Baron Rootes

Baron Rootes , of Ramsbury in the County of Wiltshire , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Award

The title was created on February 16, 1959 for the businessman Sir William Rootes , head of the Rootes Motors automobile group .

Today's title holder has been his grandson as 3rd Baron since 1992.

List of Barons Rootes (1959)

• William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes (1894–1964)
• Geoffrey Rootes, 2nd Baron Rootes (1917–1992)
• Nicholas Rootes, 3rd Baron Rootes (* 1951)

Title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the cousin of the current title holder, William Rootes (* 1944).

Web links

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• Rootes, Baron (UK, 1959) at Cracroft's Peerage