Baron Selsdon

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Baron Selsdon, of Croydon in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1932 for the Conservative politician Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baronet, of Polmood. His son Peter Mitchell-Thomson, the second Baron, was a successful racing driver, winning the 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans in the first Ferrari (although his codriver, Luigi Chinetti, actually drove for all but one half hour). The titles are currently held by the latter's only son, the third Baron. He is one of the ninety hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act of 1999. Lord Selsdon sits on the Conservative benches.

The Baronetcy, of Polmood in the County of Peebles, was created in 1900 for the first Baron Selsdon's father, Sir Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson. He had previously served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1897 to 1900.

[edit] Mitchell-Thomson Baronets, of Polmood (1900)

• Sir Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baronet (1846-1918)
• Sir William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baronet (1877-1938) (created Baron Selsdon in 1932)

[edit] Barons Selsdon (1932)

• William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon (1877-1938)
• Peter Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baron Selsdon (1913-1963)
• Malcolm McEacharn Mitchell-Thomson, 3rd Baron Selsdon (b. 1937)