Baron Dorchester
Baron Dorchester , of Dorchester in the County of Oxford , was a hereditary British title of nobility , which was awarded once in the Peerage of Great Britain and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Awards
The title was first created in the Peerage of Great Britain on August 21, 1786 by Letters patent for the military and colonial governor Sir Guy Carleton . The title expired on the death of his grandson, the 4th Baron, on November 13, 1897.
On August 2, 1899, the title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom was recreated for the Hon. Henrietta Carleton , the eldest daughter of the 3rd Baron's first award. This title expired when her son, the 2nd Baron, died on January 20, 1963.
List of Barons Dorchester
Barons Dorchester, first bestowal (1786)
- Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724–1808)
- Arthur Carleton, 2nd Baron Dorchester (1805–1826)
- Guy Carleton, 3rd Baron Dorchester (1811–1875)
- Dudley Carleton, 4th Baron Dorchester (1822-1897)
Barons Dorchester, second award (1899)
- Henrietta Carleton, 1st Baroness Dorchester (1846–1925)
- Dudley Carleton, 2nd Baron Dorchester (1876–1963)
See also
literature
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Dorchester, Baron (GB, 1786-1897) at Cracroft's Peerage