron Denman
Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman GCMG, KCVO, PC (16 November 1874-24 June 1954), was a British Liberal politician and the fifth Governor-General of Australia. Born in London, Denman was the son of Thomas Denman, a court clerk. Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, was his great-grandfather. He was educated at Sandhurst, intending a military career.
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