Baron Hemingford

Baron Hemingford , of Watford in the County of Hertford , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

The barons' family residence is The Old Rectory at Hemingford Abbots near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire .

Award

The title was created on February 1, 1943 for the conservative politician Sir Dennis Herbert . He was Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1931 to 1943 .

Today's title holder is his grandson Dennis Nicholas Herbert as 3rd Baron.

List of Barons Hemingford (1943)

• Dennis Herbert, 1st Baron Hemingford (1869–1947)
• Dennis Herbert, 2nd Baron Hemingford (1904–1982)
• Nicholas Herbert, 3rd Baron Hemingford (* 1934)

Title heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the eldest son of the current title holder, the Hon. Christopher Herbert (* 1973).

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} The London Gazette : No. 35874, p. 607 , February 2, 1943.

Web links

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• Hemingford, Baron (UK, 1943) at Cracroft's Peerage