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Current Great Britain Baronies

Apsley, Baron (GB, 1771) - the barony has been held by the Earls Bathurst since 1775, when the 1st Baron Apsley succeeded his father as 2nd Earl Bathurst

Auckland, Baron (GB, 1793)

Bagot, Baron (GB, 1780)

Bathurst, Baron (GB, 1712) - the barony has been held by the Earls Bathurst since 1772, when the 1st Baron Bathurst was created Earl Bathurst

Bolton, Baron (GB, 1797)

Boringdon, Baron (GB, 1784) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Morley since 1815, when the 2nd Baron Boringdon was created Viscount Boringdon and Earl of Morley

Boscawen-Rose, Baron (GB, 1720) - the barony has been held by the Viscounts Falmouth since 1720, when Hugh Boscawen was created Baron Boscawen-Rose and Viscount Falmouth

Boston, Baron (GB, 1761)

Boyle of Marston, Baron (GB, 1711) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Orrery since 1711, when the 4th Earl of Orrery was created Baron Boyle of Marston, and by the Earls of Cork since 1753, when the 5th Earl of Orrery succeeded his kinsman as 5th Earl of Cork

Bradford, Baron (GB, 1794) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Bradford since 1815, when the 2nd Baron Bradford was created Viscount Newport and Earl of Bradford

Braybrooke, Baron (GB, 1788)

Brodrick, Baron (GB, 1796) - the barony has been held by the Viscounts Midleton since 1796, when the 4th Viscount Midleton was created Baron Brodrick

Brownlow, Baron (GB, 1776)

Bruce, Baron (GB, 1746) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Ailesbury since 1776, when the 2nd Baron Bruce was created Earl of Ailesbury, and by the Marquesses of Ailesbury since 1821, when the 2nd Earl of Ailesbury was created Viscount Savernake, Earl Bruce and Marquess of Ailesbury

Byng, Baron (GB, 1721) - the barony has been held by the Viscounts Torrington since 1721, when Adm Sir George Byng, 1st Bt., was created Baron Byng and Viscount Torrington

Cadogan, Baron (GB, 1718) - the barony was been held by the Earls Cadogan from 1718, when the 1st Baron Cadogan (of Reading in the County of Berkshire) was created Baron Cadogan (of Oakley in the County of Buckingham), Viscount Caversham and Earl Cadogan; the 1st Earl Cadogan died in 1726 and the earlier Barony of Cadogan, the Viscountcy of Caversham and the Earldom of Cadogan became extinct and the later Barony of Cadogan passed to his brother; in 1800, when the 3rd Baron Cadogan was created Viscount Chelsea and Earl Cadogan and the barony has passed with these titles

Camden, Baron (GB, 1765) - the barony has been held by the Earls Camden since 1786, when the 1st Baron Camden was created Viscount Bayham and Earl Camden, and by the Marquesses Camden since 1812, when the 2nd Earl Camden was created Earl of Brecknock and Marquess Camden

Cardiff, Baron (GB, 1776) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Bute since 1792, when the 1st Baron Cardiff succeeded his father as 4th Earl of Bute, and by the Marquesses of Bute since 1796, when the 4th Earl of Bute was created Viscount Mountjoy, Earl of Windsor and Marquess of Bute

Carleton, Baron (GB, 1786) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Shannon since 1786, when the 2nd Earl of Shannon was created Baron Carleton

Carrington, Baron (GB, 1797) - the barony has been held by the Barons Carrington since 1797, when the 1st Baron Carrington in the Peerage of Ireland was created Baron Carrington in the Peerage of Great Britain

Cawdor, Baron (GB, 1796) - the barony has been held by the Earls Cawdor since 1827, when the 2nd Baron Cawdor was created Viscount Emlyn and Earl Cawdor

Clive, Baron (GB, 1794) - the barony has been held by the Barons Powis in the Peerage of Ireland since 1794, when the 2nd Baron Powis was created Baron Powis in the Peerage of Great Britain, and by the Earls of Powis since 1804, when the 2nd Baron Powis was further created Baron Powis, Baron Herbert, Viscount Clive and Earl of Powis

