Baron Roborough

Coat of arms of the Barons Roborough

Baron Roborough , of Maristow in the County of Devon , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

The family home of the barons is Bickham House in Roborough near Plymouth in Devon.

Award

The title was created on May 24, 1890 for Sir Henry Lopes, 4th Baronet . He already had the subordinate title of 3rd Baronet , of Maristow House in the County of Devon, which had been awarded to his grandmother's brother on November 1, 1805 in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

Today's title holder has been his great-grandson Massey Lopes as 4th Baron since 1969 .

List of Barons Roborough (1938)

• Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough (1859-1938)
• Massey Lopes, 2nd Baron Roborough (1903-1992)
• Henry Lopes, 3rd Baron Roborough (1940-2015)
• Massey Lopes, 4th Baron Roborough (* 1969)

Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Hon. Henry Lopes (* 1997).

Individual evidence

1. ^ The London Gazette : No. 34478, p. 661 , February 1, 1938.

literature

• Charles Kidd (Ed.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 978-099293482-8 .

Web links

• Roborough, Baron (UK, 1938) at Cracroft's Peerage
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page