Baron Selsdon
Baron Selsdon , of Croydon in the County of Surrey , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . It is named after Selsdon , a district of London .
Award
The title was created in 1932 for the conservative politician Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baronet . He had been a member of the House of Commons since 1906 and Postmaster General of the United Kingdom from 1924 to 1929 .
Another title
The first baron's father was a well-known Edinburgh businessman . From 1897 to 1900 he was Lord Provost there . In 1900 he was promoted to Baronet , of Polmood in the County of Peebles . This title, which belongs to the Baronetage of the United Kingdom , is held by the respective baron.
List of Mitchell-Thomson Baronets and Barons Selsdon
Mitchell-Thomsen Baronets (1900)
- Sir Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baronet (1846-1918)
- Sir William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baronet (1877–1938) (promoted to Baron Selsdon in 1932 )
Barons Selsdon (1932)
- William Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon (1877–1938)
- Peter Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baron Selsdon (1913–1963)
- Malcolm Mitchell-Thomson, 3rd Baron Selsdon (* 1937)
The title heir is the son of the current baron, the Hon. Callum Malcolm McEacharn Mitchell-Thomson (* 1969).
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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