Baron Hampton, of Hampton Lovett and of Westwood in the County of Worcester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1874 for the Conservative politician Sir John Pakington, 1st Baronet. He had previously represented Droitwich in the House of Commons served as Secretary of State for War and as First Lord of the Admiralty. Pakington had already been created a Baronet in 1846. Born John Somerset Russell, he had assumed by Royal license the surname of Pakington in lieu of Russell in 1830 on inherited the estates of his maternal uncle Sir John Pakington, 8th and last Baronet, of Ailesbury.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. On his death in 1893 the title passed to his half-brother, the third Baron. The title then descended to his second but eldest surviving son, the fourth Baron, and then to the latter's younger brother, the fifth Baron. The fifth Baron's son, the sixth Baron, sat as a Liberal member of the House of Lords and was the party's Spokesman on Northern Ireland in the House of Lords from 1977 to 1987. As of 2010[update] the titles are held by his son, the seventh Baron, who succeeded in 2003.
As of 30 June 2006, the present holder of the barony has not successfully proven his succession to the baronetcy and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. However, the case is under review by the Registrar of the Baronetage (for more information follow this link).
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Charles Richard Caldato Pakington (b. 2005)