Baron Biddulph
Michael Biddulph, caricature in the Vanity Fair , 1891.
Baron Biddulph , of Ledbury in the County of Hereford , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
The family home of the barons has been Makerstoun House near Kelso in the Scottish Borders Council Area since 1960 .
Award
The title was created on August 1, 1903 for the banker and former Liberal MP Michael Biddulph .
Today's title holder has been his great-great-grandson Nicholas Maitland-Biddulph as 5th Baron since 1988 . In 1978 he added his mother's surname Maitland to his surname.
List of Barons Biddulph (1903)
- Michael Biddulph, 1st Baron Biddulph (1834-1923)
- John Biddulph, 2nd Baron Biddulph (1869-1949)
- Michael Biddulph, 3rd Baron Biddulph (1898–1972)
- Robert Biddulph, 4th Baron Biddulph (1931–1988)
- Nicholas Maitland-Biddulph, 5th Baron Biddulph (* 1959)
Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Hon. Robert Maitland-Biddulph (* 1994).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The London Gazette : No. 27582, p. 4818 , July 31, 1903.
- ↑ makerstoun.com
literature
- Charles Kidd (Ed.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 978-099293482-8 .
Web links
- Biddulph, Baron (UK, 1903) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page