Baron Strathalmond
Baron Strathalmond, of Pumpherston in the County of Midlothian, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1955 for the businessman Sir William Fraser. He was chairman of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (known as BP from 1954) from 1941 to 1956. His son, the second Baron, was managing director of the Kuwait Oil Company and a director of BP and later chairman of Govan Shipbuilders. As of 2010 the title is held by the latter's son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1976.
Barons Strathalmond (1955)
- William Fraser, 1st Baron Strathalmond (1888–1970)
- William Fraser, 2nd Baron Strathalmond (1916–1976)
- William Robertson Fraser, 3rd Baron Strathalmond (b. 1947)
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages