Baron Dowding
Baron Dowding , of Bentley Priory in the County of Middlesex , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was bestowed on July 5, 1943 by Letters Patent to the Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding . He was in command of the RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain in 1940. For this he had developed a special air defense system that bore his name.
The territorial dedication of the title refers to the Bentley Priory estate near Stanmore in the London Borough of Harrow , which was the headquarters of the RAF Fighter Command during World War II.
Today's title holder has been his grandson Piers Dowding, 3rd Baron Dowding , since 1992 .
List of Barons Dowding (1943)
- Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding (1882–1970)
- Derek Dowding, 2nd Baron Dowding (1919–1992)
- Piers Dowding, 3rd Baron Dowding (* 1948)
Title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the brother of the current title holder, Hon. Mark Dowding (* 1949).
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Dowding, Baron (UK, 1943) at Cracroft's Peerage