Baron Glenavy
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Baron Glenavy, of Milltown in the County of Dublin, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created on July 26, 1921 for the noted Irish lawyer and Unionist politician Sir James Campbell, 1st Baronet
. He was Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
from 1916 to 1918 and Lord Chancellor of Ireland
from 1918 to 1921. Campbell had already been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1917. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. On his death the titles passed to his eldest son, the third Baron. Better known simply as Patrick Campbell, he was a well-known journalist, humorist and television personality. He died without male issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baron. He never married and on his death in 1984 the baronetcy and barony became extinct.
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 July 26, 1921 for the noted Irish lawyer and Unionist politician Sir James Campbell, 1st Baronet
James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy
James Henry Mussen Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy PC was an Irish lawyer, politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and later in the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State...
. He was Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
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from 1916 to 1918 and Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. From 1721 to 1801 it was also the highest political office of the Irish Parliament.-13th century:...
from 1918 to 1921. Campbell had already been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1917. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. On his death the titles passed to his eldest son, the third Baron. Better known simply as Patrick Campbell, he was a well-known journalist, humorist and television personality. He died without male issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baron. He never married and on his death in 1984 the baronetcy and barony became extinct.
Barons Glenavy (1921)
- James Henry Mussen Campbell, 1st Baron GlenavyJames Campbell, 1st Baron GlenavyJames Henry Mussen Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy PC was an Irish lawyer, politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and later in the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State...
(1851–1931) - Charles Henry Gordon Campbell, 2nd Baron GlenavyCharles Campbell, 2nd Baron GlenavyCharles Henry Gordon Campbell, 2nd Baron Glenavy succeeded his father James to become 2nd Baron Glenavy in March 1931. He was in turn succeeded as the 3rd Baron by his son, the satirist and television personality Patrick Campbell....
(1885–1963) - Patrick Gordon Campbell, 3rd Baron GlenavyPatrick Campbell, 3rd Baron GlenavyPatrick Gordon Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy , known as Patrick Campbell, was an Irish journalist, humorist and television personality....
(1913–1980) - Michael Massen Campbell, 4th Baron Glenavy (1924–1984)