Baron Westbury

Coat of arms of the Barons Westbury

Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury

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

Award

The title was bestowed on June 27, 1861 by letters patent to the lawyer and member of the House of Commons Sir Richard Bethell , on the occasion of his appointment as Lord Chancellor .

Today's title holder has been his great-great-great-grandson Richard Bethell as the 6th Baron since 2001 .

List of Barons Westbury (1861)

• Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (1800–1873)
• Richard Bethell, 2nd Baron Westbury (1830–1875)
• Richard Bethell, 3rd Baron Westbury (1852-1930)
• Richard Bethell, 4th Baron Westbury (1914–1961)
• David Bethell, 5th Baron Westbury (1922-2001)
• Richard Bethell, 6th Baron Westbury (born 1950)

Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder Hon. Alexander Bethell (* 1986).

See also

• Baron Grimston of Westbury

literature

• Charles Kidd, Christine Shaw: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2008. Debrett's Ltd, Richmond 2007, ISBN 1870520807 .

Web links

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• Westbury, Baron (UK, 1861) at Cracroft's Peerage