Baron Forteviot, of Dupplin in the County of Perth, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1917 for the Scottish businessman and Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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, Sir John Dewar, 1st Baronet

John Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot

John Alexander Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot was a Scottish businessman, elder son of the founder of Dewar's Scotch Whisky and a Liberal Member of Parliament.-Family:...

. He was Chairman of the brewing firm John Dewar and Sons and also represented Inverness-shire

Inverness-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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. Dewar had already been created a Baronet in 1907. the titles are held by his grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1993 (who in his turn had succeeded his half-brother in 1947).

Barons Forteviot (1917)

• John Alexander Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot
  John Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot
  John Alexander Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot was a Scottish businessman, elder son of the founder of Dewar's Scotch Whisky and a Liberal Member of Parliament.-Family:...
  
   (1856–1929)
• John Dewar, 2nd Baron Forteviot (1885–1947)
• Henry Evelyn Alexander Dewar, 3rd Baron Forteviot
  Henry Dewar, 3rd Baron Forteviot
  Henry Evelyn Alexander Dewar, 3rd Baron Forteviot , was a Scottish businessman. He was the son of John Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot and Margaret Elizabeth Holland....
  
   (1906–1993)
• John James Evelyn Dewar, 4th Baron Forteviot (b. 1938)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Alexander Dewar (b. 1971)