Baron Shuttleworth
Baron Shuttleworth , of Gawthorpe in the County Palatine of Lancaster , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Today the barons' family residence is Leck Hall near Carnforth in Lancashire .
Award
The title was created on July 15, 1902 for the Liberal House of Commons Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 2nd Baronet . He had already in 1877 from his father James Kay-Shuttleworth (1804-1877) inherited the subordinate title of Baronet , of Gawthorpe in the County Palatine of Lancaster, which had been awarded to this on December 22, 1849 in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom .
Today's title holder has been his great-grandson Charles Kay-Shuttleworth as 5th Baron since 1975 .
List of Barons Shuttleworth (1902)
- Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth (1844-1939)
- Richard Kay-Shuttleworth, 2nd Baron Shuttleworth (1913-1940)
- Ronald Kay-Shuttleworth, 3rd Baron Shuttleworth (1917–1942)
- Charles Kay-Shuttleworth, 4th Baron Shuttleworth (1917–1975)
- Charles Kay-Shuttleworth, 5th Baron Shuttleworth (* 1948)
Title heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Hon. Thomas Kay-Shuttleworth (* 1976)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b The London Gazette : No. 27455, p. 4587 , July 18, 1902.
Web links
- Shuttleworth, Baron (UK, 1902) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page