Baron Burnham
Baron Burnham , of Hall Barn in the Parish of Beaconsfield in the County of Buckingham , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was created on July 31, 1903 for the newspaper publisher Sir Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baronet , owner of the Daily Telegraph . He had already been awarded the subordinate title of Baronet , of Hall Barn in The Parish of Beaconsfield in the County of Buckingham, on October 13, 1892 .
His eldest son, the 2nd Baron, was also given the title Viscount Burnham , of Hall Barn, Beaconsfield in the County of Buckingham, on May 16, 1919 . When he died on July 20, 1933 without male heirs, the Viscount title expired. The Barony and the Baronetcy fell to his younger brother as the 3rd Baron.
Today's title holder has been his great-grandson as the 7th Baron since 2005.
List of Barons Burnham (1903)
- Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham (1833-1916)
- Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham , 2nd Baron Burnham (1862–1933)
- William Levy-Lawson, 3rd Baron Burnham (1864–1943)
- Edward Lawson, 4th Baron Burnham (1890–1963)
- William Lawson, 5th Baron Burnham (1920-1993)
- Hugh Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham (1931-2005)
- Harry Lawson, 7th Baron Burnham (* 1968)
There is currently no title inheritance.
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Burnham, Baron (UK, 1903) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Burnham, Viscount (UK, 1919-1923) at Cracroft's Peerage