Cobham, Baron (GB, 1718) - the barony has been held by the Viscounts Cobham since 1718, when the 1st Baron Cobham (cr. 1714) was created Baron Cobham and Viscount Cobham (the barony was held by the Earls Temple from 1749, when the suo jure Viscountess Cobham was created suo jure Countess Temple, by the Marquesses of Buckingham from 1784, when the 3rd Earl Temple was created Marquess of Buckingham, and by the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos from 1822, when the 2nd Marquess of Buckingham was created Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, until 1889, when the 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos dies without male issue and the Barony and Viscountcy of Cobham passed to his kinsman, the 5th Baron Lyttelton)

Cranley, Baron (GB, 1776) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Onslow since 1801, when the 1st Baron Cranley (who was also 4th Baron Onslow) was created Viscount Cranley and Earl of Onslow

Curzon, Baron (GB, 1794) - the barony has been held by the Viscounts Curzon since 1802, when the 1st Baron Curzon was created Viscount Curzon, and by the Earls Howe from 1821, when the 2nd Viscount Curzon was created Earl Howe

Digby, Baron (GB, 1765) - the barony has been held by the Barons Digby since 1765, when the 7th Baron Digby in the Peerage of Ireland was created Baron Digby in the Peerage of Great Britain

Ducie, Baron (GB, 1763) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Ducie since 1837, when the 4th Baron Ducie was created Baron Moreton and Earl of Ducie

Dundas, Baron (GB, 1794) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Zetland since 1838, when the 2nd Baron Dundas was created Earl of Zetland, and by the Marquesses of Zetland since 1892, when the 3rd Earl of Zetland was created Earl of Ronaldshay and Marquess of Zetland

Dutton, Baron (GB, 1711) - the barony has been held by the Dukes of Hamilton since 1711, when the 4th Duke of Hamilton was created Baron Dutton and Duke of Brandon

Dynevor, Baron (GB, 1780)

Edgcumbe, Baron (GB, 1742) - the barony has been held by the Viscounts Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort since 1781, when the 3rd Baron Edgcumbe was created Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort, and by the Earls of Mount Edgcumbe since 1789, when the 1st Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort was created Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

Eldon, Baron (GB, 1799) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Eldon since 1821, when the 1st Baron Eldon was created Viscount Encombe and Earl of Eldon

Eliot, Baron (GB, 1784) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Saint Germans since 1815, when the 2nd Baron Eliot was created Earl of Saint Germans

Fisherwick, Baron (GB, 1790) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Donegall since 1790, when the 5th Earl of Donegall was created Baron Fisherwick, and by the Marquesses of Donegall since 1791, when the 5th Earl of Donegall was created Earl of Belfast and Marquess of Donegall

Foley, Baron (GB, 1776)

Fortescue, Baron (GB, 1749) - the barony has been held by the Earls Fortescue since 1789, when the 3rd Baron Fortescue was created Viscount Ebrington and Earl Fortescue

Gage, Baron (GB, 1790) - the barony has been held by the Viscounts Gage since 1790, when the 2nd Viscount Gage was created Baron Gage

Graham, Baron (GB, 1722) - the barony has been held by the Earls Graham since 1722, when Lord David Graham, styled Marquess of Graham and Buchanan, was created Baron Graham and Earl Graham, and by the Dukes of Montrose since 1742, when the 2nd Earl Belford succeeded his father as 2nd Duke of Montrose

Grantley, Baron (GB, 1782)

Grosvenor, Baron (GB, 1761) - the barony has been held by the Earls Grosvenor since 1784, when the 1st Baron Grosvenor was created Viscount Belgrave and Earl Grosvenor, and by the Marquesses of Westminster since 1831, when the 2nd Earl Grosvenor was created Marquess of Westminster, and by the Dukes of Westminster since 1874, when the 3rd Marquess of Westminster was created Duke of Westminster

Hamilton, Baron (GB, 1776) - the barony was held by the 8th Duke of Hamilton from 1790, when he succeeded his mother as 2nd Baron Hamilton, and has been held by the Dukes of Argyll since 1837, when the 6th Duke of Argyll succeeded his half-brother as 3rd Baron Hamilton

