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Kershaw, Baron (UK, 1947)

Creation: let. pat. 20 Jan 1947

Family name: Kershaw

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Arms:

No arms

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Fred [Kershaw], 1st Baron Kershaw, OBE

son of John Joseph Kershaw, of Prestwich, co. Lancaster, by his wife Sarah Ann Birchall, dau. of John Birchall, of Prestwich, co. Lancaster

born

6 Nov 1881

mar.

18 Jul 1903 Frances Edith Wigmore (d. 31 Jul 1960), dau. of James Thomas Wigmore, of Hereford

died

5 Feb 1961

created

20 Jan 1947 Baron Kershaw, of Prestwich in the County Palatine of Lancaster

suc. by

son

Herbert [Kershaw], 2nd Baron Kershaw

born

21 Aug 1904

mar.

1933 Cissie Burness Smythe (b. c. 1907; d. 15 May 2006), dau. of Charles E Smyth, of Friern Barnet, co. Hertford

died

s.p. 18 Jul 1961

suc. by

brother

Edward Aubrey [Kershaw], 3rd Baron Kershaw

born

29 Aug 1906

mar.

1 Jun 1935 Katharine Dorothea Staines, dau. of Charles H Staines, of Clapham, London

died

22 Feb 1962

suc. by

son

Edward John [Kershaw], 4th Baron Kershaw

born

12 May 1936

mar.

20 Jul 1963 Rosalind Lilian Rutherford, 2nd dau. of Ian Strachan Rutherford, of Castlegate, Richmond-on-Thames, co. Surrey

children

1. Hon John Charles Edward Kershaw (b. 23 Dec 1971), mar. 18 May 1996 Elizabeth Huggett

1. Hon Victoria Anne Kershaw (b. 2 Dec 1964), mar. 1989 Ian C Harvey-Piper, son of C D Harvey-Piper, of Wimbledon, co. Surrey

2. Hon Isobel Mary Kershaw (b. 3 May 1967), mar. 1993 Robert A Slater, son of J F Slater, of Derby

 Last updated 24 Oct 2006

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Title:

4th Baron Kershaw, of Prestwich in the County Palatine of Lancaster

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 20 Jan 1947)

Address:

38 High View, Hempstead, Gloucestershire GL2 5LN

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