Baron Westwood
Baron Westwood , of Gosforth in the County of Northumberland , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was created on January 29, 1944 for the unionist William Westwood . At that time he was Secretary General of the Ship Constructive and Shipwrights' Association .
Today's title holder has been his grandson William Westwood, 3rd Baron Westwood , since 1991 .
List of Barons Westwood (1944)
- William Westwood, 1st Baron Westwood (1880–1953)
- William Westwood, 2nd Baron Westwood (1907-1991)
- William Westwood, 3rd Baron Westwood (born 1944)
Title heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the older son of the current title holder, Hon. William Westwood (* 1972).
Individual notes
- ^ The London Gazette : No. 36357, p. 593 , February 1, 1944.
Web links
- Westwood, Baron (UK, 1944) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment′s peerage