Hardwicke, Baron (GB, 1733) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Hardwicke since 1754, when the 1st Baron Hardwicke was created Viscount Royston and Earl of Hardwicke

Harewood, Baron (GB, 1796) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Harewood since 1812, when the 1st Baron Harewood was created Viscount Lascelles and Earl of Harewood

Harrington, Baron (GB, 1730) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Harrington since 1742, when the 1st Baron Harrington was created Viscount Petersham and Earl of Harrington

Harrowby, Baron (GB, 1776) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Harrowby since 1809, when the 2nd Baron Harrowby was created Viscount Sandon and Earl of Harrowby

Harwich, Baron (GB, 1756) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Hillsborough since 1756, when the 1st Earl of Hillsborough was created Baron Harwich, and by the Marquesses of Downshire since 1789, when the 1st Earl of Hillsborough was created Marquess of Downshire

Hawke, Baron (GB, 1776)

Hay, Baron (GB, 1711) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Kinnoull since 1719, when the 1st Baron Hay succeeded his father as 8th Earl of Kinnoull

Hobart, Baron (GB, 1728) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Buckinghamshire since 1746, when the 1st Baron Hobart was created Earl of Buckinghamshire

Hood, Baron (GB, 1795) - the barony has been held by the Viscounts Hood since 1806, when the 2nd Viscount Hood succeeded his mother as 2nd Baron Hood

Howe, Baron (GB, 1788) - the barony has been held by the Earls Howe since 1835, when the 1st Earl Howe succeeded his mother as 3rd Baron Howe

Hyde, Baron (GB, 1756) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Clarendon since 1776, when the 1st Baron Hyde was created Earl of Clarendon

Ilchester, Baron (GB, 1741) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Ilchester since 1756, when the 1st Baron Ilchester (who was also the 1st Baron Ilchester and Stavordale) was created Earl of Ilchester

Ilchester and Stavordale, Baron (GB, 1747) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Ilchester since 1756, when the 1st Baron Ilchester and Stavordale (who was also the 1st Baron Ilchester) was created Earl of Ilchester

Kenyon, Baron (GB, 1788)

King, Baron (GB, 1725) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Lovelace since 1838, when the 8th Baron King was created Baron Ockham, Viscount Ockham and Earl of Lovelace

Lilford, Baron (GB, 1797)

Longford, Baron (GB, 1747) - the barony has been held by the Viscounts Folkestone since 1747, when Sir Jacob Bouverie, 3rd Bt., MP was created Baron Longford and Viscount Folkestone, and by the Earls of Radnor since 1765, when the 2nd Viscount Folkestone was created Baron Pleydell-Bouverie and Earl of Radnor

Loughborough, Baron (GB, 1795) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Rosslyn since 1801, when the 1st Baron Loughborough was created Earl of Rosslyn

Lovaine, Baron (GB, 1784) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Beverley from 1790, when the 2nd Baron Lovaine was created Earl of Beverley, and by the Dukes of Northumberland from 1865, when the 2nd Earl of Beverley succeeded his cousin as 5th Duke of Northumberland

Lowther, Baron (GB, 1797) - the barony was held by the 1st Earl of Lonsdale (cr. 1784) from 1797, when he was created Baron Lowther and Viscount Lowther, until his death in 1802, and has been held by the Earls of Lonsdale since 1807, when the 2nd Viscount Lowther was created Earl of Lonsdale

Lyttelton, Baron (GB, 1794) - the barony has been held by the Viscounts Cobham since 1889, when the 5th Baron Lyttelton succeeded his kinsman as 8th Viscount Cobham

Malmesbury, Baron (GB, 1788) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Malmesbury since 1800, when the 1st Baron Malmesbury was created Viscount FitzHarris and Earl of Malmesbury

Mendip, Baron (GB, 1794) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Normanton since 1974, when the 6th Earl of Normanton succeeded his kinsman as 9th Baron Mendip

Middleton, Baron (GB, 1711/2)

