Baron Merthyr
Baron Merthyr , of Senghenydd in the County of Glamorgan , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was created on June 24, 1911 for the Welsh mining contractor Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet . He had already been conferred the hereditary dignity of Baronet , of Nantgwyne, Cwmtâf, in the Parish of Vaynor, in the County of Brecon , and Tonmawr-Ishaf, Neath , in the County of Glamorgan, on February 15, 1896 .
His great-grandson, who inherited the title of 4th baron on April 5, 1977, renounced the title of baron for life on April 26, 1977. He also never held the baronet title. Since 2015, his son has held the title as the 5th baron.
List of Barons Merthyr (1911)
- William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr (1837-1914)
- Herbert Lewis, 2nd Baron Merthyr (1866–1932)
- William Lewis, 3rd Baron Merthyr (1901–1977)
- Trevor Lewis, 4th Baron Merthyr (1935–2015) (title waiver 1977)
- David Lewis, 5th Baron Merthyr (born 1977)
Title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the uncle of the current title holder, Peter Lewis (* 1937).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The London Gazette : No. 28512, p. 5168 , July 11, 1911.
- ^ The London Gazette: No. 26713, No. 969 , February 18, 1896.
- ↑ The London Gazette: No. 47209, No. 5835 , April 29, 1977.
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Merthyr, Baron (UK, 1911) at Cracroft's Peerage