Baron Harmsworth

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Baron Harmsworth, of Egham in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1939 for the Liberal politician Cecil Harmsworth. As of 2007 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his uncle in 1990.

The first Baron Harmsworth was the younger brother of Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe and Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere and the elder brother of Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth, 1st Baronet, and Sir Hildebrand Aubrey Harmsworth, 1st Baronet.

[edit] Barons Harmsworth (1939)

• Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth (1869-1948)
• Cecil Desmond Bernard Harmsworth, 2nd Baron Harmsworth (1903-1990)
• Thomas Harold Raymond Harmsworth, 3rd Baron Harmsworth (b. 1939)

[edit] See also

• Viscount Northcliffe
• Viscount Rothermere
• Harmsworth Baronets, of Moray Lodge, and Harmsworth Baronets, of Freshwater Grove

[edit] References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page