Baron Colwyn
Baron Colwyn , of Colwyn Bay in the County of Denbigh , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was created on June 22, 1917 for the businessman Sir Frederick Smith, 1st Baronet . This had already been awarded the subordinate title Baronet , of Colwyn Bay in the County of Denbigh, on July 9, 1912 in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom .
Today's title holder has been his grandson Ian Anthony Hamilton-Smith as 3rd Baron since 1966 , who changed his family name from Smith to Hamilton-Smith .
List of Barons Colwyn (1917)
- Frederick Smith, 1st Baron Colwyn (1859–1946)
- Frederick Smith, 2nd Baron Colwyn (1914–1966)
- Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn (* 1942)
The heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Hon. Craig Hamilton-Smith (born 1968).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The London Gazette : No. 34480, p. 6410 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , June 29, 1917.
- ↑ The London Gazette: No. 28637, p. 6188 , August 20, 1912.
Web links
- Colwyn, Baron (UK, 1917) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page