Baron Dickinson, of Painswick in the County of Gloucester, 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 1930 for the Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 politician Willoughby Dickinson

Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson

Willoughby Hyett Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson KBE, PC , was a British Liberal Party politician.Dickinson was the son of Sebastian Stewart Dickinson, Member of Parliament for Stroud. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for St...

, who had previously represented St Pancras North in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

. He was the son of Sebastian Dickinson, 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 Stroud

Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)

Stroud is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

 from 1868 to 1874. the title is held by the first Baron's grandson, the second Baron, who succeeded in 1943. He is the eldest son of Hon. Richard Sebastian Willoughby Dickinson, only son of the first Baron.

Frances Davidson, Viscountess Davidson

Frances Davidson, Viscountess Davidson

Frances Joan Davidson, Viscountess Davidson DBE , styled Lady Davidson between 1935 and 1937 and as Viscountess Davidson between 1937 and 1985, was a British Conservative Party politician....

, daughter of the first Baron, was a 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,...

 and was given a life peerage as Baroness Northchurch in 1964.

Barons Dickinson (1930)

• Willoughby Hyett Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson
  Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson
  Willoughby Hyett Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson KBE, PC , was a British Liberal Party politician.Dickinson was the son of Sebastian Stewart Dickinson, Member of Parliament for Stroud. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for St...
  
   (1859–1943)
  • Hon. Richard Sebastian Willoughby Dickinson (1897–1935)
• Richard Clavering Hyett Dickinson, 2nd Baron Dickinson (b. 1926)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....

is the present holder's son the Hon. Martin Hyett Dickinson (b. 1961)