Baron Darling
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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 1924 for Sir Charles Darling
Charles Darling, 1st Baron Darling
Charles Darling was an English lawyer, politician and later a High Court judge. After being educated privately, he was called to the English Bar in 1874. He was appointed a QC in 1885, and was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Deptford from 1888 until 1897, when he was appointed a Judge...
, a former 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...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Deptford
Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)
Deptford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Deptford district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
and Judge of the High Court of Justice
High Court of Justice
The High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales...
. the title is held by his great-grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 2003.
Barons Darling (1924)
- Charles John Darling, 1st Baron DarlingCharles Darling, 1st Baron DarlingCharles Darling was an English lawyer, politician and later a High Court judge. After being educated privately, he was called to the English Bar in 1874. He was appointed a QC in 1885, and was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Deptford from 1888 until 1897, when he was appointed a Judge...
(1849–1936) - Robert Charles Henry Darling, 2nd Baron Darling (1919–2003)
- Robert Julian Henry Darling, 3rd Baron Darling (b. 1944)