Baron Reith

Baron Reith , of Stonehaven in the County of Kincardine , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Award

The title was created in 1940 for Sir John Reith , the first director general of the BBC . At that time he was Minister of Information in the Churchill cabinet .

In 1971, when Reith died, the barony passed to his only son. In the following year, he personally renounced the title. The title has been suspended since then and will be revived when he dies.

List of Barons Reith (1940)

• John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith (1889–1971)
• Christopher John Reith, 2nd Baron Reith (* 1928) (resignation 1972)

Heir to the title is the only son of the former baron, Hon. James Harry John Reith (* 1971).

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• Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page