Baron Colyton, of Farway in the County of Devon and Taunton in the County of Somerset, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1956 for the diplomat and Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 politician Henry Hopkinson

Henry Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton

Henry Lennox D'Aubigne Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton PC , was a British diplomat and Conservative politician.Colyton was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and then joined the Diplomatic Service...

. He notably served as Minister of State for the Colonies from 1952 to 1955. , the title is held by his grandson, the second Baron, who succeeded in 1996.

Barons Colyton (1956)

• Henry Lennox D'Aubigne Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton
  Henry Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton
  Henry Lennox D'Aubigne Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton PC , was a British diplomat and Conservative politician.Colyton was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and then joined the Diplomatic Service...
  
   (1902–1996)
• Alisdair John Munro Hopkinson, 2nd Baron Colyton (b. 1958)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son Hon. James Patrick Munro Hopkinson (b. 1983)