Baron Churston

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Baron Churston, of Churston Ferrers and Lupton in the County of Devon, is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1858 for the Conservative politician Sir John Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baronet, of Churston Court, and is still extant. The Barons Churston are related to the Viscounts Dilhorne. Sir Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Baronet, of Dilhorne, third son of Sir Francis Yarde, 2nd Baronet, of Churston Court, was the great-grandfather of Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne. Joan Yarde-Buller, a daughter of the 3rd Baron, married Prince Aly Khan and had issue, making the 5th Baron first cousins with Aga Khan IV.

[edit] Baronets of Churston Court (1790)

• Sir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet (1746-1800)
• Sir Francis Buller-Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baronet (1767-1833)
• John Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baronet (1799-1871) (created Baron Churston in 1858)

[edit] Barons Churston (1858)

• John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston (1799-1871)
• John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston (1846-1910)
• John Reginald Lopes Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston (1873-1930)
• Richard Francis Roger Yarde-Buller, 4th Baron Churston (1910-1991)
• John Francis Yarde-Buller, 5th Baron Churston (b. 1934)

• The Heir Apparent is Benjamin Francis Anthony Yarde-Buller (b. 13 September 1974)