Baron Harmsworth
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Creation date | 7 February 1939 |
Created by | King George VI |
Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
First holder | Cecil Harmsworth |
Present holder | Thomas Harmsworth |
Heir apparent | Dominic Harmsworth |
Remainder to | the 1st baron'sheirs maleof the bodylawfully begotten |
Baron Harmsworth,ofEgham in the County of Surrey,is a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom.It was created in 1939 for theLiberalpoliticianCecil Harmsworth,Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairsbetween 1919 and 1922. As of 2017[update]the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his uncle in 1990.
The first Baron Harmsworth was the younger brother ofAlfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe,andHarold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere,and the elder brother ofSir Leicester Harmsworth, 1st Baronet,andSir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 1st Baronet.
The family seat is The Old Rectory, nearStoke Abbott,Dorset.
History
[edit]Rothermere had tried repeatedly to secure a title for his younger brother Cecil, finally succeeding in 1939, the year before he died.[1]At theNew Year Honoursthat year, Cecil Harmsworth received a barony 'for political and public services'.[1]Taking the title of Baron Harmsworth of Egham, younger members of the family joked that he was the "Lord Ham of Egg".[1]The first Baron Harmsworth enjoyed his title for nine years and died in 1948.[1]
Barons Harmsworth (1939)
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1st Baron Harmsworth
- Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth(1869–1948)
- Cecil Desmond Bernard Harmsworth, 2nd Baron Harmsworth (1903–1990)
- Thomas Harold Raymond Harmsworth, 3rd Baron Harmsworth (b. 1939)
Theheir apparentis 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
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See also
[edit]- Viscount Northcliffe
- Viscount Rothermere
- Harmsworth baronets, of Moray Lodge, and Harmsworth baronets, of Freshwater Grove
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors).Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage(1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,[page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages[self-published source][better source needed]