Minto, Baron (GB, 1797) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Minto since 1813, when the 1st Baron Minto was created Viscount Melgund and Earl of Minto

Monson, Baron (GB, 1728)

Mount Stuart of Wortley, Baron (GB, 1761) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Bute since 1794, when the 4th Earl of Bute succeeded his mother as 2nd Baron Mount Stuart of Wortley, and by the Marquesses of Bute since 1796, when the 4th Earl of Bute was created Viscount Mountjoy, Earl of Windsor and Marquess of Bute

Mulgrave, Baron (GB, 1794) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Mulgrave since 1812, when the 1st Baron Mulgrave (who was also the 3rd Baron Mulgrave in the Peerage of Ireland) was created Viscount Normanby and Earl of Mulgrave, and by the Marquesses of Normanby since 1838, when the 2nd Earl of Mulgrave was created Marquess of Normanby

Newburgh, Baron (GB, 1716) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Cholmondeley since 1724, when the 1st Baron Newburgh (who was also the 1st Baron Newborough in the Peerage of Ireland) succeeded his brother as 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley, and by the Marquesses of Cholmondeley since 1815, when the 4th Earl of Cholmondeley was created Earl of Rocksavage and Marquess of Cholmondeley

Onslow, Baron (GB, 1716) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Onslow since 1801, when the 4th Baron Onslow (who was also the 1st Baron Cranley) was created Viscount Cranley and Earl of Onslow

Parker, Baron (GB, 1716) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Macclesfield since 1721, when the 1st Baron Parker was created Viscount Parker and Earl of Macclesfield

Pelham of Stanmer, Baron (GB, 1762) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Chichester since 1801, when the 2nd Baron Pelham of Stanmer was created Earl of Chichester

Percy, Baron (GB, by writ 1722/3) - the barony has been held by the Dukes of Northumberland since 1957, when the 10th Duke of Northumberland succeeded his kinsman the 9th Duke of Atholl as 9th Baron Percy

Pleydell-Bouverie, Baron (GB, 1765) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Radnor since 1765, when the 2nd Viscount Folkestone was created Baron Pleydell-Bouverie and Earl of Radnor

Ponsonby, Baron (GB, 1749) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Bessborough since 1749, when the 1st Earl of Bessborough was created Baron Ponsonby

Porchester, Baron (GB, 1780) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Carnarvon since 1793, when the 1st Baron Porchester was created Earl of Carnarvon

Rodney, Baron (GB, 1782)

Romney, Baron (GB, 1716) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Romney since 1801, when the 3rd Baron Romney was created Viscount Marsham and Earl of Romney

Rous, Baron (GB, 1796) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Stradbroke since 1821, when the 1st Baron Rous was created Viscount Dunwich and Earl of Stradbroke

Saint John of Battersea, Baron (GB, 1716) - the barony has been held by the Viscounts St John since 1716, when Henry St John the Elder was created Baron St John of Battersea and Viscount St John, and by the Viscounts Bolingbroke since 1751, when the 3rd Viscount St John succeeded his uncle as 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke

Saint John of Lydiard Tregoze, Baron (GB, 1712) - the barony has been held by the Viscounts Bolingbroke since 1712, when Henry St John the Younger was created Baron St John of Lydiard Tregoze and Viscount Bolingbroke

Saltersford, Baron (GB, 1796) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Courtown since 1796, when the 2nd Earl of Courtown was created Baron Saltersford

Scarsdale, Baron (GB, 1761) - the barony has been held by the Viscounts Scarsdale since 1916, when the 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston, who has been created v. p. Viscount Scarsdale in 1911, succeeded his father as 6th Baron Scarsdale;  he was created Marquess Curzon of Kedleston in 1921, and on his death in 1925 the Earldom and Marquessate of Curzon of Kedleston both became extinct

Somers, Baron (GB, 1784)

Southampton, Baron (GB, 1780)

Spencer of Althorp, Baron (GB, 1761) - the barony has been held by the Earls Spencer since 1761, when the 1st Baron Spencer of Althorp was created Viscount Althorp and Earl Spencer

