Baron Mottistone
Baron Mottistone , of Mottistone in the County of Southampton , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
The barons' family home is The Old Parsonage , in Mottistone on the Isle of Wight .
Award
The title was created on June 21, 1933 for the military and liberal politician JEB Seely . He was Secretary of State for War from 1912 to 1914 . During the First World War he served as an officer, most recently as a major general . He was the fourth son of Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet - therefore the respective baron is also subordinate in the line of succession to his Baronetcy , of Sherwood Lodge and Brooke House, created in 1896 .
List of Barons Mottistone (1933)
- John Edward Bernard "Jack" Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone (1868–1947)
- Henry John Alexander Seely, 2nd Baron Mottistone (1899–1963)
- Arthur Patrick William Seely, 3rd Baron Mottistone (1905–1966)
- David Peter Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone (1920–2011)
- Peter John Philip Seely, 5th Baron Mottistone (1949–2013)
- Christopher David Peter Seely, 6th Baron Mottistone (* 1974)
Presumed title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the younger brother of the current baron, the Hon. Richard William Anthony Seely (* 1988).
Web links
- Mottistone, Baron (UK, 1933) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page