Baron Cheylesmore, of Cheylesmore in the City of Coventry and County of Warwick, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created on 9 July 1887 for the businessman and Conservative

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 politician Henry Eaton

Henry Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore

Henry William Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore was a British businessman and Conservative politician.The son of Henry Eaton, he was head of William Eaton & Sons, China-silk brokers. He was also Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1865 to 1880, and from 1885 to 1887...

. He had earlier represented Coventry

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 in the House of Commons

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. He was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son, the second Baron. He unsuccessfully contested Macclesfield

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 as a Conservative in 1868, 1874 and 1880. He never married and on his death in 1902 the title passed to his younger brother, the third Baron. He was a Major-General in the Grenadier Guards

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 and also served as Chairman of the London County Council

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 from 1912 to 1913. He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Baron. He fought in both world wars and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order

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. Lord Cheylesmore was childless and on his death in 1974 the barony became extinct.

The title of the barony is pronounced "Chylsmore".

Barons Cheylesmore (1887)

• Henry William Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore
  Henry Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore
  Henry William Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore was a British businessman and Conservative politician.The son of Henry Eaton, he was head of William Eaton & Sons, China-silk brokers. He was also Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1865 to 1880, and from 1885 to 1887...
  
   (1816–1891)
• William Meriton Eaton, 2nd Baron Cheylesmore (1843–1902)
• Herbert Francis Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore
  Herbert Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore
  Major-General Herbert Francis Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore KCMG, KCVO was a British Army officer, sportsman, and peer...
  
  (1848–1925)
• Francis Ormond Henry Eaton, 4th Baron Cheylesmore (1893–1974)