Baron Hunsdon

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Baron Hunsdon is a Peerage title. It was first created in 1559 in the Peerage of England for Henry Carey. His grandson, the 4th Baron, was created Viscount Rochfort and Earl of Dover. However, these titles became extinct on the death of his son, the 2nd Earl. The Barony passed to his kinsman, the 6th Baron, a descendant of a younger son of the 1st Baron. The title became extinct on the death of the 8th Baron in 1765.

The title was created again in 1923 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Barony was revived for the businessman Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, who was created Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon, of Briggens in the County of Hertford. Gibbs was the fourth son of the 1st Baron Aldenham. He was a partner in the family firm of Antony Gibbs & Sons and also served as Chairman of the Public Works Loan Board. In 1908 Gibbs acquired Hunsdon Manor and the Briggens Estate in Hertfordshire. He was succeeded by his son, the 2nd Baron. In 1939 he succeeded his cousin in the Barony of Aldenham. The two baronies remain united.

The second creation, though technically "Hunsdon of Hunsdon", is always known simply as "Hunsdon".