Stanhope of Elvaston, Baron (GB, 1717) - the barony was held by the Viscounts Stanhope of Mahon from 1717, when Sir James Stanhope was created Baron Stanhope of Elvaston and Viscount Stanhope of Mahon, and by the Earls Stanhope from 1718 when the 1st Viscount Stanhope of Mahon was created Earl Stanhope, until 1967, when on the death of the 7th Earl Stanhope and 13th Earl of Chesterfield his kinsman, the 11th Earl of Harrington, succeeded him as 8th Viscount Stanhope of Mahon and 8th Baron Stanhope of Elvaston

Stewart of Garlies, Baron (GB, 1796) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Galloway since 1796, when the 7th Earl of Galloway was created Baron Stewart of Garlies

Strangways, Baron (GB, 1741) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Ilchester since 1756, when the 1st Baron Strangways was created Earl of Ilchester

Stuart, Baron (GB, 1796) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Moray since 1796, when the 9th Earl of Moray was created Baron Stuart

Suffield, Baron (GB, 1786)

Sundridge, Baron (GB, 1766) - the barony has been held by the Dukes of Argyll since 1770, when the 1st Baron Sundridge succeeded his father as 5th Duke of Argyll

Talbot of Hensol, Baron (GB, 1733) - the barony has been held by the Earls Talbot since 1784, when the 3rd Baron Talbot of Hensol was created Viscount Ingestre and Earl Talbot, and by the Earls of Shrewsbury since 1856, when the 3rd Earl Talbot succeeded his kinsman as 18th Earl of Shrewsbury

Thurlow, Baron (GB, 1792)

Tyrone, Baron (GB, 1786) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Tyrone since 1786, when the 2nd Earl of Tyrone was created Baron Tyrone, and by the Marquesses of Waterford since 1789, when the 2nd Earl of Tyrone was created Marquess of Waterford

Vere of Hanworth, Baron (GB, 1750) - the barony has been held by the Dukes of St Albans since 1787, when the 2nd Baron Vere of Hanworth succeeded his cousin as 5th Duke of St Albans

Vernon, Baron (GB, 1762)

Verulam, Baron (GB, 1790) - the barony has been held by the Viscounts Grimston since 1790, when the 3rd Viscount Grimston was created Baron Verulam, and by the Earls of Verulam since 1815, when the 4th Viscount Grimston was created Earl of Verulam

Wallop, Baron (GB, 1720) - the barony has been held by the Viscounts Lymington since 1720, when John Wallop was created Baron Wallop and Viscount Lymington, and by the Earls of Portsmouth since 1743, when the 1st Viscount Lymington was created Earl of Portsmouth

Walpole, Baron (GB, 1723)

Walpole, Baron (GB, 1756) - the barony has been held by the Barons Walpole (of Walpole) since 1757, when the 2nd Baron Walpole (of Wolterton) succeeded his cousin as 4th Baron Walpole (of Walpole);  in 1806 he was created Earl of Orford, but this title became extinct in 1931 on the death of the 5th Earl of Orford and he was succeeded by a kinsman as 9th Baron Walpole (of Walpole) and 7th Baron Walpole (of Wolterton)

Walsingham, Baron (GB, 1780)

Warkworth, Baron (GB, 1749) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Northumberland since 1749, when the 7th Duke of Somerset was created Baron Warkworth and Earl of Northumberland, and by the Dukes of Northumberland since 1766, when the 2nd Earl of Northumberland was created Earl Percy and Duke of Northumberland

Wodehouse, Baron (GB, 1797) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Kimberley since 1866, when the 3rd Baron Wodehouse was created Earl of Kimberley

Wycombe, Baron (GB, 1760) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Shelburne since 1760, when the 1st Earl of Shelburne was created Baron Wycombe, and by the Marquesses of Lansdowne since 1784, when the 2nd Earl of Shelburne was created Viscount Calne and Calstock, Earl Wycombe and Marquess of Lansdowne

Yarborough, Baron (GB, 1794) - the barony has been held by the Earls of Yarborough since 1837, when the 2nd Baron Yarborough was created Baron Worsley and Earl of Yarborough

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