Baron Essendon
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Baron Essendon, of Essendon in the County of Hertford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created on 20 June 1932 for the shipping magnate Sir Frederick Lewis, 1st Baronet
. He had already been created a Baronet, of Essendon Place in the County of Hertford, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 11 February 1918. He was succeeded by his only son, the second Baron. He was a well-known motor-racing driver. The titles became extinct on his death on 18 July 1978.
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 on 20 June 1932 for the shipping magnate Sir Frederick Lewis, 1st Baronet
Frederick Lewis, 1st Baron Essendon
Frederick Lewis, 1st Baron Essendon , known as Sir Frederick Lewis, Bt, between 1918 and 1932, was a British shipping magnate.-Biography:...
. He had already been created a Baronet, of Essendon Place in the County of Hertford, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 11 February 1918. He was succeeded by his only son, the second Baron. He was a well-known motor-racing driver. The titles became extinct on his death on 18 July 1978.
Barons Essendon (1932)
- Frederick William Lewis, 1st Baron EssendonFrederick Lewis, 1st Baron EssendonFrederick Lewis, 1st Baron Essendon , known as Sir Frederick Lewis, Bt, between 1918 and 1932, was a British shipping magnate.-Biography:...
(1870–1944) - Brian Edmund Lewis, 2nd Baron EssendonBrian Lewis, 2nd Baron EssendonBrian Edmund Lewis, 2nd Baron Essendon , also known as Bug, was a British motor-racing driver, company director, baronet, and peer....
(1903–1978)