Baron Chetwode
Baron Chetwode , of Chetwode in the County of Buckingham , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was conferred on Field Marshal Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 7th Baronet , on July 10, 1945 . He had achieved great success as a cavalry general in the First World War on the Palestine Front and then rose to the position of Commander in Chief of the British Indian Army .
The first baron already belonged to the gentry as the 7th baronet , of Oakley in the County of Stafford . The title of baronet, which belongs to the Baronetage of England , had been bestowed on John Chetwode, an ancestor of the first baron, in 1700. It is now listed as a subordinate title of the Barony.
List of Chetwode Baronets and Chetwode Barons
Chetwode Baronets, of Oakley (1700)
- Sir John Chetwode, 1st Baronet (1666-1733)
- Sir Philip Touchet Chetwode, 2nd Baronet (1700-1764)
- Sir John Chetwode, 3rd Baronet (1732–1779)
- Sir John Chetwode, 4th Baronet (1764-1845)
- Sir John Chetwode-Newdigate-Ludford, 5th Baronet (1788–1873)
- Sir George Chetwode, 6th Baronet (1823-1905)
- Sir Philip Chetwode, 7th Baronet (1869–1950) (promoted to Baron Chetwode in 1945 )
Barons Chetwode (1945)
- Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode (1869–1950)
- Philip Chetwode, 2nd Baron Chetwode (* 1937)
Estimated heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current baron, Hon. Roger Chetwode (* 1968).